What Films Have You Seen Recently?

[Linbro]

I read it a bit differently -

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I thought it was reality bleeding into the film, and the film bleeding into reality. Gilderoy, for an unknown reason, is the catalyst for this and ends up merging with the film, at the end. Even though we don't know why Gilderoy was chosen, the film makers certainly picked him for a reason - maybe they know what will happen? If so, why do they want this to happen? - we're never told.

As you can see, this is all a bit half-arsed - I need to watch again. I just don't like the 'it's all in his head' explanation.

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

A fragile bloke from Blighty goes to Italy to work on a film, and promptly loses his mind. There you go . . .

But does he?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Slippery Jack

A fragile bloke from Blighty goes to Italy to work on a film, and promptly loses his mind. There you go . . .

Does he actually go to Italy?

[J Harker]

Was he from Blighty in the first place?

[JoshuaKaitlyn]

The Squaw Man (1914)

http://www.cult-labs.com/forums/memb...tml#post316060

[Linbro]

Originally Posted by Demdike

Does he actually go to Italy?

I want to trust what we see, ie. - he is in Italy, he is doing sound for a film. He is clearly unfamiliar with Italian customs - greetings, celebrations etc., which tells me it's not a fantasy, these people are real.
Plus, we see things that he doesn't - eg. the projectionists hand.
All IMHO, of course. Maybe the commentary sheds more light?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Linbro

Maybe the commentary sheds more light?

I wish.

[keirarts]

Went to a double bill of TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE and LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT at the dance house in manchester last night. Texas really benefits from the big screen and it was an entirely fresh experience for me, I came out the theatre reeling and still had the buzzing of the saw ringing in my ears. Really hammered home how much it owes PSYCHO and how much subesquent horror movies owe it. If you ever get the chance check this out on the big screen.

After a beer to steady my nerves post-tcm, I went back to catch LAST HOUSE. Still very rough around the edges and uneven, this still adds to the verite feel of the film and was uncomfortable viewing. (aside from one person somewhere in the theatre who thought the shot of krugs apparent post rape remorse was funny ) Like TCM it was good to see it on a big screen, and it still packs a punch.Also still weird to tee martin kove (karate kid) as the dumb deputy!

[J Harker]

Originally Posted by Linbro

I want to trust what we see, ie. - he is in Italy, he is doing sound for a film. He is clearly unfamiliar with Italian customs - greetings, celebrations etc., which tells me it's not a fantasy, these people are real.
Plus, we see things that he doesn't - eg. the projectionists hand.
All IMHO, of course. Maybe the commentary sheds more light?

Well my boy's in bed and so is my missus. So I've poured the Scotch and stuck Berberian in to give the extras a whirl and try and make some sense of it all. Thing is I'm about ten minutes into the Peter Strickland interview and the guy's so boring I'm struggling not to nod off myself.

[J Harker]

Right, the commentary! Now I'm only twenty mins into the movie but I thought it was interesting that around ten minutes into the commentary the director mentions the dilemma he faced with regard to discussing the films plot and how much to explain. The implication being that there is something to actually explain and it's not simply Gilderoy going nuts.