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Irichcrusader t1_j6mbc5l wrote

Reply to comment by Earthling7228320321 in Why Film Festivals Are Steering Clear of Controversial Movies by BobRobot77

>I mean the first thing they cite here is a movie about a transphobic gay guy. Big fat shock that nobody wanted to watch it.

Haven't seen the movie myself, but based on what the article said about it, this character starts out initially as transphobic. By the sounds of it, the movie is an attempt to explore this idea of transphobia in the gay community, it's not necessarily endorsing it but asking the audience to reflect on it and, perhaps, come to terms with a difficult subject that not many people like to talk about. That's what any great work of art should aim to do, challenge the viewer by giving them a new perspective on something or bringing an important topic to their attention.

Let's take American History X as an example. It's a movie about a literal neo-nazi, showing his journey into hate and how any human heart can be corrupted by excessive anger and the need for easy answers. It then show's his journey out of that and his attempt to make things right. It's perhaps one of the most provocative and hard-hitting movies ever made, as it makes a viewer question whether there is anything in their own heart that is holding them back or making their life harder than it needs to be. Now, if someone doesn't want to watch this movie simply because of a gut-reaction to it's subject line, then that is their choice, but I also think they're being really foolish. They're judging the film without knowing anything about it, thinking it's endorsing neo-nazi beliefs when in actuality its demolishing them.

If we only ever made "safe" movies where no one's world views are ever questioned and no difficult or complex topics are ever tackled, then this would a very sterile world.

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Technical_Drawing838 t1_j6mbb3l wrote

Reply to comment by TheRealProtozoid in B'Twixt Now and Sunrise - new cut of Coppola film? by TheRealProtozoid

I didn't find many details. I read about six articles and they all said pretty much the same things.

It's 9 minutes shorter than the original which at first sounds disappointing but it doesn't mean that there aren't new scenes added or that there isn't a drastic rearranging of scenes.

There's a quote from Coppola saying this version is more personal to him so this suggests that it's very different from the original.

One thing I found disappointing is that the cover art is basically the same as the original, just with the new title added. I wish they had taken this opportunity to come up with some striking new cover art.

There's a mildly amusing tagline: A new twist on the film Twixt.

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barcode-lz t1_j6mb7bp wrote

Reply to Schwarzenegger's best one liner Movie by [deleted]

My favourites in no particular order:

"Let off some steam, Bennett" - Commando

"Consider that a divorce!" - Total Recall

"Let's kick some ice!" - Batman & Robin (ik... 💀)

"You're fired." - True Lies

"PUT THAT COOKIE DOWN!" - Jingle All the Way

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TheRealProtozoid t1_j6m9umi wrote

Reply to Do you think that David Cronenberg peaked comparatively late in his career? by RusevReigns

Absolutely yes.

All of his films post-Fast Company are strong. In fact, I think he has made the most movies that I like in a row of any director since maybe Kurosawa - 17 in a row and counting.

And personally, I think his "master period" started with Crash in 1995. That film, along with eXistenZ, Spider, A History of Violence, Eastern Promises, A Dangerous Method, Cosmopolis, Maps to the Stars, Crimes of the Future... that's his master period. Maybe you could even extend it so that it starts with The Fly or Dead Ringers, but I feel like he reached new heights.

I say this as someone who loves his early stuff. Videodrome, The Fly, and Naked Lunch are still the Cronenberg movies I've watched the most times by far. Great films. Love them. But as I get older, and he his career continues, I really think the second half of his career is the best.

Here's the thing: he basically stopped making body horror, and so his fans stopped being excited about his movies. Aside from eXistenZ and Crimes of the Future, and some of them liked A History of Violence and Eastern Promises because of the carnage, he basically has two completely different fan-bases for the two halves of his career. The body horror people are disappointed he stopped making those kinds of films. But people who like arthouse dramas probably like at least a few of the movies he made after Dead Ringers.

Personally, I think his absolute best film is Maps to the Stars, or maybe A Dangerous Method. Those two are incredibly underrated. His mastery of his technique was complete at that point, and he had a lot of say with those films. You can rewatch them and get choked up on how much depth of thought and feeling went into each line of dialogue.

Crimes of the Future is a masterpiece, too, but I feel sad that people are calling it a "return to form" just because it's body horror. I feel like people who appreciate him beyond his genre work know that he's been doing great work this entire time.

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