What are you watching tonight?

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 1:39 am

Interesting one tonight - got half a dozen out of the library at work as something for the long weekend, most of which i've seen before, but not all - and first up was Z, Costa Gavras announcing himself to the film world in 1968, and winning a Best foreign film oscar in the process...

And now it looks so tame in its depiction of a state killing an oppositionist and then covering up as an honest man attempts to get to the heart of it...

I think both our understanding of what even 'democratic' states are capable of and - more - what our film makers can run with has changed so radically in 40 years, and not for the more comforting either...

Great movie for its time and, disturbingly, less so for ours, when democratic states can organise torture and their police forces can shoot people on the underground with, it seems, impunity...

Our world, in effect, is much more tenuously democratically accountable, than that shown in this movie, the parent of 'All the President's Men' and, Costa Gavras again, 'Missing' and etc...

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:07 pm

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is a movie - incredibly - that I'd never seen before, and I'm a fan of Almodover. this is hilarious farce, fast moving, full of comic ideas and surprise and brill camerawork. if you've not seen it, and don't mind subtitles, go for it...

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 8:34 pm

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is running on sky - worth another watch, pretty funny and featuring the fittest woman on the planet - Mila Kunis!!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:04 pm

11.00 tonight - and I reckon we might be over with on MOTD by then, having been promoted from the graveyard slot after today's near-heroics - on C4 is Persepolis. This is such an interesting film, saw it at cornerhouse on first release, an animation about growing up as a girl in the iranian revolution. 'escaping' to the west, surviving in a marginalised, drugs etc world...

An example of current attempts (Walking with Bashir, for instance) to use animation to tell serious - or even heartbreaking -stories.

Excellent... IMHO...

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:15 pm

William the White wrote:11.00 tonight - and I reckon we might be over with on MOTD by then, having been promoted from the graveyard slot after today's near-heroics - on C4 is Persepolis. This is such an interesting film, saw it at cornerhouse on first release, an animation about growing up as a girl in the iranian revolution. 'escaping' to the west, surviving in a marginalised, drugs etc world...

An example of current attempts (Walking with Bashir, for instance) to use animation to tell serious - or even heartbreaking -stories.

Excellent... IMHO...

sorry to be pedantic but is 'waltz' with bashir - and yeah its superb!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:07 pm

General Mannerheim wrote:
William the White wrote:11.00 tonight - and I reckon we might be over with on MOTD by then, having been promoted from the graveyard slot after today's near-heroics - on C4 is Persepolis. This is such an interesting film, saw it at cornerhouse on first release, an animation about growing up as a girl in the iranian revolution. 'escaping' to the west, surviving in a marginalised, drugs etc world...

An example of current attempts (Walking with Bashir, for instance) to use animation to tell serious - or even heartbreaking -stories.

Excellent... IMHO...
sorry to be pedantic but is 'waltz' with bashir - and yeah its superb!

thanks, general, good to get it right...

Did you catch Persepolis?

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 3:18 pm

nah, i didnt read the post until this morning - will look out for it on more 4 or e4 or c4+1 etc!

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 3:51 pm

Bumble in dictionary corner all week. Brilliant.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Tue Apr 14, 2009 10:10 pm

excellent set of 19 year old cherubs in Shameless tonight!

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 12:08 am

Finally watched 'Lives of Others' last night, after meaning to for ages.

Great film, and incredible to think that Eastern Europe was like that in my lifetime.

ratbert · Post by **ratbert** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:19 am

There are many more great German films out there at the moment. Check out 'The Counterfeiters' 'The Baader Mienhof Complex' and 'The Edukators'

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:55 am

ratbert wrote:There are many more great German films out there at the moment. Check out 'The Counterfeiters' 'The Baader Mienhof Complex' and 'The Edukators'

I'd add 'Goodbye Lenin!' to that list. Superb film.

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:38 am

I was at my grandparents on Monday before the St Helens game and High School Musical happened to come on in the background. I knew vaguely what it was, but had managed to avoid ever casting eyes on it until now. Never have I seen as many obnoxious pricks outside Anfield in my life. If all American schools are like that it could be why a few students go back with a gun.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:52 am

Verbal wrote:
ratbert wrote:There are many more great German films out there at the moment. Check out 'The Counterfeiters' 'The Baader Mienhof Complex' and 'The Edukators'
I'd add 'Goodbye Lenin!' to that list. Superb film.

Agreed

Athers · Post by **Athers** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:58 am

Finished The Wire series 1 on BBC, enjoyed it greatly.

It's all in the game yo

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:09 am

Athers wrote:Finished The Wire series 1 on BBC, enjoyed it greatly.

It's all in the game yo

Me too! Absolute quality, shiiiit

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:10 am

also laughing myself to tears when joe was trying to close his laptop with dead hand in the inbetweeners last night!

jimbo · Post by **jimbo** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:02 am

General Mannerheim wrote:also laughing myself to tears when joe was trying to close his laptop with dead hand in the inbetweeners last night!

I'm spending the day seeing how many lego bricks I can shove up my arse. Inbetweeners is the best thing on telly at the moment!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:22 am

jimbo wrote:I was at my grandparents on Monday before the St Helens game and High School Musical happened to come on in the background. I knew vaguely what it was, but had managed to avoid ever casting eyes on it until now. Never have I seen as many obnoxious pricks outside Anfield in my life. If all American schools are like that it could be why a few students go back with a gun.

You never saw The Blackboard Jungle then, Jimbo?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:26 am

Watched the City game last night. It was followed by the film "Crank". Blimey, they don't hold much back these days, do they?

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