Red Mosquito

turned2black wrote:Plan on watching the Three Colors trilogy (Krzysztof Kieślowski) this weekend, while giving my wife some much needed time to sleep in. All three are great films, but Blue is probably my favorite. I love Juliette Binoche.

I've been meaning to watch those.


Watched Beasts of the Southern Wild. Great coming of age story. It tugged on the heartstrings.

Yes, Blue is my favorite too.

Hey, Platy, you see a lot of international cinema. Did you see Tarr's The Turin Horse yet and how is it? Is it as painfully slow as Werckmeister Harmonies?

Harry Lime wrote:Hey, Platy, you see a lot of international cinema. Did you see Tarr's The Turin Horse yet and how is it? Is it as painfully slow as Werckmeister Harmonies?

Um, I've asked you a question, sir.

Missed that. No, I haven't seen Bela Tarr's latest. Didn't see The Man From London either.

theplatypus wrote:Missed that. No, I haven't seen Bela Tarr's latest. Didn't see The Man From London either.

Well, shit. Okay thanks.

Rabbit Hole
I really liked this. I love movies that deal with coping with tragedy. The mother's obsession with the boy that killed her son was fascinating. Uplifting in a weird way. Great performances all around. Dianne Wiest was fantastic as usual. I wish John Cameron Mitchell would make more movies.

turned2black wrote:Rabbit Hole
I really liked this. I love movies that deal with coping with tragedy. The mother's obsession with the boy that killed her son was fascinating. Uplifting in a weird way. Great performances all around. Dianne Wiest was fantastic as usual. I wish John Cameron Mitchell would make more movies.

I'm a huge fan of David Lindsay-Abaire (who wrote the original play) and I liked the play a lot. A lot, a lot. Because of that I haven't seen the movie yet. I'm afraid of it.

But I should check it out. Totally forgot that Michell directed it. Huge plus.

Jesus, that movie was depressing as hell.

I've had Tarkovsky's Solaris in my possession for a good while now, but I've never viewed it. Should I?

washing machine II wrote:I've had Tarkovsky's Solaris in my possession for a good while now, but I've never viewed it. Should I?

Yeah.

theplatypus wrote:

washing machine II wrote:I've had Tarkovsky's Solaris in my possession for a good while now, but I've never viewed it. Should I?

Yeah.

Better than the Soderbergh?

theplatypus wrote:

washing machine II wrote:I've had Tarkovsky's Solaris in my possession for a good while now, but I've never viewed it. Should I?

Yeah.

I like a film that takes its time and breathes a little, but even so, the pacing of this one has always made me apprehensive. Silly, I know.

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

washing machine II wrote:I've had Tarkovsky's Solaris in my possession for a good while now, but I've never viewed it. Should I?

Yeah.

Better than the Soderbergh?

Haven't seen the remake.

So what can I expect to get out of Solaris?

Continued my John Ford tour late last night.

Stagecoach (1939)

Fort Apache (1948)


Absoultely loved Henry Fonda in Fort Apache. Of course I love him in everything. He's amazing.

Saw Jack Reacher. Pretty sure I liked it.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Saw Jack Reacher. Pretty sure I liked it.

It was fun wasn't it? That Tom Cruise is a cool dude.

Harry Lime wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Saw Jack Reacher. Pretty sure I liked it.

It was fun wasn't it? That Tom Cruise is a cool dude.

There was a clumsy humor in the movie that I wasn't expecting, but it was nice.

I'm watching that Looper movie tonight.