Chorus.Fm Weekly Movie Club • Page 24

I’ll be as active as I can

 

Dead Ringers is good, cold, and queasy. Y'know...Cronenberg.

 

Yeah, Dead Ringers did a lot more for me on second watch - it actually jumped up to the five spot in my Cronenberg ranking. He's just so good at making human worlds feel alien and humanizing terrible people. His mark on this one is actually pretty restrained to the singular dream sequence and the "tools," although the red surgical outfits reminded me of Jacob's Ladder a bit. Jeremy Irons is just so, so good in this dual role - you almost always know which twin is on screen just by how he carries himself. Funnier than I remember, too, but the humor is pitch black. I hope others are also able to get something out of it

 

@phaynes12 is up tomorrow

@imthegrimace is next week

going to try watch Dead Ringers tonight

 

can we swap weeks or would that be annoying? just going to be out of town for a funeral half of the week

 

Yeah if @imthegrimace wants to picks thats cool you can go next week

 

I pick Thief. I’m sure many have already seen it but it’s maybe my favorite movie and I love more about it with each rewatch. It’s streaming on prime, showtime and the criterion channel.

 

Oh hell yeah.

Has anyone ever shot cities at night better than Michael Mann? And for him to have it down that well on his FIRST movie? Nuts.

 

Hell yeah I was planning a rewatch anyway

 

Love that the vampire from Gremlins 2 is in it

 

it’s crazy that his first movie is probably his best

 

it would be if Heat didn’t exist

 

Dead Ringers didnt work for me. Hard to say why, when Cronenberg gets you its over but this time he didnt. I felt the same with Eternal Daughter in that I dont enjoy watching actors acting agaisnt themselves for a whole moive, even when the actors performance is good the kind of editing it forces gets fatiguing and it feels gimicky when its prolonged across the film.

 

@phaynes12 is up!

next week is @cshadows2887

 

I am slightly behind due to movies I had to watch for my (and others') podcast, but I am finishing Dial M for Murder tonight and Thief is next up. Is it still on Prime?

 

have yall done Harikiri before?

 

Not personally, seems like it would be painful

 

I'm sorry

 

no we havent

 

that’s my pick then

 

Nice. It's about time I finally got around to that one.

 

Just Watched Thief. Id completely forgotten how that movie ended. so cool
also
"why dont you join a labour union"
"im wearing it"

sick

 

I mean cmon

 

let's get on with this big romance!

 

Likely going to have to bow out at this point with school starting next week but I will report back with my thoughts on Thief!