I agree!!!
― Simon H., Sunday, 21 April 2019 09:46 (five years ago) link
He sounded like he was speaking a different take on English in Cosmopolis, but that was just DeLillo dialogue that made it intact from book to script
― mh, Sunday, 21 April 2019 20:31 (five years ago) link
When I asked Claire Denis why the bodies in space fall "down" even though there's no gravity she said, "you don't have an engine in your ass!" https://t.co/IiaK9yI8lz— Cameron Scheetz (@cameronscheetz) April 22, 2019
I have no idea what this means but it's hilarious
― Simon H., Tuesday, 23 April 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
should've been the tagline
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link
There was a line about the ship constantly accelerating to create the illusion of gravity but this film was never about accurate physics. I don't have an engine in my ass.
― Fetchboy, Tuesday, 23 April 2019 07:30 (five years ago) link
A good film imo.
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 April 2019 11:21 (five years ago) link
I sorta figured maybe the idea was they were close enough in proximity to a black hole at the time that it might be pulling them down. But clearly I overthought things.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 23 April 2019 11:51 (five years ago) link
Loved this conversation: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/movies/claire-denis-barry-jenkins.html
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 24 April 2019 07:11 (five years ago) link
JIZZINSPAAAAAACE
IN
SPAAAAAACE
IN SPACE NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU COME.
So "dystopian" is barely adequate to describe this world. I had thought Let The Sunshine In slight and unworthy of Denis and Binoche. (The only other Denis film I had seen was 35 Rhums.) Unquestionably both women have considerable depths.
As for the interview on the train, I'll accept it as a window into what people on Earth (civilians and insiders) know about Ship 7 (and presumably other ships in the program). I know throughout I was wondering about 1) the technology that could create that vessel and 2) the political setting that would allow prisoners to "volunteer" for this mission, and let Binoche conduct her "research" program. Any institution review board worthy of the name would recoil from what we see here.
― Anne Hedonia (j.lu), Sunday, 5 May 2019 14:08 (five years ago) link
I saw High Life a few weeks ago in NY at the Angelika, it's been on my mind ever since
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:12 (five years ago) link
I had a hard time not comparing this to 2001, my above-every-other-film favorite, but it had so many beautiful scenes I felt like it came within shouting distance
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:21 (five years ago) link
the score by Stuart Staples was great I thought
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 01:24 (five years ago) link
Having not seen the film yet, I just read a review and is this film really about convicts in space with a dildo in a box?!?
― And according to some websites, there were “sexcapades.” (James Morrison), Friday, 10 May 2019 02:28 (five years ago) link
the body horror in this film was something
― Dan S, Friday, 10 May 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
xp there's some other stuff but more or less yea
― flappy bird, Friday, 10 May 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
I was surprised when someone that works at the one theater showing this here that there have been a notable number of pissed walkouts & refunds, mostly older people obviously
― flappy bird, Friday, 10 May 2019 04:57 (five years ago) link
oscar voters, no doubt
― mh, Friday, 10 May 2019 14:58 (five years ago) link
they should give em passes to An Elephant Sitting Still
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
that there have been a notable number of pissed walkouts & refunds, mostly older people obviously
oh i'm absolutely dreading showing this, believe me.
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 10 May 2019 19:36 (five years ago) link
these people got pissed about gloria bell.
why is this a surprise, flappy? I was the only one at my screening ("And you might be the last one," the ticket person said).
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 May 2019 19:38 (five years ago) link
It didn't seem that graphic to me, and one would think - or hope - that MOR art house audiences could go with some weird sex shit
― flappy bird, Saturday, 11 May 2019 05:25 (five years ago) link
it's not reactions to the sex i'm dreading (tho someone did try and get their money back from me for the favourite lol). it's people saying the following: "that was COMPLETELY POINTLESS!"
haven't seen the movie; haven't read that much about it; just get the distinct vibe that it's gonna be COMPLETELY POINTLESS
will report tho
― difficult listening hour, Saturday, 11 May 2019 06:18 (five years ago) link
Saw the trailer last night, can't wait
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 May 2019 06:43 (five years ago) link
There were walkouts at my relatively full showing during the attempted rape scene which then made me feel especially self-conscious sitting there in the dark watching it.
― ryan, Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:26 (five years ago) link
so long as you stayed dressed
― recriminations from the nitpicking woke (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 11 May 2019 14:57 (five years ago) link
what is zadie smiths involvement in this?
― flopson, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:01 (five years ago) link
she left over "creative differences"
https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/high-life-claire-denis-zadie-smith-left-robert-pattinson-1202009125/
― Dan S, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:07 (five years ago) link
nice
― flopson, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:24 (five years ago) link
there were a couple of insanely bad scenes in this (j binoche in the sex box...rofl ) but overall it was pretty and fun to think about
― flopson, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:27 (five years ago) link
my mom who i saw it with kept asking ‘why don’t they have [consensual] sex?’ not sure if it was ever explicitly addressed but id assumed jb was drugging them. felt ~meaningful that she was both the one who bore most guilt/committed the worst crime and was also most invested in the scientific mission
― flopson, Saturday, 11 May 2019 18:31 (five years ago) link
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