What was the last movie you've seen?
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You guys realize I do watch good movies, right? I just usually don't tell you all about them.
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I'm glad you guys recognize the integrity of Aliens Vs Predator Requiem.MrPopo wrote:I was going to say, this wasn't looking like the usual pile of schlock you guys watch.prfsnl_gmr wrote:You guys are finally watching good movies! I love pretty much all of Jean Luc Godard's films - particularly Breathless and Band of Outsiders - and and A Fish Called Wanda is one of my favorite comedies.
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You just want us to take you at your word? I think not. As far as I'm concerned your job is to pick new movies for MST3K but have to wade through a ton of ones that aren't bad in the right way to riff on.Ack wrote:You guys realize I do watch good movies, right? I just usually don't tell you all about them.
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Same here. I don't post about them here, however, because I do not think that the audience would enjoy or appreciate them.Ack wrote:You guys realize I do watch good movies, right? I just usually don't tell you all about them.
I did watch both Lady Snowblood movies recently, however, and I probably should have written about them. Both are available for streaming on Hulu+, but only the first one is worth your time. (And, seriously, it is worth your time because it is totally, totally awesome.)
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I'm surprised. I didn't realize you guys were so interested in my thoughts on Gigi, The Apartment, or La Grande Illusion.
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I probably only mention like 1 out of every 25 movies I watch here - except in October.
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Same here.noiseredux wrote:I probably only mention like 1 out of every 25 movies I watch here - except in October.
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Well, ok. You guys asked for it. This is what I most recently watched:
紅葉狩
Momijigari is the oldest known Japanese film still in existence, seeing production in 1899, though documentation of a handful of older films from Japan do exist. This short film is actually both a sort of documentary and narrative production, as it is a recording of a scene from the kabuki play Momijigari, or "Maple Leaf Viewing." This is also the first film to be labeled an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government, and a dupe 35mm negative currently resides in the National Film Center of the National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Many early Japanese films from the turn of the century were actually recordings of kabuki theater, and this particular film stars kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX and Onoe Kikugoro V. Though there are three roles shown in the film, it is still only the two actors. This includes one male playing the dancing geisha. Males performing all roles was the traditional approach in kabuki theater after females were banned from performing in 1629, and males continued to play female roles in Japanese cinema until the early 1920s. Unfortunately both actors here would die within five years of the production, and the film served as a sort of memorial to their craft in the years following their deaths. The director of this film is Tsunekichi Shibata, one of Japan's earliest filmmakers. Sadly few of his films survive.
The play Momijigari focuses on the warrior Taira no Koremochi attending a leaf-viewing event to confront a demon. The demon appears to him as a princess first but then attacks him after he drinks sake. But Koremochi survives and defeats the demon by using a sword given to him by the god Hachiman. The film focuses on a dance by the princess followed by the fight between Koremochi and the demon. Two things of import come to mind: first, the princess' dance is actually technically incorrect, as a gust of wind knocked away a fan that was supposed to be used during production and retakes were impossible. Second, Momijigari was an interesting choice, as it was a relatively new kabuki play at the time. Momijigari was originally a noh play instead but made the transition in 1887, only 12 years before this film was produced. The original play was written during the Ashikaga era of Japan by Kanze Nobumitsu, meaning it appeared roughly between 1450-1516. Kanze's works have found their way into both kabuki and film, including several productions by Akira Kurosawa. The most famous of his works in the west would be Kurosawa's film version of Kanze's play Rashomon.
紅葉狩
Momijigari is the oldest known Japanese film still in existence, seeing production in 1899, though documentation of a handful of older films from Japan do exist. This short film is actually both a sort of documentary and narrative production, as it is a recording of a scene from the kabuki play Momijigari, or "Maple Leaf Viewing." This is also the first film to be labeled an Important Cultural Property by the Japanese government, and a dupe 35mm negative currently resides in the National Film Center of the National Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan.
Many early Japanese films from the turn of the century were actually recordings of kabuki theater, and this particular film stars kabuki actors Ichikawa Danjuro IX and Onoe Kikugoro V. Though there are three roles shown in the film, it is still only the two actors. This includes one male playing the dancing geisha. Males performing all roles was the traditional approach in kabuki theater after females were banned from performing in 1629, and males continued to play female roles in Japanese cinema until the early 1920s. Unfortunately both actors here would die within five years of the production, and the film served as a sort of memorial to their craft in the years following their deaths. The director of this film is Tsunekichi Shibata, one of Japan's earliest filmmakers. Sadly few of his films survive.
The play Momijigari focuses on the warrior Taira no Koremochi attending a leaf-viewing event to confront a demon. The demon appears to him as a princess first but then attacks him after he drinks sake. But Koremochi survives and defeats the demon by using a sword given to him by the god Hachiman. The film focuses on a dance by the princess followed by the fight between Koremochi and the demon. Two things of import come to mind: first, the princess' dance is actually technically incorrect, as a gust of wind knocked away a fan that was supposed to be used during production and retakes were impossible. Second, Momijigari was an interesting choice, as it was a relatively new kabuki play at the time. Momijigari was originally a noh play instead but made the transition in 1887, only 12 years before this film was produced. The original play was written during the Ashikaga era of Japan by Kanze Nobumitsu, meaning it appeared roughly between 1450-1516. Kanze's works have found their way into both kabuki and film, including several productions by Akira Kurosawa. The most famous of his works in the west would be Kurosawa's film version of Kanze's play Rashomon.
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