Red Mosquito

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:

epilogue wrote:Dollhouse, Happiness and Storytelling are all brilliant as far as I'm concerned. At that point I was ready to call him one of my all time favorite filmmakers. But then things got... let's say uneven. I still haven't seen Palindromes or Weiner-dog.

Tree, if you're interested "Life During Wartime" is a sequel (of sorts) to "Happiness". A lot of the same characters are in it but played by different actors. It's nowhere near as dark and unsettling, so it may not be what you're looking for. But it's there for you if you want.

Thanks, but if dark and unsettling were removed from Happiness I don't think I'd like it. Maybe one day, though.

You should give Storytelling a go, though. It's maybe not as "funny" has Happiness but it's super dark and unsettling. You might really dig it. It's maybe a little slower and more cerebral than Happiness.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Ello Sailor wrote:I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

Ello Sailor wrote:Okay I will dig deep, just for you.

Vitalogist wrote:Going to see Wonka this weekend. Not excited.

tree_ wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

it's good if you hang in there and kind of let it quietly wash over you.. i'll never forget that last scene with oscar isaac and willem dafoe

The Argonaut wrote:

tree_ wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

it's good if you hang in there and kind of let it quietly wash over you.. i'll never forget that last scene with oscar isaac and willem dafoe

Yes, one must see the end