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crumbsroom · 1/25/2023 1:07 am

crumbsroom · 1/25/2023 1:11 am

Jinnistan wrote:
Shuji Terayama's Emperor Tomato Ketchup isn't likely to be found on youtube, but this may be the closest thing to it, the 12 minute short film version of that movie called Rock Paper Scissors War.

I should watch this. Pushing it to the page so I don't forget about it (I will forget about it)

Jinnistan · 1/25/2023 1:14 am

That isn't shot on video, is it?

crumbsroom · 1/25/2023 1:49 am

Jinnistan wrote:
That isn't shot on video, is it?

Probably.

Rock · 1/29/2023 6:15 am

For someone it's only in 360p max resolution, but looks watchable enough otherwise. Looks to be taken from the Criterion Eclipse DVD.

Jinnistan · 1/30/2023 7:34 pm

I guess we can thank Takoma for this one.

crumbsroom · 1/30/2023 9:43 pm

I wasn't a big fan of Convento. I mentioned it at the beginning of the pandemic and Captain Terror chomped at the bit and was equally disappointed.

It's fine, and it ends well, but a lot of it is bad mexican melodrama

Rock · 2/18/2023 12:14 am

A Bond rip-off starring Sean Connery's brother and a bunch of actual Bond actors. Mostly interesting as a curio, and the transfer is pretty awful, but if you're sufficiently interested, here it is.

Jinnistan · 2/24/2023 2:28 pm

More Czech

Marketa Lazarova (1967)

(Sign in for the rest)

Birds Orphans and Fools (1969)

Cutting It Short (1981)

Rock · 2/28/2023 11:02 am

Not good, but worth seeing for Veronica Lake’s last role and an insane twist ending.

Rock · 2/28/2023 9:25 pm

Not essential but still has a bit of that Preston Sturges touch.

Last edited by Rock (2/28/2023 9:26 pm)

Rock · 3/01/2023 8:25 am

So… I haven’t actually watched this yet, and I’m not sure if this is even the full movie, as it seems to be an hour shorter than runtime listed on IMDb. But as far as I know, this historical epic starring Oliver Reed financed by Saddam Hussein made during the Iran Iraq War has never been released properly in the west, so you take what you can get.

Jinnistan · 3/01/2023 10:19 am

After dealing with Klaus Kinski, in Venom, I'm sure that dealing with Saddam was a breeze.

Rock · 3/01/2023 10:22 am

The IMDb trivia suggests that they tried to get Reed fired from the production. I assume Reed’s hard partying ways troubled even Saddam Hussein.

Jinnistan · 3/01/2023 10:29 am

Rock wrote:
The IMDb trivia suggests that they tried to get Reed fired from the production. I assume Reed’s hard partying ways troubled even Saddam Hussein.

He was making Uday and Qusay look like freshman pledges.

Rock · 3/01/2023 10:31 am

I’m picturing Saddam himself dragging Oliver Reed away from the bar, reluctantly having to cut him off.

Jinnistan · 3/04/2023 9:09 pm

Speaking of Oliver Reed, Curse of the Werewolf is on Svengooli tonight. The Werewolf doesn't have the same literary template as some of the other classic horror monsters, but this film was based on a 1933 novel, The Werewolf Of Paris, which has never been given a direct faithful adaptation. Anthony Hinds wrote both Hammer versions from 1961 and 1975, the latter which I haven't seen so what the hell....

Jinnistan · 3/04/2023 9:37 pm

This is probably better. A good one to reboot. I can see these execs seething. "House of Cards meets Twilight". Eight episodes!

Jinnistan · 3/24/2023 8:09 pm

Pasolini's Pigsty

Herzog's Fata Morgana

Jinnistan · 3/24/2023 8:21 pm

Pulp

The Ruling Class

Bone

Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant