The WHF Film Club

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

I've watch one of the movies that i'll be proposing this afternoon a french hilarious comedy with a very peculiar stile.

Tomorrow will watch the second one. i want to avoid my first proposals, maybe I will use one of them...

 

[hg_mike]

"a french hilarious comedy with a very peculiar stile"

mmm that narrows it down to most French films. :rofl:

 

[John Duncan]

A peculiar stile, earlier today:

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

"a french hilarious comedy with a very peculiar stile"

mmm that narrows it down to most French films. :rofl:

...but this one is more special than all the other ones... :cheer:

 

[BenLaw]

A peculiar stile, earlier today:

That is indeed an unsual stile. But it doesn't look French.

 

[BenLaw]

Now that's a peculiar Franch stile:

 

[strapped for cash]

They both look quite orthodox to me. I'm also unclear as to how you've assigned nationality.

To be fair, I've searched for examples of peculiar French stiles and it was tough ask.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

It's styles HFO.

Le Diner De Cons?

 

[BenLaw]

They both look quite orthodox to me. I'm also unclear as to how you've assigned nationality.

To be fair, I've searched for examples of peculiar French stiles and it was tough ask.

If you follow the link from mine you'll see it's French. I've actually no idea where John's is from. Stiles seem to be a fairly British phenomenon, so maybe all French stiles are inherently peculiar.

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

It's styles HFO.

Le Diner De Cons?

taking a fair beating... 😳 sorry for the misspelling!

Nop, it is not it...

The second will be somewhere from a east country...

 

[strapped for cash]

If you follow the link from mine you'll see it's French. I've actually no idea where John's is from.

I'd assumed less investigation. For that I'm sorry. I remain convinced that John chose the first stile he came across.

 

[strapped for cash]

I've only seen the English language remake of Funny Games. I can't say I liked it., in particular the 'rewinding' bit, which I felt to be 'intrusive'. I wouldn't have known to have classified that as anti-realist. Can that sort of anti-realism ever feel non-intrusive? I think it was more than simple intrusiveness that I found difficult with that, it gave more than a whiff of smugness and superiority from the director.

I much preferred Benny's Video from Haneke, obviously with many of the same themes. Does the mere use of a video camera within the film and showing the viewer video from it count as anti-realist?

Sorry Ben, I only just stumbled upon this post.

Of course Haneke wants the spectator to reflect on their position and to feel complicit in the on screen violence.

Both versions of Funny Games arguably bludgeon the audience with this message. The video camera in Benny's Video is certainly used to make the same point.

For what it's worth, I think Hidden and The Piano Teacher are better films.

Any recent examples of expressionism you would recommend?

Expressionism's influence can be seen in a diversity of cinema, certainly in modern takes on noir (think Sin City, which is a better example than film) and perhaps more commonly in the horror film.

I can't think of a recent example of expressionist filmmaking that compares with, say, Metropolis or The Cabinet of Dr Caligari, but a multitude of filmmakers use expressionistic techniques as one of many tools in the box.

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

It's styles HFO.

Le Diner De Cons?

taking a fair beating... 😳 sorry for the misspelling!

Nop, it is not it...

The second will be somewhere from a east country...

Is there a new rule about having to guess the three titles, rather than name them?

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

I too prefer Hidden and The Piano Teacher, though Funny Games is decent, but not an easy watch, and not a film I could watch more than once, though I have tried. I've seen Benny's Video, but can't remember anything about it.

 

[BenLaw]

If you follow the link from mine you'll see it's French. I've actually no idea where John's is from.

I'd assumed less investigation. For that I'm sorry. I remain convinced that John chose the first stile he came across.

Ah, well if I make a claim ('this is a French stile') I like it to have a basis in fact. I tend to agree with you about JD's choice, although he'll have to confirm for sure.

I haven't seen those Haneke films, I've added them to my list. I'm part way through Amour which I'm hoping to finish later tonight. I also have but haven't watched White Ribbon, which is meant to be excellent.

 

[hg_mike]

Let's try a different approach - are we talking about a French film from 2001?

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Let's try subtlety.

HFO, what are your 3 titles?

 

[strapped for cash]

I haven't seen those Haneke films, I've added them to my list. I'm part way through Amour which I'm hoping to finish later tonight. I also have but haven't watched White Ribbon, which is meant to be excellent.

I haven't seen Amour yet.

I also own The White Ribbon, though I only watched it once, a while back now. Obviously the narrative is an analogue for the rise of national socialism, but I struggle to remember the specifics, or even whether I thought the film worked in that regard.

Another viewing is probably on the cards.

 

[BenLaw]

I'm continuing to watch Amour. It's making me quite sad but also a little bored.

 

[strapped for cash]

I too prefer Hidden and The Piano Teacher, though Funny Games is decent, but not an easy watch, and not a film I could watch more than once, though I have tried. I've seen Benny's Video, but can't remember anything about it.

On the subject of film violence, I also watched Snowtown at the weekend.

As anticipated, it was a grim and pretty upsetting watch, which led me to wondering what the filmmakers were trying to accomplish.

Does the film simply service morbid fascination? Do we learn something from depiction of these events? Does the film serve a cathartic function, at a community level, and more broadly in terms of confronting the most disturbing aspects of human behaviour? Is the film merely a portrait of a manipulative sadist?

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Ok,Ok, I was on a house demo of a Amp.

My nominations are:

1) Train de Vie



2) Monsieur Lazhar



3) Nunta Muta ( Silent Wedding)

 

[Hi-FiOutlaw]

Hope you like, and happy voting!

I had to see the 3 films before any nomination, and Silent wedding was seen today before the amp demo.

I like a lot the 3 films but i've one that i liked the most!

...ah! All of them have dialogs... 😉

:cheers:

 

[BIGBERNARDBRESSLAW]

Nunta Muta 3 pts

Train Of Life 2 pts

Monsieur Lahzar 1 pt

Interesting choices, but Nunta Muta has been compared to some films by a director I like, so I have to see it.

 

[strapped for cash]

Due to an interest both in pedagogy and post-colonialism, I'll say:

Monsieur Lahzar, 3 points

Nunta muta, 2 points

Train of LIfe, 1 point

 

[BenLaw]

Only one is available on lovefilm which is going to influence my decision somewhat!

My preferences are: Lazhar, Train, Wedding.