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Hell yeah to this review.kelley » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:44 am wrote:Late to the party, but wow . . 'Ex Machina' is tremendous. Wears its Kubrick influences on its sleeve yet way more than a terrestrial retelling of 2001' or a claustrophobic nod to 'The Shining', and at its best when it acknowledges those films in ways almost purely visual (the staging in the bunker hallway at the film's denouement is both subtle and shocking). One of the first great films of the 21st century. Am curious how the framing of its subtexts read to those unfamiliar with the themes upon which this narrative is structured.
That was fun. Thanks for the rec. And ha, the premise of this think-heavy thing (albeit schematic, earnestly thought) was reborn as The Terminator!semper occultus » Thu Feb 25, 2016 5:28 am wrote:...really grokked this one recently for its retro 1970's paranoia vibe - the sort of film James Coburn used to be in - and nicely plotted story centring on a massive AI system. These sorts of films used to be on tv every weekend, really miss them
Thanks for the recommendation--surprised to find it my local Redbox, which generally stocks only the latest horror and action films; never foreign language. Very poignant story with understated acting.Iamwhomiam » Sat Mar 26, 2016 10:31 pm wrote:I watched Coming Home last night, a very good film that tugs your heartstrings.
Thanks for this recommendation too! Great film.brekin » Fri Jan 29, 2016 12:41 pm wrote:I recommend this, but can't talk about it...too painful.
It is the film that The Magus should have been.
All the trailers give too much away.
Cinema Paradiso isn't bad either.JackRiddler » Tue Mar 29, 2016 11:16 pm wrote:
Thanks for this recommendation too! Great film.
Greatly enjoyed this and would say the same: don't watch any trailers or read reviews. You'll see it coming, regardless, and wonder how it will play out. And it's about a lot more than just the plot... sort of a meditation on what we might call bourgeouis society and what undid it.
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Really? I had my doubts but I'll put it on my bootleggers' queue. But is it a meditation about (the promise of) bourgeois society and what undid it?Harvey » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:31 pm wrote:Cinema Paradiso isn't bad either.
Not really. Why should it be? It's about cinema, a beautiful story about a projectionist who takes on a young boy as an apprentice in a small Italian village and many other things along the way.JackRiddler » Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:36 am wrote:Really? I had my doubts but I'll put it on my bootleggers' queue. But is it a meditation about (the promise of) bourgeois society and what undid it?Harvey » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:31 pm wrote:Cinema Paradiso isn't bad either.
Come on, it's not a hard-on, it's just repartee, man. Since you were responding to my comment and all. (Maybe it was a lack of humor what killed society, not just the bourgeois?)Harvey » Tue Mar 29, 2016 6:57 pm wrote:Not really. Why should it be? It's about cinema, a beautiful story about a projectionist who takes on a young boy as an apprentice in a small Italian village and many other things along the way.JackRiddler » Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:36 am wrote:Really? I had my doubts but I'll put it on my bootleggers' queue. But is it a meditation about (the promise of) bourgeois society and what undid it?Harvey » Tue Mar 29, 2016 5:31 pm wrote:Cinema Paradiso isn't bad either.
To a man with a hard on for 'meditations upon (the promise of) bourgeois societies' it might just be, but then everything will, or not.
