Post Random Movie-Related Thoughts You Have

[VinylGuy]

I agree with LV.
Specially when it comes to young snobs who think that saying they know Lynch´work is a certificate of wisdom.

[tree_]

All I've seen of Lynch is his role in that couple of late night episodes of Louie. I thought he was pretty good.

[epilogue]

I am so fucking sick of hearing people talk about David Lynch. My eyes glaze over as soon as I hear that name dropped these days. He’s become such a basic and lazy point of reference in the last few years. Any movie that’s even remotely surreal or arty or odd seems to inevitably be dubbed “Lynchian.” There were other fucking filmmakers that came before him; he doesn’t own cinematic weirdness.

I believe Lynch would agree with you, this is far more a failing of the audience, critics, etc. than an actual gauge of Lynch's work or abilities.

aw huh

[bune]

I feel like LV would get along pretty well with Brian.

[E.H. Ruddock]

shouldn't it be back to back to back?

[Jorge]

I am hearing from my friends in [a certain low-level Buenos Aires film festival] that [a certain Academy-Award-winning Hollywood director] has tentatively agreed to fly in for the next installment of the festival, and all he's asking for is two business-class plane tickets. Apparently he's just a really nice guy who's up for helping this small, independent organization.

[epilogue]

I am hearing from my friends in [a certain low-level Buenos Aires film festival] that [a certain Academy-Award-winning Hollywood director] has tentatively agreed to fly in for the next installment of the festival, and all he's asking for is two business-class plane tickets. Apparently he's just a really nice guy who's up for helping this small, independent organization.

[BurtReynolds]

[LoathedVermin72]

The ending is ridiculous but that’s about it

[bada]

Is that an alternate ending or something?

[epilogue]

Is that an alternate ending or something?

Nope

[lennytheweedwhacker]

is that from seven?

[epilogue]

is that from seven?

Yes

[lennytheweedwhacker]

is that from seven?

Yes

thanks

[epilogue]

is that from seven?

Yes

thanks

Welcome

[bada]

Is that an alternate ending or something?

Nope

....but that's not how it ends.

[epilogue]

Is that an alternate ending or something?

Nope

....but that's not how it ends.

Well, no. there's eighteen more hours of terrible movie after that.

[LoathedVermin72]

Been watching a lot of sexploitation lately and finding myself loving it, so I think I’m gonna go a step further and try some vintage porn genre films. We’ll see how this goes.

Adventures in Vintage Hardcore, Part 1

Spoiler: show

This was a great starting point, because it got me very excited to explore this new cinematic frontier. Directed by Roger Watkins, best known for his infamously brutal and disturbing exploitation movie Last House on Dead End Street, this is a dark, psychological neo-noir that reminded me a lot of Only God Forgives. I like that almost all of the sex is decidedly unerotic; usually, at least one party is disinterested and detached, and the whole experience is very cold. It seems way more interested in the ruthless nature of capitalism than in getting people's rocks off. While I think the sex takes up too much of the running time, for the most part I just felt like I was watching a genuinely good (though, of course, dirt cheap) '80s genre movie with shades of Michael Mann - but one that had zero content restrictions.



Widely considered the best adult film ever made, and I can understand why. The production value is high, the acting is often legitimately good, the premise is interesting, and it explores sexual politics in American society. I enjoyed it, but not nearly as much as Corruption. I thought it was much more superficial; the thematic exploration didn't go all that deep, and I would have liked some darker payoffs to some of the psychological groundwork. Good, but not great.



The infamous Andy Milligan is a director I've only recently discovered, but I've been enjoying getting to know his work, which is primarily Z-grade horror punctuated by a few indie sexploitation dramas. This falls into the latter category (along with the fascinating Seeds and the legit-fantastic short Vapors), though it has a couple brief full-penetration scenes, pushing it just barely into the hardcore category. This is a genuinely good (though, again, dirt cheap) movie that has an undeniable, grimy, 42nd Street-in-the-'70s verisimilitude. The protagonist is a compelling, tragic figure, and there are moments of vulnerability and honesty that are nothing short of heartbreaking.

Really looking forward to continuing this journey. Next on my radar: Memories within Miss Aggie, Skin Flicks, A Climax of Blue Power, and Her Name was Lisa.

Adventures in Vintage Hardcore, Part 2



This movie is deeply unsettling. The whole thing has an odd quality of eerie foreboding, and in the final minutes, you find out why - it takes a hard left turn into full-out horror. I really liked it; it's beautifully shot and well acted, and I'm finding the ultimate experience is haunting me in the days since I watched it.



The most famous adult film of all time, and the one that arguably launched the "porno chic" phase of cinema I'm currently exploring. I thought it was...all right. It's very lightweight. It's the first "fun" porn feature I've watched, and I definitely don't think that's where my interests in this genre lie. Amazingly, this same director (Gerard Damiano) made the aforementioned horror-porn Memories within Miss Aggie just two years later.



I think this was my favorite so far; Radley Metzger has a killer sense of style. It's a bit of a curio in that I wouldn't say it's straight-ahead porn like most of these other movies have been; it's mostly light erotica with a subtle psychological edge, and it only has one truly explicit scene toward the end - and it's between two men. The movie is a really interesting "free love" time capsule that examines games of seduction between two couples - one bisexual, one bicurious - over one long night. Very interested in seeing more Metzger after this, particularly The Image and The Lickerish Quartet.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

holy crap gene hackman is 89 years old

[wease]

I saw Deep Throat when Gene Hackman was around 59. I remember it being ok.