What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

innerspaceboy · 02-17-2017, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Chiomara

Innerspaceboy, I must know, have you ever seen the unpopular and disconcerting 1947 film (by the avant-garde artist Hans Richter) Dreams That Money Can Buy? I feel you're among the very few who might appreciate it. (I myself haven't seen it all the way through, though I've watched the confusing mannequin musical interlude scene hundreds of times.)

What a line-up of collaborators! I hadn't seen it but will rectify that promptly on the morrow! (Also, cheers for The Real Tuesday Weld side reference - I hadn't listened to them in far too long.)

The title instantly reminded me of my favorite 1956 short - Design for Dreaming, a blatant consumerism advert produced by General Motors. It is best-remembered as being screened before the MST3K episode for "12 to the Moon (1960)".

Chula Vista · 02-17-2017, 10:01 PM

Let me know what you thought of Children of Men. That movie is monumental on so many levels.

innerspaceboy · 02-18-2017, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Let me know what you thought of Children of Men. That movie is monumental on so many levels.

The credits just ended. 'Monumental' is certainly the word for it. Also, 'gripping', 'captivating', and 'spellbinding'.

But most of all, I'm sticking to 'hyper-relevant.'

djchameleon · 02-18-2017, 07:35 PM

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Originally Posted by innerspaceboy

The credits just ended. 'Monumental' is certainly the word for it. Also, 'gripping', 'captivating', and 'spellbinding'.

But most of all, I'm sticking to 'hyper-relevant.'

yes that final shot!

I meant to post about it before but I got distracted.

I love Children of Men

Chula Vista · 02-18-2017, 09:43 PM

You should watch "the making of" feature. The amount of work that when into that car scene is ridiculous.

Spoiler for This one:

Mondo Bungle · 02-18-2017, 09:46 PM

I was outrageously high and watching the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a small fort I fashioned with a DVD player, just hot boxing my literal face. And it was like, sweet Jesus. I was enthralled

Watched it twice with alternate musical scores cuz I go hard

The Batlord · 02-18-2017, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

I was outrageously high and watching the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in a small fort I fashioned with a DVD player, just hot boxing my literal face. And it was like, sweet Jesus. I was enthralled

Watched it twice with alternate musical scores cuz I go hard

lolwut

Chiomara · 02-19-2017, 11:31 AM

A fort... As in a blanket fort? Watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in blanket fort cave sounds like the absolute best possible way way to watch such a thing.

Chula Vista · 02-19-2017, 11:37 AM

Arrival for the third time. Actually bought it in HD. So much less murky in HD. This may be my favorite "alien" movie of all time.

**Exo** · 02-19-2017, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Arrival for the third time. Actually bought it in HD. So much less murky in HD. This may be my favorite "alien" movie of all time.

There's this small film called Alien you should see.

02-17-2017, 10:01 PM	#18802 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Let me know what you thought of Children of Men. That movie is monumental on so many levels. __________________ “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.”

02-18-2017, 09:43 PM	#18805 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	You should watch "the making of" feature. The amount of work that when into that car scene is ridiculous. Spoiler for This one: __________________ “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.”

02-19-2017, 11:37 AM	#18809 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Arrival for the third time. Actually bought it in HD. So much less murky in HD. This may be my favorite "alien" movie of all time. __________________ “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.”

02-19-2017, 11:31 AM	#18808 (permalink)
Chiomara mayor of spookytown Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 812	A fort... As in a blanket fort? Watching The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in blanket fort cave sounds like the absolute best possible way way to watch such a thing.