ewaffle wrote:In addition to the head transplants, the revolver that Brigitte Lin is holding is a lot bigger than any of Dirty Harry's hand cannons and would weigh about 40 pounds.
Brian Thibodeau wrote:I wonder if Jimmy's face sits atop Chow Yun-fat's body from REPLACEMENT KILLERS? Don't know for sure, but I know I've seen that pose before.
Masterofoneinchpunch wrote:That Undead Pool sounds interesting .
Brian Thibodeau wrote:... These films (this, SUKEBAN, MACHINE GIRL, STACY and others) seem to me like an inevitable outgrowth of a Pink film/video industry increasingly populated by filmmakers weaned on EVIL DEAD and it's kin, some of whom have quite probably been itching to break out of the hardcore back alleys and into the gonzo mainstream with titles that can at least be sold in the average big box store, there or here. By that measure, this stuff's kinda fun.
Also watched Michael Moore's SICKO last night. Great film, and one of Moore's more reasoned and impassioned (and less humourous) pieces to date. Made me somewhat happy to be a Canadian, and not a little envious of the British and the French (no offense to our U.S. contribs! Honestly!). ...Cool.
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Masterofoneinchpunch wrote:But then it is quite easy to take any topic and manipulate it with the results you want.
On Sicko, I've read many Cuban's strong denial of what actually takes place in the health care industry there (I have not seen it, so I will not argue against anything else).
Unforunately for me, the outgrowth of the pinku films actually makes me less interested in that segment of Japanese films (though I'm a big fan of Evil Dead series) though that already happened with Evil Dead Trap (1988) (definitely a progenitor of pinku/violence with the using of hardcore actresses and even a reference to Un chien andalou
cal42 wrote:I've been saying a lot recently that I think my expectations are raised too high for Japanese action films and I always end up disappointed. Looking at this set (which is great, by the way), these films look FANTASTIC in a wacky exploitative way, which probably means I'm going to be really disappointed.
Brian Thibodeau wrote: ... Personally I rather enjoy documentaries that have a strong point of view, and that take pains to manipulate the audience, perhaps even sending them out to do further research of their own, as this one should. ...
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I'm no great scholar of the pink films, that's for sure, but they have their moments. The better ones that I've seen, such as those in the great PINKY VIOLENCE box set a while back, are about so much more than just exposing skin.
These newer films often have the thinnest of social commentary (I've heard MACHINE GIRL deals with bullying . . . for a time ) and rely much more on genre trappings to fill space between what are essentially "clean" versions of hardcore-style sex scenes, with all the mannerisms and affectations that entails (frankly, the "shamed-but-enjoying-it woman" routine gets stale rather fast). ...
BE KIND definitely had a sink-or-swim premise. I remember thinking it seemed risky when I first saw the trailer. Is the movie set in a time period in which VHS rental stores were the norm?
ewaffle wrote:
I Know Who Killed Me (US) (DVD)
Brian Thibodeau wrote:Noticed this at a couple of other sites, so figured it might be useful here since more than a couple of us are Criterion buyers, and the collection has a substantial Asian component. It's a "Buy One Get One Free" Criterion sale at Deep Discount that starts Wednesday.
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dleedlee wrote:Damn you!
Brian Thibodeau wrote:dleedlee wrote:Damn you!
I'll assume this is in response to the news of the Criterion sale and not my puzzlement at someone actually buying a Lindsay Lohan horror movie.
Brian Thibodeau wrote:dleedlee wrote:Damn you!
I'll assume this is in response to the news of the Criterion sale and not my puzzlement at someone actually buying a Lindsay Lohan horror movie.
If so, it's always my pleasure to help you folks empty your bank accounts. I'm not about to suffer this alone . . .
Masterofoneinchpunch wrote:ARgggggh! I spent several hundred on the previous DD sale
Brian Thibodeau wrote:I Know Who Killed Me (US) (DVD)
Brian Thibodeau wrote:Couldn't resist that Criterion sale:
HOUSE OF GAMES
ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS
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