yea irrational man is the only one of the last ~10 or whatever that I even considered watching
― johnny crunch, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 19:06 (seven years ago) link
Midnight in Paris and Blue Jasmine were both great, too, obv widely acclaimed, but Irrational Man is my favorite of this decade. Cafe Society isn't bad, it's just OK, and really the worst thing about it is Eisenberg. If he doesn't bug you, don't worry...
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 19:09 (seven years ago) link
"great" -- you can't meant that
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
haven't seen Blue Jasmine, but pals advised me that's the first recent one to hit after Cafe Society
― Dominique, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 20:24 (seven years ago) link
I think its respectability makes it a menace. The bad ideas and received wisdom are lethal.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 20:27 (seven years ago) link
Midnight In Paris was unbearably corny.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:03 (seven years ago) link
the only part I liked about Midnight In Paris was the conceit that everyone romanticizes the past, even the people living in the romanticized past. the rest was p terrible.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 9 August 2016 21:13 (seven years ago) link
Me too, that was a helpful realization when I saw it at 19. Still sticks with me for that point. Blue Jasmine had a despicable man character like Irrational Man, that's why they're my favorites.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:02 (seven years ago) link
*main character...
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:03 (seven years ago) link
fortunately the rest of the movie was despicable
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:06 (seven years ago) link
there's absolutely nothing original or deep in something like Blue Jasmine, it's a lazy old man's movie (that nevertheless has some pleasures, like Sally Hawkins and Dice Clay).
i am psyched for 6 episodes of Elaine May tho
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
Blue Jasmine was terrible anyone recommending it hates freedom
― poor fiddy-less albion (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 08:01 (seven years ago) link
I was really not interested in the main character of Blue Jasmine and thought the performance was very much "a" "performance". but I liked the surrounding stuff okay.
― Yes it has pickles and chicken...but...it doesn't have mild cheese... (stevie), Wednesday, 10 August 2016 13:07 (seven years ago) link
I liked all the blue collar new jerseyans living in SF
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 10 August 2016 14:14 (seven years ago) link
Hasn't seen a shrink in years, buys $100 in lottery tickets each week.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/aug/25/woody-allen-traumas-in-life-weaken-us-cafe-society-amazon
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 29 August 2016 14:42 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1waIIZ0pu-E
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 15 September 2016 16:37 (seven years ago) link
fuck woody allen
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Thursday, 15 September 2016 16:48 (seven years ago) link
No thx
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 15 September 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
Why. The. Fuck. Would you release a trailer and not have it available in every country? Fuck you amazon, go to fucking hell. I'll never ever pay for anything you'll bankroll, I'll steal each and every show you send out.
― Frederik B, Thursday, 15 September 2016 23:17 (seven years ago) link
That's what you're mad about huh
― Immediate Follower (NA), Friday, 16 September 2016 01:57 (seven years ago) link
something else?
actually the last good thing of Allen's before Deconstructing Harry was his TV remake of Don't Drink the Water, so...
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2016 02:28 (seven years ago) link
lotta slurring and loose teeth in that trailer
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 September 2016 02:30 (seven years ago) link
Lotta Slurring and Loose Teeth is my favorite Alex Chilton bootleg
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 September 2016 02:34 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, his voiceover on Café Society is very slurry too.
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Friday, 16 September 2016 09:01 (seven years ago) link
I really liked some things about "Cafe Society". This new series looks like a mummy convention viewed through an amber lens. Yikes.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Friday, 16 September 2016 13:00 (seven years ago) link
First use of rock music by Woody?
― otm in the rain (Eazy), Friday, 16 September 2016 13:24 (seven years ago) link
Yep, unless you count the "look at these wacky 'punked' 'rocksters'" bit in Hannah.
Woody was interviewed in Musician a few years ago, and he talked about how he could never get into rock, and how people like Diane Keaton were constantly trying to foist shit like CSN records on him. He said that beyond his standbys of Armstrong and Bechet, he could get into Ornette and Cecil, or at least understood what they were doing, but for whatever reason he just couldn't get into what The Kids Today were digging.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 16 September 2016 13:56 (seven years ago) link
Always wondered what happened to that band.
― Dominique, Friday, 16 September 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
yeah their song in the film is great!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 16 September 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
how people like Diane Keaton were constantly trying to foist shit like CSN records on him.
do you blame Woody
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 16 September 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
touch your children
― salthigh, Friday, 16 September 2016 16:23 (seven years ago) link
Just watched the first episode of his Amazon show. Seemed a bit boring -- stiff, stage-like dialog (ie, not how people actually talk), wooden characters, set in the 60s for no apparent reason. Not even very funny. It was about to queue the next episode, but maybe I'll save it for later...
― Dominique, Saturday, 1 October 2016 20:44 (seven years ago) link
stiff, stage-like dialog (ie, not how people actually talk)
weird
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Saturday, 1 October 2016 23:37 (seven years ago) link
yes naturalism is the only way to go. jeezus what year is it where you live D? is the Group Theatre putting up something new?
still, reviews hv been tepid
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 October 2016 00:48 (seven years ago) link
i was just joking about the late style, not rebuking dominique -- i like e.g. david lynch stilted, but late-woody stilted is a lot of stilt. often reminds me of the play at the end of annie hall.
can't rly imagine this being good, but looking forward to it.
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 2 October 2016 01:01 (seven years ago) link
Is there any way to watch this without forking out $ for amazon prime?
― calstars, Sunday, 2 October 2016 01:50 (seven years ago) link
we're going downtown to see some folk music
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 2 October 2016 06:53 (seven years ago) link
there was a massacre of civilians in vietnam
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 2 October 2016 06:54 (seven years ago) link
we're living in such exciting times, when things are constantly changing
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 2 October 2016 06:55 (seven years ago) link
woody allen in this is an apolitical postmodern novelist whose life's ambition is to be j.d. salinger despite having been born, evidently, around 1888
elaine may and miley prove timing will not save us
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Sunday, 2 October 2016 15:51 (seven years ago) link
Peter Labuza@labuzamovies
Many are comparing Allen's CRISIS IN SIX SCENES to Roth's American Pastoral but better is Kaufman/Hart's You Can't Take It With You.
Both are essentially one house domestic comedies about how political rhetoric gets exchanged on the margins from conviction to fashion.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 16:22 (seven years ago) link
yeah, cute, those had writing, tho
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
Vadim Rizov@vrizov
CRISIS IN SIX SCENES: sure, this has value. Imagine Woody forced to make a 2.5 hour film, leading to weird new places.
He's not used to working that long, so he has to scramble for new ideas and things get interesting. Predictably, some of this is dull.
Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine I'd hear Frantz Fanon quoted in a Woody Allen movie.
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:02 (seven years ago) link
but that's what woody allen movies do, quote
get wilder dreams imo
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:07 (seven years ago) link
elaine made me lol at "who's... sherman mayo"
that's abt as politically sophisticated as we're getting
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:10 (seven years ago) link
woody's char keeps talking about being 4F, i guess in ww1? unclear if the movie knows it'd be ww1. don't think that classification system was used in ww1 but while making your roth-esque historical satire why should you have to look up anything that's not on the back cover of the wretched of the earth or inside your tiny head
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:19 (seven years ago) link
Woody's character could be a hard-living 60yo?
hope to watch this in next 2 weeks, btwn baseball
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:27 (seven years ago) link
(i don't expect much besides Elaine)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 October 2016 17:28 (seven years ago) link
Watched one episode and holy shit that was terrible.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 3 October 2016 20:06 (seven years ago) link
makes the wonder years look like demons
― florence foster wallace (difficult listening hour), Monday, 3 October 2016 21:21 (seven years ago) link