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Post by Tomas on Mar 11, 2022 17:24:52 GMT
Catching up with the rough Catholic director, two biographies and close to a dozen of his major movies. In his "Casino" (on the Mafia ruling in Las Vegas) there was one scene where an unfortunate man got caught and pressed worse than anything. Literally being pressed by the screw, while his head got disformed, he still refused to speak. Nationality: yes, right... It was an over the top scene, but the movie was like most of his others one that sticks in memory. Among the others, one of the most interesting so far has been the early one "Mean Streets". Have you seen it? What about favourite titles all in all? I´m still very curious to see the recent "Silence". Good plan could be to watch it during Holy Week.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Mar 12, 2022 19:49:04 GMT
Catching up with the rough Catholic director, two biographies and close to a dozen of his major movies. In his "Casino" (on the Mafia ruling in Las Vegas) there was one scene where an unfortunate man got caught and pressed worse than anything. Literally being pressed by the screw, while his head got disformed, he still refused to speak. Nationality: yes, right... It was an over the top scene, but the movie was like most of his others one that sticks in memory. Among the others, one of the most interesting so far has been the early one "Mean Streets". Have you seen it? What about favourite titles all in all? I´m still very curious to see the recent "Silence". Good plan could be to watch it during Holy Week. When it comes to Scorsese, I've seen: Taxi Driver The Color of Money Silence Shutter Island Gangs of New York The Departed The Aviator Goodfellas My favourite would be The Aviator. I saw that three times in the cinema and I've watched it often after that on DVD. I think it's extraordinary, almost every scene has its own pleasures. Even writing this makes me want to watch it again. And this only has a little bit to do with the delectable Kate Beckinsale. My second favourite is the Color of Money. I love especially the scene where we see Tom Cruise's character walking into the snooker tournament hall before it's begun, with the light shining on the baize and the billard balls of all the tables. Goodfellas is also extraordinary, especially the way the music carries the momentum of the film forward. And Silence was much better than I expected. I would like to see it again. I didn't like Gangs of New York at all. All the others were enjoyable enough.
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Post by kj on Mar 12, 2022 20:23:29 GMT
My favourite would be The Aviator. I saw that three times in the cinema and I've watched it often after that on DVD. I think it's extraordinary, almost every scene has its own pleasures. Even writing this makes me want to watch it again. And this only has a little bit to do with the delectable Kate Beckinsale. I don't like Scorsese that much but I agree 100% about The Aviator! Loved it and always watch it when it's on tv. I also want to watch it again now! DiCaprio is superb, the soundtrack is superb, the whole lot. I have a particular liking for the scene when Hughes is at Hepburn's family home for dinner and she says "We don't like to talk about money", and he snaps "That's because you have it!" Wonderful! Taxi Driver is a masterpiece in my view, but for me that's more Schrader's script and De Niro's performance.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Mar 12, 2022 23:18:04 GMT
My favourite would be The Aviator. I saw that three times in the cinema and I've watched it often after that on DVD. I think it's extraordinary, almost every scene has its own pleasures. Even writing this makes me want to watch it again. And this only has a little bit to do with the delectable Kate Beckinsale. I don't like Scorsese that much but I agree 100% about The Aviator! Loved it and always watch it when it's on tv. I also want to watch it again now! DiCaprio is superb, the soundtrack is superb, the whole lot. I have a particular liking for the scene when Hughes is at Hepburn's family home for dinner and she says "We don't like to talk about money", and he snaps "That's because you have it!" Wonderful! Taxi Driver is a masterpiece in my view, but for me that's more Schrader's script and De Niro's performance. Leonardo Di Caprio is my favourite actor. Yes, I love the soundtrack, both the Howard Shore score and the period music used. I love how the look and sound of the film shifts with the different historical periods it passes through. At the time the film came out I was passing through an OCD phase of excessive hand-washing, to the extent of rubbing them red raw at times, so the scenes of Hughes in his private cinema peeing into jars and touching everything with tissues really sobered me up and made me stop! The use of "Moonlight Serenade" in the film is especially good, since I've always found something subtly creepy about this tune. Individual scenes...Howard Hughes and Katherine Hepburn flying a plane together, the dinner with Owen Brewster ("you can tell Juan Tripp to kiss BOTH cheeks of my ass"), and most of all the conversation between Juan Tripp and Howard Hughes in the nightclub-- such crackling, understated tension between them. Oh, and Kate Beckinsale.
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Post by kj on Mar 13, 2022 10:13:23 GMT
I love the bit where Beckinsdale visits Hughes after years when he's in his peak OCD phase, sees the jars of urine everywhere and says, "Love what you've done with the place."
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Mar 13, 2022 11:03:01 GMT
I love the bit where Beckinsdale visits Hughes after years when he's in his peak OCD phase, sees the jars of urine everywhere and says, "Love what you've done with the place." Or when he pleads with her to stay in the "germ-free zone" that he's marked out with tape, and she gives him a withering look and says: "I'll take my chances".
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Post by kj on Mar 13, 2022 12:35:20 GMT
Imagine how Hughes would have reacted to Covid!!!!
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Post by Tomas on Apr 6, 2022 9:09:44 GMT
Catching up with the rough Catholic director, two biographies and close to a dozen of his major movies. In his "Casino" (on the Mafia ruling in Las Vegas) there was one scene where an unfortunate man got caught and pressed worse than anything. Literally being pressed by the screw, while his head got disformed, he still refused to speak. Nationality: yes, right... It was an over the top scene, but the movie was like most of his others one that sticks in memory. Among the others, one of the most interesting so far has been the early one "Mean Streets". Have you seen it? What about favourite titles all in all? I´m still very curious to see the recent "Silence". Good plan could be to watch it during Holy Week. When it comes to Scorsese, I've seen: Taxi Driver The Color of Money Silence Shutter Island Gangs of New York The Departed The Aviator Goodfellas My favourite would be The Aviator. I saw that three times in the cinema and I've watched it often after that on DVD. I think it's extraordinary, almost every scene has its own pleasures. Even writing this makes me want to watch it again. And this only has a little bit to do with the delectable Kate Beckinsale. My second favourite is the Color of Money. I love especially the scene where we see Tom Cruise's character walking into the snooker tournament hall before it's begun, with the light shining on the baize and the billard balls of all the tables. Goodfellas is also extraordinary, especially the way the music carries the momentum of the film forward. And Silence was much better than I expected. I would like to see it again. I didn't like Gangs of New York at all. All the others were enjoyable enough. Looking forward to watch Silence in near future. The "integrity" in doing his own thing is striking. Already in Mean Streets he really took a bold inventive course. That one has an amazing intro, many surging realistic scenes in the main flow, and an ending that struck like a grand chord. The sum up "enjoyable enough" is no mean achievement. From any point of view I think he is one of the majors among artists from the last century. If movies are low brow or not is another matter nothing to bother here.
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Post by Tomas on Apr 6, 2022 9:17:53 GMT
Maolsheachlann, how did you like the horror movie Shutter Island - how dit it fare compared to that genre? (I never watch horror otherwsise myself)
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Apr 6, 2022 19:49:40 GMT
I thought it was poor. Not really enough in it to sustain a feature film. Might have worked better as a short, or an episode of a TV show.
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Post by Tomas on Apr 7, 2022 10:49:10 GMT
I thought it was poor. Not really enough in it to sustain a feature film. Might have worked better as a short, or an episode of a TV show. I just bought it as dvd :-D Expectations are not too high beforehand so it will be interesting to watch nevertheless!
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Post by Tomas on Jun 4, 2022 21:27:54 GMT
Tonight I saw the lesser known "The Age of Innocence". Romantic tragedy set in late 19th century high society New York. Likeable, full of silent thoughts and melancholy, not every fan´s cup of tea and different in style while still being very much Scorsese at the core. In the aftertext its dedication came as poignant.
It resembled a bit Truffaut´s "The Story of Adèle H." (actress Isabelle Adjani in the lead role as estranged daughter of Victor Hugo in a North American exile).
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Post by Tomas on Jun 5, 2022 14:55:46 GMT
Among the minor titles I have liked Hugo Cabret (2011) most.
From reading about them two others remain curious to watch, After Hours (1985) and Bringing Out the Dead (1999).
He sure do have a pendant for certain attitudes and topics. For being distinctly not cosy it´s quite an achievement even to make the uglier sides compelling. Distilled movie magic maybe.
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Post by Tomas on Jan 25, 2023 9:10:08 GMT
Having seen nearly all his oeuvre at this stage I am still fascinated by the originality and "force" in movie language. Still remains to see a home premiere of the major late work Silence closer to Lent or even during Holy Week. Among the surprises were the very early Boxcar Bertha. Haven´t seen any of the music documentaries yet. Bought only one as an example.
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