The book Under the Skin is based on is really good though.
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I love a handful of Glazer's music videos and I heard several pieces of the soundtrack to the film live when I saw Oliver Coates perform, so I was really intrigued. Don't get me wrong, the film's good in my opinion, but I wasn't in awe at anything and it felt exactly like the film I figured I would be seeing.
Under the Skin is pretty good, but the Kubrick comparisons are bizarre. It's much closer in theme to something like Solaris.
i don't love it
anyway i watched The Train last night, it fucking rules. Recommended by McQ on twitter.
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i don't love it
anyway i watched The Train last night, it fucking rules. Recommended by McQ on twitter.
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The diner scene and the ending got to me the most.
Manchurian isn't my favorite (it's very good), but I'm going to have to dive deep.
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It's been a while since I saw The Train but I kind of remember that my main issue with it was Paul Scofield's character - Colonel von Waldheim. Maybe it's because the movie was released merely a generation after the end of WWII but the devolution of his character from this interesting, decent man in the beginning to a caricature of Nazi wickedness by the end, devoid of any trace of kindness, really stuck out; even more so because of how good Scofield's performance is. And no I don't think his genuine love of the paintings countervails that view. Being a good person, or in possession of some kind of virtue is not a requirement to appreciate art.
Anyway, Seven Days In May is my favorite Frankenheimer movie.
Anyway, Seven Days In May is my favorite Frankenheimer movie.
I don't think that he's necessarily decent in the beginning - the first scene is a fake-out and then his true nature is revealed as we transition to the titles/seizing of the paintings. His pretensions are exposed as his control lessens. Also, vitally, the character is humiliated which will often turn people feral.MeLVaNoaTe wrote: ↑July 30th, 2019, 8:49 pmIt's been a while since I saw The Train but I kind of remember that my main issue with it was Paul Scofield's character - Colonel von Waldheim. Maybe it's because the movie was released merely a generation after the end of WWII but the devolution of his character from this interesting, decent man in the beginning to a caricature of Nazi wickedness by the end, devoid of any trace of kindness, really stuck out; even more so because of how good Scofield's performance is. And no I don't think his genuine love of the paintings countervails that view. Being a good person, or in possession of some kind of virtue is not a requirement to appreciate art.
Anyway, Seven Days In May is my favorite Frankenheimer movie.
My top 5 Frankenheimer's go something like this:
1. Birdman of Alcatraz
2. The Manchurian Candidate
3. The Train
4. Seven Days in May
5. Reindeer Games - no, seriously. That film is as bleakly funny as the 60s classics and fits in better with them than the absolute dirge that is Ronin.
The Art of Self Defense
I loved this. I went in only having watched one trailer and knowing nothing else and this film surprised me. Please go see it.
I loved this. I went in only having watched one trailer and knowing nothing else and this film surprised me. Please go see it.