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Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 35 minutes ago
Replies: 33
Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubrick?
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubr

So since the essence of cinema is "movement in time" then as long as it is moving in time as something perpetuated in unchanged form, it is cinema and all other things are supplementary. Why would...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 hour ago
Replies: 33
Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubrick?
Posted By Mr Minio
:shrug: It is in a sense that championing...

:shrug:

It is in a sense that championing one idea of what art is must downplay other ideas to some extent. Unless you're happy to say that all ideas are "equal" and you just pick one over the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
Not sure if sarcastic or not. To be clear, I'm...

Not sure if sarcastic or not. To be clear, I'm not saying this character's behavior is commendable.
Forum: Movie Reviews 9 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
I watched the film and TBH I have no idea what...

I watched the film and TBH I have no idea what sexual harassment you see there.

Do you mean the boss dating his employees? How's that sexual harassment? Or do you mean the remark he makes at the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 16 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
Interesting, but this hinges on the want of the...

Interesting, but this hinges on the want of the audience to feel for the characters or connect to them or sympathize with them and watch films as a sort of dream or fantasy rather than as works of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 17 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
How so and what are other examples of movies that...

How so and what are other examples of movies that do that?
Forum: Movie Reviews 17 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
Huh? Seven brides for seven brothers is a great...

Huh? Seven brides for seven brothers is a great musical tho
Forum: Movie Reviews 20 hours ago
Replies: 112
The MoFo Musical Countdown - Group Watch
Posted By Mr Minio
That's just f***ing great. Now I must watch it...

That's just f***ing great. Now I must watch it for my dissertation. Just in time before I make a thread asking for more films that romanticize sexual misconduct/rape.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 8
Movie Questions Not Worth Creating Another Thread
Posted By Mr Minio
Of course, but ideally with a few years in...

Of course, but ideally with a few years in between.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 8
Movie Questions Not Worth Creating Another Thread
Posted By Mr Minio
That's It.

That's It.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 8
Movie Questions Not Worth Creating Another Thread
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Movie Questions Not Worth Creating Another Thread

A Short Film About Killing is just a longer, alternate cut of the Decalogue 6.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 8
Movie Questions Not Worth Creating Another Thread
Posted By Mr Minio
Technically, you don't have to, but they follow...

Technically, you don't have to, but they follow the Ten Commandments, so it'd make sense.

Not in presentation, but symbolically and metaphorically they're all stories concerning each of the Ten...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 32
Films to enjoy high
Posted By Mr Minio
Highly unpleasant scene. No wonder I disliked...

Highly unpleasant scene. No wonder I disliked this film when I watched it more than 10 years ago
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 194
Cinematic Heritage / True Works of Art
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Cinematic Heritage / True Works of Art

The true work of art is one that makes you feel you're watching one and it's so easy to lose that feeling by exposing yourself to trash and living an impure life. Plus some people don't have that...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 33
Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubrick?
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubr

And yes, Malick doesn't care about the audience's normie needs for traditional storytelling. He is his own man - a true auteur.
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 1 day ago
Replies: 33
Do you think Terrence Malick is in the same league as Stanley Kubrick?
Posted By Mr Minio
Reading back, what a conservative take that...

Reading back, what a conservative take that ignores and downplays any films that do not fit the rigid, boring definition of cinema "proper" and underplays the value and possibility of cinema to be...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 19
Your favorite sublime, sacred & spiritual films?
Posted By Mr Minio
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 days ago
Replies: 36
List your favorite Westerns of all time (and why they are)
Posted By Mr Minio
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 32
Films to enjoy high
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Films to enjoy high

The only high a cinephile should get is the high of discovering a new masterpiece.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 32
Films to enjoy high
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Films to enjoy high

Don't do drugs, kids.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 32
Films to enjoy high
Posted By Mr Minio
He meant on top of a skyscraper, you silly goose!

He meant on top of a skyscraper, you silly goose!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 5
looking for someone who has similar favorite movies with me
Posted By Mr Minio
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 229
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
Of cinephage, maybe. Not cinephile.

Of cinephage, maybe. Not cinephile.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 229
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
You watch a film by Tourner, or Preminger, or...

You watch a film by Tourner, or Preminger, or Kawashima, or Uchida, and you feel the beauty of the art surfacing behind the grain of the film. You see true auteurs in a studio system, you see the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 days ago
Replies: 229
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
Absolutely. For example, CinemaScope was the...

Absolutely. For example, CinemaScope was the logical continuation of the developments in other arts. Namely, a CinemaScope frame can be seen as a work by Sesshu, Masaccio's fresco, or Da Vinci's The...

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