Sipping Absinthe :) Watchin' Movies |
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Sipping Absinthe :) Watchin' Movies |
 Sep 23 2009, 04:52 AM
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 Advanced Member  Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221  |
I don't think you'll be disappointed--just don't expect the fireworks of Apocalypse Now or the opera of The Godfather. It's a film in a completely different register. Great, great movie. It also has one of my favorite musical scores of all time--really haunting.
Check out Buffalo 66 too while you're at it. Take a look at this trailer and tell me it isn't one of the best ever cut. -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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Sep 30 2009, 01:46 AM
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 Absinthe Geek  Group: Diamond Member Posts: 2,239 Joined: 22-April 09 From: Living in exile Member No.: 2,489 |
Funny you mention Buffalo 66. A buddy gave me a stack of obscure and indie films to watch, and Buffalo 66 was one of them.
As a matter of fact, I got on here to recommend a different one from that stack. If you all haven't seen Winter Passing, you should go find a copy somewhere. Maybe the rental stores will have it. Netflix probably does. It made me fall in love with Zooey Deschanel all over again too (HG2G). |
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Sep 30 2009, 08:23 AM
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 Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 809 Joined: 7-April 08 From: Long Island, NY Member No.: 1,961 |
Pan's Labrynth
-------------------- Life is moist and stinky
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Sep 30 2009, 10:55 AM
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 Spectator of the Unseemly Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,188 Joined: 17-April 08 From: sleazeattle WA Member No.: 1,978 |
Been hittin' Young Frankenstein pretty hard in the last few days; last night was Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress.
-------------------- What part of Klaatu Barada Nikto don't you understand?
...because shoddy absinthes will be flavored with the lubricator of take the lead anise. |
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Sep 30 2009, 12:20 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 167 Joined: 22-July 09 From: Princeton/Trenton NJ USA Member No.: 2,604 |
Showgirls: The unrated version?
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Oct 3 2009, 02:35 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 59 Joined: 29-September 09 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 2,685 |
"Naked" by Mike Leigh (one of my favorite directors). David Thewlis's performance as Johnny is classic. Although I have watched many women leave the room during this film.
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Oct 3 2009, 06:06 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221 |
Brutal movie. And brilliant.
I'm about to pop in Godard's Contempt and give it another watch before we tackle it in class this week. I'm thinking that Meadow of Love may pair well with Brigitte Bardot. -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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Oct 3 2009, 08:19 PM
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Spectator of the Unseemly Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,188 Joined: 17-April 08 From: sleazeattle WA Member No.: 1,978 |
QUOTE (AiO @ Oct 3 2009, 07:06 PM)  Brutal movie. And brilliant. really? I was not impressed. Me and the wife were bored stiff. -------------------- What part of Klaatu Barada Nikto don't you understand?
...because shoddy absinthes will be flavored with the lubricator of take the lead anise. |
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Oct 4 2009, 06:45 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221 |
Truly. But I'm a sucker for British/UK social realism--Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, etc.--going all the way back to the early '60s "kitchen sink" stuff.
I find Naked fascinating mostly because of the protagonist. I'm always interested when a movie puts a thoroughly unsympathetic--in this case, downright despicable--character in the lead role. It's like a game--it challenges to our tendency/desire to identify with the "hero" of the film--but (at the risk of sounding totally pretentious) I think that it also teaches us something about humanity, both ours and Johnny's. For an interesting contrast to Naked, check out Mike Leigh's last movie, Happy-Go-Lucky. It's protagonist is the exact opposite of Johnny in every respect, but her indefatigably sunny and chipper personality tests the audience in exactly the same way. -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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Oct 4 2009, 08:07 AM
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 Insufferable Beer Snob Group: Absinthiste Posts: 11,616 Joined: 9-November 04 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (AiO @ Oct 3 2009, 07:06 PM) Brutal movie. And brilliant. Indeed! Thewlis's performance was one of the greatest of all time, in my opinion. Okay, it was no Daniel Day Lewis in "There Will Be Blood", but it was pretty damned incredible, nonetheless. -------------------- "Absinthe, on the other hand, is like an aged transvestite down the block who inexplicably manages to steal a new pair of knickers from someone's clothesline each morning."
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Oct 4 2009, 11:15 AM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 91 Joined: 26-August 09 From: Jackson, MS Member No.: 2,635 |
The Killer Shrews, starring Festus himself James Best. Mystery Science Theater 3000 did this movie. One of my favorite episodes, but this is just the movie in all it's grandeur.
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Oct 4 2009, 11:20 AM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 91 Joined: 26-August 09 From: Jackson, MS Member No.: 2,635 |
QUOTE (Jetzster @ Sep 13 2009, 10:11 PM) "The Descent" was greatly intensified with Duplais and Marteau, as was "I Am Legend" and its older brother classic "The Last Man on Earth" with the great Vincent Price,one night recently ...  I'd go with the older brother (I'd rather almost call it completely nonrelated distant cousing) any day. I am Legend completely destroyed the intent of the book. Last Man stayed true to the book, and it had Vincent Price. Speaking of The Descent, I saw Pandorum last week. It wasn't what I was expecting at all from the trailer. Not bad. Not life changing. It's very much a cross between The Descent and Event Horizon. -------------------- |
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Oct 4 2009, 11:23 AM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 91 Joined: 26-August 09 From: Jackson, MS Member No.: 2,635 |
QUOTE (baubel @ Sep 15 2009, 02:57 AM) Carpenter really did a good job with The Thing, when I read Chamber's "Who Goes There?", I was really surprised and really impressed at how well he adapted it. The Thing is one of my all time favorites. QUOTE Lynch's Dune is fun to watch with some Montemarte in hand.  Lynch's Dune is one of my all time favorites. Echo? -------------------- |
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Oct 4 2009, 11:32 AM
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Spectator of the Unseemly Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,188 Joined: 17-April 08 From: sleazeattle WA Member No.: 1,978 |
QUOTE (Entropy @ Oct 4 2009, 12:15 PM) The Killer Shrews, starring Festus himself James Best. Mystery Science Theater 3000 did this movie. One of my favorite episodes, but this is just the movie in all it's grandeur. YES!!! the big shrews that are obviously dogs! I saw that when I was young enough to seriously dig Godzilla and the blatant dog-ness of the shrews blew me away. The baldfaced audacity! 
-------------------- What part of Klaatu Barada Nikto don't you understand?
...because shoddy absinthes will be flavored with the lubricator of take the lead anise. |
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Oct 4 2009, 07:19 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 106 Joined: 24-January 09 From: Northern New Jersey Member No.: 2,366 |
QUOTE (buddhasynth @ Sep 30 2009, 02:55 PM) Been hittin' Young Frankenstein pretty hard in the last few days; last night was Kurosawa's Hidden Fortress. I just saw that recently myself... I got it in a boxed set with Yojimbo, Sanjuro, & The Seven Samurai... Any suggestions for my next Kurosawa film? |
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Oct 4 2009, 08:35 PM
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Spectator of the Unseemly Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,188 Joined: 17-April 08 From: sleazeattle WA Member No.: 1,978 |
Rashomon, baby. Quintessential Kurosawa.(say that 5 times fast when drunk!)
-------------------- What part of Klaatu Barada Nikto don't you understand?
...because shoddy absinthes will be flavored with the lubricator of take the lead anise. |
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Oct 5 2009, 03:52 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221 |
Ikiru. One of the most moving films ever made. Up there with The Seven Samurai as my favorite Kurosawa.
I'm also a big fan of High and Low, a ransom thriller with Toshiro Mifune in the lead. -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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Oct 5 2009, 09:38 AM
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Spectator of the Unseemly Group: Absintheur Posts: 2,188 Joined: 17-April 08 From: sleazeattle WA Member No.: 1,978 |
Throne of Blood has some great imagery in it as well. If you like that sort of thing..
-------------------- What part of Klaatu Barada Nikto don't you understand?
...because shoddy absinthes will be flavored with the lubricator of take the lead anise. |
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Oct 5 2009, 03:31 PM
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 Advanced Member Äbsintheuris~Practicus  Group: Bronze Member Posts: 1,436 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Serpo,Zeta Reticuli 4 Member No.: 272 |
QUOTE (buddhasynth @ Oct 4 2009, 12:32 PM) QUOTE (Entropy @ Oct 4 2009, 12:15 PM) The Killer Shrews, starring Festus himself James Best. Mystery Science Theater 3000 did this movie. One of my favorite episodes, but this is just the movie in all it's grandeur. YES!!! the big shrews that are obviously dogs! I saw that when I was young enough to seriously dig Godzilla and the blatant dog-ness of the shrews blew me away. The baldfaced audacity! I still remember that 50 gal barrel's raggedly cut square viewing window with a long fang hung up on its edge,trying to get in.. Another jewel classic is "Panic in the Year Zero" with Ray Milland finding a place to hide his 50's family when enroute to go camping ,(a nuke hits LA behind them)...great panic scenes like throwing gasoline out and trying to cross the main LA escape drag with the family trailer in tow! 
-------------------- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.."-Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948)
."Release the KRAKEN!"-Zeus ......".Barkeeper!...Marteau!!...and fresh horses for my men!...." |
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Oct 5 2009, 05:07 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 59 Joined: 29-September 09 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 2,685 |
QUOTE (AiO @ Oct 4 2009, 07:45 AM) Truly. But I'm a sucker for British/UK social realism--Mike Leigh, Ken Loach, Lynne Ramsay, Andrea Arnold, etc.--going all the way back to the early '60s "kitchen sink" stuff. I find Naked fascinating mostly because of the protagonist. I'm always interested when a movie puts a thoroughly unsympathetic--in this case, downright despicable--character in the lead role. It's like a game--it challenges to our tendency/desire to identify with the "hero" of the film--but (at the risk of sounding totally pretentious) I think that it also teaches us something about humanity, both ours and Johnny's. For an interesting contrast to Naked, check out Mike Leigh's last movie, Happy-Go-Lucky. It's protagonist is the exact opposite of Johnny in every respect, but her indefatigably sunny and chipper personality tests the audience in exactly the same way. We need to talk film my friend, "En Ra Ha"!!! |
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Oct 5 2009, 05:16 PM
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Insufferable Beer Snob Group: Absinthiste Posts: 11,616 Joined: 9-November 04 From: Bellingham, WA Member No.: 9 |
Yuppers, that Scott was a major fruit bat, alright.
-------------------- "Absinthe, on the other hand, is like an aged transvestite down the block who inexplicably manages to steal a new pair of knickers from someone's clothesline each morning."
---Buddhasynth |
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Oct 5 2009, 05:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221 |
QUOTE (Le Loup @ Oct 5 2009, 09:07 PM) We need to talk film my friend, "En Ra Ha"!!! As Brando once said: Whatcha got? -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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Oct 5 2009, 06:23 PM
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Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 91 Joined: 26-August 09 From: Jackson, MS Member No.: 2,635 |
QUOTE (Jetzster @ Oct 5 2009, 06:31 PM) Another jewel classic is "Panic in the Year Zero" with Ray Milland finding a place to hide his 50's family when enroute to go camping ,(a nuke hits LA behind them)...great panic scenes like throwing gasoline out and trying to cross the main LA escape drag with the family trailer in tow! I actually watched it about 2 weeks ago. I saw it in a double feature with Last Man on Earth at walmart for 5 bucks. Had to get it. I also liked Throne of Blood. But yeah, only if you're into that Shakespeare stuff. -------------------- |
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Oct 5 2009, 07:35 PM
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 Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 242 Joined: 1-October 09 From: Hell nedley, we're in hell Member No.: 2,687 |
Absinthe, House M.D. and a little medical knowledge makes for a great night.
-------------------- "All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust." - J.M.Barrie
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Oct 5 2009, 07:50 PM
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Advanced Member Äbsintheuris~Practicus Group: Bronze Member Posts: 1,436 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Serpo,Zeta Reticuli 4 Member No.: 272 |
QUOTE (Entropy @ Oct 5 2009, 07:23 PM) QUOTE (Jetzster @ Oct 5 2009, 06:31 PM) Another jewel classic is "Panic in the Year Zero" with Ray Milland finding a place to hide his 50's family when enroute to go camping ,(a nuke hits LA behind them)...great panic scenes like throwing gasoline out and trying to cross the main LA escape drag with the family trailer in tow! I actually watched it about 2 weeks ago. I saw it in a double feature with Last Man on Earth at walmart for 5 bucks. Had to get it. I also liked Throne of Blood. But yeah, only if you're into that Shakespeare stuff. Millands "The Man with the X-Ray Eyes"was rather disturbing, also I wonder if his "The Lost Weekend" had been about Absinthe, instead of whiskey ,what the critics would have thought.. 
-------------------- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.."-Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948)
."Release the KRAKEN!"-Zeus ......".Barkeeper!...Marteau!!...and fresh horses for my men!...." |
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Oct 5 2009, 08:23 PM
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 Cold wind blowin'. Group: Absintheur Posts: 4,409 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 1,333 |
I watched Miracle Mile a few weeks ago while sipping some absinthe.
Diamonds. 
-------------------- "The real world, as bizarre as it is, may be much better than some dreams." -Bill
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Oct 6 2009, 09:59 PM
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 Floccinaucinihilipilificator Extraordinaire  Group: Silver Member Posts: 4,504 Joined: 20-August 06 From: Birmingham, Alabama Member No.: 775 |
Although it's not a movie, I got into a habit of watching Battlestar Galactica while drinking Duplais Balance. So much so that when I see an episode I can kind of taste the absinthe.
-------------------- Throng of Shoggoths: Brutal, Psychedelic Doom-Metal
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Oct 7 2009, 06:46 PM
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Advanced Member Äbsintheuris~Practicus Group: Bronze Member Posts: 1,436 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Serpo,Zeta Reticuli 4 Member No.: 272 |
Another Absinthe classic:Bradbury's "The Illustrated Man",with Rod Steiger and Claire Bloom...intense short stories with a recurring theme of "the conflict of the cold mechanics of technology and the psychology of people" all tied to different tattoo "illustrations" on a tortured individual.. Great Absinthe Movie!
-------------------- "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.."-Mahatma Gandhi 1869-1948)
."Release the KRAKEN!"-Zeus ......".Barkeeper!...Marteau!!...and fresh horses for my men!...." |
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Oct 7 2009, 07:19 PM
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Cold wind blowin'. Group: Absintheur Posts: 4,409 Joined: 29-April 07 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 1,333 |
Imagine how many glasses you could louche in The Long Rain!
Brings a different kind of meaning to the dead leaf look though... 
-------------------- "The real world, as bizarre as it is, may be much better than some dreams." -Bill
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Oct 10 2009, 04:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Absintheur Posts: 964 Joined: 26-September 08 From: South Central PA Member No.: 2,221 |
So I was thinking:
 There seems to be a goodly number of horror/sci-fi movie fans here and tis the season for these kinds of movies. What are you planning to watch around Halloween (with glass in hand, of course)? I love watching silent horror/fantasy films this time of the year, but we've pretty much covered that ground (I couldn't resist throwing in one last shout-out to Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs, though--you've seen this one, right buddha?). So what else? Personally, I'm also a sucker for black & white gothic Italian horror movies from the 1960s: Black Sunday, Castle of Blood, Nightmare Castle. Pretty much anything with Barbara Steele in it. How about you? -------------------- "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot" -- Charlie Chaplin
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