The WHF Film Club

[BenLaw]

Likewise x 2 BBB.

I think I know two of my recommendations but will have to work out a third.

 

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I thought thread title and post titles were always the same, with the exception of "RE." (I recall that the thread title changed after we'd finalised who was involved.)

I only asked because the change in title occurred first on one of your replies, hence I thought you might have altered it. It's a mystery, then.

I think further discussion along these lines would be more than other film club members could bear. We need a film to talk about...

 

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We need a film to talk about...

While we wait on Mike, do members have a favourite film, or perhaps a shortlist (with the emphasis on short)? We could think of it as a game of Desert Island Flicks...

 

[BenLaw]

'Re: oh there's more' first makes its appearance on page 15, not on my recent post. See the post title of one of BBB's posts on that page too. Post title could always be edited but it's in the last few months it's started taking up the first few words of the post on occasion. Sorry to continue the mundanity.

 

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'Re: oh there's more' first makes its appearance on page 15, not on my recent post. See the post title of one of BBB's posts on that page too. Post title could always be edited but it's in the last few months it's started taking up the first few words of the post on occasion. Sorry to continue the mundanity.

Right you are, though the thread title made a brief reappearance thereafter. So JD's to blame, as originator of "Oh there's more" and in his capacity as IT guru/moderator.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

We need a film to talk about...

While we wait on Mike, do members have a favourite film, or perhaps a shortlist (with the emphasis on short)? We could think of it as a game of Desert Island Flicks...

Impossible isn't it?

I always say "An American Werewolf In London" as my favourite film, but with me, and perhaps most people, it depends on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch.

SS5+ is quite high up on my list, as will be one of my next recommendations (If I don't die of old age before I get to recommend another set of 3).

 

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Just to get the thread back to it's original title.

 

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Impossible isn't it?

I always say "An American Werewolf In London" as my favourite film, but with me, and perhaps most people, it depends on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch.

SS5+ is quite high up on my list, as will be one of my next recommendations (If I don't die of old age before I get to recommend another set of 3).

I always struggle, which is why I introduced the Desert Island Flicks angle.

I love An American Werewolf in London, and Trading Places, though I'm not sure either would make it onto my list. Nostalgia's a big factor in my experience, and I remain very fond of 1970s horror films. Three of my favourites receive BD releases in the coming weeks, namely Carrie, The Wicker Man, and perhaps to a lesser extent Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Again, I'm not sure any would make it onto my list, but I'm delighted that each is finally getting a UK BD release. (I appreciate that An American Werewolf in London was released in 1981.)

People often refer to films released during their lifetime when deciding on their favourites, despite there being more than a century of cinema to choose from on. I'll certainly pick at least one old film in my recommendations, and probably one that could be regarded as old in a different way.

All that said, if pushed, I'm compelled to watch Mulholland Drive several times a year, which probably says something.

 

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For what it's worth, An American Werewolf in London has one of my favourite endings, if mainly for its efficiency. David Naughton is shot dead, Jenny Agutter cries, cue The Marcels... No need for an epilogue.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Impossible isn't it?

I always say "An American Werewolf In London" as my favourite film, but with me, and perhaps most people, it depends on what mood you're in when you sit down to watch.

SS5+ is quite high up on my list, as will be one of my next recommendations (If I don't die of old age before I get to recommend another set of 3).

I always struggle, which is why I introduced the Desert Island Flicks angle.

I love An American Werewolf in London, and Trading Places, though I'm not sure either would make it onto my list. Nostalgia's a big factor in my experience, and I remain very fond of 1970s horror films. Three of my favourites receive BD releases in the coming weeks, namely Carrie, The Wicker Man, and perhaps to a lesser extent Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Again, I'm not sure any would make it onto my list, but I'm delighted that each is finally getting a UK BD release. (I appreciate that An American Werewolf in London was released in 1981.)

People often refer to films released during their lifetime when deciding on their favourites, despite there being more than a century of cinema to choose from on. I'll certainly pick at least one old film in my recommendations, and probably one that could be regarded as old in a different way.

All that said, if pushed, I'm compelled to watch Mulholland Drive several times a year, which probably says something.

Like all 3 of those, though I'm guessing you're talking about the original "Invasion..." rather than the 70s remake.

Will have to see Mulholland Drive, pretty sure I've never seen it.

 

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Just checked, it's David Lynch, I think I'd know if I'd seen it.

 

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For what it's worth, An American Werewolf in London has one of my favourite endings, if mainly for its efficiency. David Naughton is shot dead, Jenny Agutter cries, cue The Marcels... No need for an epilogue.

I've loved it since I was a teenager. It's got everything.

I remember staying at my parents' house after I'd moved out, and making them watch it when it was on the tv, and despite the horror and sex, they loved it too.

 

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Like all 3 of those, though I'm guessing you're talking about the original "Invasion..." rather than the 70s remake.

Actually, I was talking about the 1978 remake, but when I tried to bracket the year the website substituted my text for a smiley face.

Will have to see Mulholland Drive, pretty sure I've never seen it.

Yikes! Mulholland Drive is an endlessly rewarding film, though a real downer once you've figured out the Diane Selwyn back story. (That's not a spoiler.)

 

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I like both "Invasions", but the remake was the first one I saw, and it's the one I have on dvd.

I have to be in the mood for David Lynch, so I'll look out for a cheap copy of the dvd, and if I'm in one of my special moods, I'll watch it.

 

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For what it's worth, An American Werewolf in London has one of my favourite endings, if mainly for its efficiency. David Naughton is shot dead, Jenny Agutter cries, cue The Marcels... No need for an epilogue.

I've loved it since I was a teenager. It's got everything.

I remember staying at my parents' house after I'd moved out, and making them watch it when it was on the tv, and despite the horror and sex, they loved it too.

It's the juxtaposition of downbeat ending and up-tempo credit music that makes me smile.

At the risk of sounding too pretentious, it's an example of dialectic montage (the juxtaposition of two things to create a third meaning). It's a nod to the film's oppositions/contradictions, horror and comedy especially. They shouldn't work together, but here they're reconciled brilliantly. Indeed, the ending underpins the fact that the whole film is a comment on the horror film's absurdities.

Right, bed time!

 

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Too right. I'm usually asleep by midnight at the latest..

 

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I have to be in the mood for David Lynch, so I'll look out for a cheap copy of the dvd, and if I'm in one of my special moods, I'll watch it.

We can perhaps discuss surrealism once Mke has watched SS5+, though I've probably just broken rule number 5, meaning JD will be issuing punishment.

It really is bed time!

 

[BenLaw]

'Re: oh there's more' first makes its appearance on page 15, not on my recent post. See the post title of one of BBB's posts on that page too. Post title could always be edited but it's in the last few months it's started taking up the first few words of the post on occasion. Sorry to continue the mundanity.

Right you are, though the thread title made a brief reappearance thereafter. So JD's to blame, as originator of "Oh there's more" and in his capacity as IT guru/moderator.

The post title depends on which post you click 'reply' to, hence why the two post titles keep appearing. The problem has arisen recently, so well after JD's employment with WHF. However, yes, JD is to blame, about this and most other things that I can think of.

 

[BenLaw]

While we wait on Mike, do members have a favourite film, or perhaps a shortlist (with the emphasis on short)? We could think of it as a game of Desert Island Flicks...

I had worried that this might be a bit premature; what are we going to talk about next time there's a delay?? I think the most sensible comment has been from Mike, that everyone needs immediately to try and source a copy of the chosen film once it has been voted for. Some people will still have a delay upon watching (the details of SS5+ are already fading from my mind...) but hopefully this will be minimised.

Anyway, some good suggestions of favourite films, I need to rewatch American Werewolf and Mulholland Drive, the latter especially is a bit fuzzy in my mind. I think I prefer Eraserhead but it is fresher in my mind and a very different film, obviously made at very different points in his career.

I too would not be able to select just one favourite. A few films I could watch over and over again would be The Hustler (maybe most of all? Not a perfect film but bookended by the two pool scenes I never tire of), The Third Man, The Sting (two structurally perfect films IMO), Twelve Angry Men (a play on film, but I do love films set within limited scenes), Reservoir Dogs, Apocalypse Now. I also love older horror, Wicker Man is a really good call. I'd be tempted to go for something rather older, perhaps Nosferatu and then Shadow of the Vampire as a companion piece.

 

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The post title depends on which post you click 'reply' to, hence why the two post titles keep appearing. The problem has arisen recently, so well after JD's employment with WHF. However, yes, JD is to blame, about this and most other things that I can think of.

And we'd just got the thread title back on track, too! I'm comfortable with the blame JD angle.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

The post title depends on which post you click 'reply' to, hence why the two post titles keep appearing. The problem has arisen recently, so well after JD's employment with WHF. However, yes, JD is to blame, about this and most other things that I can think of.

And we'd just got the thread title back on track, too! I'm comfortable with the blame JD angle.

+1

 

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Anyway, some good suggestions of favourite films, I need to rewatch American Werewolf and Mulholland Drive, the latter especially is a bit fuzzy in my mind. I think I prefer Eraserhead but it is fresher in my mind and a very different film, obviously made at very different points in his career.

I too would not be able to select just one favourite. A few films I could watch over and over again would be The Hustler (maybe most of all? Not a perfect film but bookended by the two pool scenes I never tire of), The Third Man, The Sting (two structurally perfect films IMO), Twelve Angry Men (a play on film, but I do love films set within limited scenes), Reservoir Dogs, Apocalypse Now. I also love older horror, Wicker Man is a really good call. I'd be tempted to go for something rather older, perhaps Nosferatu and then Shadow of the Vampire as a companion piece.

Eraserhead is great (a film about post-ejaculation anxiety and fear of paternity), though Mulholland Drive is Lynch's masterpiece in my view, closely followed by Blue Velvet.

Since I was discussing film endings, The Third Man is right up there. It takes Alida Valli ages to walk past Joseph Cotten.

Nosferatu also receives a Blu-ray release soon. I'll need to replace the DVD.

 

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two structurally perfect films IMO

Can you define structurally perfect?

 

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I had worried that this might be a bit premature; what are we going to talk about next time there's a delay??

There are myriad possibilities. Discussion of film can move far beyond a list of favourites.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

No more delays, or the perpetrators will be shot.

You have been warned.