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July 10, 2013, 05:18:52 PM |
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Maybe they just have not seen very many movies?
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July 10, 2013, 05:27:00 PM |
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Maybe they just have not seen very many movies? My thoughts exactly. I try and introduce people to whole new genres and film canons in these threads.
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July 10, 2013, 05:30:27 PM |
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The Deer Hunter
A little long (the wedding scene in particular), but a deeply moving movie.
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July 10, 2013, 05:30:36 PM |
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DESPICABLE ME 2
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July 10, 2013, 05:37:17 PM |
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To many of you,
Some explanations, please.
Popping in and sniping off a name of a film doesn't really lend integrity or validity to one's choice. Try and demonstrate some cinematic knowledge, or at least show that this forum isn't mostly comprised of just a bunch of twelve year olds.
Posting a title and running is not really indicative of one who is interested in discourse on the subject.
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July 10, 2013, 06:46:08 PM |
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Grand Torino. Best I've recently seen. I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan and this movie hit home for me. It made me reflect on my relationship with my parents and how I never want to become someone who takes those we love for granted. The ending when they go through his will was probably my favorite ending of any movie. Kind of leaves a lump in ones throat. So many of us think the world owes us something... not sure why... seems to be a generational thing though. It's like the silver spoon of living in a first world country has messed with our moral compass in some way. I know I'm being stereotypical and painting everyone with the same brush but that's just how I view, in general, most of society... I know there are many many great people out there but we all need to put ourselves in check sometimes.
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July 10, 2013, 06:51:40 PM |
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Grand Torino. Best I've recently seen. I'm a big Clint Eastwood fan and this movie hit home for me. It made me reflect on my relationship with my parents and how I never want to become someone who takes those we love for granted. The ending when they go through his will was probably my favorite ending of any movie. Kind of leaves a lump in ones throat. So many of us think the world owes us something... not sure why... seems to be a generational thing though. It's like the silver spoon of living in a first world country has messed with our moral compass in some way. I know I'm being stereotypical and painting everyone with the same brush but that's just how I view, in general, most of society... I know there are many many great people out there but we all need to put ourselves in check sometimes.
Thank you so much for the thoughtful post, demonstrating your appreciation for the film, and an insightful take on how a film can be perceived and affect someone. You've also, indirectly, showed what components in a film, among perhaps others, speak to you.
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July 10, 2013, 07:09:25 PM |
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Tough to narrow down... mostly old school, its tough to find good movies these days. Surprised office space hasn't made it to the list yet, so I will start there! Office Space The Big Lebowski (just fun to watch for some reason... many good scenes, but its just fun watching Jesus bowl and hearing a spanish version of hotel california - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6z0Zay9itk) Caddyshack The Goonies (That's right, I like The Goonies!) Old School Shawshank Redemption The Hangover 40 year old virgin Rainman The Wizard of Oz Pulp Fiction Idiocracy (because its happening! ![Shocked](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/shocked.gif) ) Independance Day (because its going to happen! ![Shocked](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/shocked.gif) )
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July 10, 2013, 07:21:49 PM |
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You said it man. Nobody fucks with teh Jesus.
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July 10, 2013, 07:28:55 PM |
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Gladiator Shawshank Redemption Last Samurai A Beautiful Mind Man On Fire Pianist Finding Nemo LOTR 1 and 2 God Father 1 & 2 Scarface Hotel Rwanda The notebook Fearless/Hero
Hindi ----- Veer Zaara Black Khabi Khush Khabi Ghaam
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July 10, 2013, 09:05:23 PM |
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I can't wait to see The Life of Oharu sometime this week. It's one of Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpieces. I've been looking forward to it for months. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka. She gave great performances in:
Equinox Flower The Ballad of Narayama Ugetsu Sansho the Bailiff I also want to see her in:
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July 11, 2013, 05:08:07 AM |
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I can't wait to see The Life of Oharu sometime this week. It's one of Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpieces. I've been looking forward to it for months. It stars Kinuyo Tanaka. She gave great performances in:
Equinox Flower The Ballad of Narayama Ugetsu Sansho the Bailiff I also want to see her in:
Ornamental Hairpin Red Beard
Well thanks to you too. Nice to hear back as you are very nice and intelligent. You made me smile... it is nice to know there's a few respectful and thoughtful people floating around on here! Your movie selections were very unique to me. I'll have to look into them ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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July 11, 2013, 07:51:26 AM |
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Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho Dayu was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen such an intense emotional rollercoaster before or after.
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July 11, 2013, 08:53:41 AM |
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Donnie Darko Requiem for a Dream Jacob's Ladder
From your picture I thought it would have been Eraserhead... It was a pretty bizarre film.
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July 11, 2013, 09:58:48 AM |
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Muru Ami Jose Rizal Postmen in the Mountains 3 idiots Azumi The Blind Swordsman: Satoichi Ninja Assasin The Abyss ET Star Wars LOTR
above list are some of my favorites..action, drama, adventure, journey...life
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Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho Dayu was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen such an intense emotional rollercoaster before or after. Anju, how I long for you. Isn't life torture?How a song found a mother's children. Such a beautiful and tragic story. The last ten minutes were intense and powerful. Kenji Mizoguchi, the director, is one of the big four. The four are Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, and of course, Kenji Mizoguchi. If you haven't explored the classic film canon of mid 20th Century Japanese cinema, aside from Sansho Dayu, no better time to start than now. Since you're familiar with Sansho the Bailiff, then you might be aware that the mother was played by Kinuyo Tanaka. Much earlier in this thread, I mentioned a wonderful Yasujiro Ozu film starring Kinuyo Tanaka. It was Equinox Flower. Ozu is pretty much universally praised as one of the greatest directors of all time. In practical terms, what does that mean? It means that everyone who gets familiar with his work absolutely loves it. I earnestly encourage you to explore not just the films of the big four, but also films by these semi contemporaries of the big four: Keisuke Kinoshita, Masahiro Shinoda, Shohei Imamura, Nagasi Oshima, and Masaki Kobayashi. But first, since you've seen Sansho the Bailiff, let's take a deeper look at what others are saying. David Bordwell on Mizoguchi and Sansho the Bailiff: http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/figures_intro.php?ss=3Roger Ebert lists Sansho the Bailiff as one of the 'Great Films' and gives it four stars: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-sansho-the-bailiff-1954Two articles from Criterion: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2678-sansho-the-bailiff-the-lessons-of-sanshohttp://www.criterion.com/current/posts/960-sansho-the-bailiff
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July 11, 2013, 06:10:52 PM |
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Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho Dayu was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen such an intense emotional rollercoaster before or after. Anju, how I long for you. Isn't life torture?How a song found a mother's children. Such a beautiful and tragic story. The last ten minutes were intense and powerful. Kenji Mizoguchi, the director, is one of the big four. The four are Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, and of course, Kenji Mizoguchi. If you haven't explored the classic film canon of mid 20th Century Japanese cinema, aside from Sansho Dayu, no better time to start than now. Since you're familiar with Sansho the Bailiff, then you might be aware that the mother was played by Kinuyo Tanaka. Much earlier in this thread, I mentioned a wonderful Yasujiro Ozu film starring Kinuyo Tanaka. It was Equinox Flower. Ozu is pretty much universally praised as one of the greatest directors of all time. In practical terms, what does that mean? It means that everyone who gets familiar with his work absolutely loves it. I earnestly encourage you to explore not just the films of the big four, but also films by these semi contemporaries of the big four: Keisuke Kinoshita, Masahiro Shinoda, Shohei Imamura, Nagasi Oshima, and Masaki Kobayashi. But first, since you've seen Sansho the Bailiff, let's take a deeper look at what others are saying. David Bordwell on Mizoguchi and Sansho the Bailiff: http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/figures_intro.php?ss=3Roger Ebert lists Sansho the Bailiff as one of the 'Great Films' and gives it four stars: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-sansho-the-bailiff-1954Two articles from Criterion: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2678-sansho-the-bailiff-the-lessons-of-sanshohttp://www.criterion.com/current/posts/960-sansho-the-bailiffThe 50s were indeed a great time for Japanese movies. The emotional impact of some of these are staggering. I suspect this has much to do with the healing the Japanese psyche needed after Hiroshima. Other favorites of mine from that time: - Kurosawas Ikiru, Rashomon and The Seven Samurai of course - Ugetsu monogatari, which you already mentioned - Ozu's Tokyo mongatari is another treat dealing with the mental break between Taisho-era Japan (agrarian, slow, reserved) and the brash, industrial, hurried Showa-era Japan symbolized in the struggles of a family.
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July 11, 2013, 06:39:44 PM |
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Sansho the Bailiff
Sansho Dayu was awesome. I don't think I've ever seen such an intense emotional rollercoaster before or after. Anju, how I long for you. Isn't life torture?How a song found a mother's children. Such a beautiful and tragic story. The last ten minutes were intense and powerful. Kenji Mizoguchi, the director, is one of the big four. The four are Yasujiro Ozu, Akira Kurosawa, Mikio Naruse, and of course, Kenji Mizoguchi. If you haven't explored the classic film canon of mid 20th Century Japanese cinema, aside from Sansho Dayu, no better time to start than now. Since you're familiar with Sansho the Bailiff, then you might be aware that the mother was played by Kinuyo Tanaka. Much earlier in this thread, I mentioned a wonderful Yasujiro Ozu film starring Kinuyo Tanaka. It was Equinox Flower. Ozu is pretty much universally praised as one of the greatest directors of all time. In practical terms, what does that mean? It means that everyone who gets familiar with his work absolutely loves it. I earnestly encourage you to explore not just the films of the big four, but also films by these semi contemporaries of the big four: Keisuke Kinoshita, Masahiro Shinoda, Shohei Imamura, Nagasi Oshima, and Masaki Kobayashi. But first, since you've seen Sansho the Bailiff, let's take a deeper look at what others are saying. David Bordwell on Mizoguchi and Sansho the Bailiff: http://www.davidbordwell.net/books/figures_intro.php?ss=3Roger Ebert lists Sansho the Bailiff as one of the 'Great Films' and gives it four stars: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-sansho-the-bailiff-1954Two articles from Criterion: http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2678-sansho-the-bailiff-the-lessons-of-sanshohttp://www.criterion.com/current/posts/960-sansho-the-bailiffThe 50s were indeed a great time for Japanese movies. The emotional impact of some of these are staggering. I suspect this has much to do with the healing the Japanese psyche needed after Hiroshima. Other favorites of mine from that time: - Kurosawas Ikiru, Rashomon and The Seven Samurai of course - Ugetsu monogatari, which you already mentioned - Ozu's Tokyo mongatari is another treat dealing with the mental break between Taisho-era Japan (agrarian, slow, reserved) and the brash, industrial, hurried Showa-era Japan symbolized in the struggles of a family. I've seen all of those, except for Ikiru, which I have on DVD, so it's on my list. Regarding Ugetsu, the lead is played by Masayuki Mori, who also is in Rashomon. He also appears in two other films which I absolutely love. They are Kurosawa's The Idiot, and Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs. I wholeheartedly encourage you to get into the Mikio Naruse films, pretty much all starring Hideko Takamine. As for Ozu's Tokyo Story ( Tokyo mongatari), if you haven't seen these other Ozu titles, watch them as soon as you can: Late Spring Early Summer Tokyo Twilight Equinox Flower Late Autumn The End of Summer Floating Weeds An Autumn AfternoonRegarding Setsuko Hara, who was in Tokyo Story, she's also in Late Spring, Early Summer, Tokyo Twilight, Late Autumn and The End of Summer. But she's also in Kurosawa's The Idiot. And she's also in another gem of Kurosawa's: No Regrets for our Youth. She's also in Mikio Naruse's Sound of the Mountain, which I haven't seen yet. And then regarding Hideko Takamine, who I mentioned was in Mikio Naruse's When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, she also gives a wonderful performance in Keisuke Kinoshita's Twenty-four Eyes. That's another one of those films where the last ten minutes is just amazingly powerful. No doubt your familiar with Toshiro Mifune, appearing in so many Kurosawa films. He also gives a wonderful performance in Hiroshi Inagaki's Samurai Trilogy. That trilogy also stars Mariko Okada, who gave a feisty performance in Ozu's Late Autumn. And speaking of actresses named Mariko, an absolute must watch is Masahiro Shinoda's Pale Flower, starring the incredibly beautiful Mariko Kaga.
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