I forgot that I was going to post a little notice to discuss@ mentioning the last movie night I'll be doing before taking off :(
It will be this Friday, July 19th, and will feature The Holy Mountain, that crazy film that some of you may have only heard about in hushed whispers in dark alleys behind SkullSpace, or from the lips of crazed hipster vagabonds, skin weathered from the harsh elements of the desolate Sahara and beyond. Or something. Despite the film's odd scenes, it's achieved status as a cult film, with a 81% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 7.6 IMDb score. The stunning collection of scenes creates a sumptuous array of bright colour and bizarre ritual that will keep your interest. If you haven't seen this film I'd encourage you to see it, just for the chance to see something a little different. Also if you manage to catch Colin Stanners at the event, ask him to describe a scene from the film. His descriptions are golden. :D I think I'll also show another film as well; something a bit more fun and lighter to contrast the "art house" of Holy Mountain. Title TBA. Who will continue the Friday night movie tradition? I hope someone picks up the torch. People joked about me "choosing a successor" at the last meeting, but to be honest I've never felt that the movie tradition was exclusively mine - anyone is invited to show interesting films, and I just happened to be the one who did it the most often. From my own perspective, it was really a lot of fun to introduce a wide variety of films and see who came out to watch them. Often the films would spark interesting discussion amongst the core group of attendees and sometimes they turned out to be total garbage. But nevertheless, they always provided for an interesting evening. I was happy to provide an "alternative" stream of world cinema to SkullSpace when life seems to be increasingly dominated by the big Western Hollywood flicks - just my thoughts. Looking back, here's a somewhat-complete list of all the films I showed at SkullSpace (in no particular order) and with a short comment, where appropriate: ...E tu vivrai nel terrore! L'aldilà/The Beyond (1981, Fulci) Al tropico del cancro/Tropic of Cancer (1972, Lomi) Cannibal Holocaust (1980, Deodato) - Almost unwatchable for reasons you can Google on your own. The soundtrack was awesome though. Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010, Herzog) - Great film, in which Sean sat through for 40 mins before exclaiming, "Why am I sitting through a documentary on CAVES?" and promptly left! Det sjunde inseglet/The Seventh Seal (1957, Bergman) El Topo (1970, Jodoworsky) - By the same director as The Holy Mountain. Equally bizarre. Hukkunud Alpinisti hotell/Dead Hiker's Hotel (1979, Kromanov) - Watched with fine cheese and other snacks with Jurek and co. - AWESOME soundtrack and the hotel was an architectural 1970s avant-garde masterpiece! Il fantasma di Sodoma/Sodoma's Ghost (1988, Fulci) - Watched at the old space, I can't remember everyone who saw this but we all had a pretty good laugh at how cheesy it was. La Chute de la maison Usher/The Fall of the House of Usher (1928, Epstein) L'âge d'or/Age of Gold (1930, Buñuel) Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie/The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972, Buñuel) - Debuted twice; the best scene was where a man who resembles a child pedophile gives some children some "dirty" photos at a playground; they take them home and the parents are absolutely shocked at the photos; the photos come into the camera's view and they are shots of FRENCH ARCHITECTURE Mon Oncle/My Uncle (1958, Tati) - It was so playful, and everyone thought it was so boring because it lacked dialogue! It was about the scenes and the visual comedy, guys, c'mon! Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, Gilliam) Playtime (1967, Tati) - I don't think we finished it because it was by the same director as Mon Oncle and people also thought this was boring. Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie/The Saragossa Manuscript (1965, Has) Solaris (1972, Tarkovsky) - Watched twice! Awesome awesome film with a 70s sci-fi feel to it that explored human consciousness and interactions with extraterrestrials! Stalker (1979, Tarkovsky) The Holy Mountain (1973, Jodoworsky) - Infamous film of the Friday night movie nights. This film is just so... different and... different that it sparked much jeering and comparisons to "the weirdest film you can think of." Which is why it must be shown again! :D Un chien andalou/An Andalusian Dog (1929, Buñuel) Valerie a týden divů/Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970, Jireš) Army of Darkness (1992, Raimi) Colossus - The Forbin Project (1970, Sargent) - This was one of the only movie nights that Mak came to, and enjoyed. :) Fantastic Mr Fox (2009, Anderson) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975, Sharman) The Shining (1980, Kubrick) - Set to be re-shown on the day of the giant "move to 2.0 space" meeting. It however was only shown once! The General (1926, Bruckman) - Also played by the WSO last season, with a few SkSp members in attendance! The Great Train Robbery (1903) Idaho Transfer (1973, Fonda) Two Thousand Maniacs! (1964, Lewis) Weird Science (1985, Hughes) Zoolander (2001, Stiller) Tetsuo the Iron Man (1989, Tsukamoto) - This film sparked the Japanese cyberpunk horror genre. It was a little too intense for regular screening IMO. Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes/Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972, Herzog) - A slower Herzog film, but with great scenes from the jungles of Brazil. Watched at the old space. Bordel SS (1978, Bénazéraf) - Almost unwatchable, once we discovered it was mostly porn. :P Casa d'appuntamento/The French Sex Murders (1972, Merighi) - Strangely, with a title like this, there was very little nudity. Damnation Alley (1977, Smight) - One of the first films watched at the new space! I remember Adrian liked this one. Death for Five Voices (1995, Herzog) Edward Penishands (heavily censored) - Uh yeah. We kinda only watched 15 minutes of this "film." Eraserhead (1977, Lynch) - I remember Colin Childs found this film very odd. For good reason! It's one of the oddest films I know. It's what made David Lynch famous though, and is worth watching, and then reading a discussion on the themes. Hexen bis aufs Blut gequält/Mark of the Devil (1970, Armstrong) La coda dello scorpione/The Case of the Scorpion's Tail (1971, Martino) - Giallo genre film that Mark and Lynn liked. La plus longue nuit du diable/The Devil's Nightmare (1971, Brismée) Les raisins de la mort/The Grapes of Death (1978, Rollin) - RIDICULOUS French film about some people who fumigate some grapes in France except the pesticide turns people into zombie-like crazies. Watched with Colin Stanners, in French. Much fun was made of this film, with a really lame ending. :] Lisa e il diavolo/Lisa and the Devil (1974, Bava) Moonrise Kingdom (2012, Anderson) - At one point there's a huge sound of rushing water, and it was so loud that our cranky upstairs neighbour banged on the floor. As if we cared! Office Space (1999, Judge) - Also played by other people! Reazione a catena/A Bay of Blood (1971, Bava) - I watched this with Michael and we kept laughing at the outlandish ways that people were murdered. Nobody could just be stabbed or shot. People died in the most creative ways. Suspiria (1977, Argento) - I loved the huge turnout for this film! It's my favourite of all time. Absolute favourite. Thanks to everyone who watched :) The Andromeda Strain (1971, Wise) - Nate liked this film and for good reason! Great soundtrack, awesome interpretation of early 1970s sci-fi, with lots of shots of old computer equipment which Adrian appreciated. The Boogens (1981, Conway) El buque maldito/The Ghost Galleon (1974, de Ossorio) The Man with Two Brains (1983, Reiner) Pink Flamingos (1972, Waters) - Yeah, not gonna show this again unless it's at home in private. Or at 4AM at SkSp with only one other person present. Barbarella (1968, Vadim) - Fun fun fun psychedlic film! Danger: Diabolik (1968, Bava) - Sooooo awesome! People will remember this by "DEEP DEEP DOOOOWWWNNNN" ;) Thanks so much to everyone who has sat through a film and enjoyed it, or sat through a film and thought I was nuts. :) ~Justin
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