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By Mateo Sanboval
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ScoJo wrote:
Mateo Sanboval wrote:Started the Christmas movie viewing last night with The Long Kiss Goodnight
Mateo doing it right, with classic Xmas 'Shane-Black-as-9/11-Nostradamus' flick!

I dig your style dude.
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By Bezulsqy
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I am starting my movie night. Just me and some beers. And peanuts. Salted.
Three movies.
First Umberto Lenzi.

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By ScoJo
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Bezulsqy wrote:I am starting my movie night. Just me and some beers. And peanuts. Salted.
Three movies.
First Umberto Lenzi.

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Get it on, bang a gong, get it on!
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By Mateo Sanboval
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Like the knot?
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By Bezulsqy
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Mateo Sanboval wrote:
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Like the knot?
Yes. I recommend this one. Great and clever movie.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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Bezulsqy wrote:
Mateo Sanboval wrote:
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Like the knot?
Yes. I recommend this one. Great and clever movie.
Awesome. I love a good Bez special. Now if I could only recall where I put my copy... Perhaps I left it in my email inbox?
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By NathanLurker
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DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE. I'm halfway through, it's pretty good, I like it and am glad the score will be coming out on Waxwork.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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OH HELL YES.
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By Bezulsqy
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NathanLurker wrote:Image

DON'T GO IN THE HOUSE. I'm halfway through, it's pretty good, I like it and am glad the score will be coming out on Waxwork.
I believe it is a great score. And an original movie. The first murder seen is brutal.
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By inksb
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Bezulsqy wrote: I believe it is a great score. And an original movie. The first murder seen is brutal.
Original movie? It's a blatant Psycho rip-off, a fun movie but not very original :P


I recently received Arrow Video's new bluray of this 90's classic.
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It still holds up, it's been close to a decade since I last watched this and I still think it's incredible. Phillip Glass's score is something else.

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Followed up Candyman with this strange little slice of cinema. Directed by the guy who did Baskin a few years ago (check that out if you haven't) and while I don't think it's quite as good, it's still very strange. To add to the strange story, the director decided to have the cast speak English, which is not the first language of most of the cast so that makes for certain lines and emotions to come off a little odd. I'm not sure where this is available yet, I rented it from Amazon. Basically the main character has a tragic event happen to her as a child and as an adult a friend who disappeared 2 years prior shows up and is part of a cult. She wants her to come to a big cult event and shit gets weird after that. I'll leave it there, it's a basic story but fun to watch it play out.
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By Bezulsqy
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inksb wrote:
Bezulsqy wrote: I believe it is a great score. And an original movie. The first murder seen is brutal.
Original movie? It's a blatant Psycho rip-off, a fun movie but not very original :P
:-)
I never thought about Psycho when watching it.
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By ScoJo
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Remembering Bill Goldman throughout the month.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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I just popped in to tip my cap to Geoff Murphy who passed away today. For those who don't know, Murphy was an Australian director who made the critically lauded and award winning Australian film, Utu. In the US, Murphy made Freejack and knocked out a trio of sequels for in Young Guns II, Under Siege 2, and Fortress 2. He was Peter Jackson's Second on all the LOTR flicks as well. But, for me, he was the director of one of my all time favorite films, The Quiet Earth. This is in my estimation a truly great science fiction film and I'd urge any of you STBCers that haven't seen it yet to take the plunge as soon as possible in Geoff Murphy's honor and memory. Here's to ya, sir. Chin chin.
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By ScoJo
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Mateo Sanboval wrote:I just popped in to tip my cap to Geoff Murphy who passed away today. For those who don't know, Murphy was an Australian director who made the critically lauded and award winning Australian film, Utu. In the US, Murphy made Freejack and knocked out a trio of sequels for in Young Guns II, Under Siege 2, and Fortress 2. He was Peter Jackson's Second on all the LOTR flicks as well. But, for me, he was the director of one of my all time favorite films, The Quiet Earth. This is in my estimation a truly great science fiction film and I'd urge any of you STBCers that haven't seen it yet to take the plunge as soon as possible in Geoff Murphy's honor and memory. Here's to ya, sir. Chin chin.
Heartily seconded, @mateo. As we know, Oz genre filmmaking has a certain...something which is glorious and hard to pin down and all it's own thing. Likewise Quiet Earth is an amazing dystopian science fiction survival film, and I shall spin John Charles wonderful score today as my own tribute.
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However sir... as much as it pains me to be That Guy, it does seem to have fallen to me to be That Guy.

Geoff Murphy was a New Zealand native, starting out working there (The Quiet Earth is 100% Kiwi...) before working in Australia and beyond. I correct you mainly through diligence/cheerleading for NZ (a country close to my heart for personal reasons) since it has so few internationally known filmmakers, and generally speaking there's a classic thing of attributing NZ stuff to it's Aussie Big Cousin. Most of us can't tell the accent apart either (it's all round a bit of a US>Canada sitch I guess.)
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By Bezulsqy
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^ I will check this out in the near future.
For me now spaghetti western number 49. Three more to go after this.

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By ScoJo
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Bezulsqy wrote:^ I will check this out in the near future.
Bez - it's nearer than you think!!
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By inksb
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I have never heard of The Quiet Earth, this is being added to the list to be watched soon.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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ScoJo wrote:
Mateo Sanboval wrote:I just popped in to tip my cap to Geoff Murphy who passed away today. For those who don't know, Murphy was an Australian director who made the critically lauded and award winning Australian film, Utu. In the US, Murphy made Freejack and knocked out a trio of sequels for in Young Guns II, Under Siege 2, and Fortress 2. He was Peter Jackson's Second on all the LOTR flicks as well. But, for me, he was the director of one of my all time favorite films, The Quiet Earth. This is in my estimation a truly great science fiction film and I'd urge any of you STBCers that haven't seen it yet to take the plunge as soon as possible in Geoff Murphy's honor and memory. Here's to ya, sir. Chin chin.
Heartily seconded, @mateo. As we know, Oz genre filmmaking has a certain...something which is glorious and hard to pin down and all it's own thing. Likewise Quiet Earth is an amazing dystopian science fiction survival film, and I shall spin John Charles wonderful score today as my own tribute.
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However sir... as much as it pains me to be That Guy, it does seem to have fallen to me to be That Guy.

Geoff Murphy was a New Zealand native, starting out working there (The Quiet Earth is 100% Kiwi...) before working in Australia and beyond. I correct you mainly through diligence/cheerleading for NZ (a country close to my heart for personal reasons) since it has so few internationally known filmmakers, and generally speaking there's a classic thing of attributing NZ stuff to it's Aussie Big Cousin. Most of us can't tell the accent apart either (it's all round a bit of a US>Canada sitch I guess.)
Yeah, that's embarrassing. I know Murphy was from NZ. Half the films I listed above are set and/or shot there for chrissakes. I must've had Brain Fog late last night when I wrote the post. Thanks for the correction.
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By ScoJo
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An easy mistep, Mateo. I'm jonesing for a rewatch of Quiet Earth now. Interesting career Murphy had, to say the least.

Okay - I'm getting right up in it:
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By ScoJo
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inksb wrote:Good choice @ScoJo Gremlins is a classic holiday film for me.
Damn skippy :)
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By NathanLurker
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I had a late delivery. 20h20 is late to be delivering parcels, but I guess I got my "end of day" activity chosen for me now.

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