The Film Lovers Thread!

[Style-Addict]

Last movies I've seen:

- Pretty Things (with Marion Cotillard Great film!! I am constantly amazed by Marion Cotillard, she is so great.
- Penelope (with Christina Ricci and James McAvoy)- perfect modern day fairy tale. Highly recommended to anyone in the mood for something light and heart-warming...and anyone that can't resist the charms of James McAvoy.

 

[Style-Addict]

Plan on watching Youth Without Youth today.

 

[blue.]

I don't understand why they made a remake of it- I thought the original was perfect the way it is. But I will have to watch the remake before I can have an educated opinion about it.

The movie was originally made in German with German actors, It never really reached the audience which it was intended. It was always intended for a larger, English-language, mainstream audience. Haneke said it himself.

Being able to cast major English-language actors gave Haneke a chance to give the film a higher profile. He felt his original German-language version was stuck in the art houses because it was a foreign film. In fact, Haneke feels that the film is more relevant than ever.

“The violent p*rn*gr*ph*c films are more and more in the horror [genre of American cinema],” Haneke said. “It makes the film more up-to-date than ten years ago. It emphasizes it.”

Haneke chose to make the film a shot-by-shot remake because he didn’t feel he had have anything to add. “If you do something the same and have nothing to add, you should do it shot-for-shot,” he said. “It was in a way, also a challenge for me because obviously it’s much more difficult to do a film shot-by-shot again."

 

[Style-Addict]

The movie was originally made in German with German actors, It never really reached the audience which it was intended. It was always intended for a larger, English-language, mainstream audience. Haneke said it himself.

Being able to cast major English-language actors gave Haneke a chance to give the film a higher profile. He felt his original German-language version was stuck in the art houses because it was a foreign film. In fact, Haneke feels that the film is more relevant than ever.

“The violent p*rn*gr*ph*c films are more and more in the horror [genre of American cinema],” Haneke said. “It makes the film more up-to-date than ten years ago. It emphasizes it.”

Haneke chose to make the film a shot-by-shot remake because he didn’t feel he had have anything to add. “If you do something the same and have nothing to add, you should do it shot-for-shot,” he said. “It was in a way, also a challenge for me because obviously it’s much more difficult to do a film shot-by-shot again."

Thanks for the explanation blue! Im looking forward even more now to see the remake, since it is a remake shot by shot. I find that very interesting, definitely a bold move on his part.

 

[adorefaith]

has anyone seen Michael Haneke's the piano teacher (la pianiste)? i have to say i've never turned a film off before but i did with this one, and i wish i had done it earlier. i don't consider myself easily shocked but i was just feeling completely uneasy..as though i was punishing myself by having to get all the way through it. i don't know how much of the film was left....probably minutes...but i just didn't want to continue...

any thoughts and feelings on this one?..

 

[Style-Addict]

I havent seen it adorefaith, but I am interested in watching Michael Haneke's other films. I heard Cache was really good. I read the Wikipedia entry for the piano teacher and it sounds...intense. Is the visual really disturbing or was it the story itself?

 

[adorefaith]

oh I forgot Cache was his! yes it was really good...i would recommend it..

as for the Piano Teacher..no...the visuals weren't the disturbing part...which is part of his brilliance in this film i suppose...you feel so jolted and disturbed and yet there is almost nothing explicit visually... i suppose it is also thanks in part to isabelle huppert's performance. the images that are conjured up in your mind are so powerful, complex and disturbing (at least they were for me) that you don't need the visual on screen.... just fully absorbing the characters and their own inner dialogue is enough to make your head spin i think!....i just sat there thinking 'what could possibly have happened to this woman...'

it is definitely a challenging film...

 

[Style-Addict]

I've added both films to my Netflix queue adorefaith, thanks for the reviews and recommendations!

i watched Wanted again- I really that movie- James McAvoy is amazing in it! Seeing it the second time, I was in awe of how physical the movie actually is and how much of a toll that must have taken on him as far as preparation, and even during filming.

 

[blue.]

style-addict you should also check out "time of the wolf"(le temps du loup) it is my favorite film by haneke and is probably the most challenging of all to watch. The plot of the film isnt even explained at all!! you have to really think about what happened. its amazing and beautiful.

 

[adorefaith]

no prob style addict.. let us know how you go and what you think! i think i'm going to see Wanted tomorrow night... not expecting anything amazing... just looking forward to seeing angelina

 

[Style-Addict]

Tonight is the last night Wanted is playing in theaters here, I've already seen it twice (I James MAvoy and Angelina, and both are hot in this movie!). I want to see it again, for the last time, but we are expected to have storms with rain and winds of 50 miles per hour, so I don't think I will be driving anywhere tonight. Staying safely tucked away in my house.

I watched 'The Girl in the Cafe' last night with Bill Nighy and Kelly MacDonald. I just saw them both in State of Play and they blew me away in that one, so I was curious about Girl in the Cafe. Wow! Top notch acting from both!!! Bill Nighy is incredible, the way he portrays his character is almost embarassing to watch, it's so real. And the story is very touching- about how we as humans have the chance to make a difference in the world now concerning AIDS, child mortality, poverty, etc., yet we continue to put it off to the side and focus our attention on other things. I was crying so hard at the end, it was such a moving film.

 

[Style-Addict]

Has anyone seen The Wackness? It's playing at a theater near me, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the money to see it. Any thoughts on it?

 

[Kawari]

Has anyone seen The Wackness? It's playing at a theater near me, but I'm not sure if I want to spend the money to see it. Any thoughts on it?

I heard that it's a decent film, though it doesn't really live up to the hype, plot wise. A lot of the praise is being sent towards the accuracy of the time period-the clothes, music, social and cultural ways. I heard that is spot on. As for the actual story execution...I don't know.

I've been trying to get a hold of the English language version of Funny Games-it had a few previews come out but it never actually came out in theaters where I'm located.

There's another film that is coming out in America this year that is a remake of a newer film in a different language-I remember hearing about REC awhile ago in theaters and how it was really good. Apparently, Quarantine is the American version of it and it's coming out sometime this fall.

 

[ChrissyM]

style-addict you should also check out "time of the wolf"(le temps du loup) it is my favorite film by haneke and is probably the most challenging of all to watch. The plot of the film isnt even explained at all!! you have to really think about what happened. its amazing and beautiful.

i watched this movie a few years ago when i was in college and i remember really enjoying it..

i think i might revisit it for a little "refresher" though..
i don't remember a whole lot of it at this point...

 

[blue.]

"mister lonely"
anyone see it yet? am i the only one? (haha yeah right)

i recently saw "city of god" again for like the 4th time and i remembered how much i love it.

 

[Style-Addict]

I saw Breaking & Entering with Jude Law and Juliette Binoche. It was an excellent movie!! I liked that it wasnt happy happy, it addresses serious emotional issues and concerns in relationships. It's a pretty deep movie, I thought, it stayed with me after I watched it. It really portrays love as difficult and hurtful, but beautiful and exciting at the same time.

 

[Northern Star]

"mister lonely"
anyone see it yet? am i the only one? (haha yeah right)

i recently saw "city of god" again for like the 4th time and i remembered how much i love it.

City of God is a bloody masterpiece and just visually stunning.B) Nuff said.

 

[IncurableLunatic]

Yay! Which one is your favorite?

sorry my reply's late
my favorite Hitchcocks (in no particular order

Shadow of a Doubt
Birds
Psycho
Straingers on a Train
Dial M for Murder
Rear Window

 

[Chaky]

Love Hitchcock.

My faves are:
Strangers on a Train
Vertigo
Rear Window

...oh and North By Northwest

 

[IncurableLunatic]

...oh and North By Northwest

i haven't seen that