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Over the weekend I watched the South Korean movie Oldboy (finally--after three damaged DVDs from Netflix). Pretty harrowing and very effective. A man his kidnapped and kept prisoner for 15 years, with no idea as to who imprisoned him or why. When he gets out he's led through a cat and mouse game by his torturer.
Next up, Glengarry Glen Ross with a terrific ensemble cast: Jack Lemon, Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, and Jonathan Pryce. The lives of cutthroat real estate guys in Chicago selling investments in Arizona and Florida land and not caring who they destroy to get on top. I saw the 2005 revival on Broadway with Liev Schreiber, who won a Tony. Not a great play or movie but it's made by its cast every time.
The Seventh Victim produced by Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson. Someone recommended it and it was pretty lame. Young woman leaves school when her only living relative (who is supporting her)--her older sister-disappears. Satanic cult, blah blah blah. Very choppy the last fifteen minutes. There was a short about Lewton afterwards (maybe that's why the whole thing was recommended) but I just didn't care.
First two hours of the first season of Deadwood. Initially, the cursing put me off (surprising since I my self curse quite a bit in everyday life) but I found it off-putting at first. Got used to it though and enjoyed the episodes.
Next up, Glengarry Glen Ross with a terrific ensemble cast: Jack Lemon, Alec Baldwin, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin, and Jonathan Pryce. The lives of cutthroat real estate guys in Chicago selling investments in Arizona and Florida land and not caring who they destroy to get on top. I saw the 2005 revival on Broadway with Liev Schreiber, who won a Tony. Not a great play or movie but it's made by its cast every time.
The Seventh Victim produced by Val Lewton and directed by Mark Robson. Someone recommended it and it was pretty lame. Young woman leaves school when her only living relative (who is supporting her)--her older sister-disappears. Satanic cult, blah blah blah. Very choppy the last fifteen minutes. There was a short about Lewton afterwards (maybe that's why the whole thing was recommended) but I just didn't care.
First two hours of the first season of Deadwood. Initially, the cursing put me off (surprising since I my self curse quite a bit in everyday life) but I found it off-putting at first. Got used to it though and enjoyed the episodes.
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Love Glengarry Glen Ross for the same reasons as yourself!
Adore Deadwood, one of THE best shows ever!
(Not seen The Seventh Victim but on our wavelength vibes here maybe I shouldn't...)
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All good, will be interested to know what you think of the other two.
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I hope you have some Spanish horror in there as they are the business at the moment (I have three in my queue).
Hey but don't reply to this, get watching films!
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Here's the post I read today that got me scribbling:
Spanish Horror Festival
I really like the sound of these and those wily Spaniards haven't let me down yet!
Only 290 then, not too bad...
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I better not mention any more of my Korean list then...
Or Swedish...
Or...
I'd be interested in what the 290 are...
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(Which is only to be topped by Him Hyung Tae's band "The Hwang Sin Hae Band," which mixes Korean oompah-pop from the 60s with techno, rock, and the most marvelous Qing-Dynasty-Spaceman costumes. The bandleader's this older guy (with a "gimp leg") who decided the world was full of morons and kept at it. Seriously the most creative pop-musician in the country. He also does visual art and ran an advice column on his website full of advice like "Grow up! Quit letting your mother rule you life, you wimp!" and "If you really want to be an artist, make art! Don't just sit around saying you want to be an artist and finding excuses not to!")
Video worth checking out here. (Not much of the lyrics make sense to me, but the refrain is all about "Went and came back and went and came back and..." and the young lady occasionally shouts out, "Uncle! I love you!" But the rock-fueled shamanic exorcism ritual thing is bloody priceless! (Some of the stuff he's shouting during it is nonsense, including the name of one of his other famous songs, essentially "Hot and Spicy Chinese Soup!")
I so want to see this guy live before we leave Korea...
Er, tangent. Sorry!
Since you mention The Orphanage, I'll just mention I missed it in theaters. We got into the theater and realized it was not an English-language movie, and of course, the English subtitles were not being used. Took a while before we could get a refund, though: the manager had to be called over, and like the rest of the staff, he thought the film was in English, and was surprised to hear that, no, in fact it was Spanish and I couldn't follow it at all, and that my reading level in Korean is too low and slow for subtitles for another language. (I can almost catch Korean subtitles on a Korean-language film, but not K-subs on non-Korean film.)