Schoolio's Movie Corner

[Originalbob]

the most triumphant visual experience that I've ever had in cinema.

Like... in the league of The Fall sort of beauty? I dunno, I might be on my own, but it was truly bedazzling

[TallGuyCM]

I haven't seen The Fall, but it has been in my queue for a bit.

[cutterbutter]

While The Fall is a gourgously shot film that uses amazing locations and detailed sets to propell a great fantasy story, nothing comes close to Baraka's masterful exploration and presentation of our own world. The most humbling film I've ever seen.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

On the topic of jaw-droppingly gorgeous cinematography, Luc Besson's The Big Blue is a pretty under-watched early film of his that while extremely flawed, it just spectacularly shot.

[roberto73]

While The Fall is a gourgously shot film that uses amazing locations and detailed sets to propell a great fantasy story, nothing comes close to Baraka's masterful exploration and presentation of our own world. The most humbling film I've ever seen.

Exactly. I love The Fall, but next to Baraka it might as well have been shot by Kevin Smith.

[schoolofruckus]

Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi are playing at LACMA this coming Friday. I've seen the former and it had the same effect on me that Baraka (which I have not yet experienced) had on TallChris.

Koyaanisqatsi is basically a feature-length version of the Startrip from 2001, only set on Earth. In a word, mesmerizing.

[mountmccabe]

Exactly. I love The Fall, but next to Baraka it might as well have been shot by Kevin Smith.

This is really cold.


Also I rather love the cinematography that in Bessons' films.


Sound of My Voice was great. The cult leader (and scriptwriter) had a very believable presence. The other two leads were well characterized.

The Cabin in the Woods was a lot of fun. I really liked Bradley Whitford and Richard Jenkins but my favorite bits were seeing the other countries and the white board. I don't think the gender identity goes anywhere - though I was half expecting that to be the resolve, too. And I feel they held on the choices in the end long enough; much longer and you really have to go somewhere with it, which seems like it would not fit with the film (though there could have been more to point to that.)

I also just saw Heathers for the first time; I'd say that I waited too long but I really don't know when this level of camp/artifice ever would have done much for me as I was not old enough when it came out, and it seems like this sort of thing ages very quickly. We had watched Jennifer's Body not too long ago, I now at least understand the parallels that were drawn but even more than that Heathers kept putting into my mind Juno.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

Also I rather love the cinematography that in Bessons' films.

Yes, he has a fantastic eye. The Big Blue happens to be one of his only films that features a lot of exterior, naturalistic locations. Why he hasn't done more shoots like that since is beyond me.

[Originalbob]

I really enjoyed his Angel-A, which is an easily likable movie. I felt this had great picturesque exterior shots, but obviously cannot compare to The Big Blue because I have not seen it.

[Drinkey McDrinkerstein]

I'm a huge fan of all of his stuff. I mean to focus on the more natural beauty on presentation in The Big Blue - it takes place mostly on the sea and on the coast of Italy 9i think - it's been years since I've seen it). There's plenty of exterior shots in the city in Angel-A, Leon, and Le Femme Nikita, but there are sections of Blue that look like genuine nature photography. I still need to see The Lady.

[p.r. teo]

and neglect them

Fuck you. I spent this entire weekend with my son.

stinkbutt. I'm sure that's an appropriate name.

Holy shit that movie was terrible. I watched it on HBO and I still wanted my money back.

Ain't that some shit. I guess this isn't Randy, after all.



The penance for your contributions to this thread, on the other hand, is in its infancy.





Uhhh, I probably like Southland Tales more than 95% of the population, but there's no way you typed this with a straight face.

The cinematography was breathtaking, the score was gorgeous, and the special effects were terrific and tastefully subtle. I also liked that Richard Kelly introduced the Sartre's "No Exit" and had the couple attend a stage performance of it, but didn't feel obligated to thematically tie it into the rest of the story. So many directors reference works of art they like and feel the need to mold their story to fit into it somehow instead of just letting their muse go and take the story wherever it goes, which is where it belongs.

Actually, I don't believe I have seen any of his films and I can't imagine them being any where near as good as he claims or any good at all. Maybe I've seen snippets of one of them, but I can't recall, nor do I think I'd care to. Much like I could care less about ever watching The Box.

Here is my demo reel. Judge for yourself how good I am.

[thelastgreatman]

... does anyone have any idea how happy I am right now?

[schoolofruckus]

This isn't funny anymore. It's like the director of Xena: Warrior Princess is trying to teach us about cinema.

[thelastgreatman]

I was going more for the Wachowski brother you never hear about. You know, the one who's a fucking retard.

[nathanfairchild]

Fuck you. I spent this entire weekend with my son.

you're still a shitty part-time dad.

[thelastgreatman]

Fuck you. I spent this entire weekend with my son.

Awesome.

[guedita]

(Complain about having to do it to a bunch of strangers on an internet forum)

SPEND 48 HOURS WITH BIOLOGICAL OFFSPRING

(brag about it)

[bmack86]

When is Satantango happening in LA? I'm reading the book right now and want to finish before I see it. I'm going to see it: the book has convinced me that I can watch something this dark and intense and uncomfortable for 7+ hours.

Edit: Looks like it's June 2nd, starting at noon with a potluck, just for current members first come first serve, plus one. Based on that and all the Ghibli screenings I want to go to, I just bought a membership. Anyone wanna plus one?

[Grandma]

Here is my demo reel. Judge for yourself how good I am.

[schoolofruckus]

When is Satantango happening in LA? I'm reading the book right now and want to finish before I see it. I'm going to see it: the book has convinced me that I can watch something this dark and intense and uncomfortable for 7+ hours.

Edit: Looks like it's June 2nd, starting at noon with a potluck, just for current members first come first serve, plus one. Based on that and all the Ghibli screenings I want to go to, I just bought a membership. Anyone wanna plus one?

Don't need your +1, but I'll be there with you - and then hauling ass to the Fonda when it's over to catch Mogwai.

[PotVsKtl]

Here is my demo reel.

Clive Barker to sue in 3... 2...

[tyles]

What did I watch this weekend? Conan The Barbarian - the original one. I liked it more this time, and I will not appologize for it.

Also, the cinematography was really great in that one. It makes you weep a little on the inside when you see how shamefully cheap the sequel looked in comparison.

[schoolofruckus]

LA Film Fest

I don't know many of these non-gala titles, as most of them are world/continental premiers. So if you know anything about the movies or their makers, pass it along.

OPENING NIGHT:

• To Rome With Love, Woody Allen - Italy/USA (Sony Pictures Classics) - North American Premiere

CLOSING NIGHT:

• Magic Mike, Steven Soderbergh - USA (Warner Bros.) - World Premiere

GALA SCREENINGS:

• Beasts of the Southern Wild, Benh Zeitlin - USA (Fox Searchlight)
• Middle of Nowhere, Ava DuVernay - USA (AFFRM)
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, Lorene Scafaria - USA (Focus Features) - World Premiere

Narrative Competition (10):

• All Is Well, Pocas Pascoal – Portugal – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
• Breakfast with Curtis, Laura Colella – WORLD PREMIERE
• The Compass is Carried by the Dead Man, Arturo Pons – Mexico – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
• Crazy and Thief, Cory McAbee – NORTH PREMIERE
• Dead Man’s Burden, Jared Moshé – WORLD PREMIERE
• Four, Joshua Sanchez – WORLD PREMIERE
• A Night Too Young, Olmo Omerzu – Czech Republic – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
• Pincus, David Fenster – WORLD PREMIERE
• Red Flag, Alex Karpovsky – WORLD PREMIERE
• Thursday till Sunday, Dominga Sotomayor – Chile – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Documentary Competition (9):

• 25 to Life, Mike Brown – WORLD PREMIERE
• A Band Called Death, Jeff Howlett, Mark Covino – WORLD PREMIERE
• Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives, Sara Lamm, Mary Wigmore – WORLD PREMIERE
• Call Me Kuchu, Katherine Fairfax Wright, Malika Zouhali-Worrall – US PREMIERE
• Drought, Everado González – Mexico – US PREMIERE
• The Iran Job, Till Schauder – USA/Germany/Iran – WORLD PREMIERE
• Sun Kissed, Maya Stark, Adi Lavy – WORLD PREMIERE
• Vampira and Me, R. H. Greene – WORLD PREMIERE
• Words of Witness, Mai Iskander – Egypt/USA – US PREMIERE

International Showcase (15):

• Bestiaire, Denis Côté – Canada
• Bunohan: Return to Murder, Dain Said – Malaysia (Oscilloscope Pictures)
• Canícula, José Álvarez – Mexico
• The First Man, Gianni Amelio – France – US PREMIERE
• The Last Elvis, Armando Bo – Argentina
• Neighboring Sounds, Kleber Mendonça Filho – Brazil (The Cinema Guild)
• On the Edge, Leila Kilani – France/Morocco/Germany
• P-047, Kongdej Jaturanrasamee – Thailand
• Return to Burma, Midi Z. – Taiwan/Myanmar
• Sister, Ursula Meier – Switzerland (Adopt Films) – NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE
• The Strawberry Tree, Simone Rapisarda Casanova – Canada/Cuba/Italy
• Summer Games, Rolando Colla – Switzerland
• Teddy Bear, Mads Matthiesen – Denmark (Film Movement)
• Unforgivable, André Téchiné – France (Strand Releasing)
• Without Gorky, Cosima Spender – UK

Summer Showcase (16):

• About Face, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (HBO Films)
• Beauty Is Embarrassing, Neil Berkeley
• Big Easy Express, Emmett Malloy
• Celeste and Jesse Forever, Lee Toland Krieger (Sony Pictures Classics)
• Gayby, Jonathan Lisecki (Wolfe Releasing)
• Gimme the Loot, Adam Leon (IFC Films)
• The House I Live In, Eugene Jarecki
• It’s a Disaster, Todd Berger – WORLD PREMIERE
• La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus, Mark Kendall – USA/Guatemala
• Neil Young Journeys, Jonathan Demme (Sony Pictures Classics)
• An Oversimplification of her Beauty, Terence Nance – USA/France
• People Like Us, Alex Kurtzman (Dreamworks Pictures) – WORLD PREMIERE
• The Queen of Versailles, Lauren Greenfield (Magnolia Pictures)
• Reportero, Bernardo Ruiz
• Robot and Frank, Jake Schreier (Samuel Goldwyn Films)
• Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul (Sony Pictures Classics)

Community Screenings (6):

• Dirty Dancing (1987), Emile Ardolino – Grand Performances Screening
• E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Steven Spielberg – FIGat7th Screening
• G-Dog, Freida Mock – WORLD PREMIERE
• The Invisible War, Kirby Dick (Cinedigm)
• LUV, Sheldon Candis – Project Involve Screening (Indomina)
• Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982), Nicholas Meyer – FIGat7th Screening

The Beyond (3):

• The History of Future Folk, J. Anderson Mitchell, Jeremy Kipp Walker – WORLD PREMIERE
• Juan of the Dead, Alejandro Brugués – Cuba
• Saturday Morning Massacre, Spencer Parsons – WORLD PREMIERE

Retro (3):

• Ballads, Blues and Bluegrass (1961), Alan Lomax – WORLD PREMIERE
• Banishment (2007), Andrey Zvyagintsev – Russia – LAFCA’s The Film That Got Away
• The Breaking Point (1950), Michael Curtiz – Film Foundation Screening

[RageAgainstTheAoki]

Goldstar has half price tickets for CineFamily screenings at the Silent Movie Theatre including The Turin Horse, Numbers Patterns and Shapes, Almanac of Fall and a double feature of The Nude Vampire and Daughters of Darkness.

http://www.goldstar.com/e/36212

(you may need to log in to your free Goldstar account to view the site)

[Grandma]

[amyzzz]

prometheus alien tentacle?

[schoolofruckus]

Sound of My Voice was great. The cult leader (and scriptwriter) had a very believable presence. The other two leads were well characterized.

Did you see Another Earth, by chance? That one underwhelmed me at first, and then proceeded to grow worse the more I thought about it. Brit Marling seems like she could be talented - hopefully she hasn't cast a horribly un-talented and repellent-looking male lead opposite herself in this.

[TomServo]

THIS, and I blame it on P.R. Teo, mostly.

It's all my fault for liking "Cabin in the Woods". Imagine the mindfuck we'll have after I like "The Avengers"!

[p.r. teo]

... does anyone have any idea how happy I am right now?

I was going more for the Wachowski brother you never hear about. You know, the one who's a fucking retard.

Let's see your reel if your so great. Oh that's right, you don't have one. All talk.

This isn't funny anymore. It's like the director of Xena: Warrior Princess is trying to teach us about cinema.

Didn't you make a movie or am I mistaken you for someone else? What festivals did you get into? Liberata Me got into Cannes when I hadn't even taken a film school class yet. But maybe you know more than the organizers at Cannes.

(Complain about having to do it to a bunch of strangers on an internet forum)

SPEND 48 HOURS WITH BIOLOGICAL OFFSPRING

(brag about it)

When did I ever complain about being a dad on here? Never. Only reason anybody thinks I don't like being a dad is because thelastgreatman snooped into my old blogs from 4 years ago. And even then, I wasn't complaining about being a dad, just saying what I felt.

Clive Barker to sue in 3... 2...

He's directed 3 movies, the last almost 20 years ago. I've already made more then that. I respect him as a writer but he's hardly any sort of influence as a director.

I am surprised you have good taste enough to be interested in Prometheus.

[schoolofruckus]

This may slightly traumatize you, but filmmaking isn't a competitive sport. My movie not being good enough for a festival you got into does not make your movie good or even "better". In fact, the two principles couldn't be less connected. Even Cannes has programmed many cinematic disasters over the years, and by all appearances you would be headlining that sidebar.

Look, your parenting is yours and Randy's business alone. But the reason your directorial ineptitude is being highlighted over mine is that you're presenting yourself as a rotten, self-satisfied asshole who, quite frankly, hasn't made a single interesting or substantial comment about movies since you first deigned to enter this thread. Thine epitaph shall read "Worst at Cannes; last to discover Internet".