According to Instantwatcher it is.
― Gukbe, Thursday, 27 December 2012 20:27 (eleven years ago) link
then what are we doing here??
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Friday, 28 December 2012 05:07 (eleven years ago) link
the forest for the trees expires in like a day but it's really good fyi
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 December 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
not sure of the last like 3 mins when it becomes an indie rock video? but that aside
i also watched the lee atwater doc which was ok/good i guess
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 December 2012 22:18 (eleven years ago) link
alanbanana otm
Really poor placement of music in films
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 29 December 2012 22:27 (eleven years ago) link
OK so I just read an in-depth description of Santa Claus: The Movie and it sounds completely batshit insane.
For the parallel story of Patch and B.Z., the Newmans looked to a lofty inspiration: John Milton's "Paradise Lost" and its tale of an ambitious angel, Lucifer, who is expelled from Heaven after leading an angelic rebellion against God. Like Lucifer, Dudley Moore's Patch believes he can run paradise (i.e. Santa's workshop) better than Santa, and after falling, he's expelled from the North Pole. David Newman even names the elf character "Scratch" (a common nickname for Satan), while Lithgow's character ("B.Z.") is short for Beelzebub, one of Satan's followers in "Paradise Lost". Of course, as a children's film, SANTA CLAUS couldn't present the operatic depiction of evil that a "Paradise Lost" could, and Dudley Moore's elf character is a benign figure prone to wordplat variations on "elf" ("He fills me with a sense of real elf confidence," Patch says of Santa). It was Moore's idea to dilute the "Paradise Lost" reference further by changing his character's name from Scratch to Patch (Moore's nickname for his own son). "We wanted to draw on 'Paradise Lost' mildly," Moore said in a Los Angeles Times interview. "But I'm not up to playing a character who is evil, being such a nice bloke myself. Patch became less a Beelzebub than a Till Eulenspiegel figure. The evil in the film is taken care of by B.Z."
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Monday, 31 December 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
that was my favorite Christmas movie when I was a kid!
it has not aged well: it's more like Eighties:The Movie now, lol.
i had no idea about the Paradise Lost thing though O_O
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 December 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
Theory: Any piece of crap movie ever: the ppl behind the scenes have thought things like this.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Monday, 31 December 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
Yep. cf: The Big Picture
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 31 December 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Bones Brigade documentary was outstanding.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 31 December 2012 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
Finally saw Bill Cunningham New York. I found it fascinating despite having about zero interest in fashion. But his dedication to his life's work is inspiring.
Also Lexx is tripping me out. I can't believe I had never heard of it...
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 31 December 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
I found it fascinating despite having about zero interest in fashion.
felt like this about the doc "The Tents" re: bryant park
― fauxmarc, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 00:49 (eleven years ago) link
the snowtown murders was incredible, if you're in need of an indie bleakathon ya can't go wrong with this one. only 2 pro actors in the whole cast but I never would've guessed. great soundtrack, cinematography, did I mention it was bleak? bleak with grim dressing.
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:49 (eleven years ago) link
really want to see that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 21:58 (eleven years ago) link
Is there much in your face torture?
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
I watched Jeff Who Lives At Home last night. My recommendation: skip it.
― Moodles, Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:14 (eleven years ago) link
yeah that movie sucked
portlandia s2 is up
― congratulations (n/a), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 22:37 (eleven years ago) link
snowtown murders contains only one scene of torture, everything else is implied or takes place offscreen - that's some false advertising in the title. it *is* a pretty hairy scene, but the rest of the movie is character study / sociological observation. ever read a newsstory and wonder how everyday people get pulled into enabling some psychopath's crimes? it's one of the better explorations of the phenomena. the less you know going in, the better, if you don't know the (true) backstory, you can spend some guessing who the killer is. his emergence is gradual and naturalistic - like the movie itself, I guess.
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:20 (eleven years ago) link
I'm sold.
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
closest analog is prolly clarke's bully, minus the grody prurience
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:28 (eleven years ago) link
helpful hint: turn on subtitles, some of the aussie accents are as brutal as that torture scene
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Tuesday, 1 January 2013 23:35 (eleven years ago) link
snowtown massacres now in my queue thanx
― 롤이 엿 번역 시간을 낭비 (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 01:31 (eleven years ago) link
Suggestions for funny/irreverent/anti-authoritarian crime or caper movies from the 60s or 70s? Walter Mathau's "Hopscotch" is the vibe Im going for
― "It's the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Drunk!" (kingfish), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 01:36 (eleven years ago) link
The Hot Rock? don't think it's on instant though
― congratulations (n/a), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 01:45 (eleven years ago) link
altman's thieves like us?
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 01:49 (eleven years ago) link
also from '74, busting, with elliott gould and robert blake
charley varrick, another matthau gem from '73 (unfortunately it looks like the taking of pelham 123 is no longer streaming)
across 110th street, might be a little grittier than what you're looking for
mann's thief is an interesting bridge of 70s/80s loner criminal pics
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 02:31 (eleven years ago) link
Long Goodbye
― Gukbe, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 02:32 (eleven years ago) link
yeah long goodbye is a good call
― Clay, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 02:44 (eleven years ago) link
Long Goodbye has been on Netflix streaming for a long time, and it seems like it has become more and more of a known quantity over the last few years. Netflix has this weird ability to elevate a movie that was once obscure.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 05:15 (eleven years ago) link
That was not Netflix.
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 13:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah part of the reason I didn't suggest long goodbye was that it seemed kind of an obvious answer, it's not like citizen kane or anything but def seems to be top 3 among altman fans and gets talked about a lot, esp over the past 10-15 years?
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
I agree netflix does increase the footprint of obscure films since the barriers to view are almost nil, but long goodbye's reappraisal happened way before
that said, what are the films that netflix saved from the jaws of obscurity? any candidates?
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 13:43 (eleven years ago) link
Birdemic
― Zero Dark 33⅓: The Final Insult (Eric H.), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 14:01 (eleven years ago) link
Weird Al's UHF just added in the UK and playing on my telly right now.
― Troughton-masked Replicant (aldo), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
I think Absentia has actually gotten some mileage out of the netflix streaming, even outside of ilx. still can't believe that thing was a kickstarter project, and a cheap one at that.
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
is there also a Youtube watch instantly recomend thread?
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Wednesday, January 2, 2013 11:59 AM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
that would be this thread, hanle y --> Things that just have to be Tim and Eric skits
― 롤이 엿 번역 시간을 낭비 (Eisbaer), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:05 (eleven years ago) link
All of The West Wing
― Gukbe, Thursday, December 27, 2012 4:31 PM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Never saw this when it was on tv, dying now at how much I love it.
― grossly incorrect register (in orbit), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
Huh? It's been in my queue for years. Maybe it's disappeared and come back?
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Death Race 2000Miller's Crossing
a bunch more corman stuff
― tiniest homeless (jjjusten), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
Headhunters was cool.
― bnw, Wednesday, 2 January 2013 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
s1ocki meant the long goodbye's popularity was not due to netflix streaming
xp to polyphonic
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:35 (eleven years ago) link
glad to see death race 2000 is back, didn't get a chance to watch the last time it was up
― CGI fridays (Edward III), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:42 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, I see. I saw it a long time ago but then suddenly all my friends are like "have you seen Long Goodbye" out of the blue.
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 20:58 (eleven years ago) link
They're tricking you
― Author ~ Coach ~ Goddess (s1ocki), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 21:55 (eleven years ago) link
Maybe I've been incepted
― pun lovin criminal (polyphonic), Wednesday, 2 January 2013 22:19 (eleven years ago) link
we shoudl re thread that cause its taking trhee days to load that mama
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 3 January 2013 13:59 (eleven years ago) link
Bookmarks, baby!
― ~farben~ (Jon Lewis), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
I need no bookmarks to lead my life! I am free! Free as tha ocean! as the naked people!!
― Brian Eno's Mother (Latham Green), Thursday, 3 January 2013 20:49 (eleven years ago) link
hanle y with his open blouse is gazing up into the empt y sky
― WilliamC, Thursday, 3 January 2013 21:21 (eleven years ago) link