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  • Bball
    Jimmy did what Jimmy did
    • Jan 2004
    • 26903

    Re: What movie did you last watch?

    Downfall...
    Stayed up and watched it this evening. Very good movie.

    -Bball
    Nuntius was right for a while. I was wrong for a while. But ultimately I was right and Frank Vogel has been let go.

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    • MagicRat
      ENABEABLER
      • Jan 2004
      • 7922

      Re: What movie did you last watch?

      Originally posted by PacerFanAdam
      Do you think a local Blockbuster would have it?
      My Blockbuster had 7 or 8 copies, but none were on the shelf. I asked at the counter and they happened to have one that had just been returned.......
      PSN: MRat731 XBL: MRat0731

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      • Vicious Tyrant
        Member
        • Jul 2004
        • 1208

        Re: What movie did you last watch?

        Originally posted by Harmonica
        Gates of Heaven (1978). Documentary about a pet cemetery by Errol Morris.
        YES!!!! Errol Morris.

        The first movie of his I ever saw was Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control. After about half an hour I thought I would die - I couldn't figure out what was going on. What was the point of this? By then end, I was kind of into it, but I was still looking for some kind on nonexistent plot line.

        I got the one about the insurance fraud or whatever in Florida and had the same reaction.

        Its hard to get into his strange little world, but worth it. I couldn't watch those movies too often, though. Just an occasional oddity for me.
        "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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        • Vicious Tyrant
          Member
          • Jul 2004
          • 1208

          Re: What movie did you last watch?

          I didn't see it recently, but the Hitler stuff made me think of Battle for Algiers - a faux documentary about French forces fighting terrorist in Algiers. Its pretty cool and would probably be even more interesting with the current war on terrorism. ANyone seen it?
          "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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          • Vicious Tyrant
            Member
            • Jul 2004
            • 1208

            Re: What movie did you last watch?

            Originally posted by Harmonica
            Vernon, Florida. Another Errol Morris documentary. Longest 56 minutes of my life.
            Vernon, Florida - that's the one.

            Didn't like it, eh?
            "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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            • Vicious Tyrant
              Member
              • Jul 2004
              • 1208

              Re: What movie did you last watch?

              Originally posted by Harmonica
              Broken Flowers. Jim Jarmusch's new film with Bill Murray.

              ***1/2 out of ****
              Good, eh?

              Are you a Jarmusch fan? He's similar to Morris, only less so, for me. It takes a lot of effort to maintain the attention span to watch the movie - although usually well worth it.

              Speaking of - has anyone seen the series (available on DVD) FISHING WITH JON? Jon Laurie, a Jarmusch regular, takes celebrity hipsters (like Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jarmusch) fishing and they just sit around fishing (usually not catching muc). It's pretty funny. The commentary tracks are great too.
              "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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              • McClintic Sphere
                Member
                • Jan 2004
                • 2769

                Re: What movie did you last watch?

                Best Errol Morris Doc IMO is "Fog of War" featuring extensive interviews with former Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara. Mac does some very incisive soul searching on Vietnam and his career. I don't know how Morris got him to open up like this, but it is intense and very pertinent to the current situation in Iraq.

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                • Vicious Tyrant
                  Member
                  • Jul 2004
                  • 1208

                  Re: What movie did you last watch?

                  I'm no expert on Morris, but that seems to be his gift. When I first watched his movie, I was looking for an interesting plot but couldn't find one. I think you watch his movies just to see what happens when they open more than they intend.
                  "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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                  • Sollozzo
                    Member
                    • Jan 2004
                    • 27435

                    Re: What movie did you last watch?

                    Originally posted by Dr. Cox
                    Hoop Dreams.

                    Enjoyed it a lot. It was weird seeing Kevin O'Neill in there, and I think I spotted Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, and I THOUGHT I saw Allen Iverson, but I think this is too old to have him in there, even on a HS team.

                    I a bit crushed to read about William's brother and Arther's dad in the included booklet.

                    Didn't "Hoop Dreams" come out in 1994?

                    If so, then yes, Iverson could have been in it. Iverson would have been a senior in High School in 1994.

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                    • Harmonica

                      Re: What movie did you last watch?

                      Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                      I didn't see it recently, but the Hitler stuff made me think of Battle for Algiers - a faux documentary about French forces fighting terrorist in Algiers. Its pretty cool and would probably be even more interesting with the current war on terrorism. Anyone seen it?
                      I've seen it and even recommended it to Peck when we were dicussing Iraq and how my feelings had changed about our involvement there. Very prescient film. I liked it a lot, didn't love it though. Criterion really gave it the treatment when they released it on DVD in a 3-disc set.

                      Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                      Vernon, Florida - that's the one.

                      Didn't like it, eh?
                      It was tedious with long takes of people just rambling about whatever. But it wasn't about insurance fraud. You sure we're talking about the same movie?

                      Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                      Are you a Jarmusch fan? He's similar to Morris, only less so, for me. It takes a lot of effort to maintain the attention span to watch the movie - although usually well worth it.
                      He's certainly a patient filmmaker who uses long takes and has an unblinking eye. But most great filmmakers aren't quick to yell cut. They'll let scenes play out because they know some incredible moments can be captured when the camera simply lingers in an unflinching manner—it really tests actors because when they suddenly find themselves without a safety net (the script), it's like they're free-falling and oftentimes at their most human. Anyway, I like his work very much. Dead Man and Ghost Dog are probably my favorites, but I have yet to see Down By Law.

                      Originally posted by McClintic Sphere
                      Best Errol Morris Doc IMO is "Fog of War" featuring extensive interviews with former Secretary of Defense during the Vietnam War, Robert McNamara. Mac does some very incisive soul searching on Vietnam and his career. I don't know how Morris got him to open up like this, but it is intense and very pertinent to the current situation in Iraq.
                      An amazing film and in my opinion, Morris's best as well. I challenge anyone to watch a double bill of Fog of War and Battle of Algiers and not come away changed somehow. The biggest impression I got after watching both is that—when it comes to war at least—man doesn't learn from past mistakes and just keeps repeating history over and over.

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                      • Vicious Tyrant
                        Member
                        • Jul 2004
                        • 1208

                        Re: What movie did you last watch?

                        Originally posted by Harmonica
                        It was tedious with long takes of people just rambling about whatever. But it wasn't about insurance fraud. You sure we're talking about the same movie?
                        Maybe I'm mixing it up with something else. Didn't he pick the town because it had the most people who had injured themselves while trying to hurt themselves for insurance gain? Maybe I've got it mixed up, but aren't all his movies just people sitting there talking?

                        Originally posted by Harmonica
                        He's certainly a patient filmmaker who uses long takes and has an unblinking eye. But most great filmmakers aren't quick to yell cut. They'll let scenes play out because they know some incredible moments can be captured when the simply camera lingers in an unflinching manner—it really tests actors because when they suddenly find themselves without a safety net (the script), it's like they're free-falling and oftentimes at their most human. Anyway, I like his work very much. Dead Man and Ghost Dog are probably my favorites, but I have yet to see Down By Law.
                        Nicely said, but Dead Man? I don't get it. I thought that bit the big schlossom. Ghost Dog was fantastic. The one I loved was Mystery Train (or something like that) - the one that followed four stories through Memphis.

                        Ever see Smoke? That's a fun movie that Jarmusch was in. I named my son after the Harvey Keitel character. That last scene where Keitel is telling the story about the boy who stole the magazine and Keitel visited his mom and you don't know if he's lying or not and the Tom Waits song starts up - Golly, that's a great bit there. I don't remember who directed, but there's a companion movie called Blue in the Face which was apparently filmed at the same time that's just a bunch of goofing around. Fun stuff.

                        Stranger than Paradise was another one that didn't do so well for me, but it introduced me to John Laurie, then to Fishing with Jon (q.v.)


                        Originally posted by Harmonica
                        An amazing film and in my opinion, Morris's best as well. I challenge anyone to watch a double bill of Fog of War and Battle of Algiers and not come away changed somehow. The biggest impression I got after watching both is that—when it comes to war at least—man doesn't learn from past mistakes and just keeps repeating history over and over.
                        Hmmmm, good challenge, but that would take a heckuva attention span, one which I don't got.
                        "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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                        • Vicious Tyrant
                          Member
                          • Jul 2004
                          • 1208

                          Re: What movie did you last watch?

                          btw, the Keitel character in Smoke is named "Augie". Doesn't that kick ***?

                          The next boy will be James Tiberius!
                          "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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                          • Harmonica

                            Re: What movie did you last watch?

                            Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                            Maybe I'm mixing it up with something else. Didn't he pick the town because it had the most people who had injured themselves while trying to hurt themselves for insurance gain? Maybe I've got it mixed up, but aren't all his movies just people sitting there talking?
                            I'd have to do a little research, but maybe that's why he picked the town, but it wasn't about that.

                            Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                            Nicely said, but Dead Man? I don't get it. I thought that bit the big schlossom. Ghost Dog was fantastic. The one I loved was Mystery Train (or something like that) - the one that followed four stories through Memphis.
                            Haven't seen Mystery Train or Smoke. But c'mon, Dead Man? How can you not love a film with lines and scenes like this:

                            Nobody: That gun will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will be written in blood.

                            Later...

                            Marvin (Older Marshall): You William Blake?
                            William Blake: Yes I am. Do you know my poetry?
                            And pow! he shoots him.

                            Wow.

                            Originally posted by Vicious Tyrant
                            Hmmmm, good challenge, but that would take a heckuva attention span, one which I don't got.
                            Okay, I didn't watch them back-to-back either, but try to see them when you have the chance.

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                            • Vicious Tyrant
                              Member
                              • Jul 2004
                              • 1208

                              Re: What movie did you last watch?

                              Originally posted by Harmonica
                              Haven't seen Mystery Train or Smoke. But c'mon, Dead Man? How can you not love a film with lines and scenes like this:

                              Nobody: That gun will replace your tongue. You will learn to speak through it. And your poetry will be written in blood.

                              Later...

                              Marvin (Older Marshall): You William Blake?
                              William Blake: Yes I am. Do you know my poetry?
                              And pow! he shoots him.

                              Wow.

                              ?????

                              What do these lines even mean?
                              "If you ever crawl inside an old hollow log and go to sleep, and while you're in there some guys come and seal up both ends and then put it on a truck and take it to another city, boy, I don't know what to tell you." - Jack Handy

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                              • Arcadian
                                Member
                                • Jan 2004
                                • 6788

                                Re: What movie did you last watch?

                                Dead man is easily my favorite Jarmusch film. How can you not like Classic Western literature themes placed in a Western? You can't that's how.
                                "They could turn out to be only innocent mathematicians, I suppose," muttered Woevre's section officer, de Decker.

                                "'Only.'" Woevre was amused. "Someday you'll explain to me how that's possible. Seeing that, on the face of it, all mathematics leads, doesn't it, sooner or later, to some kind of human suffering."

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