Heidi et Mopolistas, The art film is a creation of SATAN. Cinema should not stretch your imagination too much lest is crack in the winds that blow. These kinds of movies just confuse you> Stick to movies like APACHE DRUMS, the first movie I ever saw. It's a real horrorshow. I was removed from the Lakewood Theater in Dallas, Texas crying my eyes out, age 6 or something. Or sex education films like AMERICAN PIE.
Kirby movieart.com > On Jul 17, 2023, at 12:44 PM, Heidi Herr <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello! I’m also another Jeanne Dielman aficionado –I honestly found the movie > to be a rather profound work of art. It’s definitely not the type of thing I > would watch for a fun movie night, but much like Antonioni’s The Eclipse, > Hogg’s Archipelago, and Hamaguchi’s Drive My Car, it’s a movie that for > whatever reason continues to resonate with me. I also think I saw it at the > right time in my life. If I watched it when I first started getting into > “old” movies as a pre-teen, I would have run away screaming! > But going back to the topic – the most grueling movie experience – as others > have mentioned, it was a viewing of The Return of the King! Granted, I am not > into any Tolkien stuff at all, so I am not the target audience for the movie, > but it was showing at the historic theater where I live, so my husband and I > decided to see it. I could not stand it! My husband fell asleep, and about > half way through the ordeal, I decided to chill in the lobby with the theater > owner’s exceptionally friendly dog! All things considered, it was a nice > evening out. > > Heidi > > On Mon, Jul 17, 2023 at 1:17 PM Michael Greenwood <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> It's a great movie. I would watch Delphine Seyrig do just about anything for >> as long as she wants to be doing that. She is fantastic! That said, I am not >> sure it would come into my top ten movies. >> >> One person's gruel is another person's gruel seen ever so slightly different. >> >> M >> From: MoPo List <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Tommy Barr >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2023 12:40 PM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you have >> watched? >> >> I think this discussion, particularly Bruce's contribution, raises an >> interesting question about the purpose of films. Are they simply to >> entertain, or can some be more challenging art? I haven't seen Jeanne >> Dielman etc., but from what I read it is supposed to be boring and gruelling >> even, as it reflects the eponymous protagonist's life. Certainly there may >> be a 'woke' element to the critics' choice of best film ever, but that does >> not necessarily detract from its worth as an artistic endeavour. >> >> Tommy >> >> On Mon, 17 Jul 2023 at 11:58, Larry Brooks >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> I really, really, Really hated THE ENGLISH PATIENT. Not just me, but every >> single guy I knew literally detested this film; it bored the pants off us - >> we found it incredibly tedious, vapid, cloying, and interminable - we'd sit >> there waiting for this thing to finally end. But every girl we knew Loved >> it, so go figure. For us it was 100% ungodly movie torture. >> >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free.www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> >> <x-msg://1/#m_1396026508723245598_x_m_-7921766426014957388_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 11:56 PM Greg Douglass <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> Oh, God, Bruce! Now I HAVE to watch it! The gauntlet has been thrown down. >> I sat through "Monster-a-Go-Go" on a bet. Now this? >> Greg Douglass >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 8:20 PM >> From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you have >> watched? >> In case you don't know, Greg (and others), " Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du >> commerce, 1080 Bruxelles" was picked as the BEST MOVIE of all time! >> >> This is the ultimate case of The Emperor's New Clothes. >> >> See >> https://collider.com/jeanne-dielman-sight-and-sound-top-movie-of-all-time/# >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free.www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 10:05 PM Greg Douglass <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> You win, Bruce. First of all, I've never heard of this cinematic felony to >> which you refer but have now been officially forewarned. Thank you for >> saving 3 hours & 22 minutes of my life. >> However, I'd still rather watch "Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom" while >> eating a big bowl of chocolate pudding than be forced to sit through the >> first 30 minutes of "Chicago". >> Greg Douglass >> Coos Bay, OR >> >> >> Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2023 at 5:38 PM >> From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] What was the most grueling high rated movie you have >> watched? >> I think I have you all topped! In the 1970s I was a major international film >> fan, and I traveled far and wide to see films that would never play where I >> lived (no video yet, of course). An example is that in 1981 or so I traveled >> to Los Angeles for a day and a night to see the restored 1927 Napoleon with >> a full orchestra (conducted by Coppola's father) and it was one of the best >> experiences of my life. >> >> So in 1983 a theater in Philadephia announced that they would show the uncut >> 3 hour 22 minute Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles I had >> read about this movie, and it sounded terrible, but some critics had highly >> praised it, so I convinced a fellow film buff to go with me. >> >> "Grueling" is a good word to describe watching, but a better one would be >> "excrutiating". But my friend kept saying, "Surely it will get more >> interesting", so we stayed to the end, but it never did. If I was told I had >> 3 hours and 22 minutes left to live, I would choose to re-watch this movie, >> because then it would feel like years had gone by! >> >> >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> Virus-free.www.avg.com >> <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> >> >> On Sun, Jul 16, 2023 at 3:49 PM Rick Payne >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> "Grueling" might not be the word for the film itself, but the experience >> certainly was. >> >> It's 1968; I'm 13 and living in central Kansas. Forry Ackerman's Famous >> Monsters magazine has fostered my infatuation with the great Lon Chaney but >> I've never seen one of his films. Lo, the heavens open and I learn that a >> local college will be running "Hunchback of Notre Dame." My dad finally >> agrees to drop me off at the college for the 8 pm showing and I'm to call >> him when it's over. >> >> Unfortunately, they are showing an 8mm print on 400 foot reels using a >> single projector. After every reel, they turn on the lights and rewind >> before showing the next one. Naturally, old splices periodically fail and >> the film breaks or burns multiple times. Each incident requires immediate >> repair; lights on; another delay. The Hunchback will take about 3 1/2 hours >> to run. Unfortunately, I didn't get to see the finish. >> >> You see, I didn't realize that "Hunchback" was to be the second feature of >> the night ... after "Birth of a Nation." Dad showed up around 1 in the >> morning, mad as a hornet that I hadn't called. 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