cinema!

[gfrancie]

I went and saw Road to Perdition tonight. I must say, Sam Mendes is brilliant, his cinematographer Conrad Hall can capture all of these moments with such beauty. The lighting of the movie starts out dark and it becomes lighter and lighter as time continues. I truly fell inlove with the stark grim approach. It wasn't sentimental, it wasn't apathetic. It just existed.
I shall have to see it again.
PLUS, I saw a preview for the Martin Scorcese film, Gangs of New York. That looks terribly exciting and I know my brother can't wait to see it.
I love the movies!

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[moesmith88.livejournal.com]

I saw the trailer for "Gangs of New York" last year and I've been waiting for it to come out ever since - it looks like an incredible flick...Scorcese rocks in so many ways - I just felt the need to say that ;)

[duhbigman.livejournal.com]

I loved American Beauty, I thought Mendes directed it beautifully. A lot of people I know complained that it was just a mainstream-ized version of Happiness, but it worked on me. Haven't seen RtP yet, I've heard mixed things.

There's been a rumour, actually, that Gangs really sucks, or at least that it has had a very troubled production. That's supposedly why it wasn't released last Christmas, although they gave the Sept. 11 excuse. Who knows until we see it.

[pyrotechnick13.livejournal.com]

ok, road to perdition was awesome. tom hanks and that fuckin' tommy gun, with the killin' and the stealin' and the "thats good enough for me" those motherfuckers! anyways, yeah, awesome film, but im into mafia movies, so maybe im biased.

martin scorcese, crazy guy. that preview, was that the one with the guys in blue hats? what the fuck!? ever heard that song by king missile about him? its called "martin scorcese" i think. lines like "I fuckin' love 'em" and "id bite his friggin' ear off" good song

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

it was a good thing to say. I know they have been putting off the release of the picture.

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

I heard it was a troubled production also and they have been putting off the release for some time. though one could point out that titanic was a troubled production and look at it, that big stinking piece of cinematic crap did well.
I hold a deep affection for martin scorcese so I hope it does well.
I like all of his work.
yes, even after hours!

Re: ooooo!

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

soon

[duhbigman.livejournal.com]

Taxi Driver is one of my favourite movies of all time, and I'm also a fan of Mean Streets, Raging Bull and Goodfellas.

Actually, there have been several notoriously "troubled productions" that went on to become classics -- look at Jaws and Apocalypse Now. And Casablanca didn't have an ending until the last minute...there are stories of lines of dialogue being rushed over to the set...∞

[gfrancie.livejournal.com]

see, we have faith in martin scorcese.
I love raging bull. the beginning is so poetic.