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Man. Regarding Megalopolis, no way can I think of one single movie, but I saw moments and pieces of The Fountainhead, Caligula, Star Wars movies, several Fellini movies, Bergman, Baz Luhrmann, lots of direct references to Emerson, Shakespeare, Rousseau… and probably a dozen others the more I think about it and read reviews.

But it’s a LOT.
 
duluoz said:
Man. Regarding Megalopolis, no way can I think of one single movie, but I saw moments and pieces of The Fountainhead, Caligula, Star Wars movies, several Fellini movies, Bergman, Baz Luhrmann, lots of direct references to Emerson, Shakespeare, Rousseau… and probably a dozen others the more I think about it and read reviews.

But it’s a LOT.
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Caligula? There’s porn in it?
 
Conclave looks like it will be a killer movie for the ages, and Tom Hanks' latest 'Here' may be yet another hit for the acclaimed actor.
 
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.
 
BillyL said:
Conclave looks like it will be a killer movie for the ages, and Tom Hanks' latest 'Here' may be yet another hit for the acclaimed actor.
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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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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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That looks pretty good.
 
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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!).
 
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