Yeah obv TLADILA is more of an action film, which maybe makes the story arc even more startling to an extent.
I think the Johnnie To film Drug War shares its cynicism and bleakness and brutality, and the ostensible hero being a destructive force is there too. But it's not the same type of movie at all, it's more an indictment of the system and the drug war.
― omar little, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:28 (seven months ago) link
Watched The Exorcist for the first time this weekend. It was quite an achievement from a technical standpoint but I didn't find it scary at all; I guess I'm 100% not a Catholic anymore. (The scene where the doctors tell Ellen Burstyn that Catholics still believe in exorcism, like they're trying to keep from laughing in her face, was pretty amazing.)
― read-only (unperson), Monday, 18 September 2023 17:31 (seven months ago) link
think sicario attempts some level of the amoral ambiguity of TLADILA?
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 18 September 2023 18:12 (seven months ago) link
There's a Friedkin program going on here at the Waterloo rep: The Exorcist/French Connection/Sorcerer. Hour-long drive, not sure if I'll rouse myself for anything.
― clemenza, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:16 (fifty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
id drive an hour and back for any one of them on the big screen tbh
― close encounters of the third knid (darraghmac), Monday, 18 September 2023 18:15 (seven months ago) link
My local theatre's doing Sorcerer, Cruising, TL&D, Killer Joe, The Guardian, and The Exorcist - I'm hoping to go to them all.
― jmm, Monday, 18 September 2023 18:17 (seven months ago) link
They also showed The Wages of Fear the same week as Sorcerer, which... cool idea, but I couldn't fathom wanting to watch that story again so soon.
― jmm, Monday, 18 September 2023 18:23 (seven months ago) link