Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
Lol hey sometimes a movie is just not for you. No worries.
the salton sea is amazing
I did enjoy Poor Things more than I thought I would. Same with The Lobster, another of Yorgos’ films. His last one though, Kinds Of Kindness was infuriatingly bad. I was genuinely pissed off throughout but stuck it out in hopes it might be worth it. It was not….
I enjoyed the Lobster too. Along with The Favorite. Still not sure he’s my cup of tea. Will probs try Killing of a Sacred Deer in a year or two.
Hot take: The kitchen poker scene in Training Day is almost as good as Funny How & Shine Box.
Recently found out my wife had never seen this and we both really enjoyed the rewatch. Agree that is a very strong and memorable scene.
As an aside, I was super happy to see the guy who gets his house robbed by Denzel in last week’s White Lotus.
1970's Cinema... it is just elite.
This time it was Klute... beyond fonda and sutherland, the technical aspect of the film is just so refreshing and honest.
Natural lighting, long 'held' shots and the look of that era is amazing.
Parts of the soundtrack seemingly is heavily influenced in spikes Clockers film... which I also adore and watched just a day ago
Speaking of '70s films, I just watched Panic in Needle Park. Pacino is fantastic. You can see why he was the (second) choice for The Godfather. He goes from calm to intense rage in seconds. It's a thoroughly depressing film about heroin addicts.
Hard to believe that this was NYC. 72nd and Broadway doesn't look the same today. I remember going to NYC in the '70s, walking arm in arm with a girl whose name I can't remember and almost getting hit by a garbage truck on the way to a bar around 1:00 am.
I grew up in Providence, RI, and the city is almost unrecognizable today. Now it's a great city, but in the '70s you knew where not to go.
Gentrification isn't such a bad thing.
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Hey it’s not all that bad - i saw a guy crapping in a subway station the other day!
