Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote: It's just like a big muddled nightmare.

Jorge wrote:

tree_ wrote: It's just like a big muddled nightmare.

This is precisely why I love it

Jorge wrote:I don't know quite what you mean but I find it a very ambitious movie that's clearly very personal and emotional, pulled off very skillfully from an artistic standpoint, so I like it a lot. And yes it is difficult and sometimes unpleasant but I don't mind that. I also found it wildly funny. It's the only Ari Aster movie I've really loved

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.

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tragabigzanda wrote:Watching Heat again. It gets better every time I see it. There are some minor technical aspects that have begin to stick out for poor execution, but the elemental quality of the story just gets deeper and deeper.

I wish that Neal and Eady got like seven more minutes to flesh out their relationship. Just like 2-3 early scenes to establish why he’s so taken with her

Its also fleshed out in the book, his reasons and choices behind Neal.

I started the audiobook last night. First chapter is a brief rehash of the movie, then it picks up with Shiherlis and Nate (Kilmer and Voight) after Shiherlis has his gunshot wound cleaned up, with some flashback stuff on Shiherlis and his wife and how they came together.

The guy who reads it is super heavy handed with a very "hard boiled" sort of voice, so I’m not sure if I’ll stick with the audio…I may just need the hard copy. We’ll see. But I like the story so far.

Ello Sailor wrote:I kinda want to watch it, but only if Beau overcomes his fear by the end. Or at the very least enjoys a small victory or two.

Jorge wrote:Also -- this movie has a ton of "telephone conversation" scenes, and they're all really good and engrossing! That one with the UPS agent, man

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Bill Hader!

Jorge wrote:I just love the kind of batshit, super indulgent films that directors make as soon as they are allowed to, following their instincts and making something almost uncomfortably personal with complete disregard for the audience. Like The Life Aquatic, Under the Silver Lake, The Bad Batch, and even disasters like Southland Tales are fascinating to watch.