Watched Taxi Driver too, thought it was really slow but seriously enjoyed watching the urban scenes as they were almost documentary-like. Watched a music video recently with Taxi Driver scenes, felt surreal. I'm gonna try out The Warriors.
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
never like the original series so will give this a miss.
French connection, Scorsese's films of that era (mainly Taxi Driver), Shaft, Serpico, Marathon Man, Godfather, Saturday Night Fever, The Warriors.
EDIT: I see they've mostly been mentioned, had opened this page a while ago!
It hasn't, mainly because it was always a ropily acted B-movie, but it's the perfect heigtened slice of gritty pre-Giuliani NY.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3298190/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_6
According to IMDB the DVD should have been out in May - not got to the "usual" channels yet
Julie Graham is so fecking dirty :P
According to IMDB the DVD should have been out in May - not got to the "usual" channels yet
Julie Graham is so fecking dirty :P
Bad Lieutenant and King of New York by Abel Ferrara. Two proper gritty and great films.
A Most Violent Year, which came out this year, is excellent. It's set in New York in 1981 when it was rough as guts.
pretty good look
This will be good.
Southpaw - anyone got a decent link?
I think it looked really promising and the moment I read the text "from the writer of Sixth Sense" I got sceptical. Whatever this man touches turns into dog shit these days but I will still hope this film delivers as maybe stripping back the Hollywood budget will force him to think creatively again.
To the trailer? I'd just post the youtube link in here and the video would show.
Yeah I do try to watch some of his movies nowadays with an open mind however its getting harder and harder, and I have to disagree with your opinion on the trailer, it looks a little unintentionally comical to be honest by that just my opinion.
The full film
now this looks good.
YES!! Nic Cage!! Gonna see this on day 1!!
I going to assume that it will be a bit crap and then I'll watch an olde episode and realise that the original series was crap as well as it only had 4 joke in the entire run. Thus ruining my memory of childhood when repeating the phrase "Mrs Slocum's pussy" was hilarious.
I thought it was all right until the last few seconds which are fantastic.
Was just coming to post this, its one of those movies that looks like it could be very good or very bad. Great cast though!
Boyle + Sorkin + Fassbender
Lee is a magnificent director and his late 80s to early 2000s work. Clockers, Malcolm X , Do the right thing, 25th Hour specifically is as good as any director living or dead. Americans should be proud to have him.
Well here's a list:
There's Sidney Lumet's "Serpico", Scorsese's "Mean Streets" and JC Chandor's "a most violent year". Neither of them are masterpieces but all are worth your time and patience. "Taxi Driver" as stated above of course. Polanski's "Chinatown" is set in LA but it probably fits your description. "Kaminey" by Vishal Bharadwaj is set in Mumbai.
If you like police movies, then "High and Low" by Akira Kurosawa is excellent. A lot of his famous movies are set in feudal Japan but this is modern (well 1960s) Tokyo. "Bad Lieutenant" by Abel Ferrera from 1992 features Harvey Keitel at his best. "Black Friday" by Anurag Kashyap is an excellent police procredural and even better if you aren't Indian. Soderbergh's "The Limey" and "Traffic" are both excellent movies. 70s conspiracy movies like "3 days of the Condor" and "Parallax View", "Day of the Jackal" based on the book by Fredrick Forsyth and the best of the lot "Z" by Costa Gavras is worth watching.
Made me giggle a few times
What do people make to the trailer for 'The Walk'?
Having watched Man on Wire I just don't see the posting of a dramatised Hollywood movie on the same thing.
Having watched Man on Wire I just don't see the posting of a dramatised Hollywood movie on the same thing.
Yeah I said the same thing in another thread. Clearly made for people with an allergy to documentaries. That and they're running completely out of ideas.
I think you actually would!
It's a clever bit of marketing for Back To The Future day.
It seems ridiculous alright. Man on the Wire was quality too.
Although there's a lot of folk on Twitter who seem to be blown away by The Walk as a spectacle. Talking about it as some of the best use of 3D in a movie ever.