Random Movie Talk Twelve (no, not that horrid Schumacher movie)

[Jive Turkey]

Finally checked out my Apocalypse Now Blu-ray, which I projected for some friends.

I'm going to start talking like this instead of the pedestrian "My friends and I watched a movie at my place"

 

[gump]

Based on Criterion's facebook posts, they are about to announce the release of The Three Colors Trilogy. Really looking forward to that in Blu.

 

[lazarus]

I'm going to start talking like this instead of the pedestrian "My friends and I watched a movie at my place"

I wasn't trying to sound fancy, but I've been hosting screenings every week for about 3 years now. Built a big screen in my backyard for it, got a popcorn machine...the works.

We usually have btw 5-10 people show up, but a couple weeks ago I got over 20 to see an obscure French film, so that was kind of cool.

 

[lazarus]

Based on Criterion's facebook posts, they are about to announce the release of The Three Colors Trilogy. Really looking forward to that in Blu.

And Redd. And Whyte.

 

[Jive Turkey]

I wasn't trying to sound fancy, but I've been hosting screenings every week for about 3 years now. Built a big screen in my backyard for it, got a popcorn machine...the works.

We usually have btw 5-10 people show up, but a couple weeks ago I got over 20 to see an obscure French film, so that was kind of cool.

I'm just busting your balls. That does sound really cool though

 

[lazarus]

You want me to get my shine box?


GOODFELLAS- Never Bust a Wise Guy's Balls - YouTube

 

[cobl04]

I really want to see Senna.

 

[LMP]

Three Colors and The Rules of the Game Blu upgrade are locks.

 

[lazarus]

Maybe this is blasphemy, but I doubt I'd make upgrading my Criterion of Rules a priority. The DVD set is fantastic already, and while I love Renoir's direction, the photography isn't something I'm dying to see in hi-def.

The Kieslowski set, OOTH, is a no-brainer. Must have. And that Jean Vigo set, too (if you want to call a single disc with one feature and three shorter films a "set").

 

[Lancemc]

Agree entirely on both counts. Really excited for the Vigo set, and looking forward to seeing how the transfers for the Kieslowski's shape up. Would have loved for them to grab up some of his older films though, or even The Decalogue. Hawww...

 

[Jive Turkey]

This is kinda neat

cinemetrics on Vimeo

 

[bono_212]

I think that video was a little short for me to quite grasp what was going on, but I'm looking more into it now. It SEEMED cool.

 

[CrashedCarDriver]

SENNA International Trailer - YouTube

^ One of the best films Ive seen this year, and im 1. no formula 1 fan, 2. no motorracing fan. Its a film that tries to get a window as to what is going into a person's mind 1. without acting and 2. through 100% archival footage

 

[Jive Turkey]

Too many numbers. I have no idea what you were saying

 

[LMP]

A Rushmore Blu upgrade is gonna be announced on Monday as well. In other news, I forgot about how much of a wasteland Criterion's FB page is.

 

[powerhour24]

 

[powerhour24]

Reeve Carney just nabbed the role of James Franco's lifetime, he'll be playing Jeff Buckley.

 

[GirlsAloudFan]

Wow, good for him. I like Reeve.

Hopefully he does a great job with the role so that he isn't known for the rest of his career as the dumbass who played Peter Parker in U2's Spiderman on Broadway embarrassment.

 

[powerhour24]

Agreed.

 

[lazarus]

Reeve Carney just nabbed the role of James Franco's lifetime, he'll be playing Jeff Buckley.

Looks like Carney is going from Rise Above to Sink Below.

What a career!

 

[Lancemc]

 

[powerhour24]

So. Much. Money.

 

[powerhour24]

Looks like Carney is going from Rise Above to Sink Below.

What a career!

Not cool.

 

[lazarus]

 

[LMP]

The Rules of the Game and 12 Angry Men covers are gorgeous. Three Colors... not so much.

Spoiler

Sabu!

 

[u2popmofo]

Anyone get or watch Big Lebowski on Blu-Ray yet?

 

[gump]

Announced yesterday:

49th NYFF: Main Slate

4:44: Last Day On Earth, directed by Abel Ferrara (USA)
A Separation, directed by Asghar Farhadi (Iran)
Corpo Celeste, directed by Alice Rohrwacher (Italy/Switzerland/France)
Footnote, directed by Joseph Cedar (Israel)
George Harrison: Living In The Material World, directed by Martin Scorsese (USA)
Goodbye First Love, directed by Mia Hansen-Løve (France/Germany)
Le Havre, directed by Aki Kaurismäki (Finland/France/Germany)
Martha Marcy May Marlene, directed by Sean Durkin (USA)
Melancholia, directed by Lars von Trier (Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany/Italy)
Miss Bala, directed by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico)
Once Upon A Time In Anatolia, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey)
Pina, directed by Wim Wenders (Germany/France/UK)
Play, directed by Ruben Östlund (Sweden/France/Denmark)
Policeman, directed by Nadav Lapid (Israel/France)
Shame, directed by Steve McQueen (UK)
Sleeping Sickness, directed by Ulrich Köhler (Germany/France/Netherlands)
The Artist, directed by Michel Hazanavicius (France)
The Loneliest Planet, directed by Julia Loktev (USA/Germany)
The Kid With A Bike, directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne (Belgium/France)
The Student, directed by Santiago Mitre (Argentina)
The Turin Horse, directed by Béla Tarr and Agnes Hranitzky (Hungary/France/Germany/Switzerland/USA)
This Is Not A Film, directed by Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (Iran)

Opening Night:
Carnage, directed by Roman Polanski (France/Germany/Poland)

Closing Night:
The Descendants, directed by Alexander Payne (USA)

Centerpiece:
My Week With Marilyn, directed by Simon Curtis (UK)

Gala Screenings:
A Dangerous Method, directed by David Cronenberg (UK/Canada/Germany)
The Skin I Live In, directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)

 

[Lancemc]

Tarr, Ceylan and Kaurismäki!

Don't let us down, gump.

 

[gump]

Cinephile pass: 180 dollars for 10 films. I think I may need to be selective and pick 3 or 4...

Lance, are you planning on attending?

 

[corianderstem]

I'm just thrilled it's not that dude from Gossip Girl playing Buckley.