T/S: loving both La Jetee and 12 Monkeys vs. choosing one over the other

"casual mentions" as a justification technique

I just watched La Jetee a few nights ago. It's really great! Someone say something intelligent.

Twelve Monkeys is better.

SIKE

There's no such thing as a "still" film.

or, there are only still films.

there are only films, still

anyway if you are suggesting there is no visual, psychological, or conceptual difference between la jetee and twelve monkeys, you are rong.

I wrote a whole essay on the still of the woman's face at the airport La Jetee for film theory class (and got a really good mark on it too :D )

I think this film is stirring up what might be something of a latent fondness for science-fiction, which is kind of taking me by surprise.

although supposedly the choice to do the film in stills resulted from the lab ruining a lot of the film (which I read and wouldn't mind confirmation regarding that this is the same reason why the jump juts in Breathless are there) Which on one hand is kind of hmmmn, but then again, it is what it is and it is beautiful.

watching this now on tv and i was all "this is exactly like la jetee but way longer and with loads of retarded shit added in and not as beautiful but madeleine stowe is the most beautiful woman that ever lived maybe" did not realise this was a remake or whatever but then again I probably did

isn't there another movie where old bruce willis meets young bruce willis? how does that compare?

i dunno, but the slideshow but is kindof a nice reference

La Jetee is good 'n' all but I don't quite get the acclaim - it's a neat and clever little scifi tale which would be all but forgotten if it had just been a story in an anthology. I wonder if any other stories could be transformed with a haunting series of still black and white images...

This last sentence is a really interesting thing to ponder!

okay i've decided that this is really awesome if you forget that its a remake and that is largely due to madeleine stowe's face+fats domino

It's a sideways remake since Gilliam hadn't seen it when he made the film, and there are huge odd Gilliamisms all over it.

ha I would love to see gilliam remake sideways (with surviving python cast)!

That would be great!

the action-ey scenes look like xena or something tho

whatever happened to madeline stowe?

ugh i found it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRjhR78ysN4

"I wonder if any other stories could be transformed with a haunting series of still black and white images..."
this movie looks like it could stand to use this treatment. it's kind of halfway there with the subtitles.

david fincher should remake sans soleil with a subplot about futuristic cyber hackerz, not sure how that would work tbh

Good god, "The Kid" made $70mn domestically

I basically love all freaky friday type movies

okay there are lots of awesome bits in this movie alternated with really retarded batman forever shit

Do we have a thread about the syfy 12 Monkeys series?