cigarettes
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:34 (three years ago)
harsh white light washing over the foreground and casting shadows on a richly hued wall
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:35 (three years ago)
actors that sound like they’re running their lines
the gang gets together and saves the day
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:36 (three years ago)
saturated colors (from what I remember)
― youn, Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:37 (three years ago)
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:38 (three years ago)
mullets
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:39 (three years ago)
heavily wrinkled faces
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:50 (three years ago)
the working class
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Tuesday, 2 August 2022 23:51 (three years ago)
depressing tangoes
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:44 (three years ago)
docks
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:45 (three years ago)
Finns
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:47 (three years ago)
hangdog looks
― There are a million things you could object to, and they're all sustained. (WmC), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:48 (three years ago)
joyless inebriation
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 00:53 (three years ago)
Lol
― My Little Red Buchla (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 01:04 (three years ago)
isn't that ILX
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 01:21 (three years ago)
Most of the posts in the thread apply.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 03:05 (three years ago)
a diner that looks like an old shack
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:16 (three years ago)
a cluster of condiments in the center of a formica table
still shot of grizzled character facing into the camera
see also: Kitano Takeshi
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:17 (three years ago)
i was watching I Hired A Contract Killer last night and it occurred to me that it's like exactly halfway between Bresson and Jarmusch
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:19 (three years ago)
rethinking Bresson as pitch black lols now
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:20 (three years ago)
i mean... maybe?? these limpid, lost souls, their faces pleading silently with a cruel existence that just kind of remorselessly hurls itself against them
and then, like, joe strummer and some jazz and bits of trash rolling down an alley choked with construction equipment
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:22 (three years ago)
i was surprised by how little joe strummer annoyed me actually
https://filmklubb.no/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hamlet-goes-business-630x340.jpg
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:23 (three years ago)
i was serious about Bresson btw, why not?
yeah no i know! honestly i couldn't stop laughing during 'pickpocket', v gauche i know
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:25 (three years ago)
i've never seen hamlet goes business lol
it's very Kaurismaki
― seo layer (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 09:29 (three years ago)
The Match Factory Girl reminded me quite a lot of Bresson's L'Argent.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:03 (three years ago)
ports
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 14:47 (three years ago)
Gaps
― Master of Treacle, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:10 (three years ago)
Less than 80 min running time
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:11 (three years ago)
plaintiveness
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:33 (three years ago)
Jukebox playing to a near empty room
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:34 (three years ago)
mechanical cruelty
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:36 (three years ago)
strangers finding instant rapport
beached souls
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:37 (three years ago)
what all this is reminding me of is ali: fear eats the soul
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Wednesday, 3 August 2022 15:49 (three years ago)
unappetising meals
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 16:03 (three years ago)
His Criterion list is great btw and includes a Bresson and a FassbinderL
https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/163-aki-kaurism-ki-s-top-10
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 16:07 (three years ago)
oh wow thanks for that. love how he breaks the rules of the format by pretending that every position is a tie.
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 16:22 (three years ago)
On reflection, Leningrad Cowboys Meet Moses doesn't conform to a lot of these rules, and also it is terrible.
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 16:46 (three years ago)
this is a bit tangential, but the Kaurismäki brothers own (owned?) a couple of bars in Helsinki. One of them is/was called Moscow. I visited it many years ago. There were thick curtains at the windows blocking the view inside and the only indication of the place was a small piece of paper taped on the window that only read Moscow (in cyrillic letters obviously).
Inside it was brightly lit and very small and it looked exactly like every bar in a Kaurismäki film, very plain and red painted walls. There was only one tap with cheap lager and the background music was melancholic Russian music from the 60's or maybe 70's. The whole experience felt like I stepped inside a Kaurismäki film.
The rumour is that it originally was called something else and was very popular, but Kaurismäki wasn't happy with that and wanted a bar where people can drink in peace so they retooled the concept. And in the winter they shovel snow to the outside of the front door to make it appear like it's closed.
― braised cod, Wednesday, 3 August 2022 17:59 (three years ago)