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Sunhawk
06/07/17 9:51:52 AM
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It's got a few different kinds of things in it. A video game, a book, and 5 films. Here's what I bought.

Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush
The Subterraneans
VHS
Prince of Darkness
3 Women
CRAZY
Eva Braun

The whole thing cost me about £75, which is a lot of money for me to spend in one go, but probably worth it. I got some really good stuff. As for the films in particular, I think I struck a nice balance between different types of films (which as CE knows, is fairly important to me). 2 mainstream films, 1 indie film, and 2 really indie films. I'm looking forward to reading The Subterreaneans, since I'm pretty into Jack Koreauc these days, and Kirby looks like a fun platformer, plus it's been a rather long 5 months since I last bought a new game.

Sweet, huh? Most, or hopefully all of it, should arrive on Saturday.
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DevsBro
06/07/17 10:00:14 AM
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Is VHS a movie or just a blank tape?
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BlazinBlue88
06/07/17 10:01:10 AM
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3 Women is an odd movie.
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 11:08:59 AM
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DevsBro posted...
Is VHS a movie or just a blank tape?


It's a horror film. An anthology.

BlazinBlue88 posted...
3 Women is an odd movie.


I know, that's why I liked it when I first saw it. Experimental films are great. I was lucky to find a copy online actually, because it's usually very hard to get, and I got it for just £10, whereas I've previously seen it for something like £20.

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Mikablu
06/07/17 11:11:26 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
It's a horror film. An anthology.

That's V/H/S.
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BlazinBlue88
06/07/17 11:43:09 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
I know, that's why I liked it when I first saw it. Experimental films are great. I was lucky to find a copy online actually, because it's usually very hard to get, and I got it for just £10, whereas I've previously seen it for something like £20.

It was on Netflix when I watched it. You ever seen Buffalo '66?
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 11:47:05 AM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Sunhawk posted...
I know, that's why I liked it when I first saw it. Experimental films are great. I was lucky to find a copy online actually, because it's usually very hard to get, and I got it for just £10, whereas I've previously seen it for something like £20.

It was on Netflix when I watched it. You ever seen Buffalo '66?


No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

There are so many great experimental films out there. Eraserhead, Mulholland Dr., Synecdoche, New York, Mr. Nobody, etc.

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BlazinBlue88
06/07/17 11:57:13 AM
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Sunhawk posted...
No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

Experimental movie starring Christina Ricci having Stockholm syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 2:01:35 PM
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BlazinBlue88 posted...
Sunhawk posted...
No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

Experimental movie starring Christina Ricci having Stockholm syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766


Christina Ricci is a really good actress. I don't exactly consider her name to have much to do with experimental film-making, though.

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Amputation
06/07/17 2:06:04 PM
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Sunhawk posted...
BlazinBlue88 posted...
Sunhawk posted...
No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

Experimental movie starring Christina Ricci having Stockholm syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766


Christina Ricci is a really good actress. I don't exactly consider her name to have much to do with experimental film-making, though.


Lol, Buffalo 66 isn't experimental in any way.
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 2:11:03 PM
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Amputation posted...
Sunhawk posted...
BlazinBlue88 posted...
Sunhawk posted...
No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

Experimental movie starring Christina Ricci having Stockholm syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766


Christina Ricci is a really good actress. I don't exactly consider her name to have much to do with experimental film-making, though.


Lol, Buffalo 66 isn't experimental in any way.


His post seemed to imply that is was.

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Amputation
06/07/17 2:13:38 PM
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Sunhawk posted...
Amputation posted...
Sunhawk posted...
BlazinBlue88 posted...
Sunhawk posted...
No. I've never even heard of it. What is it like?

Experimental movie starring Christina Ricci having Stockholm syndrome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_%2766


Christina Ricci is a really good actress. I don't exactly consider her name to have much to do with experimental film-making, though.


Lol, Buffalo 66 isn't experimental in any way.


His post seemed to imply that is was.


Yeah, it isn't whatsoever. It's pretty straight-foward, doesn't use any unconventional filming techniques, and the plot isn't that strange. Not sure why he considers this an experimental film, because it isn't in any way. Maybe he's mixing the terms "experimental" and "indie"
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BlazinBlue88
06/07/17 2:16:45 PM
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Yeah in hindsight experimental wasn't that great of a term. The pacing for it seems a little offbeat and Billy sorta flips out about weird shit. There were a couple points I was like wtf is going on? I might have also been drunk when watching it so idk.
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 2:21:50 PM
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Here are some other good experimental films. Shortbus, Lost River, and The Master (which is only sorta experimental, but still). You know what experimental film was dreadful, but is generally considered pretty good? Last Year at Marionbad. I was really looking forward to it, but thought it was pretty bad.
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Amputation
06/07/17 2:25:44 PM
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Sunhawk posted...
Here are some other good experimental films. Shortbus, Lost River, and The Master (which is only sorta experimental, but still). You know what experimental film was dreadful, but is generally considered pretty good? Last Year at Marionbad. I was really looking forward to it, but thought it was pretty bad.


Boyhood was a good recent experimental film. Never saw Last Year At Marionbad.

The strangest experimental film I had ever seen was Begotten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begotten_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1
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rivers
06/07/17 2:27:44 PM
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Has Sunhawk seen Everybody Wants Some!!?
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green butter
06/07/17 2:28:35 PM
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Amputation posted...
Sunhawk posted...
Here are some other good experimental films. Shortbus, Lost River, and The Master (which is only sorta experimental, but still). You know what experimental film was dreadful, but is generally considered pretty good? Last Year at Marionbad. I was really looking forward to it, but thought it was pretty bad.


Boyhood was a good recent experimental film. Never saw Last Year At Marionbad.

The strangest experimental film I had ever seen was Begotten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begotten_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1

there is absolutely nothing "experimental" about boyhood lol. it'd be super generic if it wasnt for the whole 17 year gimmick or whatever
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hyperpsycho
06/07/17 2:29:01 PM
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Shortbus and Lost River are not experimental films.
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Amputation
06/07/17 2:30:20 PM
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green butter posted...
Amputation posted...
Sunhawk posted...
Here are some other good experimental films. Shortbus, Lost River, and The Master (which is only sorta experimental, but still). You know what experimental film was dreadful, but is generally considered pretty good? Last Year at Marionbad. I was really looking forward to it, but thought it was pretty bad.


Boyhood was a good recent experimental film. Never saw Last Year At Marionbad.

The strangest experimental film I had ever seen was Begotten.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begotten_%28film%29?wprov=sfla1

there is absolutely nothing "experimental" about boyhood lol. it'd be super generic if it wasnt for the whole 17 year gimmick or whatever


What? The 11-year filming is what is experimental. It was a fantastic film.
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 2:30:40 PM
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hyperpsycho posted...
Shortbus and Lost River are not experimental films.


Shortbus has unsimulated sex, and the whole interconnecting vignettes thing, which I'd say makes it fairly experimental. As for Lost River, I don't know how you can say that isn't experimental. It's fucking weird, leaves some things unresolved, and has a distinctive visual style. It's obviously been heavily influenced by Lynch, and nobody could say most of his films aren't experimental.

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hyperpsycho
06/07/17 2:31:37 PM
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Weird =/= experimental
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ArtVandelay
06/07/17 2:36:27 PM
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Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.
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Amputation
06/07/17 2:37:57 PM
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ArtVandelay posted...
Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.


Not sure why green butter doesn't think it is an experimental film when it obviously is.
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green butter
06/07/17 2:45:10 PM
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Amputation posted...
ArtVandelay posted...
Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.


Not sure why green butter doesn't think it is an experimental film when it obviously is.

what is "experimental" about it? the fact that it took a long time to film? it's a typical narrative with typical cinematography and loaded with typical characters (that basically feel like stock characters).
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Amputation
06/07/17 2:56:16 PM
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green butter posted...
Amputation posted...
ArtVandelay posted...
Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.


Not sure why green butter doesn't think it is an experimental film when it obviously is.

what is "experimental" about it? the fact that it took a long time to film? it's a typical narrative with typical cinematography and loaded with typical characters (that basically feel like stock characters).


Yes, the fact that they filmed it for well over a decade to show the literal aging of characters does make it experimental. Can you name other fictional films that employed this technique?
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Sunhawk
06/07/17 2:59:05 PM
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Amputation posted...
green butter posted...
Amputation posted...
ArtVandelay posted...
Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.


Not sure why green butter doesn't think it is an experimental film when it obviously is.

what is "experimental" about it? the fact that it took a long time to film? it's a typical narrative with typical cinematography and loaded with typical characters (that basically feel like stock characters).


Yes, the fact that they filmed it for well over a decade to show the literal aging of characters does make it experimental. Can you name other fictional films that employed this technique?


I agree that it's experimental. But it's not experimental like LYAM, or Eraserhead.

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Amputation
06/07/17 3:29:55 PM
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Sunhawk posted...
Amputation posted...
green butter posted...
Amputation posted...
ArtVandelay posted...
Boyhood is the epitome of "experimental film" though.


Not sure why green butter doesn't think it is an experimental film when it obviously is.

what is "experimental" about it? the fact that it took a long time to film? it's a typical narrative with typical cinematography and loaded with typical characters (that basically feel like stock characters).


Yes, the fact that they filmed it for well over a decade to show the literal aging of characters does make it experimental. Can you name other fictional films that employed this technique?


I agree that it's experimental. But it's not experimental like LYAM, or Eraserhead.


Only because it's not weird or uses special effects. but it is certainly an experimental filming technique.

Check out the film I mentioned above for some weirdness, Begotten
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Sunhawk
06/08/17 11:41:58 AM
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I think my things will arrive in 2 days time. I guess it'll all come on Saturday. The last order I made on Amazon, it came spread over 2 weeks. Some of those films are really obscure, though.
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