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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 9, 2012 11:51:40 GMT -5
Awesome! I was gonna ask you if An American Werewolf in London counted. Yes! Yes! Yes!
Too bad Werewolf of London was filmed at, I believe, Universal Studios Hollywood.
Cheers! me people, I had an extremely successful job interview today. All I have to say is "yes". Gotta sleep on that one.
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 9, 2012 15:20:43 GMT -5
Congrats LOB yeah I figured it counted its British American after all.
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 10, 2012 5:20:01 GMT -5
I watched The Nightcomers a low key British horror movie from the 70s starring Marlon Brando, that is a prequel to The Turn of the Screw. It's less scares and more just plausible disturbing things. Overall I thought it was very good.
JAS-22
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 10, 2012 5:47:19 GMT -5
Universal's Spanish version of Dracula, filmed concurrently with the much more blase and stiff Todd Browning classic starring Bela Lugosi.
Filmed in the U.S., and courtesy of IMDB, here is a list of its premiers.
Country Date Cuba 11 March 1931 (Havana) Spain 20 March 1931 (Madrid) Mexico 4 April 1931 (Mexico City) USA 24 April 1931 (New York City, New York) Spain 28 May 1931 (Barcelona) Finland 5 November 2004 (DVD premiere)
So it premiered in three Latin countries before making it to the Big Apple. So I'm counting this one, plus I had to read subtitles (a little bit, I understood most of the Es-pahnol). Good stuff. Glad I finally watched it. Cheers!
LOB-13
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 10, 2012 12:47:37 GMT -5
I've heard its actually better than the original. Do you think it was?
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 10, 2012 18:22:42 GMT -5
Watched Deep Red by Dario Argento which I thought was a very good horror film. The only thing that I thought detracted from the movie was the soundtrack. It wasn't that the songs were bad in fact they were really good ,but the scenes would've been more tense without the music, except for the La La La La La song which I thought worked great.
This is the second Dario Argento movie I'vs seen, the first was Suspiria and I preferred this one.
JAS-24
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 10, 2012 19:45:57 GMT -5
About Dracula in Spanish.
Some of the P.M. film crew, los latinos, were given a chance to watch the dailies shot earlier in the day by the A.M. crew, los gringos. So they decided to top the bigger budget English version by studying the camera shots and picking better placement of their cameras.
On top of that, the acting in Spanish was done leagues better than the acting by Bela and his bunch. Renfield, El Conte Dracula, and Harker are SOME of the characters played better by la raza. And "Lucia" was a much hotter mamacita in her dress, boobies more shown and the darkness of her areolas came through her costume at the film's finale.
Oh there was a 'possum that was placed on a ledge to slink down to the floor during his/her scene. It did look like the biggest and fattest rat ever, and I have 'possums living on my block! Great use of angle and uncluttering a scene with random oddities. Yes, there is no armadillo in the Spanish version.
I've never liked Todd Browning's version. I dig this one and recommend it to ya.
Now let Wikipedia tell ya. Cheers!
In the early days of sound, it was common for Hollywood studios to produce foreign-language versions of their films (usually in French, Spanish and German) using the same sets and costumes. Most of these versions no longer survive, however the Spanish version of Dracula is an exception.
((LOB interruption: lost film pieces from Cuba were pieiced together to re-produce/save the film))
Of the cast, only Carlos VillarĂas was permitted to see rushes of the English-language film starring Bela Lugosi and was encouraged to imitate the other man's performance.
In recent years this version has become more highly praised by some than the English-language version. The Spanish crew had the advantage of watching the dailies from the English crew's version when they came in for the evening and they would figure out better camera angles and more effective use of lighting in an attempt to "top" it. As a result, this version's supporters consider it to be much more artistically effective.
The Spanish semiologist Roman Gubern considers that the longer duration allows better development of the plot in spite of the shortened shooting time and smaller budget.
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 10, 2012 23:09:22 GMT -5
V for Vendetta. A great graphic novel, and a powerful film. "And words are bulletproof". Don't watch the next clip if you haven't seen the movie. The end is spoiled, but otherwise, enjoy a great scene. Filmed in England and Germany with a mostly British cast, one actor of dual British and Australian citizenship, some Irish, and Natalie Portman who was born in Jerusalem and holds dual Israeli and American citizenship. She is so goddamn cute..... LOB-14
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 11, 2012 1:29:28 GMT -5
My first viewing of Persepolis. JAS, you would like this movie. I'm lazy, so here's a blurb from Wikipedia, and a clip I like.
Persepolis is a 2007 French/American animated film based on Marjane Satrapi's autobiographical graphic novel of the same name. The film was written and directed by Satrapi with Vincent Paronnaud. The story follows a young girl as she comes of age against the backdrop of the Iranian Revolution. The story ends with Marjane as a 24-year-old expatriate. The title is a reference to the historic city of Persepolis.
The film won the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was released in France and Belgium on June 27. In her acceptance speech, Satrapi said "Although this film is universal, I wish to dedicate the prize to all Iranians." The film was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, but lost to Ratatouille.
The film was released in the United States on December 25, 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 24 April 2008.
For some reason, I'm drinking Spanish Bubbly. Oh yeah, my beer wasn't cold. Cheers!
LOB-15
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 11, 2012 10:49:39 GMT -5
I remember the news from over a decade ago when a Canadian pig farmer was discovered to be a serial killer with a long list of female victims. Not to take tat lightly but it reminded me of this clip when I heard "pig farmer" and "missing women" in the same report.
Snatch. LOB-16
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 11, 2012 11:36:08 GMT -5
Yeah I dug V for Vendetta a lot of people didn't though.
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Post by luditesupreme on Apr 11, 2012 11:36:56 GMT -5
I remember the news from over a decade ago when a Canadian pig farmer was discovered to be a serial killer with a long list of female victims. Not to take tat lightly but it reminded me of this clip when I heard "pig farmer" and "missing women" in the same report. `that happened in the suburban town where i live and yah wanna something that makes even more fucked up before they found the bodies my mom went to an anti violence against women rally ON THE VERY SAME FARM , Snatch. LOB-16
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 11, 2012 22:39:06 GMT -5
Zombi 2. This movie has two scenes I love and one of the only scenes in horror that makes me cringe, the eyeball scene.
Three words: Zombie versus shark.
LOB-18
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Post by jakeawesomesnake on Apr 11, 2012 23:59:03 GMT -5
Watched the original Swedish version of Let Me in a Horror movie about a vampire girl and a bullied boy. Have to say this was a great movie everything was done so well. I especially liked the part showing what happens if a vampire comes in without being invited.
JAS-26
Edt: Correction it's actually Swedish not Norwegian.
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Post by loverofbeers on Apr 12, 2012 3:18:45 GMT -5
I love Let the Right One In.
I also love Dr. Strangelove, or how I Stopped Worrying and Love the Bomb.
LOB-19
Drinking an Ommegang Rare Vos from Cooperstown, NY. A bit too much age on it, but still hearty goodness. Cheers!
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