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One of the re-animator movies is on Sci-fi at 9.
I think it may be re-animator night on sci-fi for the duration.
Purity of Essence baby.
man, reanimator creeped me the fuck out when I saw it..
If you ever get a chance to see this in a theater, do not miss it. I saw a 35mm print on the big screen, it was like a completely different movie. Someday I'd like to see a double-bill of Dr. Strangelove and Paths of Glory.
yeah, the death of repertory movie houses is a real shame. Things are different on the big screen. Think I should start supporting them with my dollars..
man, reanimator creeped me the fuck out when I saw it..
Atrios
All those redone Lovecraft films have a certain charm to them.
Although the scariest thing you will ever see is Audition, by Takashi Miike.
It is kind of a fatal attraction film.
Guaranteed to freak the biggest baddest man around.
Miike does some very interesting original work. Ichi the killer being the most recent ( I think).
Oh, Real Women have curves is on at 8 also.
Can't recall which movie channel though.
While we're talking movies, let me suggest "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," a korean film which never had distribution here. If it ever hits a film festival, make sure to check it out.
While we're talking movies, let me suggest "Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance," a korean film which never had distribution here. If it ever hits a film festival, make sure to check it out.
Atrios
I've seen the beginning. I'll have to watch the rest now. It is out on DVD, maybe even region 1.
Korean film rules these days.
Not being one to advocate file sharing, well not all that much
Here are a couple of interesting links
http://acfmovies.com/amed2k/
http://acfmovies.com/board/
http://kloofy.vze.com/
I'll cop to dlding obscure out of print stuff. Or asian films with only fan subs, stuff you can't buy with English subs.
can't see it tonight, the broadcast premiere of 'Reservoir Dogs' is on A&E (9:30pm EDT)
A&E (9:30pm EDT)
Mike
Cut though.
I hate when they do that.
Well SciFi will be cutting as well, oh well.
I forgot this link for asian dvd buyers
http://www.asiandvdguide.com/
Very good reviews of not only the films, but the quality of the dvd's themselves.
I bought Atrios "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" off of his wish list. maybe W has an Angry Inch and that's why he is so freaking aggressive.
Watching Resevoir Dogs on A&E without the cussing? It'll be a bleep fest. Either that or a LOt of bad dubbing. It's on DVD you know. Why not just rent it?
As for films on the big screen, go see Lost in Translation. Really great. It's nice to see a wonderful movie with no CGI. A rare thing these days. (there wasn't even any Digital Grading. Pure silver nitrate, baby!)
thanks kate! Hedwig rocks
Hmmm, A&E claims Reservoir Dogs is uncut.
Why not we had an uncut SouthPark movie on CC...
Speaking of cutting, my local Blockbusters had cut Re-Animator when it first showed up some years ago. I imagine it'll be cut a bit more for TV...
Oh boy! My DVD of Shogun Assassin just arrived. Rivers of blood indeed...
Hedwig does rock.
John Cameron Mitchell is hosting some film tribute thing on IFC this month.
Of course nothing can top his role in Band of the hand
Oh boy! My DVD of Shogun Assassin just arrived. Rivers of blood indeed...
Mike
Dude have you seen any of the other babycart films? Itto Ogami rules.
While you are at it check out Rikki-o, the story of Ricky.
It has the head crush scene that, been so long, The Daily Show used to use.
maybe W has an Angry Inch and that's why he is so freaking aggressive.
kate mckinnon
Dubya's gay. Sherman Skolnick says so.
A recent DU thread fingered his long time lover.
"Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!"
Why isn't anyone buying Shakes the Clown?
The title alone is reminds one of Bush.
I saw one other babycart (maybe pseudo-babycart, like S.A.) called 'Lightning Swords of Death' or some such. But I haven't seen the originals, no...
There are like six babycart films, also known as lone Wolf and Cub. In japanese, Kozure Ôkami.
They star,Tomisaburo Wakayama. The definitive Itti Ogami.
Of course Tomisaburo Wakayama is in Shogun Assassin as well.
I've seen them fan subbed, but animeigo carries them now. Only the first two are on DVD.
They are all great movies, with a certain Bondian babycart.
Check out the Zatoichi films as well.
Zatoichi appeals to the more human side.
The first time I saw Strangelove, I was 11, and it was on a big screen. Likewise 2001, Casablanca, Lawrence of Arabia... back when, during the off-season for movies, local 2 or 3 screen theaters would give a screen over to rep stuff for a week or so. That was in Michigan. Of course, here, there's tons of rep. It's great. If you know of rep stuff being shown in your area, and think it's too much of a bother to go, kick your ass all the way to the ticket booth, and force yourself to buy that ticket, because it's always worth it, IMHO.
But tonight it's DVD night, with the uncensored Dead Alive, which I have never seen, but know I will like, because the living dead just have that certain je ne sais quois.
If you know of rep stuff being shown in your area, and think it's too much of a bother to go, kick your ass all the way to the ticket booth, and force yourself to buy that ticket, because it's always worth it, IMHO.
...or kick yourself later. I missed my local rep's showing of the restored Metropolis with live music! I'll probably regret that one till the day I die.
You just missed about 40 weeks of Zatoichi films on IFC, "samurai saturdays."
You just missed about 40 weeks of Zatoichi films on IFC, "samurai saturdays
Charles - I watched Yojimbo last night on IFC. I swear John Belushi got his samurai character from Mifume - at one point Mifume had his arms inside his robe and reached up to scratch his bearded face. That was pure Belushi (or vice versa).
can't see it tonight, the broadcast premiere of 'Reservoir Dogs' is on A&E
(9:30pm EDT)
What's on at 10?
Repeat of Dr. Strangelove at 12PM ET, woo hoo! Damn that film is good, even if TCM didn't show it letterboxed, like it deserves to be. You know, Kubrick was a photographer before he made films, and every single frame of his films is a perfectly composed image in and of itself.
And Jim, of course Belushi copied Mifune. That's about the only samurai character known in the West, he'd have to have something well-known to copy. Alas, IMHO Kurosawa's samurai movies suck, at least compared to his modern films (and I get to say that because I've seen almost all of them, and my J-Lit professor literally wrote the book on Kurosawa). If you want to see something really good, watch The Bad Sleep Well. When I saw that, I was mad at the world for weeks, it affected me so deeply.
But none of Kurosawa's films can touch Ozu's masterworks. They're rereleasing them ALL on DVD, but alas region 2 only.
About damn time I saw that movie all the way through. I understand this administration twice as well now...
thanks for the plug for TCM (I say that as the head of programming for the network); it's part of a night titled "we found the weapons of mass destruction"
I saw the first Lone Wolf and Cub film some years ago. A roommate had it. Bloodiest sammuri flickI've ever seen. Gysers, I'm talking about. No Kurasawa, but still quite fun.
hamletta,
The art school in my town (my alma, actually) is showing Nosferatu on halloween, with a Swedish ten piece orchestra doing custom schored music. And I'm 500 miles away. The one time I wish I were in GA...
Charlie,
What, no Red Dawn?
You know, I kinda liked Red Dawn, even though it's about the suckiest movie I ever saw.
Actually, my favorite Japanese film is Kurosawa's "Shubun" (Scandal), but only because the plot closely resembles some events in my own life. But it's still a great film, even if you aren't me.
Charlie - great job on TCM. I've got "Kiss Me Deadly" on right now, waiting for "Stranglove" at 9:00 on the Left Coast. A request - more Film Noir, please.
Charles - I enjoyed "Ran" and can't believe you don't like "Seven Samurai" - I even like the version with Steve McQueen and Yul Bryner ...
Jorge
Don't forget the Bondian babycart. It rocks. I like the guns and spear.
I like 7 samurai somewhat, but I hate Ran. Kurosawa is never worse than when he's using Shakespeare as source material. If you don't believe me, go watch Kumunosu Jo (Throne of Blood), it's unwatchable, even for a Japanese film nut like me. Kurosawa is at his best with original stories like The Bad Sleep Well, or classical Japanese stories like Rashomon.
But still, Ozu was a far better filmmaker than Kurosawa.
interesting movie listings on cable recently. gaslight, Manchurian candidate, aand Dr. Strangelove? is somebody trying to tell us something. I can't wait to finally see wag the dog.
I swear John Belushi got his samurai character from Mifume...
He did.
Damn that film is good, even if TCM didn't show it letterboxed...
The rerun will be the letterboxed version, though I thought only AMC did that - I thought TCM always showed the letterbox...
...the death of repertory movie houses is a real shame.
Thank God I live in the Bay Area - "Dr. Strangelove" will play in a theatre somewhere around here at least once a year.
dave - didn't it just play at the Castro a month or two ago?
I miss the UC Theater.
Having just watched the movie in it entirety, I am more than just a little disturbed at the parallels between our current administration, and the one depicted in the movie. The only hope I have is that we will not experience the same end result.
Kubrick shot Strangelove in several different aspect ratios, and some of it was full-frame. TCM is really good about letterboxing, but it depends on the print available to them.
Jim Faith, they have a film noir every Saturday morning at 7 PT.
...didn't it just play at the Castro a month or two ago?
I think so... didn't they have a widescreen festival over the summer?
I miss the UC Theater.
Me too! The first "real" theatre I saw "Stangelove," back in the late 70s - the perfect audience!
Sadly, it sits there empty...
Jorge - you never know; we've played some surprising films on the channel (Austin Powers was probably the most conroversial, but if you're doing movie spoofs, it makes sense). Jim/Hamletta - yes, we try to get letterboxed versions whenever possible, but Columbia is the toughest for some reason.
Got to see it for the first time, but oddly, our cable system just listed it as "Dr."
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