Topic: Last Movie You Watched

[Barak]

They probably expected plot realised with more convential drama in dialogue, through actors, while Malick delivers it primarily in visuals and sound.
Just checked, film seems have been shot on 70mm, that has to look breathtaking on big screen. 

It is breathtaking indeed. I recall seeing it on its first release here (October 1981 IIRC). I also recall having been rather underwhelmed by the story - acres of glorious outdoor shots, much less material in terms of storytelling. But don't take my word for it, after all 'twas 28 years ago...

[Drasko]

It is breathtaking indeed. I recall seeing it on its first release here (October 1981 IIRC). I also recall having been rather underwhelmed by the story - acres of glorious outdoor shots, much less material in terms of storytelling. But don't take my word for it, after all 'twas 28 years ago...

Acres do the storytelling, people's little tales are of secondary importance, they come, do whatever they do, then go, acres remain.

[SonicMan]

Master and Commander (2003) w/ Russell Crowe - felt like a 'wooden ship' movie last night!  

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Well, for Hallowe'en I watched Hellraiser (it was either that, or Hello, Kitty on blu-ray).  I had seen maybe 70% of it when one of the cable channels had a Hallowe'en Hellraiserthon a year or two ago, so there was no need to jump at any of the timing on-screen.

One aspect of the story which is essentially male fantasy (and so will not be visible to most of the fans, any more than a patch of white paper is visible, Scotch-taped against a white wall):  There is no way on any planet that Julia found sex with Frank Cotton so psyche-alteringly goooood, that she would commit any of those atrocities for love of that horror in the attic.

(Just saying.)

I have seen the future of implausible narrative, and his name is Clive Barker.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Well, there you have it:

Sadomasochists from Beyond the Grave (USA) (working title)

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Beethovenraiser:

The address for the house in this movie is 55 Ludovico Place. The name of the institute in A Clockwork Orange (1971) where Alex is deprogrammed of violence was the Ludovico Institute.

That's funny, really.  Anthony Burgess was having a joke, because of course, Ludovico is the Italian form of Beethoven's first name.

[Lethe]

Have you seen him as Richard III, not exactly genial there either, and the film is excellent as well.

Non, but I will make sure to do so soon - thanks for the rec! I'm planning on going through every major Shakespeare adaptation on film (probably very slowly, given the number of Hamlets available) - so far the only bad one has been the 1936 R&J, which cast middle aged actors playing the couple

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

Yes, a very 'enjoyable' Richard III 

[Drasko]

Non, but I will make sure to do so soon - thanks for the rec! I'm planning on going through every major Shakespeare adaptation on film (probably very slowly, given the number of Hamlets available) - so far the only bad one has been the 1936 R&J, which cast middle aged actors playing the couple

Try not to miss Orson Welles' Othello, Grigory Kozintsev's Hamlet and King Lear, Kurosawa's Ran (Lear) and Throne of Blood (Macbeth) and Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (Tempest).

and Welles' Chimes at Midnight (if you can find it) which is a mash of few plays.

[k a rl h e nn i ng]

The Welles Othello was a nice surprise.

[Corey]

[hildegard]

They probably expected plot realised with more convential drama in dialogue, through actors, while Malick delivers it primarily in visuals and sound.
Just checked, film seems have been shot on 70mm, that has to look breathtaking on big screen. 

It is breathtaking indeed. I recall seeing it on its first release here (October 1981 IIRC). I also recall having been rather underwhelmed by the story - acres of glorious outdoor shots, much less material in terms of storytelling. But don't take my word for it, after all 'twas 28 years ago...

To me, part of the beauty of this film is the juxtaposition of the seemingly understated drama of people's souls set against such dramatic external cataclysmic events and visuals. I clearly remember having a very strong reaction to the unfolding triangle of deceipt, but I was a lot more impressionable.  Coincidentally, Days of Heaven was one of the films selected in 2007 to the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. I was also not aware of the Morricone score until reading this:

Days of Heaven (1978)
Often called one of the most beautiful films ever made (acknowledging the sublime cinematography of Nÿstor Almendros and Haskell Wexler), "Days of Heaven" is an impressionist painting for the screen. The wheat fields and prairies of the Texas Panhandle—filmed in Alberta—shine and undulate in wind currents and storms, framing the tale of a love triangle (Richard Gere, Brooke Adams and Sam Shepard) fated to end badly. The dialogue is spare, punctuating an elegiac score by Ennio Morricone and haunting narration by Linda Manz, who speaks from a child’s point of view. After this film (his second after "Badlands"), director Terrence Malick disappeared from public view for 20 years, returning in 1998 with "The Thin Red Line."


Other GMG cinéphiles may find interesting the lineup of other films selected: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2007/07-254.html

[hildegard]

Master and Commander (2003) w/ Russell Crowe - felt like a 'wooden ship' movie last night!  

And that brings to mind these little treasures:

[Brian]

Try not to miss Orson Welles' Othello, Grigory Kozintsev's Hamlet and King Lear, Kurosawa's Ran (Lear) and Throne of Blood (Macbeth) and Peter Greenaway's Prospero's Books (Tempest).

and Welles' Chimes at Midnight (if you can find it) which is a mash of few plays.

I'd add the Branagh Henry V, at the very least for Derek Jacobi's work as the chorus (though it's a generally excellent movie all-around).

[Bogey]

And that brings to mind these little treasures:

Yes it does, Lis!  And loved the movie as well, Dave!

[hildegard]

And that brings to mind these little treasures:

Yes it does, Lis!  And loved the movie as well, Dave!

Glad to hear it, Bill. But it's Hildegard here, i.e., not Lis. 

[val]

ROBERT BRESSON:     "L'Argent"

Bresson's last movie is a very strange work. Cold, almost abstract, with actors playing like zombies ... but there is something almost hypnotic in the movie that captures our attention and keeps us focused on it until the end.
I don't know if I love or hate it. But it is a very impressive experience.

[Drasko]

[Bogey]

Glad to hear it, Bill. But it's Hildegard here, i.e., not Lis. 

   The avatar threw me!

[George]