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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Ellemeno:
I just watched The Celluloid Closet on Netflix Watch Instantly. I may well be the last person here to have seen it, I know I've seen it mentioned a number of times on BetterMost. It was pretty wonderful. Narration written by Armistead Maupin and spoken by Lily Tomlin.
I think it came out about 1995, and Tony Curtis is interviewed in it, talking about his roles in Some Like It Hot and Spartacus. I was surprised to see that he didn't really exhibit homophobia in his remarks, though I would say he sounded kinda ignernt. Didn't he say something homophobic about BBM being nominated for Academy Awards? That didn't come across in The Celluloid Closet.
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Ellemeno on March 12, 2009, 03:18:29 am ---I just watched The Celluloid Closet on Netflix Watch Instantly. I may well be the last person here to have seen it, I know I've seen it mentioned a number of times on BetterMost. It was pretty wonderful. Narration written by Armistead Maupin and spoken by Lily Tomlin.
I think it came out about 1995, and Tony Curtis is interviewed in it, talking about his roles in Some Like It Hot and Spartacus. I was surprised to see that he didn't really exhibit homophobia in his remarks, though I would say he sounded kinda ignernt. Didn't he say something homophobic about BBM being nominated for Academy Awards? That didn't come across in The Celluloid Closet.
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He defended himself, however unconvincingly, in his recent auto-bio by saying his words were taken out of context and that all he meant was that the subject of BbM was no big deal and that he's had many wonderful friendships with gay people over the years.
I met him once, back in the mid nineties, when he was in Toronto for an Opening of a show of his horrible paintings and he sounded ignorant then.
UPDATE on the movie CANNIBAL: Oh. My. God. I was expecting a kind of exploitation film with artistic pretensions, but man, I bit off way more than I could chew. (Pun intended, of course) I actually felt physically ill afterwards. The violence is so graphic and realistic (and relentlessly gory) that at times it felt like I was watching a snuff film. I'm still numb. Not recommended!
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: oilgun on March 12, 2009, 10:50:47 am ---UPDATE on the movie CANNIBAL: Oh. My. God. I was expecting a kind of exploitation film with artistic pretensions, but man, I bit off way more than I could chew. (Pun intended, of course) I actually felt physically ill afterwards. The violence is so graphic and realistic (and relentlessly gory) that at times it felt like I was watching a snuff film. I'm still numb. Not recommended!
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:laugh:
When I read your previous post with the description of the film and your question of whether you'd regret buying the DVD, I was tempted to respond, YESSSSS!!!!! But I held back, knowing that your tastes are bolder and stomach stronger than mine (recalling that you liked Funny Games, for example).
Whereas I can't handle even mainstream splatter flicks. Hell, I can barely handle the commercials I've been seeing for Last House on the Left. So I'm not the best judge.
Ellemeno:
--- Quote from: oilgun on March 12, 2009, 10:50:47 am ---He defended himself, however unconvincingly, in his recent auto-bio by saying his words were taken out of context and that all he meant was that the subject of BbM was no big deal and that he's had many wonderful friendships with gay people over the years.
I met him once, back in the mid nineties, when he was in Toronto for an Opening of a show of his horrible paintings and he sounded ignorant then.
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Thanks Gil. That's interesting that he cares enough to want to defend himself against being seen as homophobic. Jamie Lee Curtis seems like a great person, I'm going to give her father the benefit of the doubt.
:)
oilgun:
--- Quote from: serious crayons on March 12, 2009, 11:05:25 am --- :laugh:
When I read your previous post with the description of the film and your question of whether you'd regret buying the DVD, I was tempted to respond, YESSSSS!!!!! But I held back, knowing that your tastes are bolder and stomach stronger than mine (recalling that you liked Funny Games, for example).
Whereas I can't handle even mainstream splatter flicks. Hell, I can barely handle the commercials I've been seeing for Last House on the Left. So I'm not the best judge.
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Speaking of Trailers. You should see the ones included on the DVD! Titles like FRANKENHOOKER, BONE SICKNESS; VISIONS OF SUFFERING; NAILS, a bizarre Russian underground existentialist splatter film, and CITY OF ROTT, a gory animated film. Basically a blood-smeared window into a cinematic world that I knew existed but had never explored. Until now, anyway. To paraphrase Jay Baruchel in KNOCKED UP after he looked into the delivery room during the birth: "I SHOULDN'T HAVE GONE THERE!"
It's funny that you should mention LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT. The original was the only other movie to make me physically ill. And that was back in the early seventies! The remake is supposed to be quite nasty and pointless, one reviewer gave it 1 star.
Tonight, I think I'll watch HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, lol! (After DOLLHOUSE, natch!)
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