2022 Film Challenge

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01-02-22

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I really just want you all angry and confused the whole time.

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Jabs

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01-02-22

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Is sc-fi artificial life about robots or is genetic engineering good too?

My understanding is that it includes genetic engineering (clones, replicants etc) alongside robots, cyborgs and the like. If someone has a stricter definition please lay it here.

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

Will need some help with this category, as I don�t read often as I use to. And even then it was mostly horror and fantasy books, so I have no idea what movies were adapted from Postmodernist novel.

E. Never judge a book by its movie:
[Watch one film adapted from a novel belonging to each of the following literary eras]
1. a Victorian novel adaptation
2. a Romanticism novel adaptation
3. a Modernist novel adaptation
4. a Postmodernist novel adaptation

Any and all suggestions for each of them would be appreciated.

While we are at it, let�s pool our suggestions for category K-4.

Iroquois

Welcome to the human race...

01-02-22

I've just been Googling lists of novels and checking to see which ones have been adapted into films already. You can try using the ones I've selected if they're suitable.

As for suggestions, I'll just go with a random ten for now...

Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
Son of the White Mare
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
Sorcerer
KIngs of the Road
A Chinese Ghost Story
Silence
Slacker
Repo Man
Vagabond

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

I�ll think of 5 films to add myself later on.

CharlesAoup

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01-02-22

Some recommendations from me as well:

Neo Tokyo (Japanese animated anthology)
Robot Carnival (Japanese animated anthology)
Short Peace (Japanese animated anthology)
Lawnmower Man (Seriously, if you haven't seen it...)
The Congress
The Strange Color of your Body's Tears
Lair of the White Worm
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (Said to be the first found footage horror!)
Colossus, The Forbin Project
They Look Like People
Cult and Occult (2 Japanese horrors)
I Love You, I Love You
Banshee Chapter

For the Victorian novel, I'll try to find some adaptation of Frankenstein. Count of Monte Cristo and Les Mis�rables should fit the bill for romanticism, I believe.

For Postmodernism, the only one I know is The Naked Lunch, which, unfortch for me, I have seen. Very, very strong recommendation for it though. It's an A+.

WSSlover

Movie Forums Wacko

01-02-22

Interesting categories--don't know which to choose from yet.

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Jabs

Also answers to Jabba

01-02-22

As far as postmodern novels are concerned, the following prominent novels have had film adaptations:
Catch-22
On the Road
Slaughterhouse-Five
Naked Lunch
A Clockwork Orange
Blow-up and Other Stories
In Cold Blood
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (aka Blade Runner)
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Midnight's Children
Crash (the 1996 film version)
A Scanner Darkly
The Name of the Rose
The Handmaid's Tale
Satatango
American Psycho
Blindness
Cloud Atlas
Inherent Vice
Never Let Me Go
Ready Player One
...among others

Hope this helps

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

Going with Naked Lunch.
Now: Victorian and romanticism shouldn�t be hard. Need some help with modernism, however.

Captain Terror

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Jabs

Crash (the 1996 film version)

Sweet! Watched that last night.

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ApexPredator

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01-02-22

Some films I'd recommend for K4 (According to JustWatch, here's where to find them):

Redwood Highway (Prime/Tubi)
A Coffee in Berlin (Tubi/Kanopy)
The Retrieval (Vudu/Kanopy)
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (Vudu/Hoopla/Kanopy)
Tim's Vermeer (Available for Rental)
Priceless (2006) (Prime/Hoopla/Kanopy/Tubi/Vudu)
Singham (Netflix)
Last Train Home (Kanopy/FilmRise)
Confessions (Not Streaming Anywhere Right Now)
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (Kanopy)
Whose Streets? (Netflix/Roku/Kanopy)
Spider Thieves (Kanopy)
The Workshop (Kanopy)
Wrestle (Kanopy)
The Signal (2008) (Prime/Tubi/Vudu/Kanopy)
Killer Diller (Not Streaming Anywhere Right Now)
Go For Zucker (Kanopy)

In a few cases, it's not available anywhere right now. But you know what they say about here today, gone tomorrow on streaming/TV? The opposite is true as well. I gave all of these a minimum of 3 stars out of 4 and hope you like them as well.

Takoma11

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Wyldesyde19

Going with Naked Lunch.
Now: Victorian and romanticism shouldn�t be hard. Need some help with modernism, however.

One of my favorite films of all time is Orlando with Tilda Swinton, based on Woolf's novel of the same name. (The novel is also great!). It is streaming on Prime Video.

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

Originally Posted by Takoma11

One of my favorite films of all time is Orlando with Tilda Swinton, based on Woolf's novel of the same name. (The novel is also great!). It is streaming on Prime Video.

That�s romanticism, right?
I�ve been meaning to watch that for a long time.

Corax

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Wyldesyde19

That�s romanticism, right?
I�ve been meaning to watch that for a long time.

I remember watching it as a Blockbuster rental in the 2nd Age of Man. Apparently, it didn't make a dent. I can't remember anything else about it.

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

Originally Posted by Corax

I remember watching it as a Blockbuster rental in the 2nd Age of Man. Apparently, it didn't make a dent. I can't remember anything else about it.

Hm. Noted.*
Still worth a watch, regardless if I enjoy it or not.
Side note: I miss Blockbuster and the era of renting my movies. I mostly rented from Hollywood Video, however, even if Blockbuster had the larger selection.

Takoma11

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Wyldesyde19

That�s romanticism, right?
I�ve been meaning to watch that for a long time.

I would consider it modernist, as I would most of Woolf's work. I mean, it is romantic. But it's romantic, not Romantic.

Wyldesyde19

The trick is not minding

01-02-22

Originally Posted by Takoma11

I would consider it modernist, as I would most of Woolf's work. I mean, it is romantic. But it's romantic, not Romantic.

Thanks. I�ll take your word for it, since I�m not as well versed in books.

Takoma11

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Wyldesyde19

Thanks. I�ll take your word for it, since I�m not as well versed in books.

Wikipedia backs me up, FWIW!

edarsenal

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01-02-22

Originally Posted by Takoma11

One of my favorite films of all time is Orlando with Tilda Swinton, based on Woolf's novel of the same name. (The novel is also great!). It is streaming on Prime Video.

LOOOVE that movie. Such visually poetic brilliance.
I nominated it in the Woman Director HoF should ya care for others MoFos' input, Wylde

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