FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: films of a certain quality

[Wombaticus Rex]

WR - what did you think of A Field in England?

I think it was a very important film in terms of Wheatley finding his voice & vision -- the sheer amount of cinema he was able to milk out of what was, very f'ing literally, a A F'ing Field in F'ing England, was impressive.

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

[chump]

Okay... Keanu!


https://youtu.be/B_zLEi_Sk3Y

I'm not gonna comment (on it) 'til all of ya’ll have seen it too.

[Rory]

WR - what did you think of A Field in England?

I think it was a very important film in terms of Wheatley finding his voice & vision -- the sheer amount of cinema he was able to milk out of what was, very f'ing literally, a A F'ing Field in F'ing England, was impressive.

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

Well, i watched high rise, and im not even sure what i saw. The insanity was beautiful - its one of the most amazing visions of dystopia i think ive seen. Like if Scarfolk Council designed the Collapse of Western Capitalism.

Wonderful stuff.

[Jerky]

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

UNLESS, of course, your pet fetishes include Elizabethan occultism, psychedelic hallucinogens, or just very, very good movies, in general.

Cheers!
yer old pal Jerky

[Jerky]

ANOTHER SCARFOLK FAN!!!

Has there been any discussion of that book/blog on this board before? I freaking LOVE the book. Everything about it. The binding, even, I love. I believe the feeling it evokes has been identified as "hauntology", a term coined by Derrida about the evoking of nostalgia for a specific time and/or place that may or may not have ever even existed. I probably got that wrong, but oh well.

Of the two relatively fresh "new" words that have begun to pop up in recent online discourse a bunch lately (at least where I tend to lurk most of the time) -- these being "Hauntology" and "Gaslighting" -- I find Hauntology to be, by far, the least objectionable and most interesting.

YOPJ

WR - what did you think of A Field in England?

I think it was a very important film in terms of Wheatley finding his voice & vision -- the sheer amount of cinema he was able to milk out of what was, very f'ing literally, a A F'ing Field in F'ing England, was impressive.

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

Well, i watched high rise, and im not even sure what i saw. The insanity was beautiful - its one of the most amazing visions of dystopia i think ive seen. Like if Scarfolk Council designed the Collapse of Western Capitalism.

Wonderful stuff.

[Jerky]

About MIDNIGHT SPECIAL:

About 20 minutes in, I thought this was going to be the best goddamn film I'd seen in years.

About halfway through, I started checking the time and worrying it might not amount to anything CLOSE to what I was hoping for.

When it was over, I sighed, turned to my friend, and said: "Well, that was a pretty good movie."

And never have those words carried so much disappointment.

YOPJ

[Cordelia]

Michael Shannon, an interesting actor.......


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-YQbIo8jFY

(His upcoming portrayal of Elvis should be campy.)

[Rory]

ANOTHER SCARFOLK FAN!!!

Has there been any discussion of that book/blog on this board before? I freaking LOVE the book. Everything about it. The binding, even, I love. I believe the feeling it evokes has been identified as "hauntology", a term coined by Derrida about the evoking of nostalgia for a specific time and/or place that may or may not have ever even existed. I probably got that wrong, but oh well.

Of the two relatively fresh "new" words that have begun to pop up in recent online discourse a bunch lately (at least where I tend to lurk most of the time) -- these being "Hauntology" and "Gaslighting" -- I find Hauntology to be, by far, the least objectionable and most interesting.

YOPJ

WR - what did you think of A Field in England?

I think it was a very important film in terms of Wheatley finding his voice & vision -- the sheer amount of cinema he was able to milk out of what was, very f'ing literally, a A F'ing Field in F'ing England, was impressive.

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

Well, i watched high rise, and im not even sure what i saw. The insanity was beautiful - its one of the most amazing visions of dystopia i think ive seen. Like if Scarfolk Council designed the Collapse of Western Capitalism.

Wonderful stuff.

There is.http://www.rigorousintuition.ca/board2/ ... lk#p593266

[brekin]

ANOTHER SCARFOLK FAN!!!

Has there been any discussion of that book/blog on this board before? I freaking LOVE the book. Everything about it. The binding, even, I love. I believe the feeling it evokes has been identified as "hauntology", a term coined by Derrida about the evoking of nostalgia for a specific time and/or place that may or may not have ever even existed. I probably got that wrong, but oh well.

Of the two relatively fresh "new" words that have begun to pop up in recent online discourse a bunch lately (at least where I tend to lurk most of the time) -- these being "Hauntology" and "Gaslighting" -- I find Hauntology to be, by far, the least objectionable and most interesting.

YOPJ

WR - what did you think of A Field in England?

I think it was a very important film in terms of Wheatley finding his voice & vision -- the sheer amount of cinema he was able to milk out of what was, very f'ing literally, a A F'ing Field in F'ing England, was impressive.

That said, I don't think it was a very important film in terms of us watching it.

Well, i watched high rise, and im not even sure what i saw. The insanity was beautiful - its one of the most amazing visions of dystopia i think ive seen. Like if Scarfolk Council designed the Collapse of Western Capitalism.

Wonderful stuff.

We first saw the Scarfolk light this time last year. Some discussion of it and related things here.
http://rigorousintuition.ca/board2/view ... =8&t=39081

[Jerky]

Thanks friends! I'll check out those threads.

YOPJ

[cptmarginal]

Adding a belated thank you here for all of the discussion about "Nightcrawler" some time back. I just got around to watching that one recently and absolutely loved it. There's a really good chance I'd have skipped it were it not for the recommendations here, which would be a shame because it's one of the most exciting and engrossing (and cynical) cinematic experiences I've had in a while...

[Harvey]

Request:

Somebody posted a film on here about five years ago of various nomadic tribes walking across the Asian continent, their life, music, dancing and so on. I've looked through the thread and can't seem to find it. Can anyone remember what it was? Many thanks!

[Agent Orange Cooper]

Sounds sort of like Baraka but, then again, maybe not...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103767/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

[Iamwhomiam]

Harvey, I think you're referring to The Story of the Weeping Camel, which was shared by temp-monitor on September 28, 2011.

http://rigorousintuition.ca/board2/view ... 73#p427673

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-stor ... ing-camel/

[Harvey]

Thanks for trying AOC, IAWIA. Actually found it just now (tried quite a few times to no avail) but I'm grateful for Baraka and The Weeping Camel, neither of which I know. Both right up my street and on my watch list. Many thanks!

This is the one I was trying to describe: