Movies

EvanBenner said:
Just signed back up with the $1 for 3 months deal they have going—guess my earlier trial/promo doesn't preclude me from another promo. (Yay!)

No thoughts on GG or Godard, but don't overlook the Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Ryuichi Sakamoto concerts/docs (esp. Sakamoto)!

Had some minor frustrations with the streaming quality (buffering, stuttering and stream errors) in my first trial, but for $1 I'm back in for at least the new Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Air Conditioner, and Vampir (video essay/doc about Jess Franco's Count Dracula). Used my first trial to fill in a few Jodorowsky gaps, though they're no longer available.
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Thanks - I’ve already seen the Frahm and Richter docs but might check out some of the others you mentioned.
 
Woke up at like 4 this morning and couldn't sleep so I clicked on a random movie on Showtime that I'd heard of but knew nothing about. The Death of Dick Long.

I have regrets. Wtf 🐎
 
Ericj32 said:
Trying to cram in some films before ditching my MUBI subscription - watched the Jean-Luc Godard film, “Pierrot le Fou,” and it really wasn’t my thing (hated the dialogue and how everyone seemed to be talking past each other and also the characters were all pretty terrible), but I’m enjoying what I’ve seen so far from another French director, Guy Gilles.

Anyone have thoughts on Mubi, Guy Gilles, or other Godard films that I might enjoy more [I haven’t seen any of his others]?
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I also found Pierrot le Fou hard to get into. We had to watch it over two days as it's just A LOT.

Breathless is his debut and one of the most important films ever made. At under 90 minutes it's not a big ask and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It still has that chaotic energy of Pierrot but it's just not so extra. I also saw Alphaville which is a fun "sci-fi" noir that I think most anyone can enjoy.

Watched a movie from this year on Mubi called Azor that has real John le Carre vibes if you're into that. It's a film about Swiss bankers in Argentina during the rise of the dictatorship.
 
EvanBenner said:
Just signed back up with the $1 for 3 months deal they have going—guess my earlier trial/promo doesn't preclude me from another promo. (Yay!)

No thoughts on GG or Godard, but don't overlook the Nils Frahm, Max Richter and Ryuichi Sakamoto concerts/docs (esp. Sakamoto)!

Had some minor frustrations with the streaming quality (buffering, stuttering and stream errors) in my first trial, but for $1 I'm back in for at least the new Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Air Conditioner, and Vampir (video essay/doc about Jess Franco's Count Dracula). Used my first trial to fill in a few Jodorowsky gaps, though they're no longer available.
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@Ericj32 Oh yeah also that new Kurosawa Wife of a Spy is why we got the Mubi trial. That movie is legit great. Don't want to say too much about it but it's about a Japanese businesses man in Japan in the years leading up to WW2. Lots of great social and political commentary on both Japan historically and the world we live in today.
 
gouis said:
I also found Pierrot le Fou hard to get into. We had to watch it over two days as it's just A LOT.

Breathless is his debut and one of the most important films ever made. At under 90 minutes it's not a big ask and I enjoyed it quite a bit. It still has that chaotic energy of Pierrot but it's just not so extra. I also saw Alphaville which is a fun "sci-fi" noir that I think most anyone can enjoy.

Watched a movie from this year on Mubi called Azor that has real John le Carre vibes if you're into that. It's a film about Swiss bankers in Argentina during the rise of the dictatorship.
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I just watched Azor a couple days ago, haha. It was really pretty and I loved how mysterious it was but I thought the ending didn’t quite live up to what they built it up to be.
 
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