THAT movie you keep reading or hearing about but never seen

Allhallowsday · July 23, 2021, 11:52:44 AM

Quote from: zelmo73 on July 22, 2021, 07:34:49 PM
...Leni Riefenstahl did things with cinematography that no one else involved in filmmaking during that time was doing, male or female; right from the start of the film when it opens to a scene in the clouds during the day, which isn't a big deal by modern film standards until it dons on you that airplanes were only roughly 30-year-old technology at the time that the film was released in Nazi Germany, and that was very likely the first film to ever have an opening aerial scene like that. Then the clouds part and you see the beautiful city of Nuremberg, Germany below; and then that slight revulsion in your gut when you see the first swastika flag and the hundreds of marching soldiers and brownshirts all start to come into view far below. I agree that it is mesmerizing to look at scenes of a pre-war Nazi Germany. I'll have to watch the second half of the film soon, maybe this weekend.

The film is beautiful. It is terrifying.

RCMerchant · July 23, 2021, 12:28:58 PM

I have no real reason to see it all.

But if it rocks your boat....

( Hey! I got another Hitler picture in!)

zelmo73 · July 23, 2021, 10:13:27 PM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 23, 2021, 12:28:58 PM
I have no real reason to see it all.

But if it rocks your boat....

Sorry bro, but Ilsa isn't in this one. Her mom might be though.

Allhallowsday · July 26, 2021, 11:01:46 PM

Quote from: zelmo73 on July 23, 2021, 10:13:27 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 23, 2021, 12:28:58 PM
I have no real reason to see it all.
But if it rocks your boat....
Sorry bro, but Ilsa isn't in this one. Her mom might be though.

Consider this is from the guy wearing the Charlie Manson T-shirt...

bob · July 27, 2021, 09:04:36 AM

pretty much anything directed by Woody Allen - I gave Annie Hall and Manhattan a chance, but nothing and I mean nothing happened

RCMerchant · July 27, 2021, 09:59:08 AM

Quote from: Allhallowsday on July 26, 2021, 11:01:46 PM
Quote from: zelmo73 on July 23, 2021, 10:13:27 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 23, 2021, 12:28:58 PM
I have no real reason to see it all.
But if it rocks your boat....
Sorry bro, but Ilsa isn't in this one. Her mom might be though.

Consider this is from the guy wearing the Charlie Manson T-shirt...

And it glows in the dark, too!

Trevor · July 27, 2021, 09:59:43 AM

I always wanted to watch the Russian film Come And See (always odd that a Soviet film would have a quote from the Bible as its' title) and I finally saw it a few months ago: I was not disappointed.

RCMerchant · July 27, 2021, 10:29:02 AM

^ I always wanted to see that film.

Trevor · July 27, 2021, 10:39:57 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on July 27, 2021, 10:29:02 AM
^ I always wanted to see that film.

Here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJYOg4ORc1w

bob · July 27, 2021, 01:54:54 PM

Quote from: Trevor on July 27, 2021, 10:39:57 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on July 27, 2021, 10:29:02 AM
^ I always wanted to see that film.

Here you go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJYOg4ORc1w

I bought Criterion Collection version of this masterpiece

excellent film filled with some disturbing special features - 3 short films, documentries on survivors of the real life events depeicted in the film

claws · July 28, 2021, 12:46:38 AM

Quote from: Trevor on July 27, 2021, 09:59:43 AM
I always wanted to watch the Russian film Come And See (always odd that a Soviet film would have a quote from the Bible as its' title) and I finally saw it a few months ago: I was not disappointed.

I have never heard of this film until last year when all of sudden most youtube movie reactors I follow started to react to Come and See. Made kind of sense since the film was re-released to home video in 2020.

Rev. Powell · July 28, 2021, 08:57:54 AM

Quote from: claws on July 28, 2021, 12:46:38 AM
Quote from: Trevor on July 27, 2021, 09:59:43 AM
I always wanted to watch the Russian film Come And See (always odd that a Soviet film would have a quote from the Bible as its' title) and I finally saw it a few months ago: I was not disappointed.

I have never heard of this film until last year when all of sudden most youtube movie reactors I follow started to react to Come and See. Made kind of sense since the film was re-released to home video in 2020.

It's a classic, one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. Truly harrowing and horrifying.

Trevor · July 28, 2021, 12:36:13 PM

Quote from: Rev. Powell on July 28, 2021, 08:57:54 AM
Quote from: claws on July 28, 2021, 12:46:38 AM
Quote from: Trevor on July 27, 2021, 09:59:43 AM
I always wanted to watch the Russian film Come And See (always odd that a Soviet film would have a quote from the Bible as its' title) and I finally saw it a few months ago: I was not disappointed.

I have never heard of this film until last year when all of sudden most youtube movie reactors I follow started to react to Come and See. Made kind of sense since the film was re-released to home video in 2020.

It's a classic, one of the greatest anti-war films ever made. Truly harrowing and horrifying.

I lived through a war (1967 - 1980) which was bad enough to cause some of the mental issues I have. That ending where the young man shoots the portrait of Hitler and the horrors reverse themselves: wow.

Allhallowsday · July 28, 2021, 04:44:25 PM

Quote from: Trevor on July 27, 2021, 09:59:43 AM
I always wanted to watch the Russian film Come And See (always odd that a Soviet film would have a quote from the Bible as its' title) and I finally saw it a few months ago: I was not disappointed.

I have not seen COME AND SEE. I'm not eager to. The title comes from the book of Revelation.

Trevor · August 03, 2021, 12:00:43 PM

I've always wanted to see Welcome To Arrow Beach but I can't find it anywhere locally.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Arrow_Beach

Umm: I just watched the trailer on Youtube: Yikes