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Wasn't aware of this being a thing, but now I'm intrigued. The original film is already a masterpiece in excess -- can hardly imagine what pleasures / horrors await in the "ultimate cut!"James Thompson wrote: ↑Sun Jan 28, 2024 12:11 pm but i want to strongly recommend the new cut of Caligula - it's amazing, so nasty and excessive at every moment, a real masterpiece.
I have always failed to understand the praise for this movie. Ordered the Blu-Ray on a whim and ended up selling it after my first viewing. While Caligula offers plenty of beautiful set pieces and "so-bad-it's-good" dialogue to balance out its meandering story and excess, Emanuelle In America is just *boring*, horse-fucking be damned. Black Emmanuelle simply wanders from situation to situation, and the sex scenes are never titillating or interestingly shot. I assume the "snuff" sections are where this film has earned its cult status, but they come way too late in the picture to save it from banality.moozz wrote: ↑Wed Jan 17, 2024 7:20 am Emanuelle In America
A higher profile '70s porn film starring Laura Gemser as the black Emanuelle. For the first half or so I was surprised that this was softcore only but then came the first penis of the film... and it was an erect horse cock being massaged by a lady. A lot of human male nudity and hardcore followed. The plot kinda didn't make much sense, Emanuelle just traveled from one situation to the next. There was also some "snuff" footage they were watching in one scene and it was actually pretty gruesome sexual violation. That should have been the main film! Laura Gemser has a pretty face and everything but a physique of a corpse, not my cup of tea.
strongly recommend to seek it out if you get the chance - i get the sense it genuinely transforms it from entertaining & iconic incoherence to a well-delivered exploration of power and excess in a decaying empire. i really liked it!Tribe Tapes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:59 pm Wasn't aware of this being a thing, but now I'm intrigued. The original film is already a masterpiece in excess -- can hardly imagine what pleasures / horrors await in the "ultimate cut!"
I wish my past month with film was this exciting. Many good movies here.Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:11 am January / February highlights:
I Am Afraid (Damiani, 1977)
3 Women (Altman, 1977)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet, 1971)
For a Few Dollars More (Leone, 1965)
My Name Is Nobody (Valerii, 1973)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Herzog, 1974)
The Zone of Interest (Glazer, 2023)
They Do Not Exist (Ali, 1974)
Gummo (Korine, 1997)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Bijou (Poole, 1972)
Several great nights at the cinema. Past couple months have been slow going for me when it comes to film watching. This year started off far too busy with the distro and related activities to do much else, but getting back in the groove now.SS1535 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:08 pmI wish my past month with film was this exciting. Many good movies here.Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:11 am January / February highlights:
I Am Afraid (Damiani, 1977)
3 Women (Altman, 1977)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet, 1971)
For a Few Dollars More (Leone, 1965)
My Name Is Nobody (Valerii, 1973)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Herzog, 1974)
The Zone of Interest (Glazer, 2023)
They Do Not Exist (Ali, 1974)
Gummo (Korine, 1997)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Bijou (Poole, 1972)
Did you catch all of these in a theater?Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:11 pmSeveral great nights at the cinema. Past couple months have been slow going for me when it comes to film watching. This year started off far too busy with the distro and related activities to do much else, but getting back in the groove now.SS1535 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:08 pmI wish my past month with film was this exciting. Many good movies here.Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 11:11 am January / February highlights:
I Am Afraid (Damiani, 1977)
3 Women (Altman, 1977)
Max and the Junkmen (Sautet, 1971)
For a Few Dollars More (Leone, 1965)
My Name Is Nobody (Valerii, 1973)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Leone, 1966)
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (Herzog, 1974)
The Zone of Interest (Glazer, 2023)
They Do Not Exist (Ali, 1974)
Gummo (Korine, 1997)
The Terminator (Cameron, 1984)
Bijou (Poole, 1972)
Just the spaghetti westerns, The Zone of Interest and Bijou.SS1535 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:26 pmDid you catch all of these in a theater?Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:11 pmSeveral great nights at the cinema. Past couple months have been slow going for me when it comes to film watching. This year started off far too busy with the distro and related activities to do much else, but getting back in the groove now.
This one really deserves to be seen in a good theatre. I feel like a lot of the sound design is going to be lost with home-viewing and perhaps lessen the film's overall impact.James Thompson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:20 am caught Zone of Interest last night. blown back into my seat by the waves of fucking evil emanating off it. an incredible achievement.
for the purpose of this forum, it's worth talking about the sound design. i really appreciate that it sort of starts off with an overture - just black screen and music for a few minutes - to really cement that this is a movie you have to listen to in order to understand.
The Zone of Interest is the only Oscar nominee that I am actually interested in this year. I need to see it ASAP.Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:20 pmJust the spaghetti westerns, The Zone of Interest and Bijou.SS1535 wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 6:26 pmDid you catch all of these in a theater?Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 1:11 pm
Several great nights at the cinema. Past couple months have been slow going for me when it comes to film watching. This year started off far too busy with the distro and related activities to do much else, but getting back in the groove now.
most definitely. interestingly i have heard (although am yet to confirm) that the entire diagetic soundtrack is mastered in mono, as an intentional artistic choice - all the sounds are treated as coming from one source, flattened into undifferentiated monstrosity, which (if true) feels really effective. when you hear a baby crying, is it here, or there?Scream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 12:22 pmThis one really deserves to be seen in a good theatre. I feel like a lot of the sound design is going to be lost with home-viewing and perhaps lessen the film's overall impact.James Thompson wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:20 am caught Zone of Interest last night. blown back into my seat by the waves of fucking evil emanating off it. an incredible achievement.
for the purpose of this forum, it's worth talking about the sound design. i really appreciate that it sort of starts off with an overture - just black screen and music for a few minutes - to really cement that this is a movie you have to listen to in order to understand.
Saw that as part of a blind movie marathon at my favorite theater, had never heard of it and was completely blown away. so good.
I’ve seen about half of these and love them. Definitely some more for me to check out hereScream & Writhe wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 11:05 pm March highlights:
The Hunger (Scott, 1983)
In the Name of the Father (Sheridan, 1993)
Man on the Roof (Widerberg, 1976)
Behind Convent Walls (Borowcyzk, 1978)
Roma (Fellini, 1972)
The Fugitive Kind (Lumet, 1960)
Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Becker, 1954)
Tetsuo: The Iron Man (Tsukamoto, 1989)
All the Colors of the Dark (Martino, 1972)
Once Upon a Time in the West (Leone, 1968)