Have you seen Dazed and Confused? This man would take the award of most chilled out.BRIK wrote: I would recommend it. The 'Dude' is probably about the most chilled out character I've ever see.
What was the last movie you've seen?
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OldSchool_Boy
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final fight cd wrote: moral of story: when in a shady part of town, don't ask random thugs where the sega is at.
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I have actually, and you have a good point.
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Only about 20-30 breakthrough performances in that movie. Timeless.OldSchool_Boy wrote:Have you seen Dazed and Confused? This man would take the award of most chilled out.BRIK wrote: I would recommend it. The 'Dude' is probably about the most chilled out character I've ever see.
If you're a fan of Dazed and Confused, BUY THE MOVIE BOOK. It's like a year book from the film, including class pictures, recipes for hash brownies and instructions on how to roll a Zepplin joint (not that I partake, but there are some awesome tips on rolling some over the top joints).
Just watched the TRIBE dvd. Noise, I think you'd enjoy it, but I also think you'd rather watch a bunch of TRIBE videos. The movie centers at the bickering within the group. It's eye opening, but not much fun. Mostly it is Fife dog (but if he's on stage call him Dyno-Mutt) and Tip beefing back and forward. For a band that makes such great and inspirational music, they sure seem miserable.
Not Movie, but TV related:
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I say, bad idea jeans.
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A Story of Floating Weeds
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Floating Weeds
You may be asking yourself why I've listed two movie with very similar titles together. The answer is very simple. A Story of Floating Weeds and Floating Weeds are two separate movies with the same plot. Let me explain.
A Story of Floating Weeds is a 1934 silent movie directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The movie was a great commercial and personal success for him. So 25 years later, in 1959, when Ozu found he had some free time on his hands he decided, what the hell, and decided to remake his own damn film, this time simply calling it, Floating Weeds, changing very little.
Same scene here, people.
TCM showed these about a week ago, playing them back-to-back, from around 1-4:30 in the morning. Which means, yes, I spent 3 1/2 hours essentially watching the same film twice in a row. Feel free to take that little nugget of info as you will.
At least it allows me to summarize the plot for both films in one shot.
A traveling kabuki troupe arrives in town and goes about setting up their act.
They took a train in the silent version.
The head of the troupe goes off to see a former girlfriend, with whom they have a son together. But there's a catch. The head of the troupe is a bit ashamed of his traveling ways, so his teenage son doesn't know him as his father, only as his carefree uncle.
To make matters worse, the troupe isn't doing so well and while the head of the troupe is away visiting his son, one of the members lets it slip to the head's current girlfriend what he's been up too. Well, she gets pretty pissed and goes to confront him. He manages to chase her out before she can reveal anything destructive, but the damage has been done. The woman is infuriated and wants to punish him, not by doing anything to him directly, but by convincing one of the younger actresses in the troupe to seduce the man's son.
It's really hard to truly appreciate a kimono in black and white.
As far as I'm concerned the acting in both versions was excellent. Both films were very emotional, but in my opinion the over feel of the silent version was much more impactful. Perhaps it was because the silent actors had to show more emotion to make up for the loss of sound, or perhaps it was because the lack of color added more to the somber atmosphere. Either way, the first one gets one over on the later version for it's consistent emotional impact.
As for the actors themselves, that one's a toss up. Both leads in particular are candid, multifaceted and engaging. Despite some of their actions you still feel for them in the end. But the silent lead, Takeshi Sakamoto, has more of a commanding presence when required
Grrrr....
that Ganjiro Nakamura could never manage to pull off.
Sorry, I just don't like your face.
But the personalities of the side characters and actresses are more fleshed out in the colored version, giving you a more complete picture of the troupe as a whole. Something the silent version glossed over too much, in my opinion. It probably helped that they had an extra 30 minutes to work with and didn't have to switch back-and-forth to dialogue boxes, but I still appreciated it.
The actresses were easier on the eyes, too.
As far as cinematography goes, the colored version exceeds it predecessor, hands down. And why shouldn't it? The cinematographer for Floating Weeds was Kazuo Miyagawa, the same man who worked on Rashomon and on my previous write up of Sansho the Bailiff. The man can make the most mundane of things gorgeous.
That's the prettiest dry-docked boat I ever did see.
That's not to say Yasujiro Ozu was a slacker when it comes to cinematography. The man has no trouble standing on his own in that department.
He lingered on this shot a little too long for my tastes.
Floating Weeds is a story about love, betrayal, the consequences of secrets, family, and the destruction of that family. It's not a happy story, folks, even with the occasional attempt at lighthearted humor. Not to mention you will be forced to read a lot of subtitles. But both films are easy on the eyes and their story compelling, as long as you're in the right frame of mind to watch them.
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Floating Weeds
You may be asking yourself why I've listed two movie with very similar titles together. The answer is very simple. A Story of Floating Weeds and Floating Weeds are two separate movies with the same plot. Let me explain.
A Story of Floating Weeds is a 1934 silent movie directed by Yasujiro Ozu. The movie was a great commercial and personal success for him. So 25 years later, in 1959, when Ozu found he had some free time on his hands he decided, what the hell, and decided to remake his own damn film, this time simply calling it, Floating Weeds, changing very little.
Same scene here, people.
TCM showed these about a week ago, playing them back-to-back, from around 1-4:30 in the morning. Which means, yes, I spent 3 1/2 hours essentially watching the same film twice in a row. Feel free to take that little nugget of info as you will.
At least it allows me to summarize the plot for both films in one shot.
A traveling kabuki troupe arrives in town and goes about setting up their act.
They took a train in the silent version.
The head of the troupe goes off to see a former girlfriend, with whom they have a son together. But there's a catch. The head of the troupe is a bit ashamed of his traveling ways, so his teenage son doesn't know him as his father, only as his carefree uncle.
To make matters worse, the troupe isn't doing so well and while the head of the troupe is away visiting his son, one of the members lets it slip to the head's current girlfriend what he's been up too. Well, she gets pretty pissed and goes to confront him. He manages to chase her out before she can reveal anything destructive, but the damage has been done. The woman is infuriated and wants to punish him, not by doing anything to him directly, but by convincing one of the younger actresses in the troupe to seduce the man's son.
It's really hard to truly appreciate a kimono in black and white.
As far as I'm concerned the acting in both versions was excellent. Both films were very emotional, but in my opinion the over feel of the silent version was much more impactful. Perhaps it was because the silent actors had to show more emotion to make up for the loss of sound, or perhaps it was because the lack of color added more to the somber atmosphere. Either way, the first one gets one over on the later version for it's consistent emotional impact.
As for the actors themselves, that one's a toss up. Both leads in particular are candid, multifaceted and engaging. Despite some of their actions you still feel for them in the end. But the silent lead, Takeshi Sakamoto, has more of a commanding presence when required
Grrrr....
that Ganjiro Nakamura could never manage to pull off.
Sorry, I just don't like your face.
But the personalities of the side characters and actresses are more fleshed out in the colored version, giving you a more complete picture of the troupe as a whole. Something the silent version glossed over too much, in my opinion. It probably helped that they had an extra 30 minutes to work with and didn't have to switch back-and-forth to dialogue boxes, but I still appreciated it.
The actresses were easier on the eyes, too.
As far as cinematography goes, the colored version exceeds it predecessor, hands down. And why shouldn't it? The cinematographer for Floating Weeds was Kazuo Miyagawa, the same man who worked on Rashomon and on my previous write up of Sansho the Bailiff. The man can make the most mundane of things gorgeous.
That's the prettiest dry-docked boat I ever did see.
That's not to say Yasujiro Ozu was a slacker when it comes to cinematography. The man has no trouble standing on his own in that department.
He lingered on this shot a little too long for my tastes.
Floating Weeds is a story about love, betrayal, the consequences of secrets, family, and the destruction of that family. It's not a happy story, folks, even with the occasional attempt at lighthearted humor. Not to mention you will be forced to read a lot of subtitles. But both films are easy on the eyes and their story compelling, as long as you're in the right frame of mind to watch them.
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I've never actually liked Dazed & Confused... I've always felt Slacker and SubUrbia were much cooler Linklater films. It's probably just my overall preference for 90's aesthetics though - to each his own, I guess.Luke wrote:Only about 20-30 breakthrough performances in that movie. Timeless.OldSchool_Boy wrote:Have you seen Dazed and Confused? This man would take the award of most chilled out.BRIK wrote: I would recommend it. The 'Dude' is probably about the most chilled out character I've ever see.
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SubUrbia is awesome. I don't really remember Slacker, but I feel like I didn't like it. (I really liked Slackers though. Totally unrelated.) I will say this though, I hated that other Linklater one where everyone was like animated over real footage... um... Waking Life I think it might be called?Nintendork666 wrote: I've never actually liked Dazed & Confused... I've always felt Slacker and SubUrbia were much cooler Linklater films. It's probably just my overall preference for 90's aesthetics though - to each his own, I guess.
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You mean, A Scanner Darkly?
I honestly don't even remember how I felt about it. It sure does look nice though.
I honestly don't even remember how I felt about it. It sure does look nice though.
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I think he meant Waking Life like he said ... 
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^ Oh wow, I had no idea...
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My favorite Linklater film is Before Sunset.
Let strength be granted, so the world might be mended...so the world might be mended.