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[Marshall Tucker]

gotta think the next installment of black mirror is immenant. probably the best series since. I dunno. Hard time thinking of something as good.

[plugboots]

I listened to the Coens do a "Fresh Air" interview recently, and they talk about what they were trying to do w/ Buster Scruggs. Explains a lot about the questions some of you guys were asking. Not to give anything away, but they were pretty funny talking about wrangling oxen.

[Benny Profane]

Damn, that Buster Scaggs movie is one of the best things the Coens have ever done.

[::: :::]

It was ok

[oftpiste]

Kid who played Charlie in WW and the Chocolate factory was a good buddy when I was a little kid. I rode a two-wheeler in his driveway for the first time. Our mom's were good pals.

He bailed on show biz after that and made a career in Cleveland (I think ) as a veterinarian. Kinda crazy....

This got me to mosey on over to IMDb where I learned that he also penned the screenplay for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (wondering if he was pals with Fleming?) as well as the screenplay to the first (and best, imho) filmed version of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory...both of those films had really dark and creepy elements to them, fwiw.

[reckless toboggan]

He bailed on show biz after that and made a career in Cleveland (I think ) as a veterinarian. Kinda crazy....

But dogs can't have chocolate!

[ThreeRidges]

I listened to the Coens do a "Fresh Air" interview recently, and they talk about what they were trying to do w/ Buster Scruggs. Explains a lot about the questions some of you guys were asking. Not to give anything away, but they were pretty funny talking about wrangling oxen.

If you’ve watched Buster , this interview is worth finding on Fresh Air’s website. It’s hilarious and informative.


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[nogophers]

If you’ve watched Buster , this interview is worth finding on Fresh Air’s website. It’s hilarious and informative.


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Here's the MPR transcript. Don't read unless you've seen the film as there are spoilers: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/66920...king-with-oxen

[Benny Profane]

It was ok

No it wasn't ok. It was the most brilliant piece of film making I've seen in years, certainly one of their best, and has convinced me, although I was leaning very heavily in this direction for a while, that the studio system in Hollywood is firmly entrenched in HBO, Netflix, Amazon, and other cable services. The Sopranos and The Duece are one thing, but this is a ton of money thrown at what are arguably the most creative pair of filmakers in America with the send-off being, go for it. And this is what we got. In the privacy of my media room.

[This End Up]

gotta think the next installment of black mirror is immenant. probably the best series since. I dunno. Hard time thinking of something as good.

I binged this show, and agree it's great. They need to get away from the repetitive themes of AI is bad and human implants are bad. There is other technology they can use as a plot device.

[dookeyXXX]

Here's the MPR transcript. Don't read unless you've seen the film as there are spoilers: https://www.npr.org/2018/11/19/66920...king-with-oxen

I read through that transcript this morning after the interview was mentioned here by Plugboots .
I gotta say that I was terribly disappointed in Terry Gross' questions.
Now perhaps I read it too quickly, but to the best of my reading comprehension:
She did not ask about the Jack London short story which the Coens' adapted.
She did not ask about the influence of Stewart Edward White on the "Gal Who Got Rattled".
She did not ask about their overall influences (like who were their influences on the darker, fatalistic slant of many of the vignettes?).
Instead she asked a few softball questions, spent an inordinate amount of time talking about ox wrangling, and then spent the rest of the interview talking about Hail, Caesar!.
WTF?


PS
sorry, but I was an entertainment journalist for 20 odd years, so I'm super critical of interviews, especially when they miss opportunities to ask really cool questions.

[plugboots]

sorry, but I was an entertainment journalist for 20 odd years, so I'm super critical of interviews, especially when they miss opportunities to ask really cool questions.

Well exactly.

Terry’s interview was really cool with Keith Richards, but was very different from the, (one of many), interviews w/ him I read in “Guitar World”. She caters to her audience.

Most people don’t enjoy:
~~~~
Keith Richards plays with just five strings (no low E). But have you ever seen him set up a six-string for five-string play...
~~~~

...but might enjoy hearing how the band came up with the unique sound for... (pick a song).

[dookeyXXX]

^To be fair, the ox wrangling stuff was fairly entertaining.

[Elkhound Odin]

Bird Box was one of the best Netflix direct movies I’ve seen.


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[reckless toboggan]

For all you Beachcombers out there.

Bad Blood, about the Risuto mafia in Montreal; starts slow, but is legit by episode 3.

Poorish production values occur, and the lighting and sceens vacillate from terrible to Scorsese like. Glimpses of being on par with Fargo, but not quite, ...or maybe, but not consistently. Some really good acting though, at times. Sometimes bad CBC, sometimes a play, sometimes a graphic novel, sometimes the Godfather. Some scenes are a perfect portrait. Kind of like Dune, in those ways, actually. Yes, I'm steering clear of comparisons to the Sopranos, and many of the other great mob films and series before and since. It's not those. Not as stereotypical or cartoonish, most of the time.

Despite these inconsistencies, it's been worth the watch so far.

[HankScorpio]

Bird Box was one of the best Netflix direct movies I’ve seen.


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Yep, had me totally sucked in. Way better than I expected.


Currently half way through Mandy. Has the potential to the be most fucked, trippy horror flick I’ve seen.


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[Supermoon]

Dumplin was a feel good rom com sort of movie. Wife loved it. I thought it had its moments, too. Sort of like Bird Cage meets Miss Congeniality meets Lady Bird

[JongDoe]

Originally Posted by dookey67 View Post
Not familiar with that one. Gonna have to check it out.

Now I'm thinking we might have to create a "ROALD DAHL APPRECIATION" thread, eh?



Sorry for initiating the topic drift...

Wow, never heard of Roald Dahl until I was watching Jeopardy (recorded episodes) tonight and there was a category on him. Now i see this an hour later.

[Flyoverland Captive]

“Lion”, the film version of the excellent book “A Long Way Home”, is worth a watch. The book is far better, giving a lot more detail on just about every aspect of the tale; still, the story is amazing, and Dav Patel does a good job as the lead (he gets better and better in everything I see him in.). It’s a weeper, so keep tissues handy...

[muted]

Sort of like Bird Cage meets Miss Congeniality meets Lady Bird

Huh, good to know it's completely skip-able.

'Struggle' is fascinating and is recommended. Cool to see Robert Williams in there, everything he says is hilarious. Never was a super-fan of his work but I do think Juxtapoz is rad.

Although the big build-up in the film of 'what-did-he-do!' was, while what he did was gross, was an over-hyped edit-job to make the movie more interesting.

[Benny Profane]

Nov 23 podcast of Fresh Air is an interview with the Coen Bros about Buster Scruggs. First film they ever shot digital. They talk about that vs film.

[warthog]

Foodie shows are killing it lately for me-

Chef's Table and Fat Salt Acid Heat are killer shows, and in 4K.

[Flyoverland Captive]

Bird Box is worth a view. That said...

Spoilers: Don’t waste your time. Well made, well acted; interesting premise; but ultimately a hollow cookie. Meh.

[neckdeep]

Cool!

Van Dyke really nails the Brit accent.

Speaking of which... All Things Considered were talking about a new Mary Poppins movie with the dude who wrote Hamilton cast in the role of "cockney gas lighter".... wtf... it's like black face.

[Mustonen]

Bird Box is worth a view. That said...

Spoilers: Don’t waste your time. Well made, well acted; interesting premise; but ultimately a hollow cookie. Meh.

I read the book a while ago. That hollowness is integral to the story, though in the book it’s nuanced and it aches and it’s urgent, whereas in the movie it’s just empty. Some stories don’t really translate to a 2 hour movie, and I’d have put this one firmly in that category. Turning your sight from a means of survival to a liability is both easier to grasp and more terrifying when reading, at least for me, and relies on internal monologues that just don’t come through on the screen. The things are less terrifying when they make the leaves swirl and make shadows and show up on proximity sensors.

I watched this as much to see how they managed it as much as anything else. They did a good job with what must have been pretty challenging.