[JHD]

Shaun of the Dead

[Unsinkable II]

DIVA is about the best film ever made from a trash novelette. And I lust for that Citroen! As it happens, the little town I'm in, high on the USA-MEX border (Bisbee Arizona), has a Citroen specialist-collector with a dozen or more in stages of pre- or post-restoration. But no Traction Avant, alas.

Back to DIVA. It's utterly luscious and mesmerizing. I started with it on CED (ancient videodiscs) and now have it in HD. Yes, the soundtrack should be heard on cassette, for authenticity, eh?

Many reviews of Diva mention Betty Blue in the same breath, so I've gotten hold of it and will watch it tonight. It's also supposed to be a visual feast...

[twitch]

How about a photography related movie? I watched “Bill Cunningham : New York” on the weekend and I really enjoyed it.

Bill is an 80 year old photographer who has cycled around New York taking street fashion photos for 40 years or so. The movie is a documentary on his life, and it's a very different lifestyle than you'd expect a fashion photographer to live. He uses an old Nikon film camera for all his work, but don’t hold it against him

Go see it! Even my wife who has no interest in photography loved it.

[magkelly]

Fright Night (1982), Labyrinth, Ladyhawke, Cat People (1982), Langella Dracula, Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence, and surprisingly because I am not a particularly religious soul, let alone a Christian, Jesus of Nazareth and Quo Vadis.

JON was an incredibly cast film all around and I think Robert Powell was just unbelievably good in the role even if he was the popular artist's image of Christ rather then the likely historically accurate one. I remember seeing that when I was 10 or so for the first time and finally getting why some people might have left everything to go follow him. It was such an incredibly moving portrayal. As for Quo Vadis Leo Genn's Petronius and his slave lady love stole that film right out from under the two main characters so far as I am concerned. I barely remember Robert Taylor and Deborah Kerr or any of the people playing the Christians to be honest. When I watch that one? I watch it for them. That last scene where they commit suicide together at the banquet and Petronius says his peace is one of the best moments in film history as far as I am concerned. An Epic performance in an absolutely stunningly visual period movie.

Fright Night to this day remains a classic. I watch it several times a year and the sequel too. Labyrinth, Bowie as Jareth, one of the most memorable performances I've ever seen. Ditto his performance in MCML which was just stunning. His Jack Celliers, wow, and the rest of the cast is just as good. Ladyhawke, what's not to like? The whole cast, the script, the filming, and yes, even the much maligned soundtrack, I like it all. Cat People, yes, 1982, but not so much for Kinski really. She's not bad but it's the stunning visuals, the score, and most of all McDowell's performance that keep me coming back to this one. It's way underrated that film and while I am also fond of the Lewton classic, I like this version better. Frank Langella, as Dracula, in his prime when he was a number of lbs thinner, a lot younger and still sexy as HECK. Enough said, though I am also very fond of his Zorro come to think of it. It was a total retread that film, but I really liked his Don Diego...

Hate the SW prequels but will watch the originals forever, particularly ROTJ. Ditto most of the Trek films with the old cast though there are certain ones I like more than others like II. Harry Potter, the Wizard of Oz, to be watched once a year, at least. Oh and of course LOTR movies and Jackson's Kong. Indy, all of them, movies, TV series, can't get enough of Indy. All the Omen (original) and Exorcist movies except Exorcist II which totally sucks. Anything major monster, Hammer films, but not so much the less well known stuff. Vincent Price's Poe Corman films. Universal Monsters, the originals, Nosferatu, silents with Lon Chaney, and probably a hundred other probably semi-obscure films that I just cannot think of right now.

I am a total film geek....

[Jools]

How about a photography related movie? I watched “Bill Cunningham : New York” on the weekend and I really enjoyed it.

Bill is an 80 year old photographer who has cycled around New York taking street fashion photos for 40 years or so. The movie is a documentary on his life, and it's a very different lifestyle than you'd expect a fashion photographer to live. He uses an old Nikon film camera for all his work, but don’t hold it against him

Go see it! Even my wife who has no interest in photography loved it.

Good idea.

Blow Up.(1966) I think. This is what comes to mind.

[TOUGEFC]

Baraka

I stated my favorite movie on page one, anyone who hasnt seen it are missing out on one of the best films ever made. I strongly urge you to stop what your doing and check it out

"in 2007 the original 65 mm negative was re-scanned at 8K (a horizontal resolution of 8192 pixels) with equipment designed specifically for Baraka at FotoKem Laboratories. The automated 8K film scanner, operating continuously, took more than three weeks to finish scanning more than 150,000 frames (taking approximately 12–13 seconds to scan each frame), producing over 30 terabytes of image data in total."

its a must watch in lowly HD.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLfshG7yRKs

[twitch]

Baraka is a superb movie, I should re-watch it as when I saw it I had little appreciation of photography and visual composition.

[Medium FormatPro]

How about a photography related movie

A photography related movie that goes down the wrong path all-together,.. One Hour Photo

[Unsinkable II]

Baraka is a superb movie, I should re-watch it as when I saw it I had little appreciation of photography and visual composition.

+1. Though I did find it a bit heavy going. I found Koyaanisqatsi much more enjoyable, though that might have something to do with my preference for herbs over beer at that time

[ChrisPlatt]

The Station Agent

Recently aired by my local PBS station.
Great flick!

Chris