SHERDOG MOVIE CLUB: Let's pick the Week 102 movie! BATTLE ROYALE EDITION!!!

[chickenluver]

What I'd like to know is if anyone has ever read the book.

I did several years ago. It was good but I much prefer the film. The last chapter was awful, Kubrick was right to ignore it. I think most of Kubrick's films were better than their source material, especially The Shining. I haven't read the source material for Dr. Strangelove but I can guarantee the film is better. The books of 2001 and Barry Lyndon were really good but I still prefer the movies. The notable exception is Lolita, although I haven't watched the film since I read the novel.

I'm sort of the Gerard Gordeau of the group.

Don't gouge my eyes please

 

[europe1]

Since A Clockwork Orange is going to utterly violate our precious eyeballs next week. I thought I'd serve up something super fucked-up as an appetizer.

From the start to about 1:15.

Trigger warning for ultra-blasphemy.

The last chapter was awful, Kubrick was right to ignore it

We'll discuss that when we get to the film. I think it was indicative of what Burgess was going for.

 

[chickenluver]

Since A Clockwork Orange is going to utterly violate our precious eyeballs next week. I thought I'd serve up something super fucked-up as an appetizer.

From the start to about 1:15.

Trigger warning for ultra-blasphemy.

hahaha holy shit wtf did I just watch?

I think we've talked about The Devils before. I caught a 35mm showing of it a few years ago, and it was an instant favorite. I do plan on watching Ken Russel's complete filmography eventually, but after after watching making it to Lisztomania I needed a break lmao. I've read about his later films and how he apparently remained super over the top but with a much lower budget, although it looks like he still did some more conventional stuff such as Prisoner of Honor and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Have you seen all his films? What are the essentials?

 

[europe1]

I think we've talked about The Devils before. I caught a 35mm showing

I've read about his later films and how he apparently remained super over the top but with a much lower budget,

Lair of the White Worm is supposedly a special example though, since he puportedly wanted it to be deliberately campy... (I'm not going to argue with that considering that scene).

Have you seen all his films?

Honestly I've only seen The Devils and Lair of the White Worm.

That's why we need a Ken Russel in this club stat! Just to figure out whom the square-pants in this club are.

What are the essentials?

Only working from hearsay -- but Altered States and Devils are supposedly his most talked about films. Or at least, Altered States is the one I'm diving after next.

 

[Bullitt68]

Not the godawful remake with Sylvester Stallone.

Sly + Mickey = Awesomeness. In fact: Remake > Original.

That said, I love that you nominated The Burmese Harp. Kon Ichikawa always gets lost in the shuffle amidst Kurosawa and Ozu, but The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain are legit.

 

[europe1]

Sly + Mickey = Awesomeness. In fact: Remake > Original.

Some day Bullit, you will say something that does not make me want to kill you. This is not that day.

Just compare that "You're a big man. But I will hurt you" scene. Sly even does it with Caine in the remake. But Sly's delivery is flat and non-threatening. Caine does it with a shark-like coldness that totally embodies the character.

Or when they discover the porn. Caine has this amazing, internalized reaction of quiet sadness. You can really see the pure unadulterated pain in his eyes and comprehend that it will billow into murderous vengence.

With Sly... it's like the fucking circus came to town. It's downright bad how the camera just goes haywire.

The remake also just lacks the grittiness and moral darkness (in how cold and hypocritical Caine can be) that made the original so iconic.

That said, I love that you nominated The Burmese Harp. Kon Ichikawa always gets lost in the shuffle amidst Kurosawa and Ozu, but The Burmese Harp and Fires on the Plain are legit.

As you can plainly see the Movie Club was overwhelming in their support for my interest in Ichikawa

 

[europe1]

Btw, my original 4 nominations before this Battle Royale edition came to be was going to be:

Burmest Harp
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
Deep Cover (1992)
Yakuza (1974)

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Since A Clockwork Orange is going to utterly violate our precious eyeballs next week. I thought I'd serve up something super fucked-up as an appetizer.

From the start to about 1:15.

Trigger warning for ultra-blasphemy.

After Crimes of Passion I was totally excited about Ken Russell. Lair of the White Worm killed most of that excitement. I've actually considered Crimes of Passion for one of my potential themes. It's the first movie that comes to mind when I think Kathleen Turner. Then it's Romancing the Stone. What a fun film that was.

 

[the muntjac]

Lair of the White Worm was a movie that made me wonder if I had forgotten that I dropped acid beforehand.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Yea that's one of those movies probably even @europe1 hasn't seen. The kiss scene fucked people up. This was still 1982 and back then things were, less accepting than they are today.

Funny, just hung out with a buddy who brought up having watching this recently. He mentioned the kiss. I laughed and asked him if it was hot or if it creeped him out. He's gay. He said maybe some of both. Bottom line, Michael Caine is no sex symbol.

 

[MusterX]

Funny, just hung out with a buddy who brought up having watching this recently. He mentioned the kiss. I laughed and asked him if it was hot or if it creeped him out. He's gay. He said maybe some of both. Bottom line, Michael Caine is no sex symbol.

You are creeping me out just putting it into text.

 

[loisestrad]

The intro sequence to A Clockwork Orange is the greatest thing ever. Just sayin'.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

You are creeping me out just putting it into text.

Next battle royale I'm nominating it.