Recommend some good movies!
Seeing, Late Night with the Devil on Monday . . . but now people are screaming about some AI scandal? Trailer looked great; I'll take the chance.
Just got home, from Late Night with the Devil.
OMG . . . OH MY FUCKING GOD.
OMG . . . OH MY FUCKING GOD.
what kind of OMFG are we talking here?
Brilliant, intelligent, masterpiece, cult icon, fuck me sideways, can't stop thinking about it, satan.
De-Evolution Is Real: The Restored Films of DEVO + Q&A with DEVO's Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh and restorationist Peter Conheim
at AFI
may 16th
The 50th anniversary of the group known as DEVO has occasioned a deep restoration and remastering project of the band's film, video and audio archives. Formed at Kent State University in the grim wake of the 1970 National Guard student massacre, DEVO emerged from its spud cocoon as a hydra-headed music, art and film collective whose rare early musical provocations would give way to perhaps the most subversive, whip (it)–smart pop group of the 20th century (with gold records to its credit). Filmmaking and music were intertwined from the beginning, resulting in the canonical short films IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END: THE TRUTH ABOUT DE-EVOLUTION (1976), SATISFACTION (1978), THE DAY MY BABY GAVE ME A SURPRIZE (1979) and the infamous WHIP TEASE aka WHIP IT (1980), among others, in collaboration with co-director Chuck Statler. This program features new restorations and reconstructions of these titles, along with restored versions of the video-based works that followed, such as GIRL U WANT and FREEDOM OF CHOICE (1980) and their devolved Hendrix cover, RU EXPERIENCED (1984), restored from its original 35mm negative. Also included is a brand-new 4K restoration of Bruce Conner's MONGOLOID (1977), never-before-seen 16mm footage from DEVO's 1977 breakthrough appearance at NYC's Max's Kansas City, the saga of long-suffering record label boss Rod Rooter and much more. (Note courtesy of Peter Conheim and Cinema Preservation Alliance.)
Film and video restoration by Peter Conheim and Cinema Preservation Alliance, from the archives of DEVO, Inc. MONGOLOID restoration courtesy of the Bruce Conner Trust. Additional archival footage provided by Daphne Shaw.
at AFI
may 16th
The 50th anniversary of the group known as DEVO has occasioned a deep restoration and remastering project of the band's film, video and audio archives. Formed at Kent State University in the grim wake of the 1970 National Guard student massacre, DEVO emerged from its spud cocoon as a hydra-headed music, art and film collective whose rare early musical provocations would give way to perhaps the most subversive, whip (it)–smart pop group of the 20th century (with gold records to its credit). Filmmaking and music were intertwined from the beginning, resulting in the canonical short films IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE END: THE TRUTH ABOUT DE-EVOLUTION (1976), SATISFACTION (1978), THE DAY MY BABY GAVE ME A SURPRIZE (1979) and the infamous WHIP TEASE aka WHIP IT (1980), among others, in collaboration with co-director Chuck Statler. This program features new restorations and reconstructions of these titles, along with restored versions of the video-based works that followed, such as GIRL U WANT and FREEDOM OF CHOICE (1980) and their devolved Hendrix cover, RU EXPERIENCED (1984), restored from its original 35mm negative. Also included is a brand-new 4K restoration of Bruce Conner's MONGOLOID (1977), never-before-seen 16mm footage from DEVO's 1977 breakthrough appearance at NYC's Max's Kansas City, the saga of long-suffering record label boss Rod Rooter and much more. (Note courtesy of Peter Conheim and Cinema Preservation Alliance.)
Film and video restoration by Peter Conheim and Cinema Preservation Alliance, from the archives of DEVO, Inc. MONGOLOID restoration courtesy of the Bruce Conner Trust. Additional archival footage provided by Daphne Shaw.
Yeah I might have to go to that.
Children of Men. So good.
Also, Mother! Remains excellent.
Also, Mother! Remains excellent.
Don’t know if it’s any good
But hutch makes a cameo in Axel F.
But hutch makes a cameo in Axel F.
I'm feeling like this is going to be good
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I'm feeling like this is going to be good
definitely has potential. could also be a dud, depending on execution… could be a bad navel-gazing fest.
Did you know that Josh Harnett / M. Night Shyamalan movie the Trap is based on an event that happened in DC (not quite the same thing,but great none the less)
The December 1985 sting operation, organized by the United States Marshals and Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department, tricked more than 100 wanted fugitives into going to the Washington Convention Center, under the guise of having won free tickets to a Washington Redskins (now the Washington Commanders) game against the Cincinnati Bengals, as well as a chance to win tickets to the 1986 Super Bowl. It was said to be part of a special event celebrating the inauguration of a new D.C. sports TV network called Flagship International Sports Television Inc. (it shares the same acronym as the U.S. Marshals Service's Fugitive Investigative Strike Team). To collect their tickets, the "winners" were told to show up at a brunch a few hours before the game.
Upon arrival, the fugitives were split into small groups and taken into "party rooms" with snacks and posters that read "Let's party!" Marshals and police officers posed as event staffers, with female officers dressed as cheerleaders hugging the guests to check for weapons. The men were also given balloons, categorizing them by color; violent criminals received red balloons.
Louie McKinney, the chief of enforcement operations for the U.S. Marshals, pretended to be an emcee, giving a speech to the attendees before they received their prize. As soon as McKinney said he had a "big surprise," Marshals entered the room to arrest the delinquents, repeating the same process with each group. It became one of the most successful mass arrests of fugitives in American history.
"It was hilarious. The cops were literally cheerleaders and mascots," Shyamalan said to Empire magazine in July. "And [the criminals] were all caught. It was so twisted and funny."
Instead of using a popular football game (at the time of Operation Flagship, Redskins tickets were a particularly hot commodity), Shyamalan opted to set the trap in a concert with the scope of a Taylor Swift Eras Tour show. "I directed an entire concert," the filmmaker told Empire. "And it wasn't just a thing in the background. It's equally important. There is no pretend concert going on. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the movie at the movie theater is because there's literally a real concert that you can see nowhere except in that movie."
Retired federal agent Tobias Roche, who was part of Operation Flagship, fact-checked to British GQ how accurately thought out Shyamalan's movie was. In Trap, the venue has a SWAT team waiting outside, as well as visible police inside, who question concertgoers. Roche argued that the officers should have been more stealth. He explained that Operation Flagship was planned out to avoid any suspicions and distract the criminals, which is why it was successful. "We were worried that some of [the fugitives] would recognize each other from maybe being incarcerated together or being involved in criminal activities together," said Roche.
The December 1985 sting operation, organized by the United States Marshals and Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department, tricked more than 100 wanted fugitives into going to the Washington Convention Center, under the guise of having won free tickets to a Washington Redskins (now the Washington Commanders) game against the Cincinnati Bengals, as well as a chance to win tickets to the 1986 Super Bowl. It was said to be part of a special event celebrating the inauguration of a new D.C. sports TV network called Flagship International Sports Television Inc. (it shares the same acronym as the U.S. Marshals Service's Fugitive Investigative Strike Team). To collect their tickets, the "winners" were told to show up at a brunch a few hours before the game.
Upon arrival, the fugitives were split into small groups and taken into "party rooms" with snacks and posters that read "Let's party!" Marshals and police officers posed as event staffers, with female officers dressed as cheerleaders hugging the guests to check for weapons. The men were also given balloons, categorizing them by color; violent criminals received red balloons.
Louie McKinney, the chief of enforcement operations for the U.S. Marshals, pretended to be an emcee, giving a speech to the attendees before they received their prize. As soon as McKinney said he had a "big surprise," Marshals entered the room to arrest the delinquents, repeating the same process with each group. It became one of the most successful mass arrests of fugitives in American history.
"It was hilarious. The cops were literally cheerleaders and mascots," Shyamalan said to Empire magazine in July. "And [the criminals] were all caught. It was so twisted and funny."
Instead of using a popular football game (at the time of Operation Flagship, Redskins tickets were a particularly hot commodity), Shyamalan opted to set the trap in a concert with the scope of a Taylor Swift Eras Tour show. "I directed an entire concert," the filmmaker told Empire. "And it wasn't just a thing in the background. It's equally important. There is no pretend concert going on. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the movie at the movie theater is because there's literally a real concert that you can see nowhere except in that movie."
Retired federal agent Tobias Roche, who was part of Operation Flagship, fact-checked to British GQ how accurately thought out Shyamalan's movie was. In Trap, the venue has a SWAT team waiting outside, as well as visible police inside, who question concertgoers. Roche argued that the officers should have been more stealth. He explained that Operation Flagship was planned out to avoid any suspicions and distract the criminals, which is why it was successful. "We were worried that some of [the fugitives] would recognize each other from maybe being incarcerated together or being involved in criminal activities together," said Roche.
No, I did not know that!
I knew every bit of that except I was mistaken and thought it was American GQ who did the fact checking, not British GQ. I apologize for the oversight.
"Shyamalan opted to set the trap in a concert with the scope of a Taylor Swift Eras Tour show."
Opted? Attempted is more like it.
"'I directed an entire concert,' the filmmaker told Empire. 'And it wasn't just a thing in the background. It's equally important. There is no pretend concert going on. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the movie at the movie theater is because there's literally a real concert that you can see nowhere except in that movie.'"
For those who don't know, the artist they're seeing in the movie is Shyamalan's real-life 'singer-songwriter' daughter. She delivers a dreadful acting performance. At least the music isn't completely awful.
Opted? Attempted is more like it.
"'I directed an entire concert,' the filmmaker told Empire. 'And it wasn't just a thing in the background. It's equally important. There is no pretend concert going on. I love the idea of cinema as windows within windows. One of the reasons to come see the movie at the movie theater is because there's literally a real concert that you can see nowhere except in that movie.'"
For those who don't know, the artist they're seeing in the movie is Shyamalan's real-life 'singer-songwriter' daughter. She delivers a dreadful acting performance. At least the music isn't completely awful.
Why are we talking about a movie that has a 52 on Metacritic?
Space wrote:I've no desire to see this movie at all
Why are we talking about a movie that has a 52 on Metacritic?
but I did find the operation flagship story hysterical and local
is the only reason I posted
I haven't seen this so can't say if it's good. But it's timely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXEN0WNJUg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXEN0WNJUg