Posts by Richard Hernandez13

Honestly, I was halfway ready to end it all if Von Trier walked away with the Palme d'Or, but thank goodness that didn't happen.

Michelle Gonzalez said:Richard Hernandez13—I had no idea crazy Sweden blew through... 20 million????
Well, whatever.

Maybe it was closer to twelve? Honestly, I have no clue, and I really don't feel like digging through old festival programs to check. Most people just described it as being incredibly expensive. The real trick was in the production design—all those sweeping shots of the city skyline were actually just massive, custom-built sets. That’s where most of the money clearly went (as far as I know, the actors were mostly non-professionals, so I'm guessing they were pretty cheap 🙂 ).

Néstor Almendros in "Days of Heaven" (by Terence Malick)

Man, I would give anything just to experience that film on 70mm.

Michelle Gonzalez said:I just found myself thinking about another film because I saw some discussions popping up elsewhere about Jeff Wall... I'm talking about the Swedish masterpiece *Songs from the Second Floor*. Honestly, every single scene feels like one perfectly composed static shot—well, except for that one moment where you get a beautiful dolly out—and it’s just incredible. It feels like Jeff Wall and Andreas Gursky have somehow merged into one singular vision. It's honestly just mind-blowing.

I just watched it, and honestly, it was absolutely stunning—the cinematography is just incredible, especially when you pair it with that phenomenal production design and makeup work. It really doesn't surprise me at all that it took Andersson four years and about twenty million dollars to bring a vision like this to life.

driftingowl27 said:Darius Khondji is just as formidable, and I honestly can't believe you guys overlooked Janusz Kaminski, especially if we aren't even getting into the sheer quality of the films they've worked on 😉.

Now, Janusz is absolutely fantastic, but I have to admit I hold a tiny little grudge against him because his involvement is why John Toll ended up passing on "The Thin Red Line".😉

Carl Bennett78 said:.....and just like a true artist—something she’s clearly aware of herself—she really only truly shone in this massive yet intimate Danish film from Europe.

[IRONY]Gosh, I am just so incredibly proud to be a European.[/IRONY]

The Thin Red Line (and everything else by John Toll).

Looking back at some of the more recent films I've seen, Frida really stood out to me; those colors were just stunning, and honestly, the whole thing left quite an impression on me.

Bryan Martin31 said:oh man:
SOYLENT GREEN! 😉

mmmmmm...delicious

After the movie wrapped up, I couldn't stop obsessing over this one single question:

Who do you think would actually come out on top in a head-to-head showdown between Jean-Luc Picard and Gandalf?

Mančevski actually referred to it as baklava-western.

Timothy Cox2 said:Honestly, I’ve been thinking about getting the whole crew together for years now to shoot a Western... We’d probably need at least two horses and a handful of cacti to make it look legit...

Haha, hey, just grab some of those tiny little succulents from the grocery store and play around with forced perspective!😁

blueranger12 said:Wait, seriously?! How? How on earth did she act that out?
And you know what my biggest mystery is? That little girl—the young lead actress—at the very beginning; the faces she was making, looking absolutely terrified... she wasn't acting, there is no way! How did they even pull that off? Was the guy actually hitting his mom, or did she just have no clue the cameras were rolling? How?! Or was it some kind of crazy CGI effect?! I honestly don't get it; that was 100% pure, raw terror. And it lasted at least 25 seconds too... Come on, someone please explain this to me if you can, mysterious internet stranger!

Well, kids tend to have these totally spontaneous reactions, and honestly, it’s usually much harder to get them to sit still and focus on set than it is to get them to react. I bet Loach was just being so intense that the poor kid ended up breaking down.

Does it really feel like there's only one single karaoke bar in the entire United Kingdom that everyone ends up frequenting? It’s funny because even in this latest film by Leigh, they featured a bar with those tacky silver curtains.

James Brown - I Feel Good😉—well, you don't come across that one very often, do you?

I feel like all of that is just a bit too general. These tracks are basically pop culture staples at this point, having popped up in countless films over the years.

It’s honestly such a fantastic movie. I might actually end up sitting down to watch it all over again later today.

JFK

used to hate -> used to despise -> honestly, I absolutely love him today

So, what's the scoop here? Is this your own take on femme fatale?😁

For me, the absolute best thing about the first movie was how Singer actually treated the source material with some genuine respect—it felt like a real drama about prejudice rather than being goofy and campy like Schumacher was with "Batman and Robin." You didn't have Wolverine constantly breaking the fourth wall or giving us that little wink like he was asking, 'how can you possibly take this seriously?' I feel like if you're going to set the bar that high, you should at least try to clear it, and unfortunately, Singer just didn't quite manage that. To my mind, there wasn't enough emotional weight in the story to really live up to such an ambitious foundation, but even so, I don't regret sitting through it one bit.

Bobba Fett said:Templates are honestly the way to go. I mean, isn't that basically the secret sauce behind the success of brands like Apple and Mercedes-Benz?

But wait, weren't those exact same templates and clichés actually the absolute favorite playground for filmmakers during the postmodern nineties?