May 29, 2016

Let's plan a Sectioneighty film club meeting!

 

May 30, 2016

come see me

 

May 30, 2016

Imagine a legit physical meeting, that would be beyond dope. Let's do it in Vancouver, that's a cool place.

 

May 30, 2016

Louder Than Bombs (2015) 1080p BluRay X264 AMIABLE rarbg

 

May 30, 2016

Charlie

 

May 30, 2016

Vahn

 

May 30, 2016

X-Men was so disappointing after practically living off the x-men in the 90s. 2 1/2 out of 5

 

May 30, 2016

Louder than Bombs is dope

 

May 30, 2016

Stillman blessed

 

May 30, 2016

Can we rank our top 5 Pixar features?

1. WALL-E
2. Up
3. Inside Out
4. Monsters Inc
5. Ratatouille

 

May 30, 2016

I didn't post anything, but Love & Friendship was dope. KATE BECKINSALE FOR ALL THE OSCARZ

Very close to yours

WALL-E
Up
Inside Out
Ratatouille
Toy Story 3

 

May 31, 2016

Are you a fan of his other work? The Last Days of Disco is a classic. I want to watch Barcelona soon.

 

May 31, 2016

Yep, Barcelona is dope too, but I think Metropolitan is my favorite.

 

May 31, 2016

1. Toy Story 3
2. Up
3. Wall-E
4. Inside Out
5. Toy Story

Haven't seen Ratatouille and need to rewatch Wall-E

 

May 31, 2016

Going to see Davies' Sunset Song today.

 

May 31, 2016

Movies on my radar for June:

June 3- The Wailing (Na Hong-jin)
June 10- De Palma (Noach Baumbach), Tikkun (Avishai Sivan)
June 17- Cosmos (Andrzej Zulawski), Finding Dory (Andrew Stanton, Angus MacLane)
June 24- Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-soo), Neon Demon (Nicolas Winding Refn)
June 29- The Shallows (Jaume Collet-Serra)

 

Jun 1, 2016

How was it? Trailer was giving me some Days of Heaven vibes

 

Jun 2, 2016

It definitely has both some Days of Heaven and Tree of Life vibes. Days of Heaven because of the settings mostly... there are some landscape shots and cinematography that easily rivals the best in Days of Heaven. And there are some thematic and cinematographic aspects that resemble scenes in Tree of Life, though Distant Voices, Still Lives has much more narratively in common. There is one scene towards the end of Sunset Song, with a group of characters walking to the church, which feels rhythmically, compositionally, and tonally similar to the final segment of Tree of Life with all the characters walking amongst the ethereal landscape.

It's a brilliantly filmed movie with much artistry to offer, but the narrative has a lot of problems, particularly when the husband returns from war duty. The characters are all rather stereotypical and the acting is not entirely believable nor engaging. As an adaptation I don't think it works, and I think Davies should have known better than to try to adapt a story. In my view, cinematography is always compromised by storytelling, and there's a particular form of cinematic storytelling which ought to be created outside of literature. Films like DVST or TOL don't lack a story or narrative but have a story and narrative which befits the medium of cinema, which involves less "wordiness" to suggest and abstract and tell the story through images is how cinema operates. By sticking to the book and trying to hit all plot points it ends up failing to become an accomplished piece of cinema.

 

Jun 2, 2016

In similar news...

I've become obsessed with Distant Voices, Still Lives, and think it might be a perfectly realized film. I started watching it because I think without a doubt the first 5 minutes are incredible and I ended up watching the whole film again tonight. Haven't done a film twice in a row like this since Elegy of a Voyage or maybe World of Tomorrow since it was so short. I raised my rating to 98/100 and this may still go up.

Who else has seen it and what did you think of it? @Twan @Vahn @Woody

 

Jun 2, 2016

Haven't seen it yet...but sounds like I have to make it a priority.