No, I haven't.

Yeah, the end was a shock but perfectly fitting.

Talking of Mr Hilter, have you seen "Downfall" (aka "Der Untergang")? Incredible - really dark but totally engrossing.

No. Fascinating subject though, this man. I'll have to check those out.

On the "East German/DDR" tip, have you seen "Goodbye Lenin"? A great film, pretty bizarre, but both funny and touching. On the "70's West German violent hippies" front, try to track down a subtitled version of "Germany In Autumn (Deutschland Im Herbst)" - the best film about the Baader-Meinhof/West German terrorism stuff I've seen (including some brilliant bits by Fassbinder).

Goodbye Lenin is superb

For cold war german intruige - the book and indeed the film of "the spy who came in from the cold" is recommended

And um

Let's see

A Small Town in Germany, also from Le Carre is a decent read.. it's a fictionalised account of a potential future for West Germany, written in the early 70's.

I quite enjoyed Crabwalk by Gunther Grass

The Shining

^^Fucking amazing... the end never ceases to freak me out a bit..

I've watched tons and it still unsettles me quite a bit. The whole movie is fantastic. 3rd best Kubrick.

1st is a clockwork orange
2nd is 2001 a space oddesy

Yeah funny games looked fucking awful

Damn straight.

As I've said before, you've got good taste.

Anyone else frustrated with the ending of this one?

B+

NOW PLAYING...

 

rob, how was fountain ?

fuck yeah the burning!

i just saw takeshi ktano's brother. pretty good.
i need to see his other films

his other films are even better.



i just watched batman begins, in anticipation of the new film

Takeshi Kitano is fucking awesome. Just in general. Even when the movie sucks. I want to meet him.

Haven't seen Brother, though.

i just saw taxi driver for the second time in the past month. perfect movie except for the music that can be a bit annoying at times

The Dark Knight.

That shit delivered.

Beat Takeshi!

Before the Dark Knight, I downloaded and watched Tetsuo The Iron Man.

Is "The Dark Knight" on Youtube? Cool, gonna watch it on that, screw spending 17 dollars on a ticket.

but its so good on a big screen and not a shitty small screen

yeah you will miss out

6/10

What? THat movie's score is amazing.

Man, I haven't watched Cobra in years. 6/10 is about right.

I just watched Sleeper. I liked it. Funny.

the music in taxi driver is unbelievable, maybe the best non-horror film score i've ever heard actually.

I would rep you for exactness but it won't let me.
That's the only movie score I actually own.

i dont know, the jazzy parts were ok but kind of kitchey, and the music at the end is great except for that HARP that keeps playing the same thing over and over, and it drives me crazy.
i saw bunel's-the milky way
great film

Overall, a very satisfying night.

The Brood - 7/10
The Fly - 8/10
Battle Royale - 6/10

Ichi dissapointed me pretty bad...

Ichi disappointed you? Welcome to the world of Miike!

A lot of his films are filled with hilarious and brilliant scenes but ALL of his films are way too long, even the ones I love. Ichi has a lot of good moments and is one of his more consistent works (and this is coming from someone who has seen probably more than 30 of his movies)... but you know, I'd be disappointed too if I had heard what I had heard about it and then watched it. Filled with brilliant parts... too much of a good thing perhaps.

The brood, the fly, battle royale, and last house on the left are all awesome.

I watced BODY DOUBLE by BRIAN DE PALMA..

 

8/10.

Brilliant.

8/10

great film... and taxi driver is one of my top5 favorites of all time...