Last Movie You Watched

[Lilas Pastia]

Milos,  thanks a million for these brilliant recensions (yours and Vincendeau's  ).

The 'Atmosphère' scene is one of those classic nuggets that never fail to make its effect. I've seen it a few times in various anthologies, but so far have never seen the whole movie. I will certainly try to get it. I was glad to read the positive review of Annabella's performance. She is pretty much forgotten today (while Arletty lives on - indeed, she has never faded from cinemagoers' affection and memory). Jouvet, Arletty, Blier - what a cast!

[val]

MYSOGUSHI:    The Loyal 47 Ronin (in two parts)

Not exactly my favorite among Mysogushi movies, too long and slow to tell such a famous story. But some scenes are sublime (the scene of the flowers that the widow gave to the Ronin has an extraordinary beauty).

[mozartsneighbor]

[Papageno]

Depraved, but still pretty fascinating...

[ezodisy]

first film I've seen in a long time and it was mighty good, one of the best I've seen this year.

[SonicMan46]

Persepolis (2007) - animated film about a young girl growing up in Iran before and after the Shah - the animation is stark and in black & white much of the time w/ some color - this film was rated 4* in my local newspaper & in USA Today - 4+/5* on Amazon HERE - worth a watch (Netflix rental for me, probably not a buy) - 

[Daverz]

Happy-Go-Lucky a Mike Leigh film with Sally Hawkins and Eddie Marsan.  A very enjoyable "slice of life" film.

[Solitary Wanderer]

[mozartsneighbor]

To Live, directed by Zhang Yimou, 1994
Excellent film following the story of a Chinese family from early 1940s pre-Communist China to the end of the Cultural Revolution in the 1970s.
The film won many prizes, including at Cannes, but was banned in mainland China because it criticizes and ridicules several aspects of Communist Party policy in the past: particularly the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.
Zhang Yimou was also lately the director behind the Opening and Closing ceremonies at the Beijing Olympics.

[Solitary Wanderer]

Delightful. Loved all the literary, music and poetic references.

[Sarastro]

Persepolis (2007) - animated film about a young girl growing up in Iran before and after the Shah - the animation is stark and in black & white much of the time w/ some color - this film was rated 4* in my local newspaper & in USA Today - 4+/5* on Amazon HERE - worth a watch (Netflix rental for me, probably not a buy) - 

Oh isn't it based on a book? And most likely it is the book so promoted on our college campus this year. I wouldn't read it though.

I watched some old good stuff today.

[ezodisy]

Delightful. Loved all the literary, music and poetic references.

That sounds really good

[SonicMan46]

Well, not sure to count documentaries as 'movies' but for the last few days, I've been watching several series on wars, i.e. the American Civil War & the First World War - for those interested, please post:

 

[Brian]

first film I've seen in a long time and it was mighty good, one of the best I've seen this year.

That is indeed a fascinating film, very powerfully rendered. I was lucky enough to view it in the theatre, and (for the first time in my experience?) every single member of the audience remained in their seats until the credits stopped rolling, after which we actually had a spontaneous discussion of what we had seen.

[SonicMan46]

The Old Dark House (1932) w/ just some great stars (many in their early careers) - Boris Karloff, Melvyn Douglas, Charles Laughton, Gloria Stuart, & Lillian Bond (the latter pictured below, right - quite a 'looker'!) - recorded this to my DVR off the TCM channel - I've never seen this film - kind of a 'tongue in cheek' melodrama w/ a beauty & beast plot (Karloff as the mad/mute butler & Stuart as the blond beauty) - likely will burn this one to a DVD-R - really worth a watch; 3+*/4 rating in Maltin's book - 


 

[Joe_Campbell]

Is that a nip-slip?

[karlhenning]

A few nights ago: North By Northwest

Excellent score, BTW

[ezodisy]

That is indeed a fascinating film, very powerfully rendered. I was lucky enough to view it in the theatre, and (for the first time in my experience?) every single member of the audience remained in their seats until the credits stopped rolling, after which we actually had a spontaneous discussion of what we had seen.

That's cool. It's an excellent, quite powerful film. I can't imagine having a spontaneous discussion in a theatre though, not without the usual guy down by the mic who introduces the director and so on.

[Kullervo]

The Passenger (1975)

[ezodisy]

The Passenger (1975)

now that is a masterpiece, IMO. Lots of layers. Did you like it?