You Are What You Watch

You are witnesses at the new birth of @PoliticalBodies Mark II. Hope you enjoy our new direction. This account was for my research on the body in political thought. After one too many rejections in academia, I've successfully moved on. Now here for others going thru the same.

@letterboxd @neonrated Mixed bag:

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@historyinmemes This is one of the more wild inadvertent great shots in cinema. I watched this recently and that ending was so anomalous with the rest of the movie, which made it that much more impactful. I puzzled over this for a while. It really made me think. And it was a fluke. Love it.

Sanjuro (1962), a mechanical prop failure caused fake blood to spray rather than trickle from the actors body. Akira Kurosawa decided to keep the shot, and the resulting blood spray effect has endured and influenced many subsequent films.

@letterboxd Couple of comfort rewatches, and two from @criterionchannl 24/7. Kind of a mixed bag, but it was all good stuff. Ratcatcher was quite good. A little hard to take, but in a good way. And such an intriguing twist at the beginning.

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@mikemovies My ★★★★ review of The Devil Strikes at Night on Letterboxd boxd.it/61HAW9 This one blew me away with a fascinating history. It's just well done and I STRENUOUSLY recommend getting the Kino Classics Blu-ray with the commentary track by film historian Imogen Sara Smith

@rxbeccajohnson I find so few horror movies to be be genuinely compelling and not just cheap jump scares, I'd LOVE for this to measure up. The original is so good (in an effed up, deeply disturbing way), I am just worried that this remake will chicken out at the end. Fingers crossed it holds up.

is anyone else super surprised that this movie is receiving good reviews? 🤔 my interest has definitely piqued slightly.

@PhillyMovieNerd I've loved this one since my VHS copy of it way back when. So much so that when Glen Hansard 'reappeared' in the 00's he was (and still is) "that guy from The Commitments!"

@Gibboanxious Kind of surprised to not see any mentions of him in The Tailor of Panama as the disgraced MI6 agent and delightful cad Andrew Osnard.

What's your favourite Pierce Brosnan movie??? I presume no one would disagree with my choice.

@historyinmemes This shows why he was so preternaturally convincing in Boogie Nights...

Mark Wahlberg rides a cable car and drops bars in the city, 1991

@rxbeccajohnson I have literally 40 minutes left on the finale of my 5th rewatch. Walter White is obviously a loathsome person, but the thing I really hate about him is his wardrobe in general and those G-D color coordinated Wallabees he aways wears specifically. Probably just me, though.

you guys… I am fully obsessed with Breaking Bad and am squeezing it in at any. possible. moment. I am almost through with Season 3 - have absolutely RACED through it 😬 you were all right in saying how incredible this show is.

@letterboxd @gametheoryfilms Now that's an odd random collection of recent watches to be proud of. I was all over the ice this week, and it was glorious.

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@SonnyBunch Seconded. Akin to people who give bad reviews to movies because they didn't think the protagonist was a good or likable person, independent of the quality of the movie. 'This wasn't the movie I thought it would be,' is not a valid criticism. It's a juvenile, emotivist reaction.

Gotta say, I am fascinated by the people who go to CIVIL WAR and come out of it saying—out loud for everyone to hear/read—“That movie was bad because Alex Garland didn’t appear on the screen and say he has exactly my politics and the bad guys represent people I dislike.”

@CryptoWatch_er @RealEmirHan This is when I finally walked out of the movie on opening night. I thought, 'Raves in a dirty cave is what they're fighting the machines and eating amino porridge for?!?' It made the whole Zion mission seem so pointless it actually convinced me Cypher was right. Blue pill, please

@RealEmirHan Matrix Reloaded dance scene.

@letterboxd Hot and horny. Late dinners with the curtains flowing in the breeze. A flamenco guitarist on a patio under the trees, the Gaudi House. And I love all of Javier Bardem's summer fits. Really aspirational stuff.

what is the perfect summer movie? ☀️

@Gibboanxious Wow. I don't know if this would be my final choice, but it is a helluva opening gambit. This is definitely one of those movies I recommend to people all the time when the talk is about crime dramas or French crime movies. What a fantastic film.

What’s your favourite movie not in the English language??? I presume no one would disagree with my choice.

@mucha_carlos @gran1te_mtn Or all of that is going on in a different book and movie about a sheriff from the jurisdiction that happened in while this book and movie follows Sheriff Ed Tom trying to work a different case in his own. I love how self-congratulatory you are over a nothing burger like this.

@gran1te_mtn No Country is unwatchable once you notice the plot hole.

'No Country for Old Men' (2007) is a perfect film. As perfect as a film can be, at least. Despite a modest budget, tight 2hr runtime, and no score it feels heavy, expansive, and complete. I've read more about NCFOM than any other film, here are some things I found interesting:

@DylanHasMovies @PhoenixBlackNow Godspeed on your journey of self-discovery.

@PoliticalBodies @PhoenixBlackNow Oliver & Company. So I'm learning a few things about myself.

Your sex life is now called the last thing you watched – Mission Impossible 😂

@ThatEricAlper I'm not sure, but I think they might be nihilists:

@DavidRenner7 @Gibboanxious Noticed that. Thought it was kinda amusing. And also understandable as The Firm (1989) is pretty obscure over here. It is also quite good. I think about the look Gary Oldman gives at the very end a lot. The mix of bemusement and pathos is... A sign of the talent to come.

@PoliticalBodies @Gibboanxious Mentioning “The Firm” has caused a lot of confusion among Americans. To them, that title refers to a movie based on a John Grisham book, that starred Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman.

#HappyBirthday to Gary Oldman (66) his top 10 movies are: 10. The Firm 9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 8. The Fifth Element 7. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 6. Oppenheimer 5. True Romance 4. JFK 3. Batman Begins 2. Leon 1. The Dark Knight #CommissionerGordon

@DylanHasMovies Man. I have been circling the original for years (waiting for a reasonably priced DVD). So this is a French language remake directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa? Yes, please.

More Kiyoshi Kurosawa is what the world needs.