What Films Have You Seen Recently? - Page 2522

Demdike@Cult Labs · #**25211** 26th September 2013, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by keirarts

And George Romero has said there was no social commentary in Night of the living dead yet there it is. There is an awful lot of things going on with Holocaust that it does invite readings. Certainly after the furor over Africa Addio it can at least be seen as saying something about the mondo movie phenomenon. Certainly if you watch it and Ferox back to back Freox seems more the out and out exploitation piece...

I fully appreciate the different views on Holocaust, there are convincing arguments on both sides. Personally i just think its Italian schlock, nothing more nothing less.

If you have the opposite view then thats ok by me. We aren't going to suddenly change our minds with a few typed lines on here.

Mojo · #**25212** 26th September 2013, 07:05 PM

This That And The Other!

Trilogy of stories comprising one of those strange UK 'sex comedies' from the early 70s, starring various Brit faces including John Bird and Dennis Waterman when he was about 12. Also notable for brief appearances from Hammer starlets Valerie Leon and a skinny - dipping Yutte Stensgaard.

Frankie Teardrop · #**25213** 26th September 2013, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I fully appreciate the different views on Holocaust, there are convincing arguments on both sides. Personally i just think its Italian schlock, nothing more nothing less.

If you have the opposite view then thats ok by me. We aren't going to suddenly change our minds with a few typed lines on here.

It's strange - I rewatched CH he other day. I didn't review it, because I didn't see the point (I didn't want to inflame the whole animal cruelty thing again, which would've taken up all of the five lines I usually give myself). I do think it's a desperately cynical film on all kinds of levels, and, because of the nature of the nihilism it so virulently displays - I'm not just talking about the obviously exploitative elements - it reaches a cognitive threshold that few genre flicks at the time even aspired to, but, simultaneously, in terms of the imagery and tone it deploys, it plumbs depths few filmmakers of the time would want to associate with either. Except for the Mondo crews it seems to want to satirise. Out of all the screwed up films I've seen, it's still one of the ones I find most difficult to talk about.

Wes · #**25214** 26th September 2013, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankie Teardrop

Out of all the screwed up films I've seen, it's still one of the ones I find most difficult to talk about.

Me too, but I do love discussing the film I must say. For years I thought the film was a complete anomaly - it's obviously a far superior film to the likes of Cannibal Ferox and Slave of the Cannibal God and so on, but after seeing Last Cannibal World, I could see Deodato was working towards Cannibal Holocaust. I thought Last Cannibal World was a terrific film...

bdc · #**25215** 26th September 2013, 07:51 PM

Started watching "golden age" HK films again,the thing I like most is how unpredictable they are.
You can never guess what's coming next!

Expect some reviews soon...

troggi · #**25216** 26th September 2013, 07:59 PM

Just watched a treat for the eyes and food for the soul; the Chinese epic that is "Red Cliff" (2008)

Beautiful! 20/10

Nordicdusk · #**25217** 26th September 2013, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by troggi

Just watched a treat for the eyes and food for the soul; the Chinese epic that is "Red Cliff" (2008)

Beautiful! 20/10

I have this on the shelf a few months now i really must give it a look.

Wes · #**25218** 26th September 2013, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by troggi

Just watched a treat for the eyes and food for the soul; the Chinese epic that is "Red Cliff" (2008)

Beautiful! 20/10

Wow, I must see this as well. Is the Film4 version the full length film ? I gotta say I didn't like any of John Woo's American films, but I'd definitely like to see this one...

troggi · #**25219** 26th September 2013, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by nordicdusk

I have this on the shelf a few months now i really must give it a look.

Be warned, it is lo-ng! On the other hand I would never call it boring and I've watched it four times now! I always find something new in it that I hadn't noticed before.

Wes · #**25220** 26th September 2013, 08:14 PM

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Originally Posted by troggi

Be warned, it is lo-ng! On the other hand I would never call it boring and I've watched it four times now! I always find something new in it that I hadn't noticed before.

Ah that's not a problem here... Bela Tarr's 7-hour Sátántangó is a favourite of mine (and a film that seems shorter than a lot of 90min stuff)...