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Post by ten15 on Oct 21, 2020 9:29:43 GMT -6
Late to the discussion but The Philadelphia Story may be my favorite film of all time and His Girl Friday has some of the best dialogue, especially for an early era movie.
Love Anatomy of a Murder as well....
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Post by thebosma on Oct 21, 2020 9:39:52 GMT -6
Completely understand as I have duplicates of all the pre- box set Bergman films too lol Because I had so much fun with the Bergman box deep dive, I took advantage of the flash sale plus criterion channel discount code to pick up the Varda box set. I went back and forth on whether or not to do it because a lot of the films are on the Criterion Channel, but I enjoyed reading the essays and watching a lot of the extras on the Bergman box, so here's hoping it's a rewarding experience. tbh, will prob do the same with the Fellini box when the B&N criterion sale rolls around... I’ve enjoyed most of the varda I’ve seen and what I didn’t enjoy I was probably a little young to appreciate. Once the dust has settled from uh purchasing a home, I will be more likely to grab the Varda and Fellini box
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Post by thebosma on Oct 21, 2020 9:40:47 GMT -6
Late to the discussion but The Philadelphia Story may be my favorite film of all time and His Girl Friday has some of the best dialogue, especially for an early era movie. Love Anatomy of a Murder as well.... I held off on Philadelphia Story for years because I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but I watched it several weeks ago and loved it. Have you seen Sullivan’s Travels? I think you’d enjoy it.
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Post by ten15 on Oct 21, 2020 10:02:22 GMT -6
Late to the discussion but The Philadelphia Story may be my favorite film of all time and His Girl Friday has some of the best dialogue, especially for an early era movie. Love Anatomy of a Murder as well.... I held off on Philadelphia Story for years because I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but I watched it several weeks ago and loved it. Have you seen Sullivan’s Travels? I think you’d enjoy it. Have not seen Sullivan's Travels. Will check it out once baseball/Halloween is over.
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Post by krentist on Oct 21, 2020 11:37:24 GMT -6
CoS doesn't think very highly of borat 2 which bodes well for the movie to not be a steaming pile of shit
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Post by krentist on Oct 21, 2020 11:38:13 GMT -6
These are the same dorks who thought moondog pushing the tuba player off the dock in Beach Bum was "mean-spirited"
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 21:52:01 GMT -6
HOW OLD IS MAE WEST?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2020 21:52:39 GMT -6
[REDACTED] doesn't think very highly of borat 2 which bodes well for the movie to not be a steaming pile of shit Buzz?
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Post by Kamera on Oct 22, 2020 9:05:14 GMT -6
Do we need an Uncharted movie?
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Post by irvred on Oct 22, 2020 9:54:23 GMT -6
No
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Post by Kamera on Oct 22, 2020 10:08:56 GMT -6
Back on topic: I watched this last night and thought it was well done. More of a drama than comedy but there are some really funny, clever scenes. Worth a watch on Criterion Channel. I didn’t realize this was redone with Mel Brooks.
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Post by thebosma on Oct 22, 2020 10:21:40 GMT -6
You should see Shop Around the Corner as well
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 10:22:52 GMT -6
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 22, 2020 10:28:05 GMT -6
well, what about the souffle?
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Post by teekoh on Oct 22, 2020 10:44:09 GMT -6
Shop Around the Corner is good.
And I would also like to know about the souffle.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 10:58:58 GMT -6
The souffle shot a cop.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2020 11:00:50 GMT -6
Also obviously an amazing movie and just absolutely loved how it was shot from the start. Look at me finally watching French New Wave movies in 2020 - I'm growing up!
There was a great scene where the camera is set in front of the two main characters as they walk down the street, and it's pretty clear everyone else who wanders by the shot is very confused by the presence of a camera. I was completely distracted by the amount of people almost falling over trying to figure out what was going on.
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Post by venom on Oct 22, 2020 11:06:57 GMT -6
Look at me finally watching French New Wave movies in 2020 - I'm growing up! Elevator to the Gallows may also be a good view while you're in this phase
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Post by Kamera on Oct 22, 2020 21:26:46 GMT -6
Reading the cast and crew info for Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is gold.
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Post by mookie on Oct 23, 2020 10:04:18 GMT -6
Borat of course was pretty hilarious. Pretty funny follow up that SBC just tweeted (spoiler-ish):
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Post by krentist on Oct 23, 2020 11:23:10 GMT -6
Yeah I am glad there is more Borat. The sequel to the greatest movie of all time is of course a tough act to follow but I enjoyed myself.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2020 15:38:47 GMT -6
Just finished the subsequent film. I like!
It was cute! A couple parts got uncomfortable and I had to pause a few minutes to finish laughing.
Master troll (even though most of it was staged).
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Post by Timbo on Oct 23, 2020 20:35:52 GMT -6
Only about 40 mins in but what I've seen so far has been great.
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Post by dij22 on Oct 23, 2020 23:48:00 GMT -6
Borat 2 was hilarious. Really really good
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Post by Pale Hose on Oct 24, 2020 12:21:40 GMT -6
Borat 2 was hilarious. Really really good Agreed, I lol'd many times. Very Nice!
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Post by Kamera on Oct 26, 2020 23:20:15 GMT -6
Okay, this is an awesome film. I also loved reading the mini-newspaper inside the blu-ray box especially Ernest Truex’s poem.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2020 21:57:28 GMT -6
Shiva Baby was really good.
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Post by chvrchbarrel on Oct 28, 2020 9:15:26 GMT -6
Here's whats coming to the criterion channel in november very excited about -solaris -make way for tomorrow -all the claire denis -elephant man -local hero -it happened one night -entire queer fear collection
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Post by thebosma on Oct 28, 2020 9:22:58 GMT -6
Make Way for Tomorrow more like May Sure you’re not feeling particularly emotionally volatile that day
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Post by neader on Oct 28, 2020 9:28:00 GMT -6
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