76. About five films I did see and couldn't place grr
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
88. Nailed every one I knew, every guess I guessed wrong
― or something, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
Oh and messed up Spike Lee . Just couldn't place that image in that film somehow
― or something, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:28 (one year ago) link
84/100!
I guessed on most of the contemporary Asian stuff, which rarely payed off. And I got the Black female directors all switched around. The only film I've seen that I miscredited was Death of Mr. Lazarescu.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 February 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
I just exchanged texts with my friend who actually is a projectionist but did not mention this quiz.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 February 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
I got 89. several of them were guesses based on what I know about the filmmakers’ visual aesthetics or the time periods from the images. I got several directors mixed up - Mizoguchi and Kobayashi, Kazan and Wyler, Etrice and Saura and others. I guessed Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent correctly only because I have recently seen stills from it on twitter, but I haven’t watched it. Also still have yet to watch Djibril Diop Mambéty’s films, a few of which are on Kanopy, or Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 February 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link
My projectionist friend told me about this yesterday:https://framed.wtf
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 14:33 (one year ago) link
oh, it's a one-per-day thing, like wordle
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Yes. I only started doing it yesterday.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
But I like, I like.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
I love Framed but I get annoyed every time a Marvel movie zilches my overall record
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
Will we be using this thread for discussion of films that are not on your list but are still, say, Morbius favorites?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
Just the ones on the list, think there are several which wouldn't be there without his influence.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
just downloaded sherlock jr, which i think just sneaks in as public domain. only i seem to have an entirely silent one and i can her neighbours clanking around
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
Looking through the list, some of my favourite directors, Louis Malle, Miloš Forman, Roy Andersson, Sidney Lumet, are either missing entirely or have a single entry, think this is probably A Good Thing on a personal level, more to explore, less so to those whose favourites are more well-represented I suppose, though otoh everyone likes talking about their favourites.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
xp There are many different options for watching Sherlock Jr on YouTube with different soundtracks.
To your last post: that is sort of the whole good and bad of lists in a nutshell.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
I've watched the first hundred.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
For those who have MUBI, try to catch The General over the next 3 days before it gets yanked
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
I really am going to be forced to watch Holiday on the Buses huh
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
Whose first place vote was that?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
Is Holiday on the Buses the same as Mexican Bus Ride?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Man those MUBI Leaving Soons are torture. I rewatched THE GENERAL recently and maybe still have it saved on my cable box so I think I will pass on that and watch a few others.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
i never her.
finished Sherlock Jr as it was only 44 minutes long. (this was an archive.org download rather than youtube. ogg video in fact, only 100MB, 400x300 but perfectly watchable)
is that a recognised meaning of the work sheik?
yes -
2 usually sheik : a man supposed to be irresistibly attractive to romantic young women
lots of things that are now cliches, probably a lot different back in 1924. the suitcase jump kinda spoilt it - everything else was at least possible
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
THE GENERAL also avaiable in several other places, Amazon Prime, Criterion and... wait for it... Tubi. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-general
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
Actually I have to be careful here as I have been fooled before. Oftentimes something will show up there as being on Amazon Prime but in fact it is only there with a subscription, a subscription to MUBI.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Is Holiday on the Buses the same as Mexican Bus Ride?― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I like to think so.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
As Mark S likes to tell me, the first On The Buses film was the highest grossing film at the box office that year.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Pfunkboy was Holiday on the Bus's #1 vote
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
I knew it would be him, that wacky pfunkboy.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:15 (one year ago) link
hes a menace
― mark s, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
> I knew it would be him, that wacky pfunkboy.> ― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai)
letterboxd, the vexing and sometimes OK film logging website
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
Ok, close enough to Monday.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Sherlock_jr_poster.jpg
Sherlock, Jr., Buster Keaton 1924Morbies #480 Sight & Sound Critics #54Youtube link
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
First time I'd seen this, I do have a complete Buster Keaton box set but am only halfway through it. Had to watch it twice as the story only made sense with the final scene (to be fair the fact that I had about 20 acupuncture needles stuck in me probably didn't help) - second viewing I found I could appreciate the whole thing, not just the astounding set-piece stunt scenes. Suppose the reason that this is the Keaton film of choice is not just the intricate plotting, the metafictionality of having the action take place on a cinema screen as a projection of the character's own life, represented as this grand, escapist drama is a brilliant conceit, and the final scene where he learns how to propose to his girlfriend by watching the couple on screen is just a great bit of cinema. Also recognised a few scenes from the 1980 documentary series "Hollywood" - including the water tower shot which broke Keaton's neck.
I loved it when I saw it in my 20s, just kind of drifted away.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
On the Keaton thread, I posted about how perplexing Bogdanovich's Keaton documentary was.
What about it?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Buster Keaton
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
I kind of liked that but fair enough.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
THE GENERAL also avaiable in several other places, Amazon Prime, Criterion and... wait for it... Tubi. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-general― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, February 12, 2023 11:34 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, February 12, 2023 11:34 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Also Wikipedia (it entered the public domain last year): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(1926_film)
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link
Oh wait, actually, it's been in the public domain for decades. But anyway, yeah, it's widely available.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:10 (one year ago) link
That's happened to me more than once, seeing multiple versions of the same film, sometimes on the same platform, many in terrible shape, wondering why this is so and then... d'oh!
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
everything up to and including man with a movie camera is public domain (in usa, other places vary). i think the rules changed so that some things were, then weren't, then were again but I've also read that once a thing is pd its always pd so...
but what you will find is that some things have later audio, hence the completely silent versions on places like archive.org
― koogs, Monday, 13 February 2023 04:49 (one year ago) link
the problem i had with Sherlock Jr was, despite having not seen it before, everything was a bit too familiar through clips and copies.
― koogs, Monday, 13 February 2023 04:52 (one year ago) link
My current favorite BK is The Navigator which is in the sweet spot of having seen it enough times but not too many times, but that could easily change of course.
― after the pinefox (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 04:57 (one year ago) link
I just watched Sherlock Jr for the first time. really lovely film, a nice way to kick things off. a couple notes and questions:
- near the beginning, the pile of trash, the dollars within it, the wallet with many dollars within it, and the woman who was missing a dollar - that was masterful, very like a stage play, and did wonders to quickly establish the nature of his character.- there's a banana peel gag in this film. when did the banana peel gag start? when was the last banana peel gag?- i loved the film within a film, which is most of this film, "Hearts and Pearls", and especially how the musicians were shown at the bottom of the shot, playing along. but the music that is played (via youtube) was added later on, of course. so, i think it would particularly brilliant to see this film in theaters, as it was shown then, with buster keaton in a film within a film with the musicans in real life playing music to accompany the fake musicians on the screen above them. - i know keaton did all of his own stunts. holy shit, some of them. it's such a quick shot, but that part where he's on them motorcycle and the bridge collapses and he smoothly glides from an upper plane to a lower? he should have died! amazing.
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:15 (one year ago) link
oh yeah, and also, what is this painting at the top?
https://i.imgur.com/TCazPDQ.jpg
it resembles matisse's Dancers, but it's not that
― President of Destiny Encounters International (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 15 February 2023 05:20 (one year ago) link
it's a metafictional action movie presenting alternative lives, but it has a heart too = it's the EEAAO of 1924!
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
Episode of "Hollywood" (1980) on Chaplin, Lloyd & Keaton is here, it's well worth a watch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PvymClFrPU
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 15 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
will try to watch SHERLOCK JR tonight
have we had a 2010s poll btw? I know we all gave some picks in one thread or another recently
― k3vin k., Wednesday, 15 February 2023 20:42 (one year ago) link
Ok I'm excited
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 September 2024 07:53 (one week ago) link
the proper one is currently available on slsk
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 19 September 2024 08:43 (one week ago) link
Official thread theme tune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkZss7qE3bM
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 19 September 2024 09:20 (one week ago) link
Anything new to say about the night of the hunter? I already got my two cents out on its dedicated thread
― H.P, Saturday, 28 September 2024 11:42 (two days ago) link
chiilllllllldrennnn
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 September 2024 11:48 (two days ago) link
My favourite "classic" to show to people with certain preconceived notions about Golden Age Hollywood. By the time you reach the ending, even the "god bless the little children" sentiment feels a bit unnervingly surreal.
― cryptosicko, Saturday, 28 September 2024 18:05 (two days ago) link
It's the furthest you can push against those notions I think - I can't think of another studio film that feels as much like an arthouse production.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 30 September 2024 09:26 (four hours ago) link