Social WR Lounge v281: *Shivers* Full Blown Surefront

[essie]

Lol, I haven't even heard of those. This is the crowd though:

I went with choices from my experiment canon but I’ll probably post a few from narrative cinema a little later.

 

[tonni]

 

[Deorum]

I went with choices from my experiment canon but I’ll probably post a few from narrative cinema a little later.

Please do.

Also feel free to prance around in here and be as snarky as you want.

 

[essie]

One of the most striking and provocative films I can think of. Great pick.

 

[Rational Poster]

Damn dude gonna refi my mortgage and it's gonna take 10 years off and lower the monthly payment a bit at the same time.

House is worth almost 200k more since the last appraisal cause the market is bonkers and interest rates are so low.

 

[Jack V Savage]

I love movies that are just about driving around a city at night lol.

Collateral brought a radical humanity to the driving-around-a-city-at-night film that hadn't existed in American cinema.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Lol, I haven't even heard of those. This is the crowd though:

Sure just ignore the 2nd half of my post.... I guess I'll just watch Willow again instead....

 

[Deorum]

Collateral brought a radical humanity to the driving-around-a-city-at-night film that hadn't existed in American cinema.

Certified Snarky. <45>

 

[essie]

Collateral brought a radical humanity to the driving-around-a-city-at-night film that hadn't existed in American cinema.

Good one.

 

[PolishHeadlock2]

Who needs movies when I got this?

 

[CubicleGangster]

 

[tonni]

Who needs movies when I got this?

You know, I was excited about the UFO news but you ruined it for me.

 

[koquerelle]

Of the movies listed I only watch The Godfather Part 2....... on Cable.....

What are the top 3 I should watch ASAP

Lawrence of Arabia

 

[Deorum]

It could've/should've been included.

 

[Ruprecht]

Hmm. Got me tossing up between Dark City and Stalker for my third (so I left it at 2).
My impression of "beautiful cinema" is strongly influenced by the broader aesthetic, conceptual content and my watching experience.
I saw Dark City in a nearly empty cinema in the wee hours of the morning when it was released (and without having read anything about it), after which I spent about an hour walking home along the river.
Whereas I saw Stalker on a PC (somewhat subpar download) in the early 2000s, long after I'd read Roadside Picnic, and also after reading a bunch of references to the film in various SciFi discussions.
So definitely Dark City was a more impactful experience.
I really like cold-war scifi though, and the novelty factor of scifi which is distinct from the trends in Western Scifi of the time (despite some very recognisable '70s elements) is also pretty appealing. I thought Stalker / Roadside Picnic was better Scifi basically.

Seeing the 2001 release as (2001) also had me looking to see if there was some sort of directors cut or release I'd missed at the time.

 

[panem-et-circenses]

Spoiler

 

[Deorum]

Spoiler

Spoiler

 

[tonni]

Spoiler

Woah woah watch out man the mods are watching

 

[Jack V Savage]

Certified Snarky. <45>

All in fun, but I seriously love that movie. It won't inspire deep essays, and it's probably not influential, but it's fun as hell. Most of my favorites are like that.

 

[Deorum]

Woah woah watch out man the mods are watching