Jun 14, 2017

This could very well be one of my new all time favorites.

There's one sequence in particular that is as beautiful and awe inspiring as the creation scene in The Tree of Life.

Life as cinema and cinema as life.

 

Jun 16, 2017

mindblowing film.

 

Jun 18, 2017

Though rather unassuming, Mundane History conveys this dreamy energy whose effects are felt for days to come. As the title commits, the narrative events are monotonous. Yet paired with a non-linear timeline, the blatant monotony becomes the driving force of reality and thus reveals the eternity held in single moments.

Charting how a single thought, or the birth of a thought, may draw a link with the infinite, Suwichakornpong consolidates notions between the micro and macro, the finite and infinite, and the inseparability among. Her psychedelic world holds meaning within and of itself; the death of a star is as meaningless as the birth of a child and the the birth of a child is as meaningful as the death of a star. All becomes one underneath this scape of life and all is relative.

The events depicted exist in a world of their own: the world of Ake and Pun and Ake's father. What is mundane in one life is is of great consequence in another. As historical fact, the significance of a star's life is made inert, but as a personal memory, the birth of a child is made significant. Loss of feeling, loss of passion, loss of limbs, lack of reciprocity; these events all contain an energy and life within them--proportion and relation are the evening forces.

We are all stars and all the stars are within us.

95/100 - Amazing.

 

Jun 18, 2017

ALSO THE MUSIC IS ON POINT

 

Jun 18, 2017

I can't find a copy of this

 

Jun 18, 2017

I think we all downloaded the same torrent. It's available!

 

Jun 18, 2017

Aren't y'all on KG? Both copies I've tried are stuck at 0

 

Jun 18, 2017

i used piratebay. My ratio is too low to use KG

https://thepiratebay.org/torrent/7035082/Mundane_History_(Anocha_Suwichakornpong__2009)

 

Jun 18, 2017

Real big vibe. Gonna rewatch soon.

 

Jun 19, 2017

and on to this week's film, @FilmAndWhisky is going to make us watch a long Indian movie ;D

 

Jun 20, 2017

Note that we came to this choice after long discussion of several potentially better, but markedly longer titles. 2:30 is Vahn max :P.

One day I'll make you all watch Satantango

 

Jun 20, 2017

Loved Mundane History. Forces us to see everyday objects/sights from the perspective of someone who's entire existence has been shaped by them. Regular scenery like plants and books transform to individual pieces of Ake's life that are visual and interpretative signs of someone in isolation, someone who's been molded by page and screen over traditional external influences. Tragically confronts the melancholy of such a life until life itself envelops the screen and breaks down the idea of individual experience all together.

Through the Olive Trees was good too. Gonna watch The Zone next.

 

Jun 25, 2017

This film is a giant mess of emotions and I loved it.

Super melodramatic. The "Romance in the Air" sequence and all the sunset/sunrise shots had me hyperventilating. The music/dance sequences were sum heat too.

 

Jun 26, 2017

so we gon do sum Italiano film for this week. s/o the late @Woody for dat De Sica influence.

Shoeshine (Vittorio De Sica)

 

Jun 27, 2017

Pakeezah is a beautiful, heart rending film. Passionately developed and performed, its beatific sequences are saturated with love and beauty as is the painterly mise-en-scene which adorns the set. Highlighting the film's merits is a wonderful soundtrack which provides entertainment as well as context. Rife with layers of subtext, metaphor, and socio-cultural commentary, Pakeezah's screenplay is quite substantive. This is a multi-faceted Indian classic.

 

Jul 2, 2017

This was too real

 

Jul 3, 2017

This week we're gonna do some lesser appreciated Chinese cinema. For the Mann fans out there (s/o @Pinhead ), our bae Gong Li from Miami Vice is the lead in this.

Temptress Moon (Chen Kaige)



Btw, I apologize for forgetting to use the mention list the past few weeks lol.

@FilmAndWhisky @Twan @Charlie Work @Pinhead @coil @Radeem @RobTheDude @King V @Old_Parr @Moon Age @Sp00ky

 

Jul 5, 2017

Can anyone link me Temptress Moon??? I can't find a working torrent.

Forgot to talk about Shoeshine...

A heartbreaking venture which called forward the neorealist film movement wherein De Sica became a celebrated figure. Shoeshine at once defines the genre while proffering De Sica with the tools and ideas to be reworked in his later neorealist masterpieces Bicycle Thieves and Umberto D, perhaps the two best examples of the specific post war movement. All three of these films delve deep into the souls of those suffering the late 40s Italian depression, and all three convey this pain through boundless compassion for their characters.

 

Jul 6, 2017

Unbelievable how many fake film sites are out there, can't even find a stream

@Charlie Work buddy

 

Jul 6, 2017

gimme your email i'll add you to the drop box i upped it to