― j fail (cenotaph), Tuesday, 26 July 2005 23:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― polyphonic (polyphonic), Friday, 29 July 2005 03:50 (nineteen years ago) link
His most beautiful, most cinematic film, with the great ensemble work of Lone Star and Sunshine State and City of Hope and....a gunfight at the end. Perfect.
― David N (David N.), Friday, 29 July 2005 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
Sarcasm would come much easier to me if I hated more stuff.
― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 1 August 2005 05:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― M. V. (M.V.), Monday, 1 August 2005 10:29 (nineteen years ago) link
bumping thread for...
http://images3.cinema.de/imedia/6993/2376993,B5jGH8SUJdtW9mW4BIbKPtiqzHTDZzEtgHM7pp77xTJdMf3pUgk7xLDXZ8tKvlDi1H1IAfmPU7pckuW_8sNCwg==.jpg
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 16 October 2014 06:40 (nine years ago) link
I need to see this again.
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 October 2014 10:58 (nine years ago) link
Great film.
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
fucking looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove this movie so much, so good
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:11 (nine years ago) link
everybody is pretty much perfect
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:12 (nine years ago) link
hey can anybody refer me to some other really good us/mexico border movies?
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
El Norte (1983)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085482/
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:27 (nine years ago) link
thanks! yea i've seen el norte a couple of times, first was in college and i loved it, then again a year or two ago and i hated it, thought it was totally overkill.
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:39 (nine years ago) link
honestly i think 'breaking bad' is really great as a border story. it is more than that obviously but i really, really love the new mexico setting and the proximity to the border, it's such a strong grounding for the show. (note i've been watching it on netflix for the first time this summer and am only part-way through s4)
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaNo Country For Old MenRio Grande(?)
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:43 (nine years ago) link
thanks! excited especially about 'three burials' (have seen 'no country' before, it's obviously great)
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
the wild bunch?
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
pioneering, you might say:Alambrista! (1977)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075654/
http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/alambrista
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 16 October 2014 16:52 (nine years ago) link
just saw these headlines, so sad. RIP
― goole, Thursday, 16 October 2014 21:34 (nine years ago) link
oh SHIT, just thought this was bumped just because. didn't realize she died. RIP. she was phenomenal in this film
― marcos, Thursday, 16 October 2014 21:39 (nine years ago) link
I thought the last series of The Bridge (US) was a very decent Border Drama. The first season sucked shit and was a poor Yank approximation of a brilliant Scandinavian classic tv series, the second was more like the Breaking Bad Mexico episodes. Some really awesome border-noir characters in it like Demian Bichir's principled cop - who seems more in peril this season, Franka Potente's merciless angel of death/cartel accountant and Ramon Franco's ruthless/comedic middle aged cartel boss Fausto. The snooping journalists played by Rios/Lillard are both excellent as well. Probably a hard sell because that first series was piss poor. It does the same(ish) BB trick of showing a future bloodbath in the first episode (Lyle Lovett wondering about a show house riven with corpses and blood that tells you it won't end happy.
― xelab, Saturday, 18 October 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
Very good interview with Sayles in advance of Criterion's release of Lone Star. Worth yr time.https://thereveal.substack.com/p/interview-john-sayles-on-lone-star
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 12 January 2024 00:57 (eight months ago) link