What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

Black Francis · 05-13-2018, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

Tonight's film was the PBS Independent Lens feature, Copyright Criminals which originally aired Jan 19, 2010. The film was a celebration of turntablism and the golden age of sample culture.

With a soundtrack by El-P and RJD2, Copyright Criminals includes interviews with countless icons of sampling culture. Here are just a few -

Clyde Stubblefield ("The Funky Drummer")
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Mix Master Mike
Chuck D
Shock G
George Clinton
Mark Hosler of Negativland
De La Soul
Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy
Lawrence Lessig
DJ Spooky
and Eclectic Method

The full feature is free on YouTube.

Clyde is Kewl but Albini you can go **** yourself. Sampling is Transformative! I mean that's what H3 would argue. Just mention the artist you sampled from.

Thnx for sharing this.

**Frownland** · 05-13-2018, 09:53 PM

I Remember You

I think that ghost stories have a lot of untapped potential for brilliant storytelling and this film tells me that I'm right about that. This Icelandic film is a really interesting blend of horror, mystery, noir, romance, and supernatural thriller that focuses on loss, grief, betrayal, and obsession. Excellent cinematography, symbolic sets, great pacing, sparing but gripping use of suspense, and extremely ****ing creepy atmosphere. This is sort of similar to The Wailing but not as a convoluted. Some of the dialogue is a bit expository but I guess that beats a flashback scene. I really enjoyed this. 4.5/5

Chula Vista · 05-13-2018, 09:56 PM

Delete.

**Frownland** · 05-13-2018, 10:04 PM

The Iceman

This didn't connect with me at all when I first tried it, but I gave it a more serious watch and loved it. The ending was absolutely crushing, it's incredible how they can make such a cold and horrific person such a sympathetic character. 4/5

Justthefacts · 05-13-2018, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Traffic. For the first time in over a decade.

Perfect movie. Soderbergh's magnum opus.

God damn man. Soderbergh. What a Lej. I re-watched Logan Lucky two nights ago and he's in peak form right now.

~~Dude111~~ · 05-14-2018, 04:12 AM

I last saw SONG OF THE SOUTH (1946) on VHS

Chula Vista · 05-14-2018, 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

The Iceman

This didn't connect with me at all when I first tried it, but I gave it a more serious watch and loved it. The ending was absolutely crushing, it's incredible how they can make such a cold and horrific person such a sympathetic character. 4/5

Love that flick. Pretty much love anything Shannon is in. Was nice to see Chris Evans playing a role so out of his usual stuff too.

Life is stranger than fiction indeed!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski

~~MicShazam~~ · 05-14-2018, 01:20 PM

Watched A Single Man this evening. Did not disappoint. Very beautifully made, great acting, an interesting and heartfelt take on the topic of suicide unlike anything I've seen in any other movie. Also interesting and original as a "gay" movie.

I also loved how well done the use of different color schemes was. It could have been more of an empty gimmick (it usually is (Sin City, for example). Or very on the nose (see Schindler's List)), but in this case, it actually enriched the movie and let the script use fewer words, by hinting at the mental state of characters through color usage. Neat.

Put it on my "favorite movies" shelf when it was over.

simplephysics · 05-14-2018, 08:34 PM

The Shape of Water. Can someone explain to me again why this won best picture? It was alright but sheesh.

**Frownland** · 05-14-2018, 08:49 PM

Spoiler for my thoughts:

05-13-2018, 09:53 PM	#21342 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	I Remember You I think that ghost stories have a lot of untapped potential for brilliant storytelling and this film tells me that I'm right about that. This Icelandic film is a really interesting blend of horror, mystery, noir, romance, and supernatural thriller that focuses on loss, grief, betrayal, and obsession. Excellent cinematography, symbolic sets, great pacing, sparing but gripping use of suspense, and extremely ***ing creepy atmosphere. This is sort of similar to The Wailing but not as a convoluted. Some of the dialogue is a bit expository but I guess that beats a flashback scene. I really enjoyed this. 4.5/5 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth.* d e a f b o x

05-13-2018, 09:56 PM	#21343 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Delete. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

05-13-2018, 10:04 PM	#21344 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	The Iceman This didn't connect with me at all when I first tried it, but I gave it a more serious watch and loved it. The ending was absolutely crushing, it's incredible how they can make such a cold and horrific person such a sympathetic character. 4/5 __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-14-2018, 08:49 PM	#21350 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Spoiler for my thoughts: The painter fella is an outcast who imagines the whole thing. It's a metaphor for him giving up on his sexuality because of his environment. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

05-14-2018, 04:12 AM	#21346 (permalink)
~~Dude111~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2016 Posts: 758	I last saw SONG OF THE SOUTH (1946) on VHS

05-14-2018, 01:20 PM	#21348 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,634	Watched A Single Man this evening. Did not disappoint. Very beautifully made, great acting, an interesting and heartfelt take on the topic of suicide unlike anything I've seen in any other movie. Also interesting and original as a "gay" movie. I also loved how well done the use of different color schemes was. It could have been more of an empty gimmick (it usually is (Sin City, for example). Or very on the nose (see Schindler's List)), but in this case, it actually enriched the movie and let the script use fewer words, by hinting at the mental state of characters through color usage. Neat. Put it on my "favorite movies" shelf when it was over.