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By Mateo Sanboval
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NathanLurker wrote:I never got around to watch True Det. Maybe I should put season 1 in the queue for my next serie to watch. I have to catch up on season 2 of ''the Deuce'' before though.
True Detective season one is very likely the greatest thing I've ever seen on television. If you have the interest and your mind is open, get involved.
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By deafmetal
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re: Nic Cage/Color out of Space - Directed by Richard Stanley as well... and with Tommy Chong in the cast, hm. Interested.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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deafmetal wrote:re: Nic Cage/Color out of Space - Directed by Richard Stanley as well... and with Tommy Chong in the cast, hm. Interested.
Yeah, I thought nearly every aspect of this would be of interest to the STBC Crew.
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By NathanLurker
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I think any news of Lovecraft adaptations to Cinema is somthing I'm interested in. With or Without Cage. I'm neutral about Cage's involment, I like him enough. I have not see Richard Stanley's movies. I'm all in though. îa îa !
Mateo Sanboval wrote:True Detective season one is very likely the greatest thing I've ever seen on television. If you have the interest and your mind is open, get involved.
Great praise, and my mind is open, I shall ... investigate.

inksb wrote: @nathan definitely get on season 1 immediately. I say that as someone who has had S1 of The Deuce on his hardrive for the better part of a year and not watched a single episode. lol. Also your new avatar is throwing me off because I look at those rather than the name most of the time when seeing who's responding to stuff.
Let me know if you do watch The Deuce what you think of it. I think it's very nicely written. If you're into the kind of realist drama that goes on in there, I think it's a great series.

I tend to change avatars every couple of months ;)
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By ScoJo
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I'm very interested in this.

On topic, there was an 'interesting' German version of the story shot in 2010. I never quite made it all the way through (it's a notch or so above the Lovecraft Film Society efforts, but still kinda hard work).



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1756479/

The poster is pretty cool though.
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By J.R.
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I finally got around to seeing Halloween (2018), Goosebumps 2 and Venom. Halloween was OK, Goosbumps 2 was terrible but had some awesome monster designs, and Venom started OK but drowned quickly in standard superhero movie tropes.

Im gonna watch something Lucio Fulci made today to wash the mediocrity out of my brain.

(a review for Halloween will be up on THIS Wednesday and Venome the following Wednesday at www.towatchpile.com )
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By Mateo Sanboval
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I'm looking forward to a rewatch of Halloween 2018.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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Bezulsqy wrote:Image
Good movie.
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By Bezulsqy
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My fifth poliziottesco is Fernando Di Leo's Milano Calibro 9 from 1972.
Starring Barbara Bouchet.
Score by Luis Enriquez Bacalov

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By Mateo Sanboval
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I've heard good things about this one, Bez.

JR, I must admit to being unfamiliar with that film.
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By ChrisMcQueen007
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Bezulsqy wrote:My fifth poliziottesco is Fernando Di Leo's Milano Calibro 9 from 1972.
Starring Barbara Bouchet.
Score by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Would say this is more a gangster movie as this misses the trademark hardboiled cop of a poliziottesco.

In any case I can see why this is held in high esteem by many. It’s rather bleak and more realistic than most of these films, also spending quite some time on character development. Watched it last year for the second or third time. I think it‘s good but in my view it suffers a bit from the ‚this has been done (copied) so many times since then - sometimes better’ syndrome.
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By deafmetal
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I have been watching The Ted Bundy Tapes with Jamie. We are a few episodes in right now and I’m hearing a lot of synths in the soundtrack. It seems pretty well produced and is interesting, but it’s difficult to relate to such an extreme sociopath. I guess that is the point...
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By Hatter313
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Mateo Sanboval wrote:
deafmetal wrote:re: Nic Cage/Color out of Space - Directed by Richard Stanley as well... and with Tommy Chong in the cast, hm. Interested.
Yeah, I thought nearly every aspect of this would be of interest to the STBC Crew.
I....I don’t have time for this. It sounds...exhausting. The best “adaptation” of this story is the lonesome death of jody verill. There, I said it.
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By J.R.
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J.R. wrote:I watched Unfriends: Dark Web yesterday. Interesting way to make a film but the gimmick seems to be the point.
Its one of those ones told from the POV of a computer screen, this one predominantly about a man who acquires an Apple Mac thats not his, and gets his and his friends embroiled in a kidnapping and murder ring. The whole thing is told through the vision of his screen, that is, open Skype windows, openMessenger windows etc etc
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By static14
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deafmetal wrote:I have been watching The Ted Bundy Tapes with Jamie. We are a few episodes in right now and I’m hearing a lot of synths in the soundtrack. It seems pretty well produced and is interesting, but it’s difficult to relate to such an extreme sociopath. I guess that is the point...
Burned through the whole thing on Friday. The music is really good.
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By deafmetal
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static14 wrote:
deafmetal wrote:I have been watching The Ted Bundy Tapes with Jamie. We are a few episodes in right now and I’m hearing a lot of synths in the soundtrack. It seems pretty well produced and is interesting, but it’s difficult to relate to such an extreme sociopath. I guess that is the point...
Burned through the whole thing on Friday. The music is really good.
Composed by Justin Melland. That is one sparse discography.
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By Mateo Sanboval
#114176
J.R. wrote:
J.R. wrote:I watched Unfriends: Dark Web yesterday. Interesting way to make a film but the gimmick seems to be the point.
Its one of those ones told from the POV of a computer screen, this one predominantly about a man who acquires an Apple Mac thats not his, and gets his and his friends embroiled in a kidnapping and murder ring. The whole thing is told through the vision of his screen, that is, open Skype windows, openMessenger windows etc etc
Ah, I see. Likely that's not my cup of tea. I struggle with "found footage" films.
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By Bezulsqy
#114186
ChrisMcQueen007 wrote:
Bezulsqy wrote:My fifth poliziottesco is Fernando Di Leo's Milano Calibro 9 from 1972.
Starring Barbara Bouchet.
Score by Luis Enriquez Bacalov
Would say this is more a gangster movie as this misses the trademark hardboiled cop of a poliziottesco.

In any case I can see why this is held in high esteem by many. It’s rather bleak and more realistic than most of these films, also spending quite some time on character development. Watched it last year for the second or third time. I think it‘s good but in my view it suffers a bit from the ‚this has been done (copied) so many times since then - sometimes better’ syndrome.
I disagree that a poliziottesco needs a hardboiled cop. See Milano Rovente and Revolver. However, I do agree that Milano Calibro 9 is even more different.
The info on wikipedia gives a nice overview of the genre and its history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliziotteschi
As with the giallo genre there are movies that are a mix of more genres.
The brilliant database Pollanet Squad places Milano Calibro 9 in the noir category: http://www.pollanetsquad.it/scheda.php?sez=film&cod=30
But that database also places Ad Ogni Costa as a poliziesco and that movie is a heist movie and far removed from the movies mentioned above: http://www.pollanetsquad.it/scheda.php?sez=film&cod=347
I am making a list of movies in the genre combine a couple of sources. It is a fun excursion so far. In a couple of weeks I will share it.

The score to Milano Calibro 9 is brilliant by the way.
deafmetal wrote:
static14 wrote:
deafmetal wrote:I have been watching The Ted Bundy Tapes with Jamie. We are a few episodes in right now and I’m hearing a lot of synths in the soundtrack. It seems pretty well produced and is interesting, but it’s difficult to relate to such an extreme sociopath. I guess that is the point...
Burned through the whole thing on Friday. The music is really good.
Composed by Justin Melland. That is one sparse discography.
Watched first two episodes. The music is really good. I am sure someone will release this on vinyl. Did not know Bundy was from Tacoma. I have a feeling that a lot of stuff I have seen the past year is placed in the vicinity of either Portland or Seattle.
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J.R. wrote:
J.R. wrote:I watched Unfriends: Dark Web yesterday. Interesting way to make a film but the gimmick seems to be the point.
Its one of those ones told from the POV of a computer screen, this one predominantly about a man who acquires an Apple Mac thats not his, and gets his and his friends embroiled in a kidnapping and murder ring. The whole thing is told through the vision of his screen, that is, open Skype windows, openMessenger windows etc etc
Ah, I see. Likely that's not my cup of tea. I struggle with "found footage" films.
I watched a movie called Searching a while ago. First and only movie I watched that was shot in that way. Never even knew it was a genre. It actually was an alright movie.
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By Mateo Sanboval
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Bezulsqy wrote:Did not know Bundy was from Tacoma. I have a feeling that a lot of stuff I have seen the past year is placed in the vicinity of either Portland or Seattle.
Cascadia is where it's at.
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By Bezulsqy
#114189
Mateo Sanboval wrote:
Bezulsqy wrote:Did not know Bundy was from Tacoma. I have a feeling that a lot of stuff I have seen the past year is placed in the vicinity of either Portland or Seattle.
Cascadia is where it's at.
Learn something new every day. Thanks!
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By inksb
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Police Story 2. Another weekend, another Jackie Chan film. This one is a lot of fun although has a few longer drawn out sections that slow the pace a little. While I enjoy part 1 more, this one is still a blast and has a ton of absolutely insane stunts that make you wonder how no one died.
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By deafmetal
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@inks - Random comment, but I love Thai film poster art. Almost always unique and interesting with quality painting. I am living vicariously through your Jackie Chan binge.
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