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Forum: Movie Reviews 51 minutes ago
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Late Night With the Devil
Posted By Little Ash
I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long...

I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long ago? I think I hadn't heard of it until the week before it hit theaters here and don't think I was familiar with any of the names on the film (outside...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 hour ago
Replies: 3,119
Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom
Posted By Little Ash
In American cheese's defense, I think the film...

In American cheese's defense, I think the film isn't American.
I'll need an overly long, expository voice-over to confirm though.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 hours ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Taxi Driver was my number 2. In the days (week?) before submitting my ballot, it went from
* didn't even cross my mind that it could be classified as neo-noir
* to "seeing it on list of greatest...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 hours ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
=\ I think we're on two different...

=\

I think we're on two different wavelengths in terms of the tangents of the conversations in this thread, and am not really following the angle, context, or train of thought that yields this...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 hours ago
Replies: 21
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to...

I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to approach or follow gut-shot, wild animals. They tend to get very scared and defensive (i.e. violent). I imagine there are disease reasons as well why...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 hours ago
Replies: 21
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
Re: What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

I discovered Hamaguchi through Drive my Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy both showing up on a number of critics' top 10 lists for the year. The former getting a BP Oscar nom was more notable in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 hours ago
Replies: 21
What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?
Posted By Little Ash
I haven't watched it since October, so some of...

I haven't watched it since October, so some of the details have been lost in my mind and I recall my friend and I had to work out the ambiguous nature of the time jumps to determine where we landed...
Forum: Movie Reviews 11 hours ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the...

Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the Hole my #1. Make Double Indemnity my #2.


What would be #4?
Forum: Movie Reviews 14 hours ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my...

The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my #7.
I've watched the latter only once, decades ago, but certain scenes still stick in my head, and it's just a damn good movie. I find myself...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though?...

Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though? I find the subtle difference in the use of the terms to be interesting. Sometimes it's just an observation of just the word choice falling in and out...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago
Replies: 30
Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise
Posted By Little Ash
I still think the one interesting thing this...

I still think the one interesting thing this thread turned up was the etymology chart of the frequency of the word usage "film franchise." I'm still wondering how it would have comparatively felt in...
Forum: Movie Reviews 15 hours ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade...

My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade Runner as my guess for #4, because this isn't the Price is Right game where you always want to switch to the unrevealed door.
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
On the long list of titles that came up on best...

On the long list of titles that came up on best noirs that I didn't get to. I'll bump this one up towards the front of the queue if it's in that vein.

ETA: looks like it's not readily streamable...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

My predictions for top 5 order (I like that we all are just in agreement as to what the top 5 are):

1. Chinatown
2. L.A. Confidential
3. Taxi Driver
4. Blade Runner
5. The Long Goodbye
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

For a reveal.

My #17 is Repeat Performance. I randomly saw it in one of the various noir collections that have shown up on Criterion every month since November (someone there really leaned into...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Looking over my ballot for another reveal, I'm pretty sure my #25 is making the list. A lot of the next unrevealed on my lists probably won't make it, but some of the ones that I'm pretty sure won't...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

I don't have a good answer for why I didn't include Se7en on my ballot other than I haven't watched it since... the late 90s? I think I also had an internal pushback against putting movies from the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 days ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
*cough* In a Lonely Place is on my ballot...

*cough*

In a Lonely Place is on my ballot at... *doesn't need to check ballot*, it's my #1.
I'll mostly echo Holden. Noir to me is the darkness of the human spirit. And this is the one feels like...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 1,748
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Some catch-ups: #14 The Night of the Hunter:...

Some catch-ups:

#14 The Night of the Hunter: My #11. I don't know what to say about this, since I like it, I recall the night time pursuit scenes on the river struck me as the most noir, but this...
Forum: Movie Reviews 3 days ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Doing some catch-up since I haven't been active for, like, a week.

13-7
13) Blue Velvet: My #6. I prefer Lynch's more surreal movie (not that this doesn't aspects of it), but those movies often...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By Little Ash
Re-reading the flow of conversation with...

Re-reading the flow of conversation with crumbsroom, I will say, I'll stake out a different position. As TVs support higher resolutions, it isn't surprising that there'll be releases of movies at...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By Little Ash
That's an on-going challenge. Unless the director...

That's an on-going challenge. Unless the director or someone is involved who is consciously trying to alter the movie (see Lucas, Scott, Coppola), it's usually done to emulate what they think the...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 2,095
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Miller's Crossing was #5 on my ballot. I think any contemplation I had of leaving retro-noirs off of a neo-noir ballot got erased when this one came into play.

Reservoir Dogs - It's actually...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By Little Ash
So, trying to think through this analogy, which...

So, trying to think through this analogy, which movies were shot on digital, originally at the PQ of a DVD?


My mind keeps going to back to films actually shot on celluloid. It seemed like a lot...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 40
Should the use of AI be allowed for film restoration?
Posted By Little Ash
I guess I go with the, there's going to be a lot...

I guess I go with the, there's going to be a lot more crap cases than good cases, but let me at least try to think of how the good cases could shake out, in some sort of solipsistic exercise that...

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