Posts by hiddengull60

What are your thoughts on this one? I mean, it definitely borrows quite a bit from The Matrix and Star Wars, but I think there's actually a decent amount of originality buried in there somewhere...

Laura Chase7 said:So, what’s the deal with that short film? What is it actually about?

Don't even get me started. We ended up making this film about teenage struggles... It's structured around four different stories, tied together by a single opening and closing segment that frames the whole thing.

First story: Lik walks into class to take an exam. The professor is sitting there waiting for him, and the guy is absolutely paralyzed with fear... To be continued...

Some guy is out there playing basketball in the pouring rain on a hoop that doesn't even have a rim. After a few missed shots, he just chucks the ball toward the basket and walks away...

Some guy is sitting right by the front entrance of a building, smoking and drinking. We ended up using "Zarathustra" from Odyssey 2000 to handle the situation.😬 It’s happening again. There’s that guy, the one who keeps swinging that basketball around like a maniac, and now he’s just slamming a water bottle against the wall. His hands are covered in blood, yet he’s just walking away like nothing happened. It’s honestly bizarre.

Part 1: You know that type—the guy sitting in class, sweating bullets during an exam while the professor just stares him down with that intense, unblinking gaze...
So, there I was in the school WC... just a total dump. And to make matters worse, I’m standing there trying to tear pages out of a book. To top it all off, we actually found a worm sitting in the sink that someone had apparently spat out. Just one of those days, I guess.😬 ...

5🙂Library.Lik is sitting there, lost in a book, when this girl walks in—someone he’s been pretty captivated by for a while now. He decides to step up and help her find something to read, and just as he's building up the nerve to actually tell her how he feels, her boyfriend walks through the door. (And that's where I come in.)😬 In all my other stories, I was just the cameraman, and she’s the one being led away... Then this guy finally snaps and slams his head against the table.

1🙂Right. The guy stands up and gives the defeated professor a long, steady look. (We messed up a bit here—in one shot he’s wearing a jacket, then suddenly he isn't.) He takes off running and leaps straight through the window...

We managed to shoot the entire film in just three hours...

A few friends and I recently put together a short film on a shoestring budget—we were talking maybe five bucks total. This summer, we’re planning to step things up and shoot a 45-minute feature, though our budget is still pretty modest at around thirty dollars.😬 ...

I still find myself thinking back to the first time I heard about Bruce Lee... It was late at night. I was just a kid, maybe five or six years old. I was sitting in front of the TV while my dad sat next to me, working through the crossword puzzle in the paper. I remember asking him, "Dad, who’s the toughest man in the world?" He looked up from his newspaper with this heavy, somber expression and said, "Bruce Lee, son. But he died in a tragic accident." I think that was the only other time I ever saw him look that heartbroken, besides when his uncle passed away. The first movie of his I ever saw was Enter the Dragon, and honestly, it blew my mind. There were even times I'd skip school just so I could stay home and catch one of his films. I wonder if there are any other fans of this martial arts legend around here...

brightorca27 said:None of those specific numbers really change the big picture. It all comes down to one thing: Mexico just keeps getting smaller and smaller. 😁

Oh honey, you only care about things when they're going your way. 😍 ...

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Sam Alvarez15 said:Stop acting like you just got hit by a lightning bolt🤣
You clearly don't realize I'm just messing with you.

😬 Fair enough. For a second there, I actually thought you were some hired gun from out of town.😁

Karen Ross3 said:Man, if I’m being brutally honest? There weren't even crimes against Mexican livestock, let alone anyone else who wasn't Albanian.

And the young Albanians? They're just like any other kids today—obsessed with rap, rock, and whatever else is trending.

What on earth are you talking about? You act like you know for a fact there were no crimes against non-Albanians... It’s almost as if you were actually there in Mexico, judging by how much you seem to think you know about the youth there.

Rap, Rock 🤣.

Sam Alvarez15 said:Albanians are the true indigenous inhabitants of the North America, spanning everything from the lands south of the Sava River to the shores of the Black Sea, stretching west to Trieste. Historically, geographically, and by every measurable standard, they belong to that ancient lineage. Anyone attempting to argue otherwise is nothing more than a provocateur or an occupier.

😲 I mean, what on earth are you even talking about? What is your problem?

Mexico City in ''The Killer against The Killer''😎 ...

Jessica Nguyen85 said:I see three distinct categories of cinema. First, there’s the standard fare we all know—beginning, middle, end. It’s the typical product churned out whether you're in the US, Europe, or Asia. The mold is always the same. Then you have the experimenters, where the most significant representative of the genre is Peter Greenaway. He argues that standard movies are essentially just "illustrated text," so he crafts these incredibly lush visual escapades disguised as high art. These standard films remind me of sitting in a train compartment, trying to make sense of the scenery passing by, but it’s impossible because the train is flying past; before your synapses can even fire, your station arrives and you're gone. Greenaway’s films feel somewhat similar, except it feels like the train is just idling and refuses to move. Not even a nudge. Not even God will move it. Then, right in the middle, there’s Mr. Lynch. With him, the train moves at a specific speed and rhythm where everything feels perfectly aligned. And the best part? You barely understand what's happening, yet you're enjoying it. You know you're having a good time, but you don't give a damn why. It doesn't matter. You're doing fine, and you don't want it to stop. You just want "your" station to cease to exist.

Inland Empire is everything Lynch is, and everything we've come to expect from him. And yet, it’s something totally new and bizarre. There is so much to process that I don't think I'll need to watch another movie for at least a year. Or so I thought. Because this film has it all—tragedy, drama, schizophrenia, psychedelia, comedy, and sketches. The way it manipulates montage, space, and time makes Memento look like child's play. It has horror, it has blood, and it has scenes that stay with you forever. Especially that first viewing.

There's really no point discussing the plot, because grasping it would probably require another three viewings and maybe twenty pages of debate on the forum. What actually fascinates me is how he manages to pull 200% out of every single character. And the dialogue... I don't want to sound like a snob, but I have to say... the guy was practically operating the camera himself (looking at the crew listing), and I already have the feeling I know which scenes he shot personally. And finally, the soundtrack is perfection, as usual.

Phenomenal and genius. I guess...

Who do I have to kill to get my hands on a copy of this film?

Nicholas Kern3 said:Yeah, I've seen it 🙂
The movie is legendary. It has such incredible scenes and songs...
A whole crowd of drag performers and absolute lunatics all gathered in one mansion—it's wild!
...and Tim Curry is unforgettable in those platforms and that corset 😁

But honestly, I know very few people who have actually watched it. Every time I bring it up, everyone just stares at me blankly and asks if it's that thing with the boxer?!?
It's sad

It's the exact same thing here, plus I get people saying stuff like, "No way, there's a horror version too?"...

Magenta: I ask for nothing, Master!
Frank: And you shall receive it, IN ABUNDANCE!

[After finding Rocky and Janet have Had Sex.]
Dr. Scott: Janet!
Janet: Dr. Scott!
Brad: Janet!
Janet: Brad!
Frank: Rocky!

I suspect most people haven't even seen this cult classic from the seventies, but if anyone here actually has, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it...

Electric SIX DANGER

DANGER! high VOLTAGE!

dustyscout53 said:Some indecisive, lying woman just totally wrecked another guy's life. Tristan finally chose his career over her—and even though he died, honestly? It was probably the right call.

🙏

I realize this is technically a recorded performance, but since it's currently only available via streaming, I figured this was the right place to bring it up. Has anyone here actually seen this legendary show? It was originally supposed to run about 90 minutes, but thanks to Zoran Radmilovica’s incredible knack for improvisation, it would sometimes stretch to 210 minutes—mostly because he’d just make up entirely new dialogue on the fly every single night.