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Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Reviews
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Rev

The circling camera shot is great. So is the fireworks shot.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 4 days ago
Replies: 14
Best Thanksgiving Movies
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Best Thanksgiving Movies

I don't know which one is the best, but I know which one is the worst.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nswEqNh1ILE
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 578
Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Reviews
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Rev

Americans talking about ordering movies from their library is so cute.

Like, I don't even know if it's possible here, but I'd be surprised if it was. I never heard of a single person who'd do it...
Forum: The Television & Music Forum 5 days ago
Replies: 37
Christmas Music, your thoughts?
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Christmas Music, your thoughts?

Two of my favorite Christmas pieces of music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ75UeTdnE0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhe4_psXM60
Forum: Movie Reviews 6 days ago
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Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Reviews
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Vampires, Assassins, and Romantic Angst by the Seaside: Takoma Rev

One of De Palma's best and one of the best musicals of all time.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 132
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
Shamans of the Blind Country (1981) dir. Michael...

Shamans of the Blind Country (1981) dir. Michael Oppitz
https://i.imgur.com/mrkPZtT.png

Disappointed to find out this is director Michael Oppitz's only film, as it's rather exquisite. A...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 132
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
Adjustment and Work (1986) dir. Frederick Wiseman...

Adjustment and Work (1986) dir. Frederick Wiseman


https://i.imgur.com/E2QrolA.png

The last one that I still hadn't seen from what I call the "Handicapped Quadrilogy". The other films, BLIND,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 132
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Mr Minio
The Mob (1951) dir. Robert Parrish ...

The Mob (1951) dir. Robert Parrish

https://i.imgur.com/p450uaC.png

Hardly a landmark film noir, but one of hundreds of the kind that Americans used to shoot with their eyes closed and now just...
Replies: 16
Target vs Walmart
Posted By Mr Minio
Re: Target vs Walmart

We have neither here.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Same here, but it was Tarr's Werckmeister...

Same here, but it was Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies for me.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Because the main idea here is to introduce them...

Because the main idea here is to introduce them to arthouse cinema first and foremost. Anyway, Tarkovsky is fairly popular, too, so it depends on what you mean by popular movies. I really don't think...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Such as... Because many "popular favorites" are...

Such as... Because many "popular favorites" are not great.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Yeah, that should work. I'd say it's important to...

Yeah, that should work. I'd say it's important to make it varied but also to not make it too varied by branching out to non-essential stuff too early.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Yeah, I hated 8 1/2 at first, too. But this has...

Yeah, I hated 8 1/2 at first, too. But this has more to do with it being far away from Angelopoulos', Tarr's, or Tarkovsky's best, and also its peculiar style. Fellini isn't the best Italian...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Is stating obvious truths like the fact Tarkovsky...

Is stating obvious truths like the fact Tarkovsky is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time being an elitist these days? Like, I didn't even say anything about being Marxist, championing...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
What if they don't like/love anything? Or...

What if they don't like/love anything? Or whatever they like is bottom-line garbage?



- I love Marvel movies
- ....

Every arthouse enthusiast had to start out and at one point they GOT it....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
I'd say it's great with auteurs that don't have...

I'd say it's great with auteurs that don't have dozens of films. Andrei Tarkovsky or Pedro Costa would be amazing if watched chronologically.

Of course I'd want them to love movies. I don't want...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Yeah, but you MUST go chronologically. The...

Yeah, but you MUST go chronologically. The obvious downside is that some directors started out rather poorly, so you force the beginner to watch a bunch of middling movies before they get to the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Starcrash is one of the best films of the 70s....

Starcrash is one of the best films of the 70s. But one needs heart to understand this. You merely have a CPU, albeit a well-functioning one!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Some people are well-read. You're too well-read...

Some people are well-read. You're too well-read for your own good.

Maybe if you put more time into watching films versus reading and thinking about them, you'd have better taste.
...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 65
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Mr Minio
Introducing non-cinephiles to film

Hey, I was wondering how would you approach introducing an absolute beginner to the world of film. A sort of 'becoming a cinephile' crash course and later the continuation of that with more...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 week ago
Replies: 43
The Killer 2023 (David Fincher)
Posted By Mr Minio
Its coldness is arguably inspired by Le samurai....

Its coldness is arguably inspired by Le samurai. But it plays more like one of the Hitman games.

I think this film is about how, no matter how you view yourself, you're actually a nobody to the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 37
Difference between Recognition of Technical Excellence and Enjoyment?
Posted By Mr Minio
How about 5x and watching 5 movies at once? Now...

How about 5x and watching 5 movies at once? Now that's how that high school kid watched more films than all of us combined.

Sure, there's no problem inasmuch as it's OK to dislike a particular...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 37
Difference between Recognition of Technical Excellence and Enjoyment?
Posted By Mr Minio
In general, the greater the artistry, the greater...

In general, the greater the artistry, the greater the enjoyment. (Note that I'm using the word 'artistry' instead of the phrase 'technical excellence'.) But the director's personal vision is...
Forum: Birthdays and Introductions 2 weeks ago
Replies: 22
Happy 20th Anniversary Sedai
Posted By Mr Minio

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