Red Mosquito

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.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I should watch more of his movies, he is very hit or miss to me.

For sure. I also really want to see Schizopolis and High Flying Bird. But there are others like The Girlfriend Experience and Unsane that don’t interest me at all.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Malloy wrote:i don't think i can in good faith rank soderbergh's filmography until i see erin brokovich. but i have a hard time imagining it would displace the limey, che, out of sight and ocean's 11 at the top.

does it strike anyone else that his body of work is under-appreciated?

If you’re putting Che at the top, it’s fair to say we appreciate different aspects of Soderbergh...

Che is a beautiful, provocative film. It’s also long as fuck. There’s like a full minute of Che smoking a cigarette at one point.

The Limey is a similar example. Great film, amazing performance by Stamp. But it drags in places, when Soderbergh’s leaning into the mood rather than the plot.

I prefer his stuff that’s leaner and punchier, so in that regard, Brokovich sits near the top for me. It’s almost as mainstream fun as Oceans 11, albeit with a more meaningful message underneath. But you may not dig it as much given what seems to be your favorite stuff of his.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I should watch more of his movies, he is very hit or miss to me.

For sure. I also really want to see Schizopolis and High Flying Bird. But there are others like The Girlfriend Experience and Unsane that don’t interest me at all.

Huge fan of The Girlfriend Experience.

I despise Sasha Grey so this one is not for me.

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:I should watch more of his movies, he is very hit or miss to me.

For sure. I also really want to see Schizopolis and High Flying Bird. But there are others like The Girlfriend Experience and Unsane that don’t interest me at all.

Huge fan of The Girlfriend Experience.

I despise Sasha Grey so this one is not for me.

BurtReynolds wrote:Spirited Away
Nausicaa
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Ponyo
Howls Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service

Haven't seen the others yet.

Ello Sailor wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Spirited Away
Nausicaa
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Ponyo
Howls Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service

Haven't seen the others yet.

This seems like it'd be really hard to do. Surprised to see Howl's so low, but I'm not sure where I'd even begin in ranking them.

BurtReynolds wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:Spirited Away
Nausicaa
Princess Mononoke
My Neighbor Totoro
Ponyo
Howls Moving Castle
Kiki's Delivery Service

Haven't seen the others yet.

This seems like it'd be really hard to do. Surprised to see Howl's so low, but I'm not sure where I'd even begin in ranking them.

It's ok, but didn't really grab me.

Kiki's is the only one I didn't like. The art is great, but the story is a dull mess. I didn't even finish watching it.

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.