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johanlefourbe posted a review of Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids
“I’m not really a huge fan of Justin Timberlake but since it was the last movie directed by Jonathan Demme and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. That’s one of the cool things with all these streaming services, they allow me to discover some popstars by wat” read more
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johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1930's) list
Notes: First of all, it has been ages since I saw this flick and, to be honest, I have to admit that I don’t remember much about it. I mean, sure, it is a decent early Buñuel, no doubt about it, but if it would have directed by someone else, I’m pretty sure it would have been completely forgotten by now. Still, it’s interesting that Buñuel would start his career with a hyper-realistic documentary when he will be eventually known as one of the most surrealist directors that ever worked. Anyway, the stuff displayed in this documentary was actually pretty extreme and, somehow, you might hope it was some kind of dark mockumentary but it was apparently the real deal (in fact, this movie was even banned in Spain from 1933 until 1936). However, some people consider this film as a parody of the similar documentaries made back then. Apparently, the film was deliberately factually wrong and exaggerated, narratively inconsistent and staged. Anyway, even if I wouldn’t call it a movie that you have to see at all costs, it was still a decent watch. 3 years, 6 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: First of all, it has been ages since I saw this flick and, to be honest, I have to admit that I don’t remember much about it. I mean, sure, it is a decent early Buñuel, no doubt about it, but if it would have directed by someone else, I’m pretty sure it would have been completely forgotten by now. Still, it’s interesting that Buñuel would start his career with a hyper-realistic documentary when he will be eventually known as one of the most surrealist directors that ever worked. Anyway, the stuff displayed in this documentary was actually pretty extreme and, somehow, you might hope it was some kind of dark mockumentary but it was apparently the real deal (in fact, this movie was even banned in Spain from 1933 until 1936). However, some people consider this film as a parody of the similar documentaries made back then. Apparently, the film was deliberately factually wrong and exaggerated, narratively inconsistent and staged. Anyway, even if I wouldn’t call it a movie that you have to see at all costs, it was still a decent watch. 3 years, 6 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies ... my own version (1950's) list
Notes: While watching this movie, I was wondering who Jean Genet actually was. In fact, he only directed this short and mostly wrote some books and poems which were at least as sulfurous and controversial as this only directorial effort. Eventually, Genet had a rather fascinating life, almost even more interesting than his body of work. Anyway, coming back on this short, the damned thing was seriously disturbing and, yet, quite fascinating at the same time. To be honest, it is hardly surprising that it had been banned for decades in most countries. Back then, Genet himself spent many years in prison himself and he gave us a rather bleak look on a French prison in the 50's but, obviously, it went way beyond this. Indeed, it was combined this with some (sometimes very explicit) homo-erotic imagery and the end-result was seriously disturbing. Basically, this mix of filth, hopelessness, violence, virility, sexuality and love was just so weird and, yet, at the same time, actually quite intoxicating and spellbinding to behold. 3 years, 6 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to 1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe list
Notes: While watching this movie, I was wondering who Jean Genet actually was. In fact, he only directed this short and mostly wrote some books and poems which were at least as sulfurous and controversial as this only directorial effort. Eventually, Genet had a rather fascinating life, almost even more interesting than his body of work. Anyway, coming back on this short, the damned thing was seriously disturbing and, yet, quite fascinating at the same time. To be honest, it is hardly surprising that it had been banned for decades in most countries. Back then, Genet himself spent many years in prison himself and he gave us a rather bleak look on a French prison in the 50's but, obviously, it went way beyond this. Indeed, it was combined this with some (sometimes very explicit) homo-erotic imagery and the end-result was seriously disturbing. Basically, this mix of filth, hopelessness, violence, virility, sexuality and love was just so weird and, yet, at the same time, actually quite intoxicating and spellbinding to behold. 3 years, 6 months ago
johanlefourbe added 1 item to A Complete Review of Paul Verhoeven's work list
Cast : Peter Blok
What was it about?
During his 50th birthday party thrown by his wife, Remco's life takes a turn for the worse: His business partners are scheming behind his back to sell him out, and his former mistress shows up pregnant.
My two cents:
Back then, even though Verhoeven made a triumphant come-back in the Netherlands with ‘Zwartboek’, it seems that he struggled afterwards to get another project started in the Netherlands. As a result, he got involved in some kind of experimental project during which the audience was somehow involved in the writing of the script. Even though they provided a making-off before the movie itself and even though I read some stuff about this project on the internet, it is still rather obscure how it was supposed to work. Coming back on the making-off, even if it was neat to see Verhoeven at work, it didn’t have much value though. Indeed, you get to see the Dutch master claiming that it was a great creative experience and, even though he did admit that it turned out to be more challenging than it expected, he never went further than this. On top of that, I have read here and there that he more or less completely changed the whole concept along the way because it didn’t work at all and, even so, I really doubt he was satisfied by the end-result. Concerning the movie itself, even though Verhoeven praised his crew and the actors during the making-off, I thought it was not much better than a really cheap Dutch made-for-TV movie. Indeed, it was visually nothing really thrilling or fancy and the acting was rather weak as well. In fact, the script was the only thing that did have some potential but, still, I didn’t care much about the choices made either by the audience or by Paul Verhoeven. Anyway, it is the proof that writing a movie is a really difficult task and we should probably let the professionals taking care of this in the future.
My rating: 05/10
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Tricked
“Since I saw recently ‘Benedetta’, I was quite eager to see the only directorial effort from Paul Verhoeven that I haven’t seen so far. After almost 10 years, I just gave up waiting for the damned thing to show up on a Dutch TV-channel (for the record, I leave in the Netherlands…) and I bough” read more
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johanlefourbe posted a review of Vox Lux
“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since it was starring Natalie Portman, I was really eager to check it out. To be honest, I think it was pretty obvious that it was only the 2nd directorial effort of Brady Corbet. Indeed, even though there were plenty of good ideas, half of i” read more
3 years, 7 months ago
