|
|
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891
Carpal Tunnel
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Sep 2000
Posts: 2,891 |
Now Rubrick, we all have odd tastes we can't account for at times.
For some reason beyond my understanding I love watching the movie Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and singing along with the lyrics...and it's so cheesy. [shrug emoticon]
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 866
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 866 |
> Romper-Stomper was pretty gritty, though, although perhaps a leedle less generic.
Spot on.
One of the things I noted about OWW (what an apt acronym!!) was that New Zealand and South Auckland were never mentioned in the movie. Of course the localities were taken for granted by all Ozzildians, received at a subliminal level, but I'll bet that a few members of overseas audiences were unsure where the film was shot. Some probably thought it was Hawaii, Fiji or maybe even the Caribbean. This ploy enables the story and the message of the film to apply to life in any ghetto of the world.
stales
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636
Carpal Tunnel
|
|
Carpal Tunnel
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 2,636 |
I loved the book, but the movie was even better, IMHO. The funny thing about Robin Williams, I like it when he's not trying to be funny. When he is being funny, he's a hoot and a half. It just seems that he never gets due recognition for the serious, though. I'm thinking "What Dreams May Come". I still cry every time I see it.
Another that fits this category,"Anatomy of a Murder". Jimmy Stewart and Lee Remmick. She was the perfect 1950's out-of-her-element hussy in the wilds of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Jimmy, the perfect backwater lawyer, ready to be taken in by a pretty face and bullet breasts.
And, of course, "Johnny Got His Gun". The book and the movie were pretty equal. The definitive anti-war movie.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
Then of course there's oh Brother Where Art Thou?. Well, it's sure funnier than the Odyssey!
Especially the KKK dance routine. I was in howls!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
Have to disagree with whoever above said that the movie A Clockwork Orange was better than the book. The book was different to the movie, but, IMHO, much more chilling. Guess it's subjective, huh!
They showed a Kubrick season last year at my local arthouse. It was pretty impossible to get to all of them in two weeks but 2001 in 70mm is impressive no matter what you think of the film!!
I didn't get to see A Clockwork Orange (preferring to see Barry Lyndon with my girlfriend) but the programme blurb mentioned that he was inspired (perhaps not the correct use of this word) by the rape of his wife. The experience must have convinced him to make a far more graphical film.
BTW A Clockwork Orange is one of only three films to have been banned in Ireland by the censor. The other two are Lolita (Also Kubrick) and, more strangely (but not when you think about it) The Life of Brian. All of the bans have since been lifted.
The funny thing is I've seen them several times thanks to cross-channel television!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
but whoa. That's enough for me to be convinced he was one freaky dude.Yeah, great huh? That's his appeal to me. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
For some reason beyond my understanding I love watching the movie Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and singing along with the lyrics...and it's so cheesy. [shrug emoticon]
Oooooooohhhhhhh, I love to dance a little sidestep! [coming out of the woodwork emoticon]
Signed
A. Film-buff III
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
I loved the movie, and it's hard to imagine a print version of Sellers.
Ja, Mein Fuehrer! I mean, Mr. President....
Am I destined to spend all morning writing one-liners from Kubrick films???
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771
old hand
|
|
old hand
Joined: Jan 2001
Posts: 771 |
Is it just coincidence? Am I to dismiss it as accidental that you even posted with a Subject line of "Eyes Wide Shut" in the Usages that send us screaming thread? Ladies and Gentlemen, I offer that we may have a poster from beyond the grave! Cleverly disguised by the replacement of a single letter (which, come to think of it, could be accomplished as an alteration with one swift stroke of the pen - it's not hard to make an R out of a K), and in our presence to defend his own hono(u)r.
So tell us, Freaky Dude, just what were you thinking?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679
addict
|
|
addict
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 679 |
red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum red rum!
|
|
|
|
Forums16
Topics13,913
Posts229,580
Members9,187
| |
Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
|
|
|
0 members (),
668
guests, and
0
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
