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auzzy

@auzzy@mastodon.world

I mostly talk about #movies.

Follow me on Letterboxd to see my thoughts on everything I watch, and on my Substack for deeper dives into new releases and lists. Linked below.

I almost always boost #LetterboxdFriday posts, just because I love the community aspect, regardless of whether I agree with your ratings.

(Banner image from Ice Merchants (2022))

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auzzy, to music
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This is just insane. It makes the US as a touring destination hostile to all but the biggest foreign acts.

If there's a need to raise the fees, why not do it in a way it preserves or even bolsters the ability of small bands to come through? Maybe raise the fees, but provide a pathway to apply for a waiver based on some metric (album sales? prior year revenue?) to ensure it's only available to the least popular artists.

https://apnews.com/article/music-visa-free-interational-artists-immigration-4077f28ce201ab32817b60a650cbd79c

auzzy, to music
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I've already received part of my haul from this month's Bandcamp Friday. Rather than wait until everything arrives, especially since one set of discs is tracking for mid-May, here's what I've got so far!

CultureDesk, to movies
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"Joker: Folie à Deux," Todd Phillips' sequel to his 2019 movie will not be out until October this year, but GQ says you can watch a better version today. "The People's Joker" is a crowdsourced DIY project from director-cowriter-star Vera Drew about her experiences as a trans woman in comedy, and it was released last week. Here's Jesse Hassenger's breakdown of the movie, which he says, "feels like a more sincere, fully-felt act of adaptation than several 'real' treatments of these characters."

https://flip.it/Nryxfb

auzzy,
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@CultureDesk I'm quite curious about this film.

Not only the movie itself, but how in the hell WB let this happen. I'm glad it did of course. IANAL, but my understanding is that not defending your copyright weakens your ability to defend it in the future.

So regardless of this movie's quality, one can hope this is the leading edge of a new wave of artists spitting in the eye of megacorps that jealously hoard their properties.

CultureDesk, to movies
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Margot Robbie is taking on yet another of our childhood memories — her company LuckyChap is set to produce a live-action feature film based on Monopoly. Here's more from Variety.

https://flip.it/XLtjEv

auzzy,
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@CultureDesk Referring to Monopoly as a "beloved" brand is hilarious.

SaltiredPopcorn, to Blog
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http://foritismansnumber.blogspot.com/2024/04/prime-time-soul-survivors-2001.html

Soul-draining awful @horror

auzzy,
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@SaltiredPopcorn @horror

As a Bostonian, I love Ben, but Casey's body of work is so much stronger at this point.

auzzy,
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@SaltiredPopcorn @horror This piece of trash notwithstanding, of course.

lauren, to random
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Nostalgically, I'll note that back in the 1960s and 70s (and to some extent beyond for some years), television and film production generally operated with the (now considered bizarre) suppositions that it wasn't necessary to have five editing cuts per second, nor a loud continuous score that obscures most dialogue. Nor was it necessary to limit dialogue vocabulary to a third grade level. But yeah, what did they know, right?

auzzy,
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@lauren All of that still exists, if anything even more so. The indie boom has been excellent for adult dramas. It's just that many theaters only show blockbusters these days, making them less obvious.

Check out Showing Up, Tar, Patterson, Past Lives, Aftersun, Pinball: The Man Who Saved the Game, and more.

auzzy,
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@lauren If you know, then it may be more productive to spread the word, rather than complaining.

Just a thought. 😉

davemark, to movies
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Top 20 movies of all time, as ranked by IMDb. How many have you seen?

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auzzy,
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@davemark The fact that their list is all American movies is very strange to me.

auzzy,
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@davemark Unsure. In any case, I'm not accusing them of deliberately excluding non-American movies. I just think it indicates those who rate movies on IMDb are largely Americans, and not endeavoring to see movies from other countries. Because it's unlikely that all of the best come from one country, no matter which country that is

fitheach, to movies
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Bad Times at the El Royale (2018)

I don't think I'll ever be able to unsee Chris Hemsworth, shirt open to the waist, doing a hippy dance to Hush by Deep Purple, in this movie.

This is a very dark movie, but, is also entertaining. Great visuals and stellar performances from an ensemble cast.

Also has a great 1960s soundtrack introduced through the playing of the jukebox or the singing by the character Darlene Sweet.

Recommended.

auzzy,
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@fitheach I'm glad someone other than me has thought about this movie since its release!

I loved it, even seeing it twice in theaters at a time I only went out to the movies a few times a year.

CultureDesk, to movies
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A new documentary premiering next week at SXSW tells the story of a group of eight artists who built a secret apartment in a new mall and lived there — undiscovered — for four years. Variety's Brent Lang spoke to director Jeremy Workman about what "Secret Mall Apartment" is really about. “You hear the premise, and you’re like, ‘Oh, this is gonna be like one of those crazy prank movies.’ But it’s using that to explore these deeper ideas about art and what it means, as well as gentrification and how we’re living in the shadows of these corporations,” he says.

https://flip.it/CmJmQO

auzzy,
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@CultureDesk Exciting! I can also recommend an episode of the Ninety Nine Percent Invisible podcast from a few years ago about the topic: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-accidental-room/

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 197: IBM 1401 A User's Manual by Jóhann Jóhannsson

https://johannjohannsson.bandcamp.com/album/ibm-1401-a-users-manual

2006 modern classical album. Jóhannsson's father worked for IBM in the '60s working on 1401 computers, and managed to make some music using the 1401. This album combines some of recordings of that music with an orchestra, vocoded voice, and even a tape on the 1403 printer.

My picks: "Part 1/ IBM 1401 Processing Unit," "Part 5/ the Sun's Gone Dim and the Sky's Turned Black"

auzzy,
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@LadyMarth01 He was such a remarkable talent gone far, FAR too soon.

CultureDesk, (edited ) to movies
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"Oppenheimer" is nominated for 13 Oscars this year and Christopher Nolan is a frontrunner for Best Director. Here's @IndieWire ranking of his entire filmography, from his debut in 1998 to today. Which of his 12 movies is your favorite (this poll is in order of IndieWire's preference, with "Dunkirk" as the publication's top pick)?

https://flip.it/igGNyk

For more stories like this, follow IndieWire's Film Magazine, @film

auzzy,
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@CultureDesk Oh, just because it's not my favorite Nolan film doesn't mean I think it shouldn't win! After all, Oppenheimer is my #2 Nolan film. =)

That being said, I'd vote for The Zone of Interest for Best Picture. Although I won't be sad when Oppenheimer wins big.

Linux_Is_Best, to Sony
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As far as I am concerned, all Sony digital content, is freeware.

If purchasing movies or Tv shows is not true ownership, so-called piracy is not theft.

auzzy,
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@Linux_Is_Best If it's digital only, then sure.

But if it's available on disc, as many Sony movies and TV shows are, it's still theft. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

LadyMarth01, to music
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Album of the Day 178: One Time for All Time by 65daysofstatic

https://birdsrobe.bandcamp.com/album/one-time-for-all-time-deluxe-edition

2005 post-rock/electronic album from Sheffield, England. Combines the usual post-rock mix of guitars, synths, and drums with glitchy electronics and drum and bass–style sampled drums to make their own distinct sound.

My picks: ""Drove Through Ghosts to Get Here," "Mean Low Water," "65 Doesn't Understand You"

auzzy,
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@LadyMarth01 65daysofstatic is the BEST.

A friend introduced me to them during college, and I've been a fan ever since.

Have you checked out their project Wreckage Systems? It's pretty interesting, and quite good IMHO.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2Ox0Up7IUc

metin, to movies
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Watched Verhoeven's original RoboCop again, for probably the twelfth time since it was released in 1987. A classic.

https://letterboxd.com/metinseven/film/robocop/1/

auzzy,
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@frmg @metin I just checked, and you can read the review without being signed in to Letterboxd.

fitheach, to movies
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Sometimes it's possible to judge a movie by its cover.

For instance, if the movie cover has Nicolas Cage on it, just don't.

auzzy,
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@fitheach @jbaty If you're judging success and quality purely on box office results, you're missing out on a TON of fantastic films.

stina_marie, to movies
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Stole this image from someone who stole this image, and I'm stealing the question, too:

WHAT FILM MADE YOU GO 'WTF DID I JUST WATCH'?

Off the top of my head:

Mother! definitely. Also Society, The Outwaters, Final Prayer (aka The Borderlands), Dead Alive (aka Brain Dead), Skinamarink, The Human Centipede, Infinity Pool, Antichrist, Hausu, Secretary. And I love them all.

What about you?

@horror

auzzy,
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@stina_marie @horror

Here's a partial list, since I try to watch a wide variety of things, including a lot of weird shit.

Same as you, I love all of these (almost):

  • Divinity
  • Enys Men
  • Hausu
  • Interface
  • Mandy
  • Neptune Frost
  • Possessor
  • Rubber (not very good, but definitely WTF)
  • Saltburn
  • Smoking Causes Coughing (better than Rubber, but still just mediocre)
  • Teknolust
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man
  • Titane
EighthLayer, (edited ) to mastodon
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Like mstdn.games is a instance for gaming, are there any instances out there for and / ?

Or any aimed towards and ?

Boosts welcomed. Thanks!

auzzy,
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@EighthLayer I've also been trying to find one for film. The only one I've come across is laserdisc.party, but they're not accepting new accounts.

Well, that and Horror Hub (social.horrorhub.club), which is aimed specifically at horror fans (in all mediums). Which is fine, but while I like horror, it's not the main thing I like.

So I'd also love to hear about any movie based ones.

AtheistIntelligence, (edited ) to movies
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The Thing (1982)

I know this is debated often, but I do not believe Childs is the thing because he is still wearing his earring in the same ear. The thing cannot copy metal.

McReady is the thing.

Earlier in the movie, the team decides to prepare their own food and eat out of cans because this would spread the thing. McReady shares his opened drink with Childs, then chuckles when he drinks it because McReady knows he just won.

#theThing #movies #film #fanTheories

auzzy,
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@AtheistIntelligence You should put movie spoilers behind a CW.

auzzy,
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@AtheistIntelligence Below the text box, where you wrote your post, there's a CW button. Click that, and the text box will split. The top line is where you summarize what will be in the CW, and the rest of the text box is where the hidden content is.

WagesOf, to tv
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I think aspect ratio black bars should be one black bar at the bottom to give subtitles more room.

auzzy,
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@WagesOf Subtitles aren't displayed on the black bars. Nor would you want them to be, as they would take your eyes further away from the image you're meant to be looking at.

kai, to movies
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I didn't know who Michael Mann was before watching Ferrari, but I will definitely be exploring his other work…"not fast food," per Mann. 👀 🎥

auzzy,
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@kai I'm super looking forward to this, so I'm glad to hear you liked it so much!

I highly recommend his first feature film, Thief. Also Heat, which co-stars Pacino and De Niro, and has a TON of other notable talent, too.

auzzy, to movies
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Is the term Bos-ploitation a thing? As in, an exploitation movie which takes place in the Boston area? Because I'd like to suggest it.

Examples:

  • Thanksgiving
  • How to Rob
  • The Boondock Saints

Any others you can think of?

auzzy,
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@Itty53 Finally watched The Town, and I agree, it absolutely qualifies. Also just a generally fantastic film.

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