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The Big Crimewave (Canadian title: Crime Wave) by John Paizs is essential viewing. There's an article about it over at Cashiers du Cinemart; beware that the second section is fairly spoiler-heavy - although this may be outweighed by the slim chance of finding an old VHS copy of the movie.

― Joshua Houk (chascarrillo), Friday, 26 November 2004 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link

You've got a lot of them listed. Are we allowed to mention Kiarostami?

Also: Albert Brooks- Real Life

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 29 November 2004 03:28 (nineteen years ago) link

And, out from left field, Dennis Hopper - The Last Movie.

― Ken L (Ken L), Monday, 29 November 2004 03:29 (nineteen years ago) link

Lost In La Mancha! Such a strange, meta film, how the story of Terry Gilliam trying to make this doomed film version of Man of La Mancha at what most consider the twilight of his career to be essentially a retelling of Don Quixote's story precisely.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 18:38 (nineteen years ago) link

good one!

There is some good stuff about looping in Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 19:07 (nineteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE. fasbinder's bizarre parody of his own tyrrany and chaos on the set of WHITY (i think).
worst ever: abel ferrara's dissapointing THE BLACKOUT featuring matthew modine and dennis hopper who says ridiculous shit like ("we're vidiots! its the video revolution!")

― Mitchell Saulsberry (divineintoxicant), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 05:54 (nineteen years ago) link

BEWARE OF A HOLY WHORE. fasbinder's bizarre parody of his own tyrrany and chaos on the set of WHITY (i think).
worst ever: abel ferrara's dissapointing THE BLACKOUT featuring matthew modine and dennis hopper who's character says ridiculous shit like "we're vidiots! its the video revolution!"

― Mitchell Saulsberry (divineintoxicant), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 05:55 (nineteen years ago) link

Sullivan's Travels?

― andrew s (andrew s), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 07:01 (nineteen years ago) link

Mitchell otm. And, as with many Fassbinder films, once you accommodate yourself to his sadistic bullying it becomes extremely funny.

― Ken L (Ken L), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 12:55 (nineteen years ago) link

ken l, yeah. like the part where one of his actresses runs up to him and he just slaps her for no reason. then in her defense, someone punches him in the stomach and he falls to the ground in existential agony. what a weird sense of humor!

― Mitchell Saulsberry (divineintoxicant), Tuesday, 21 December 2004 23:48 (nineteen years ago) link

I'm not saying that that kind of sadistic bullying is funny. The opposite. But if I'd watched enough of his films and didn't see that kind of stuff coming I'd be a fool and/or I wouldn't be able to sit through the movie. I'd say he often takes the point of view of a cruel god manipulating his creations and the viewer has to deal with that.

― Ken L (Ken L), Wednesday, 22 December 2004 00:04 (nineteen years ago) link

ten years pass...

restored Canadian Crime Wave (1985) by John Paizs, praised above, restored and showing at NYC MoMA tom'w night

― skateboards are the new combover (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 November 2015 16:28 (eight years ago) link

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