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Last movie you saw, that you actually thought was any good..
guywithoutsocks:
I sawThe Last King of Scotland this weekend. Pretty good film, Forest Whitaker is incredible. He goes from charming to murderous and back so easily. Really, if not for him, this movie would be saturday-afternoon basic-cable fodder, but as it was, I didn't look at my watch once.
KharBevNor:
Last film I watched was Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
Made me seriously re-think my love for Apocalypse Now. I still think that Apocalypse Now is better, but I have seen it a lot more. Aguirre was...fucking brilliant actually. The ending was one of the best I've ever seen in a film. And there's that one scene which gives the film its title, anyone will see it and know what I mean...at one point Kinski just looks at the camera for about a second, and I tell you, THAT is breaking the fourth wall. Imagine if Kurtz had actually just looked out your screen and started talking straight to you in the most utterly convincing way. I highly suggest everyone watch this, I need to seek out more Herzog.
fish across face:
After you've watched at least one more Kinski / Herzog collaboration I'd strongly, strongly suggest you watch the documentary Herzog made about his relationship with Kinski, My Best Fiend. It's probably the most enjoyable documentary I've watched, packed with curious comments, and awesome stranger-than-fiction moments where I was just shaking my head, laughing out loud at the absurdity of it all. I do think it'd be much more interesting if you've seen some of the other movies first, although friends found the characters of Kinski & Herzog interesting enough to enjoy the movie without knowing any of Herzog's other movies at all.
If Aguirre is your first Herzog, I guess I'd recommend the remake of Nosferatu (given your Goth leanings), but also Fitzcarraldo for another Amazon-set movie. The stories surrounding that one are just astonishing.
I haven't seen any of his more recent things, nor have I actually had any great urge to, but he's made some great movies, IMO.
tomselleck69:
oh shit, my "someone's talking about kinski on a messageboard" radar went off. i believe that he could've take brando (in his prime) in a bare-knuckle fight to the death.
the one true measure of his ability as an actor, yes i know.
also saw last king of scotland, it was the tits.
KharBevNor:
--- Quote from: fish across face on 23 Jan 2007, 10:26 ---If Aguirre is your first Herzog, I guess I'd recommend the remake of Nosferatu (given your Goth leanings), but also Fitzcarraldo for another Amazon-set movie. The stories surrounding that one are just astonishing.
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I've seen Nosferatu, Phantom Der Nacht. That and Grizzly Man are the only other Herzog films I've seen. I was planning on Fitzcarraldo next: I'm currently working my way through '1001 movies you must see before you die'.
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