did tindersticks do the soundtrack?
― akm, Monday, 10 September 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link
music by Stuart Staples!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 September 2018 21:36 (five years ago) link
I'd forgotten that André Benjamin is in this. And Victor Banerjee of A Passage to India!
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:24 (five years ago) link
for Toronto folks, there's a one-off screening next Thursday evening (the 28th) to tie in with the Denis retro
― Simon H., Friday, 22 March 2019 19:54 (five years ago) link
May the 10th is the UK release date.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:52 (five years ago) link
saw the trailer yesterday during Gloria Bell.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 24 March 2019 14:55 (five years ago) link
could a mod add HIGH LIFE to the thread title for easy future discovery?
I liked this a lot, though I heard at least one fellow moviegoer decry it as "awful," which tracks with its chilly reception at TIFF. Much less graphic than I was led to believe - IIRC Trouble Every Day was considerably moreso. Sort of a halfway point between Event Horizon and Solaris, if that's possible. Great baby acting.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 01:48 (five years ago) link
*sipping out of my TIFF water bottle*
sounds good, Simon!
― mh, Friday, 29 March 2019 02:20 (five years ago) link
something I've learned over the years is that the average TIFF gala audience is barely a half-step above the audiences who rate movies for CinemaScore.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link
I've never been to one of their events, but the HQ or whatever was a nice space to see a movie
― mh, Friday, 29 March 2019 14:21 (five years ago) link
Sort of a halfway point between Event Horizon and Solaris
at last, the movie for me
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Friday, 29 March 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
somehow I've read hype for this elsewhere and didn't connect it to what I'd read previously on this thread and I'm kind of doubly-excited now
― mh, Friday, 29 March 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
I disliked it; kept from hate only bcz half of the laughs seem to be intentional.
"The Fuckbox" is not a spoiler.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 29 March 2019 16:18 (five years ago) link
It is definitely very dislikable. A friend of mine napped through a good half-hour.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
The only thing I'd have jettisoned would have been the expository train scene.
― Simon H., Friday, 29 March 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
I guess my viewing here in nyc has special guests. Will report back in a few hours.
― mh, Friday, 5 April 2019 22:53 (five years ago) link
say hi to the fuck box for me!
― Simon H., Friday, 5 April 2019 22:58 (five years ago) link
this movie is going to make it harder to find a torrent of the classic alan cumming and forbes masson sitcom the high life isn't it?
― findom haddie (jim in vancouver), Friday, 5 April 2019 23:04 (five years ago) link
I regret to inform you the audience questions were bad but Claire Denis and Robert Pattinson seem nice Glen Kenny was the host/interviewer. They had to hustle because there’s a second showing where they’re doing q&a at a nicer theater in a few minutes
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 01:38 (five years ago) link
oh yeah and the movie took a while to sell me on the whole premise with the awkward cast energy but it had a... relatively strong finish
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 01:39 (five years ago) link
I had a couple serious questions in mind about working with a toddler and whether that experience affected how they approached other characterization but after the dumb questions I am really just wishing I asked about the fuck box, and whether any of that cum was real“ahem yes Mister Pattinson I must ask, was any of that your cum”
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:15 (five years ago) link
that baby question was addressed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc2ducSgpdc
short version - they did not get on with the baby that was cast (it cried all the time) (actually they cried all the time, it was twins) and CD & RP made a panicked phone call to a friend of RP who had a baby that liked him. That's the baby in the film. the mother was there all the time.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:40 (five years ago) link
awesome, thanks!
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:42 (five years ago) link
If I had to ask a question I'd ask about how RP's buzzcut helped him inhabit the character. RP has amazing hair but he is very connected to it, which you can see in the interview. He's always playing with it, pulling it and smoothing it, I'd do the same if I had that hair. His hair helps him find the answers. What did no hair do?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:47 (five years ago) link
he was wearing a hat tonight and didn’t touch his head much at all!
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:51 (five years ago) link
he's bewitching. perhaps tonight he had a haircut for another character in another film.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:55 (five years ago) link
nah, he was just dressed all casual-like
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 02:58 (five years ago) link
I meant under the hat, perhaps he had another haircut for another character in a future film we will see that he'd rather disguise. either because it would give something away or because he basically didn't want to be seen with it.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:02 (five years ago) link
I think he is lazy and owns a dozen black baseball caps tbh
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:11 (five years ago) link
he can look at me with those lazy eyes all day long.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:12 (five years ago) link
that distant “just rolled out of bed at 5pm and it’s raining outside but A24 is making me show up at the AMC” stare
― mh, Saturday, 6 April 2019 03:17 (five years ago) link
I liked this interview w/ Pattinson and Denis
https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/interview-claire-denis-and-robert-pattinson-on-the-making-of-high-life/
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:42 (five years ago) link
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, April 5, 2019 1
otm, been thinking about this for days
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:45 (five years ago) link
he mentions in that intvw that he wanted to go completely hairless!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:46 (five years ago) link
I misread the question originally and must admit it is good
― mh, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 12:47 (five years ago) link
I heard an interview w/ the tech consultant for vampire baseball in Twilight, and he said Pattinson was by far the least athletic cast member involved. Chain-smokin' away...
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
I should have said baseball-style caps, they're just all black without logos
― mh, Tuesday, 9 April 2019 14:44 (five years ago) link
sorry for false deployment of the baseball signal
i understand, just cuz he played a guy from Queens for the Safdies i didn't expect logos
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
i really hate that High Life is being called a "masterpiece." Insane.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 15:01 (five years ago) link
can't wait to see Stuart and the boys play the Osc*rs next year
― Simon H., Tuesday, 9 April 2019 15:02 (five years ago) link
Staples has directed a film that opens here shortly
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 April 2019 15:35 (five years ago) link
goin to the Angelika screening tonite
― flappy bird, Thursday, 11 April 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
― flappy bird, Friday, 12 April 2019 04:04 (five years ago) link
I would reverse that opinion lol, no idea what the appeal of LTSI was meant to be and am utterly mystified by its following
― Simon H., Friday, 12 April 2019 04:19 (five years ago) link
Woodshock in Space
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 12 April 2019 04:33 (five years ago) link
To my surprise, a success, albeit a limited and uncharming one. The translated English sounds like translated English; if I feel generous in my review, I'll say this works coming out of the mouths of people who've been in space too long and have forgotten the rhythms of their own language.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
the dialogue struck me as considerably less awkward than some other first English features I've seen tbh
― Simon H., Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:37 (five years ago) link
It's fascinating how the Twilight stars made their first films with French directors who also wrote stilted scripts for'em.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2019 23:54 (five years ago) link
their first films for Assayas and Denis, if it's not clear.
lmao
Denis also noted that Smith was intent on having the film’s central characters return to Earth after being tricked into joining an ill-fated space mission. “Nothing against her, but she wanted the people of the ship to — she wanted them to return to Earth,” the filmmaker said. “‘Going home,’ she kept telling me. I said, ‘What the fuck do you mean, going home?’ There is no one alive there, you know?”
― flopson, Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:52 (five years ago) link
lol, also it's hard to judge in retrospect but I think High Life is a much better and more memorable title than A New Life
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:59 (five years ago) link
“She was beautiful and half from the Caribbean, and I thought yes! I was impressed by that.”
She’s from Willesden
― Chuck_Tatum, Sunday, 12 May 2019 07:13 (five years ago) link
they are equally terrible.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Sunday, 12 May 2019 07:31 (five years ago) link
I liked this a lot. Very strange and creepy rhythm to the whole thing. Binoche looks demonic skulking about the ship while everyone else is passed out. The ending was quite beautiful.
― jmm, Monday, 20 May 2019 13:08 (five years ago) link
it's not reactions to the sex i'm dreading ... it's people saying the following: "that was COMPLETELY POINTLESS!"
called this wrong: not nearly as many walkouts as the beach bum and the ones we did get were over the sex after all. lobby vibe afterwards was more "...huh" than exasperated
i liked it more as it went along but did fight sleep for a few stretches. however i was delighted from the beginning by the loving use of code page 437 (or something v like it) for the computer interfaces: my kind of retro
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 26 May 2019 08:48 (five years ago) link
also loved binoche's hair
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 26 May 2019 08:50 (five years ago) link
Finally got around to this now that its on amazon prime, thought it was ok but had a very hard time not switching it off during juliette binoche's scene in the dildo box, one of the silliest sex scenes this side of The Room
― “Hakuna Matata,” a nihilist philosophy (One Eye Open), Thursday, 24 October 2019 16:22 (four years ago) link
Technically impressive--the sound design is excellent, and I love the junkiness of their vessel, particularly in the exterior shots--but I fidgeted through much of the running time and ultimately didn't get a whole lot out of it. The fuckbox was just Clooney's dildo bicycle thing from Burn After Reading, only not meant to be funny.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Monday, 30 December 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
Yea this was a letdown even though Pattinson was good
― looking for Mon in Alderaan places (Neanderthal), Monday, 30 December 2019 23:44 (four years ago) link
I’ve missed some of his more acclaimed work of recent years (Cosmopolis, Good Time) but this is definitely his best performance that I’ve seen.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 31 December 2019 00:26 (four years ago) link
"you don't have an engine in your ass!"
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Saturday, 19 June 2021 23:48 (two years ago) link
Haha, I love that. I also loved this film.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 20 June 2021 07:15 (two years ago) link