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Post by donny on Apr 9, 2020 13:02:28 GMT -5
Definitely gonna check out A Prophet.
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Post by Dracula on Apr 9, 2020 19:53:52 GMT -5
8. Winter Sleep (2014)
 Year: 2014 Release Date: 12/19/2020 Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writer(s): Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, and Nejat Isler Based on: The short story "The Wife" by Anton Chekhov Distributor: Adopt Films Country of Origin: Turkey Language: Turkish Running Time: 196 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 The critical consensus is probably that Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s masterpiece this decade and that his follow-up Winter Sleep is also great but lesser, and they might not be wrong. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is like poetry on film and on a purely visual level it’s hard to beat, but I still like the next film better even though it is in many ways more like filmic prose. A sort of unofficial adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Wife” and a subplot from “The Brothers Karamazov,” Winter Sleep is a highly literate film with a focus on these really long and fascinating conversations between characters that you come to feel like you understand by the end of the film’s rather lengthy runtime. The film is essentially about a middle aged man who fancies himself as an intellectual and who has some power as a local landlord who, over the course of the film, slowly starts to realize that he’s kind of a blowhard and that everyone around him including his wife and his tenants resent him, but it approaches this in a very humanistic way that does a good job of making you understand how he could come to be as oblivious about this as he did over time. This is not, however, simply a talky movie as it also looks pretty stunning. It’s set in this area of rural Anatolia and the film captures it beautifully as a backdrop for all the human drama at the film’s center. It’s not the easiest film to recommend given that it’s a 196 minute Turkish film from an auteur who isn’t always the easiest to approach but for me it was simply one of the most engrossing viewing experiences of the entire decade.
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Post by PG Cooper on Apr 9, 2020 20:37:14 GMT -5
8. Winter Sleep (2014)
Year: 2014 Release Date: 12/19/2020 Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Writer(s): Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Ebru Ceylan Starring: Haluk Bilginer, Demet Akbag, Melisa Sözen, Tamer Levent, and Nejat Isler Distributor: Adopt Films Country of Origin: Turkey Language: Turkish Running Time: 196 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 The critical consensus is probably that Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s masterpiece this decade and that his follow-up Winter Sleep is also great but lesser, and they might not be wrong. Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is like poetry on film and on a purely visual level it’s hard to beat, but I still like the next film better even though it is in many ways more like filmic prose. A sort of unofficial adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s short story “The Wife” and a subplot from “The Brothers Karamazov,” Winter Sleep is a highly literate film with a focus on these really long and fascinating conversations between characters that you come to feel like you understand by the end of the film’s rather lengthy runtime. The film is essentially about a middle aged man who fancies himself as an intellectual and who has some power as a local landlord who, over the course of the film, slowly starts to realize that he’s kind of a blowhard and that everyone around him including his wife and his tenants resent him, but it approaches this in a very humanistic way that does a good job of making you understand how he could come to be as oblivious about this as he did over time. This is not, however, simply a talky movie as it also looks pretty stunning. It’s set in this area of rural Anatolia and the film captures it beautifully as a backdrop for all the human drama at the film’s center. It’s not the easiest film to recommend given that it’s a 196 minute Turkish film from an auteur who isn’t always the easiest to approach but for me it was simply one of the most engrossing viewing experiences of the entire decade. I watched this on my birthday a couple of years ago and it was time well spent. |
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Post by donny on Apr 9, 2020 20:41:39 GMT -5
On my list. Hoping to get to it this weekend.
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Post by Dracula on Apr 10, 2020 8:35:45 GMT -5
7. Room (2015)
 Year: 2015 Release Date: 10/16/2015 Director: Lenny Abrahamson Writer(s): Emma Donoghue Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Joan Allen, and William H. Macy Based on: The novel "Room" by Emma Donoghue Distributor: A24 Country of Origin: United States Language: English Running Time: 118 Minutes Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Room is a movie that does not get talked about enough. In fact it’s in many ways a movie that people seem to just not want to talk about at all because it covers some very sensitive ground. The film is about a woman who is kidnapped and locked up in a shed for several years and gave birth to a son at some point after having been repeatedly raped. That’s about as dark of a concept as you can have and that kind of material could have been turned into a really grim, almost torture-porn-esque experience, but this movie doesn’t feel like that at all. Instead the film finds this approach where it tells the story largely but not exclusively from the perspective of the child, who hasn’t really known another life and kind of views the room they’re trapped in as the whole world. Now that approach comes with a whole lot of risks of its own and in the wrong hands could have the opposite problem of just being some treacly fluff but they avoid this as well by knowing when and to show things more from the mother’s perspective when they need to. Really the sheer number of ways that this whole thing could have gone wrong is a big part of why it’s such an impressive piece of work. Director Lenny Abrahamson basically just approached this minefield and found a way to skip right across it without triggering anything. On top of that he finds any number of ways to make the confined space visually interesting without resorting to lame gimmickry and he also directs some truly amazing performances by Brie Larson and a very young child named Jacob Tremblay who has gone on to a fairly successful career as a child performer.
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Post by PhantomKnight on Apr 10, 2020 9:10:08 GMT -5
Finally, another movie I've seen. Good choice.
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Post by Deexan on Apr 10, 2020 11:52:21 GMT -5
Great choice, although it climaxed halfway through.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 10, 2020 11:53:58 GMT -5
it climaxed halfway through. I don’t recall that being the case. |
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Post by Deexan on Apr 10, 2020 11:55:50 GMT -5
it climaxed halfway through. I don’t recall that being the case. Well, whenever they escaped. 2/3rds maybe. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 11:56:26 GMT -5
Every time I hear someone talk about this movie, I hear the word "Room" and get excited, then they start talking about Brie Larson and my heart sinks. "Oh. Yeah" THAT Room. I knew that."
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Post by Neverending on Apr 10, 2020 11:57:32 GMT -5
I don’t recall that being the case. Well, whenever they escaped. 2/3rds maybe. ... um... not really... the movie explores their capture, their escape and the aftermath. If you were hoping for it to be a thriller, then yeah, I guess it peaked early. |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 11:57:43 GMT -5
it climaxed halfway through. I don’t recall that being the case. What he means is when he was jerking off to Larson, he climaxed halfway through. |
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Post by Neverending on Apr 10, 2020 11:59:15 GMT -5
I don’t recall that being the case. What he means is when he was jerking off to Larson, he climaxed halfway through. So did the rest of us, but we climaxed again at the end. |
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Post by Doomsday on Apr 10, 2020 12:10:10 GMT -5
It wasn't just Larson he was jerking off to.
Sorry.
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Post by Neverending on Apr 10, 2020 12:13:59 GMT -5
It wasn't just Larson he was jerking off to. Sorry. Happy Good Friday |
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 12:22:05 GMT -5
It wasn't just Larson he was jerking off to. Sorry. If Deexan's attracted to you, that's nothing to be sorry for, Doomsy. |
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Post by PhantomKnight on Apr 10, 2020 12:39:02 GMT -5
I'm surprised it took a couple posts before someone made a climax joke. You guys are falling down on the job.
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Post by Doomsday on Apr 10, 2020 12:40:26 GMT -5
Frizzo the Clown usually takes point on these things. All we can do is try to fill his shoes.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 12:42:52 GMT -5
I'm surprised it took a couple posts before someone made a climax joke. You guys are falling down on the job. I would have made it earlier, but I was too busy masturbating. |
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Post by Dracula on Apr 10, 2020 12:45:15 GMT -5
Kind of expected Blue is the Warmest Color to inspire more crosstalk about masturbation than Room, but you guys surprise me sometimes.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 12:48:23 GMT -5
Kind of expected Blue is the Warmest Color to inspire more crosstalk about masturbation than Room, but you guys surprise me sometimes. You'd be surprised what I can masturbate to. Give me some lotion and a mix tape of Fran Drescher laughing and I'll be back in an hour. |
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Post by donny on Apr 10, 2020 13:06:34 GMT -5
I'd be back in 30 seconds.
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Post by Deexan on Apr 10, 2020 13:20:34 GMT -5
Well, this escalated quickly.
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Post by 1godzillafan on Apr 10, 2020 13:35:24 GMT -5
I'd say it's not escalating quickly enough.
Everyone drop your pants and GIVE IN TO THE PASSION!
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Post by Deexan on Apr 10, 2020 16:46:05 GMT -5
It wasn't just Larson he was jerking off to. Sorry. You've gone too far with this. Tremblay claimed to be seventeen in that chat room, SEVENTEEN. Yet another Hollywood darling gets away scott-free after taking advantage of Joe Public. #Metoo |
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