Movies

[SKT]

I really enjoyed Sinners. It had a lot of deep symbolism and addressed some uniquely American themes. I’m still trying to unpack everything and could probably use a 2nd viewing to fully understand and appreciate all of what Coogler was trying to say. Highly recommend

[jtaylor69]

Watched Sinners in IMAX (Dual Laser and 1.43:1 screen). Beautiful presentation (the full aspect ratio scenes were insane), great story and great music.

[endo]

must have been amazing @jtaylor69 which IMAX where you at?

[jtaylor69]

@endo we went to Manchester Printworks which is second biggest in the UK but would have loved to have done the BFI in London but it's much further away. Have seen Tenet and Oppenheimer in 70mm Film at the BFI and it's unreal. Love film projection.

[mclaincausey]

I really want to see that one. Set in my ancestral homeland, infused with blues and blues lore, set in juke joints… right up my alley. It’ll have to be solo I think though, the wife can’t handle too much violence and gore

[SKT]

@mclaincausey I hope you get to catch it, I’d be interested in your thoughts especially since you have first hand experience living in the Deep South. Your wife should definitely skip this one though…I’d say blood is one of the main themes

[GraemeE]

Someone brought this one up in conversation this week and I realized I've never seen it - should I?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087884/

[Matt]

I haven’t seen it but my girl Lana Del Rey has a song called Paris, TX and the video is scenes from the movie. It’s supposed to be one of the most beautifully shot movies and I love the actors in it. I just haven’t found time to watch it yet. One of my favorite LDR songs though.

[jerkules]

@GraemeE you should definitely watch it, it’s beautiful. You’ll need patience as it moves slowly, but its rewarding and very emotional.

[endo]

@Matt said in Movies:

my girl Lana Del Rey has a song called Paris, TX

Beautiful song. You should watch the film one day. It‘s very quiet, sometimes a little sad but oh so beautiful. The song resonates it quite well.

Wim Wenders (the director) has done a few other great films among them a version of Patricia Highsmith‘s Ripley’s Game, called Der amerikanische Freund (The American Friend) with Bruno Ganz and Dennis Hopper. It takes place and was filmed in late 1970s Hamburg. Awesome.

[endo]

[endo]

@GraemeE said in Movies:

I've never seen it - should I?

Yes, and I assume you‘d probably enjoy any Wenders film.

[Giles]

@sabergirl I can only guess what this is about. I will get the quote wrong but the concept remains, and it is one of the things that I think about with utter despair very regularly.

I guess this was in the 90's, Italian farmers were taking bribes/hush money/what ever you want to call it, to allow the mafia to dump/bury extremely toxic shit on their land. The bad shit, of course, got into the water table and poisoned the water, not only for the farmers, but everyone else you used it.

The quote was something like this. "They do not care if they cant drink their own water, as long as they can afford to buy bottled water".....

As a race we are complete and utter fucktards......

[Giles]

OK so I Googled it, and got it wrong ,sorry.

But if you want a very hard to read (for me at least), discussion on what land ownership has done to us as a race, then I urge you to read, Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World, by Simon Winchester.

I had to read it in bits, because it made me so sad and cross, I needed light relief from time to time.

[sabergirl]

I’ve always mused about how different life would be if the settlers in America had adopted the native peoples’ we encountered relationship to the land.

Thanks for the book recommendation, @Giles .

[Giles]

You will get that in spades in the book. Fiji, Australia, New Zealand etc etc etc etc

[GraemeE]

@endo good call - I loved perfect days and now I think i should probably check out the others

Edit: i have seen wings of desire but it was a long time ago and I may or may have not been herbally altered at the time....

[scooter]

[GraemeE]

@scooter ooh
I'm a sucker for wes anderson
This looks rad

[scooter]

@GraemeE , I'm not going lie, I haven't paid much attention to anything he's done in the past 20 years. But, I did enjoy The Tenenbaums and The Life Aquatic. So, I'm optimistic...