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finished The Human Condition yesterday.
It is the second longest movie i've seen, after the 15 hour Berlin Alexanderplatz, which is more like a miniseries.
I wish i hadn't paused between parts 2 and 3 of the movie though. I think it lead to a slightly disjointed feeling. Also, i feel like the subtitles got a bit lazier in the last parts... or maybe the looser language made sense, since they were no longer in a military setting as pow's.
It is not every day you see a 9.5 hour movie to only have the protagonist die at the end. We never do find out what happened to his wife.
The interview with the director had one fun anecdote where he says they had very little time to edit the 1st third of the movie before its release date, so he stood by the editor and would hit him with a golf club if he started dozing off.
The director himself was a POW in the war. Tough guy. Reminds me of a japanese Sam Fuller. Who cast the lead of Steel Helmet by throwing an m16 at the actor and telling him to strip it as fast as he could. when the actor caught it and properly dismantled the gun he was hired for the role.
That meant Fuller happened to have a wwii assault weapon at his desk.
Dance with the Devil.. I've been wanting to see this for roughly 10 years. It is based on the same set of Barry Gifford stories that Wild At Heart are based on. The only similarity is the character Santos. Rossie Perez was surprisingly not annoying in this film. And Javier Bardem was really good. Bad ass and funny at the same time. I've seen most of Alex De Iglesias' movies. I never did finish 800 Bullets though. And accione mutante i saw about 10 years ago, so i don't remember much. Ferfect(sic) Crime, Commonwealth, Dying of Laughter and Day of the Beast are all really great.
Checked out Prog is not a Four Letter Word from amoeba the other day. It is a comp of foreign prog bands. The best new find is the band The Visitors, and there one album Visitors. Definitely the best new album i've heard in a while. accept it's from 1974 France.
It is the second longest movie i've seen, after the 15 hour Berlin Alexanderplatz, which is more like a miniseries.
I wish i hadn't paused between parts 2 and 3 of the movie though. I think it lead to a slightly disjointed feeling. Also, i feel like the subtitles got a bit lazier in the last parts... or maybe the looser language made sense, since they were no longer in a military setting as pow's.
It is not every day you see a 9.5 hour movie to only have the protagonist die at the end. We never do find out what happened to his wife.
The interview with the director had one fun anecdote where he says they had very little time to edit the 1st third of the movie before its release date, so he stood by the editor and would hit him with a golf club if he started dozing off.
The director himself was a POW in the war. Tough guy. Reminds me of a japanese Sam Fuller. Who cast the lead of Steel Helmet by throwing an m16 at the actor and telling him to strip it as fast as he could. when the actor caught it and properly dismantled the gun he was hired for the role.
That meant Fuller happened to have a wwii assault weapon at his desk.
Dance with the Devil.. I've been wanting to see this for roughly 10 years. It is based on the same set of Barry Gifford stories that Wild At Heart are based on. The only similarity is the character Santos. Rossie Perez was surprisingly not annoying in this film. And Javier Bardem was really good. Bad ass and funny at the same time. I've seen most of Alex De Iglesias' movies. I never did finish 800 Bullets though. And accione mutante i saw about 10 years ago, so i don't remember much. Ferfect(sic) Crime, Commonwealth, Dying of Laughter and Day of the Beast are all really great.
Checked out Prog is not a Four Letter Word from amoeba the other day. It is a comp of foreign prog bands. The best new find is the band The Visitors, and there one album Visitors. Definitely the best new album i've heard in a while. accept it's from 1974 France.