What did you watch today? v 22.0

Tell everyone what you watched, what you thought, and what's up next.

The first post in this thread is # 6460

And as ever, link your films please.

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on June 7, 2009 at 3:08pm: I've been watching The Dick Van Dyke Show. In spite of the fact that the early 60s is like a whole other world (people wore their shoes all the time, even at home! Laura didn't have a career! Dick wore a hat outside!) it holds up fairly well.

Permalink Reply by The Continental on June 8, 2009 at 7:01am: . In spite of the fact that the early 60s is like a whole other world
They slept in separate beds!!!
As a little kid I remember this show in B&W on tv and Van Dyke being the all american dumb nice guy . And Laura's crying with a wide open mouth ,wanted to marry Laura Petrie,but then I found out she morphed into Mary Tyler More.

Permalink Reply by Aces on June 7, 2009 at 3:13pm: Also on DVD - Deadwood - 3.5 stars - I finished the last 5 shows of Season 2 and liked it but I thought the story tamed down from Season 1 however it did pick up toward the end. There are some great characters, excellent acting and I like the realism but since the show was canceled without closing the story lines I'm probably not going to order Season 3 any time soon.

On Instant Watch:
The Hunger - 4 stars The title and cover art made me think this was another vampire series but it's a British series of individual short stories of horror, sci fi, unusual, etc. A grown up (sex and full frontal nudity) Twilight Zone show. I've seen 8 so far and they are ify. A couple of great ones and couple of bads but I plan to see all of them. They are 27 minutes each and I think there's 20. Some excellent actors show up - I was surprised to see Daniel Craig in the second one.

And:
Burn Notice 4.5 stars - on HULU.com - Season 3 started with a bang. Burn Notice is kind of Jason Bourne-lite series on AMC. HULU will have them for a short time after they air on AMC. NF has Season 1 and 2 on DVD. I thought the Season 3 opening was perfect!

Permalink Reply by Aces on June 7, 2009 at 5:34pm: Netflix Find Your Voice Film Competition
I watched the 10 semifinalists' 3 minute videos which "represent the filmmakers abilities". I enjoyed them all and wish I could see a full movie from several of them. Check them out - voting ends July 5.

Permalink Reply by Tommy on June 7, 2009 at 10:22pm: a whole buncha stuff over the past week, but i don't feel like listing all of it here. go to my NF profile if you feel so inclined.

today, it was Hour of the Wolf-4.5/5

Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 8, 2009 at 1:28am: today I Instantly watched

1. I-See-You.com

2. Virtual Girl

on DVD I watched

1. Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby

2. Super Troopers

3. Family Guy: Blue Harvest

Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on June 8, 2009 at 11:10am: Metropolis. I watched this yesterday afternoon, and I'm still sort of mulling over it. I can understand why it's considered one of the greatest movies ever made (and certainly it's a one of the best silent movies ever), but it didn't really grip me as much as other movies of the same era (Dr. Caligari impacted me more emotionally). I've seen Taro Rin's Metropolis, so I basically knew the story beforehand, but Lang's version is superior in several ways. It has the expressionist twisted perspective and the "marching masses" down and is technically dazzling (even today, I think). The story is good, if a bit obvious in its naive allegory, but it just doesn't have that much human warmth and it failed to "suck me in". A grand spectacle, not unlike Thief of Bagdad.

Permalink Reply by beeswax on June 8, 2009 at 11:32am: Saw the Criterion disc for Bunuel's Simon of the Desert, which (as with many Bunuel films) is beautiful, mordant, and both serious and hilarious in its mockery. Also short, at about 45 minutes. Silvia Pinal explains in the bonus features that it was originally conceived as one part of an anthology showcase, like Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni's Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.

There's also a documentary on the disc (about an hour long) covering the twenty-year Mexican phase of Bunuel's life and career.

After seeing him in a festival screening last April, I've become charmed by the screen presence of Louis Garrel. So far, the films I've seen him in are for fairly hardcore Francophiles, and my recent viewing (Dans Paris, which co-stars Romain Duris) is no exception. But, if you fit that description, recommended.

Permalink Reply by Christopher on June 9, 2009 at 1:06am: Today I watched the Following

Instantly I watched

1. an episode of The Dick Van Dyke show Season 4

2. Fahrenheit 451

On DVD I watched the following

1. A Dirty Shame

Permalink Reply by Knaldskalle on June 9, 2009 at 8:43am: What did you think of Fahrenheit 451?

Permalink Reply by Guy on June 9, 2009 at 2:40pm: I watched "The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera", a documentary about Sam Fuller by Adam Simon on Youtube, a medium I usually avoid, but as far as I know this is not available on DVD. It didn't really matter, as the material is so strong the usual bad quality is immaterial. Interviews with Scorsese, Tarantino, Jarmusch and others as well as plenty of excerpts from his films. Good stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdq9V_8ukHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RupycJnInA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0ZCry3Aqc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuSy0ihljJ0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI-rsw-2vnI

The Youtube location of the above documentary has plenty of other interesting non-fiction material on horror and cult items. Check it out: CultExtras

Permalink Reply by beeswax on June 9, 2009 at 8:42pm: I lllooovved that documentary when I saw it years ago. Plenty of Sam chattin', too, as I recall. Thanks for the link!