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gkruis I've never seen Bakshi's stuff. I'd like to check out Fritz the Cat. I dig Crumb, but I heard he wasn't too pleased with Bakshi's rendition.

gkruis Thanks for tracking down the Kaufman script. I'm definitely gonna read it.

fnoo If you're going to see one Bakshi movie, it probably makes sense to check out his version of Lord of the Rings. My rationale is that you already know the story, and have seen Jackson's pretty successful adaptation. This gives you more leeway to wonder at Bakshi's... distinctive animation and directorial style.

fnoo http://bit.ly/dKzYKB

fnoo Oh, that scene continues here: http://bit.ly/h7bVJM

gkruis Awesome. I definitely will check it out.

gkruis What's your favorite Jarmusch movie?

Have you seen Fishing with John?

alexxx187 Hard to say. Stranger Than Paradise or Down By Law. No I haven't seen Fishing with John. Maybe I'll check it out.

gkruis 'Down by Law' is my favorite, for sure. Tom Waits! Roberto Benigni! John Lurie! The casting is amazing. 'Fishing with John' is fun. It's a TV show starring John Lurie funded by Japanese businessmen. John and a special guest (Jarmusch, Waits, Hopper, Dillon, DeFoe, &c.) go fishing together somewhere in the world. The narration is hilarious. It's definitely an oddity, but worth it if you can find it.

fnoo This is my wife's favorite movie. I can definitely respect the cinematography, if nothing else.

riddlefish Really?? I've never heard of it--is there a director/writer/actor that I would have heard of?

bestfriend More info please? Glad you liked it!

fnoo It's directed by Charles Laughton, and stars Robert Mitchum in a bad-guy role. Although it bombed at the time and ruined Laughton's career, the movie has been hugely influential on later directors. Every Coen Brothers movie references the film. You've probably seen the business with "LOVE" and "HATE" tattooed on a character's knuckles; that comes from here (sometimes via Spike Lee). Some of the shots, like the underwater stuff, took years for anyone to figure out how Laughton pulled them off.

fnoo I assume you've seen all the weird controversy over the US version, with everyone up in arms about whether it qualifies as child porn. The weird thing is that it's almost a shot-for-shot remake of the UK version, except with all the language, violence, and sexuality significantly toned down. And in the UK, which if anything is more hard-line about child porn and pedophilia, no one really blinks twice at the show. There's an interesting article on the topic here:

http://bit.ly/eWUUcN

riddlefish There's a US version now, huh? It figures that the US would make a big deal about it--our touchy subject in movies and stuff is sex, whereas in Europe it's violence. What's the difference between the two versions?

bestfriend @riddlefish the main difference is that one's British ;-)

riddlefish @bestfriend Wait, what?????? ;p

gkruis Have you seen the American version yet?

Impressions?

alexxx187 Yes I have. It's pretty awful. Those "actors" need to get some lessons. They make the people on Gossip Girl look like Marlon Brando.

MizzBlaze Lol. The 2nd episode of the US version was slightly better thanks to that Tea girl. She seems like the only one who can act

drpepper234 This is the thing I hate about America is that you get something like this on tv and people get upset and start groups trying to ban things that are out there. I have not seen this show but I have heard that the American version sucks.

girlfriday The parents were my fav part!

dive_philospher Loooove this movie. I'm surprised that Ray-Ray did such a good job. When i see him play now, i still call him Jesus!

bestfriend I like Spike but I was pretty annoyed when he did that Absolut campaign

SemtexGirl So do you think Banksy is the real Mr. Brainwash?

dive_philospher i love documentaries. what is this one about?

bestfriend @semtexgirl What do you think? I think that he's like, behind the thing but he isn't actually him? I saw mr brainwash walking around soho a few times? the whole thing has left me puzzled?

SemtexGirl I think Banksy is the puppeteer. Mr. Brainwash probably did make the art (because it's not exactly Georges Seurat shit we're talking about), but it's in Banksy's nature to fuck with people from behind the scenes.

girlfriday Just. Watched. It. Funny, silly, and quite creative.

MizzBlaze Does this have subtitles?

MizzBlaze Yeah this movie was crazy. Sad that it was based on true events

MizzBlaze Where does Nolan's "The Prestige" fit in?

girlfriday Insomnia is my favorite, by far.

beverlynoelle Absolutely fantastic! I'm going to watch this now, actually...

girlfriday Love his whole canon.

Khoa Love Battle Royale!

riddlefish I heard this was NUTS. Not for the faint of heart, though, I'd imagine? ;)

MizzBlaze Tarantino directed this?

alexxx187 No Tarantino is just a huge fan of it and is very influenced by it's style which he adapted into the two 'Kill Bill' films.

FeMaster That was my opinion. It was interesting, but disappointing at the same time.

girlfriday Agreed.

riddlefish What season are you on? I got creeped out around season 3 or 4 and stopped watching, haha. Loved Andy, though. Who's your favorite?