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fourheels said:
Watched this classic tonight for the first time in ages

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I'm not a fan of this film. I actually think Targets is Bogdanovich's most interesting film. I like Nickelodeon as a reflection on the problem of achievement in the New Hollywood era--how do you make a good film when everything's already been done? Bogdanovich takes that problem out of New Hollywood and pushes it back to the 1910s with Griffith and Birth of a Nation. It also has a nice moment where it puts Jimmy Stewart's words about filmgoing into the mouth of a fly-by-night producer.

I like Saint Jack, and I'd like the chance to watch it more carefully. If memory serves, it was filmed in Singapore with financing from Playboy--nice performance from Ben Gazzara too.

That being said, I prefer Hooper to all these Bogdanovich films. It satirizes him as a pretentious fop.
 
breepf said:
I'm not a fan of this film. I actually think Targets is Bogdanovich's most interesting film. I like Nickelodeon as a reflection on the problem of achievement in the New Hollywood era--how do you make a good film when everything's already been done? Bogdanovich takes that problem out of New Hollywood and pushes it back to the 1910s with Griffith and Birth of a Nation. It also has a nice moment where it puts Jimmy Stewart's words about filmgoing into the mouth of a fly-by-night producer.

I like Saint Jack, and I'd like the chance to watch it more carefully. If memory serves, it was filmed in Singapore with financing from Playboy--nice performance from Ben Gazzara too.

That being said, I prefer Hooper to all these Bogdanovich films. It satirizes him as a pretentious fop.
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No love for Last Picture Show? I haven’t seen most of his others but what I loved most about that one was not only the appreciation of cinema woven into the story, but also how it was ostensibly a nostalgic movie (‘50s) but was really more of-the-times (‘70s) and darker than expected. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and so was Timothy Bottoms. Plus, the young Cybill Shepherd killed it and was very easy on the eyes. Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, wow.

I also loved Bogdanovich as comic relief and an intellectual/academic counterpoint to Tony Soprano. What a great little role as Melfi’s therapist.
 
duluoz said:
No love for Last Picture Show? I haven’t seen most of his others but what I loved most about that one was not only the appreciation of cinema woven into the story, but also how it was ostensibly a nostalgic movie (‘50s) but was really more of-the-times (‘70s) and darker than expected. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and so was Timothy Bottoms. Plus, the young Cybill Shepherd killed it and was very easy on the eyes. Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, wow.

I also loved Bogdanovich as comic relief and an intellectual/academic counterpoint to Tony Soprano. What a great little role as Melfi’s therapist.
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I would contend that The Last Picture Show is playing the same "game," so to speak, as the scene I described in Nickelodeon. It nostalgically points back toward a simpler era of cinematic achievement (kids watching Red River!) even as it competes on the new terrain of post-Production Code filmmaking (Cybil Shepherd nude!).
 
duluoz said:
I saw Adam Driver in a play the other night, 5 rows back dead center. That guy’s physicality is astonishing. You get a hint of it onscreen, but in person it’s unlike any actor I’ve ever seen. He moves like a gorilla, but the way that gorillas move smoothly and effortlessly with a forceful grace.

Combined with his talent and training, he’s really the best we have going in that 40 and under generation. And he’s in the conversation as the best around, period.

Seeing him in that play convinced me he has potential to be an all timer on the Brando, De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis level.
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Theater really shows who has the true chops.
 
duluoz said:
No love for Last Picture Show? I haven’t seen most of his others but what I loved most about that one was not only the appreciation of cinema woven into the story, but also how it was ostensibly a nostalgic movie (‘50s) but was really more of-the-times (‘70s) and darker than expected. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and so was Timothy Bottoms. Plus, the young Cybill Shepherd killed it and was very easy on the eyes. Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, wow.

I also loved Bogdanovich as comic relief and an intellectual/academic counterpoint to Tony Soprano. What a great little role as Melfi’s therapist.
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Funny coincidence. Last night one of my friends texted on a running group text thread we have that he was watching The Last Picture Show. His take: “Man it’s dark and depressing.”
 
duluoz said:
I saw Adam Driver in a play the other night, 5 rows back dead center. That guy’s physicality is astonishing. You get a hint of it onscreen, but in person it’s unlike any actor I’ve ever seen. He moves like a gorilla, but the way that gorillas move smoothly and effortlessly with a forceful grace.

Combined with his talent and training, he’s really the best we have going in that 40 and under generation. And he’s in the conversation as the best around, period.

Seeing him in that play convinced me he has potential to be an all timer on the Brando, De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis level.
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Adam Driver’s birthday is actually this coming Tuesday (November 19). He’ll be 41 so he’ll no longer be in the 40 and under generation.

Weird for me to think he’s in his 40s. It doesn’t seem like that long ago when I was watching him in that first season of Girls when he was playing a guy in his early to mid-20s.
 
I watched The Dead Don't Hurt last night. I enjoyed it, but I'm in no hurry to watch it again any time soon. Had a few Deadwood alums in it.
 
Saw Gladiator 2...very meh. I'm not sure if Ive seen a good movie this year so far.

I love going to the movie theater, but I'm really worried about the lack of good films.
 
JD Heel said:
Has anyone else seen Conclave? I watched it this weekend and really enjoyed it. I'd say it's a strong Oscar contender for Best Picture and Actor for Fiennes for sure, but possibly also Director, Supporting Actor for Tucci, Supporting Actress for Rossellini, Score, Adapted Screenplay, etc.
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Conclave is probably my second favorite film of this year (Dune Part 2 is the best). It builds a strong narrative deftly, with an array of great performances, and a whip crack emotional ending that no one must spoil for you. Massive Oscar bait, but in this case, it's fine with me.
 
duluoz said:
No love for Last Picture Show? I haven’t seen most of his others but what I loved most about that one was not only the appreciation of cinema woven into the story, but also how it was ostensibly a nostalgic movie (‘50s) but was really more of-the-times (‘70s) and darker than expected. Jeff Bridges was fantastic and so was Timothy Bottoms. Plus, the young Cybill Shepherd killed it and was very easy on the eyes. Ellen Burstyn, Cloris Leachman, wow.

I also loved Bogdanovich as comic relief and an intellectual/academic counterpoint to Tony Soprano. What a great little role as Melfi’s therapist.
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I think it's his best film, and there is some irony in his admiration for Welles, when the latter's best film is likewise at the start of his own career.
 
CRHeel94 said:
Saw Gladiator 2...very meh. I'm not sure if Ive seen a good movie this year so far.

I love going to the movie theater, but I'm really worried about the lack of good films.
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I loved the original but was so bummed when I heard Mescal was cast. Great actor but the guy is just not a badass no matter how much muscle he packs on. He wouldn’t hurt a fly, just way too nice to pull it off. Maybe Denzel can carry it.

I’ll see it before it leaves theaters but expectations are very low.
 
CRHeel94 said:
Saw Gladiator 2...very meh. I'm not sure if Ive seen a good movie this year so far.

I love going to the movie theater, but I'm really worried about the lack of good films.
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It's not in theaters any more, but Hotel Mumbai is probably the best movie you've never heard of. It's based on a true story.
 
Just got out of "Red One." It was ridiculous. I loved it. One small nit. The poster Red One:
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Many years ago, I stood next to a stuffed polar bear in the Fairbanks Airport. They are bigger than what is shown in the poster.
 
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