People, they love blood. They love action. Not this talky, depressing, philosophical ILX 2014 Film Poll Thread - Voting closes Friday, Feb. 21st at Midnight EST.

My opinions on Winter Sleep are on the Nuri Bilge Ceylan thread, on mobile so can't paste, but shit what a movie, need to see Anatolia

My #1, absolutely astonishing work, xyzzzzip it

― bojaxhiu mother derive (imago), Tuesday, 24 February 2015 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

When you watch more than five films I might do that.

Xps just messing, inspired by the daft Zvyagintsev-Ceylon face-off ilx was amusing itself with for a second

Really wanna see winter sleep, adored Anatolia

Ceylan is evidetly thrice the director Zvyagintsev is, but they have different remits so that is ok. I saw over ten 2014 films btw :P

14. Manakamana (158 pts. 7 votes)

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oh wow that looks amazing. i'll def check it out.

James Gray one of the best American directors.

I really wish that was so. Cotillard w/ a far more original performance than Marlon Brando or Richard Basehart Phoenix or Renner.

I remember you being a big Two Lovers fan, no?

tht's his best that i've seen; but it's just, you know, good thx to a great JP performance above all.

I agree imago, I liked Leviathon but Winter Sleep packed hell of more a punch, jesus that scene where he burns the money was all time.

spoiler! (not really cuz it was obv from the start of the scene; weakest in the film)

Fav scene in Winter Sleep was the almighty dressing down she gave her husband.

It was a great scene, even if you knew exactly what was going to happen ten minutes in advance - you were made to experience all of her bourgie guilt and humiliation

Fav scene? Take your pick from any of the arguments between the 3 central characters.

Or the way his sister went from mild passive aggressiveism to outright hatred over the course of a conversation.

i found myself nodding along with the sister bcz i am a misery-ridden fuck

xp

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/dec/14/manakamana-review-art-installation

Hilarious review from Mark Kermode, he always struggles and says such things would work better 'in an art gallery'

that one might edge it yeah xxp

sister the most likeable character for sure

Manakamana is perfect accompaniment to polishing the tables with Pledge, as I learned last November. I recommend without reservation.

also: the goats

you're actually as bad as Mordy in a way, w/ your movies to do fucking housework by

see films require more attention than that awful pop music

I liked Manakamana's subtle structure. And the ice cream.

they are longer than 3 mins, unless its art gallery work where you just don't know. xp

13. Blue Ruin (166 pts. 9 votes)

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12. Inherent Vice (185 pts. 9 votes)

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Manakamana is perfect accompaniment to polishing the tables with Pledge, as I learned last November. I recommend without reservation.

watching this now and it is not what i was expecting. it does have a nice, peaceful rhythm but i can't imagine sitting down in a theater or whatever and just watching it for the 2 hours straight

I felt that way for about 15 minutes but then it took me in.

you're actually as bad as Mordy in a way, w/ your movies to do fucking housework by

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius),

sent you bottle of Windex autographed by Tsai.

I made that up about the Pledge but, yeah, I did fast forward through a couple of sequence.

immersion, unknown to the ADD Generation

Inherent Vice will be in my ballot next year.

Really infuriated that so many will judge Pychon on that

One of the best things with Manakamana is how easy it flows, how easy it is to immerse oneself in.

Do people judge Henry James on the Merchant Ivory adaptations?

the immersion scale

in which I exceed Morbs

immersed in bile and self-congratulation

Morbs likes to rib me about it, but even though I'm blessed by not having kids or pets watching a movie at home isn't as immersive as at a theater, especially movies like Manakamana (which I didn't find difficult but it did make its point after three sequences) and Stray Dog. I'm not tempted by bathroom breaks or ringing telephones in a theater. But I've got enough sense and experience to know when it's a good time to set four hours aside to "immerse in Norte.

God my spelling is a nightmare today

May watch Manakanana soon - may even tonight if the poll doesn't throw up something more tempting

Inherent Vice is gross, pointless and passingly pretty imo - it tries to make elegant points about America but shows off its ego and its hardon far too readily. Cannot believe Pynchon wrote it. Partially saved by some well-executed absurdist humour, and it's a ravishing audiovisual experience, but nah

but what'd you think of the movie?

it did make its point after three sequences

perhaps not

When did the goats happen?

"...shows off its ego and its hardon far too readily. Cannot believe Pynchon wrote it..."

Uhm...

(Pynchon is my favourite writer of all time, I have a Trystero tattooed on my right arm. But he definitely doesn't hide his ego nor his hardon...)

The goats are the middle one. The icecream one is the crucial one to see in a theater, imo. The roars of laughter really sold the film as an aproachable object.

Also, I think I voted for Manakamana last year and Iron Ministry made my list as this years SEL-film instead. I really need to vote more strategically.

roars of laughter in an empty theater?

Why would the theater be empty?

You're blessed. Our art house could manage a literal handful of people for its Straw Dog showing.

Pynchon is my favourite writer too! His hardon is usually tempered with its own futility a bit more - this really lacked any of the nuance or complication of his longer novels imo

Alright, work beckons. Last one for today.