Yeah, not at all. Apparently Antiporno is part of the Roman Porno reboot series, which makes me wonder if Antiporno is sort of a black sheep in that catalog.
it was a great opportunity for him to tell the world what he thinks about that particular period of japan’s cinematic history lol
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Sono’s furocious like that!
I don’t know what next I’ll watch of his, but eventually I want to watch all of his movies. Still waiting eagerly for that Nic Cage movie he directed.
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I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS THING I JUST FOUND OUT EXISTED
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Ahhh! I’m so happy to inform you!! Literally my most anticipated thing for the past year and a half.
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stop the presses everyone the guy who made HAMLET 2000 just released a Tesla biopic where ethan hawke plays tesla and kyle maclachlan plays thomas edison.
tesla does karaoke in it and everyone has an iphone
folks…
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nice
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I was just going to watch his self-proclaimed “ultra-hip, post-modern vampire tale set in contemporary New York City”, Nadja. This guy’s career secretly kind of rocks.
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highly recommend “Bad Film”
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i thought it was reallly clear what his angle was, i was waiting for the movie to go wild and loopy and lose my interest at the end, but it only got more focused on its anger
i really liike shit like this and the book the female man that use their medium as an angry soapbox, and antiporno was SO ANGRY
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I was just worried it was gonna stumble at the end somehow. But it’s super explicit about its stance and I love love love it. I just gotta watch it again and not be so uptight.
I’m kind of weary because of other movies I’ve seen by male directors that try to do commentary about female sexuality or how it is represented in media, which in the first half seem cool and right on, but then go kind of goofy or exploitative by the end. Specifically I think of Under the Silver Lake, or anything by Lars Von Trier. Sono is in another category all together tho.
Antiporno landed everything and ended it with like a film version of a graceful bow, headfirst into cake. Very beautiful.
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fucks like lars von trier and gaspar noe could learn a thing or two from sono
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I have tried to watch The 13th Warrior three times and fell asleep each time.
I also fell asleep watching Valhalla Rising
Idk Norse swordsman just knock me right out
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Movies I have fallen asleep watching:
- Spaceballs (still have never seen the second half)
- Solaris (I did finish it, but I think I missed some parts)
I almost fell asleep a few times while watching Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams late at night.
As for movies I watched today (actually last night), I finally got around to seeing Come and See. It had been on my list for ages, but maybe it was good that it took me so long because I got to watch my friend’s new Criterion Blu-ray copy.
The restoration looks great, but what a punishing thing to watch (in a good/effective way). The part that got to me the most, even though it was far from the most harrowing scene, was at the end when a group of survivors is crossing a bridge and a man calls out to a “recruit” who is a kid that looks just like the protagonist looked in the beginning.
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whenever I fall asleep during a movie I dream of a much more interesting movie continuing from the point I fell asleep
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After Midnight is like, some sort of anti-horror movie? There’s a monster, yeah, but mainly this is a movie about a couple that’s been together 10 years and the unspoken dissatisfaction that has simmered beneath the surface for years. It took me almost the entire runtime of the movie for me to find any of the characters likable at all, and this wasn’t the kind of movie where I could enjoy hating the cast so I am glad that they’re redeemed somewhat toward the end.
At around 2 hours it’s too long. Could have left a few of the relationship flashbacks out I think. By a certain point they weren’t adding that much.
Is After Midnight a sequel to Before Midnight?
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I’ve been on a silent movie streak recently. Years ago, I had seen the accepted “best” works such as The Gold Rush, Metropolis, and Battleship Potemkin, but now I’m watching lesser known works. Turns out, there are a lot more great movies from the 20’s! Overall, I’m really impressed by the level of technical sophistication. Nowadays, extremely clear prints are easily available online. I watched all of these on the Criterion Channel. It’s eerie to watch something ~100 years old where you can make out the grooves and texture of a person’s face.
This picture is from The Golem. It’s a German Expressionist film from 1920 and the print is exceptionally good. The set design is expressive and looks like it was molded from clay, just like the titular figure.
The movie uses all sorts of film magic that still retains its power.
Another German Expressionist film I saw was Destiny. In trying to to be expansive and fantastical, unfortunately, it relies on Orientalism. There is a short story set in the Middle East where a Caliph hunts down a foreign infidel. Another is set in imperial China where a cruel emperor serves as the antagonist.
It’s not completely awful though, as the main story set in a Flemish village is filled with powerful imagery.
A third movie I saw was Häxan. It’s a Danish documentary from 1922 about the old superstitions surrounding witches. The film relies on images from the middle ages as well as dramatizations in order to depict the old beliefs. The thesis is that disabilities both physical and mental were mistaken for possession and dealings with the occult. What we get is a film that varies between humor, tenderness, and horror. It is, by far, the most surprising film I’ve seen from this time period.
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the last silent film i watched was “The Thief of Bagdad” (1924) and, despite the overt orientalism lol, also had a good time marveling at the set design and shots. the other cool thing was i saw this in a very old theater in Hawaii, with live organ accompaniment. it’s cool how the movies were like, a whole thing.
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One of my favorite movie experiences was seeing Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans with live music accompaniment. At one point, the musician played the keyboard with one hand and held up a flute with the other. Completely wild!
Apparently, The Thief of Bagdad was directly inspired by Destiny with its flying carpet effects!
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