What's In Your DVD Player?

[blackmirror]

The X-Files, Season 3 (its best, imo), Episode 24, “Talitha Cumi”, queued to the Grand Inquisitor-esque exchange between Mr. Smith and CSM questioning mystery, miracles, authority, and faith -- my cup of tea.

Who are these keepers of the mystery, who have taken some curse upon themselves for the happiness of mankind?

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[S.R.]

^that's the first film I can remember ever making me cry (GOOD TOPIC!)

[Reelist]

^that's the first film I can remember ever making me cry (GOOD TOPIC!)

Yeah, you should make that thread. I'd like to analyze which films did and how it related to that time in my life.

For me,

  Mad good.

[S.R.]

It always makes me cry when someone gets to watch the wire for the first time. Tears of jealousy.

[S.R.]

Valerie and her week of wonders by Jaromil Jires

This movie is fucking nuts. One of the strangest films I've ever seen. First of all, a movie about a 13 year old girl getting her first period is crazy enough, but you toss in an Alice in Wonderland type dream setting, incest, vampirism, molestation, demons and lesbianism, and you really have your work cut out for you.

I wanted to turn it off about nineteen times but I persevered. The last straw was pretty much the child nudity. I had to remind myself that the late 60's in Czechoslovakia was a different time. Some of the animal cruelty was a bit much, but that always bothers me however tame it is (here it's pretty tame).

This poor girl! All she wants to do is have her first menstrual cycle in peace but everyone keeps fucking with her, be it the demons, vampires, the guy with the mutton chops she likes, who turns out to be her brother. Just let her get her first bleeding out of the way!  Geeze louise!

I was actually happy for her when the townspeople burned her at the stake. At least she can be all moody and emo in peace. 

[polkablues]

It sounds like a movie that 03 somehow willed into existence.

[S.R.]

^I thought it was very fitting that the only mention of the film on the whole board was by 03.

I miss him 

[Neil]

I've been raiding the library with films that i've read about for years.  Some of the films i've gotten to see recently are:

Sullivan's Travels (Sturges)
The Night of the Hunter (laughton)
Blow-out (de palma)
Out of the past
The Blob (58)


The first two are 2 of the best movies i've ever seen.  4 out of 5 were criterions and the bonus features were just great.  Especially the commentary on Sullivan's Travels

[Sleepless]

Last night I rewatched Northfork. It's still slow going at times, but I think I enjoyed it more this time round because I wasn't expecting the weird Lynchian film I had been led to believe it would be upon my initial viewing. Definitely worth a watch if you're in a quiet mood and have a couple of hours free. An interesting side note: it was shot entirely using just natural light sources.

My description of the premise:
Angels have long run wild in the small town of Northfork but they are dying out thanks to excessive hunting for their precious wings. One preacher now helps these butchered angel children find adoptive human parents. Meanwhile, a group of suited men are faced with challenge of evicting the final few stranglers from the town before it is flooded to create a new hydroelectric dam which will forever wipe Northfork off the map.