Seen and not seen's, recommendations and queries on top films in general.

[Andrew McIntosh]

The Love Witch uses the figure of the witch as a metaphor for women in general, as both an embodiment of men's fears of women, and of women's own innate powers of intuition and as mothers and sorceresses. The lead character of the film is a young woman who uses magic to make men love her. Her character is an examination of the femmes fatales archetype. The film embraces the camp of '60s horror, examining issues of love, desire, and narcissism through a feminist perspective. Anna Biller is a feminist filmmaker whose take on cinema is influenced by feminist film theory.

[aububs]

Is there a lot of nudity in The Love Witch? That's all I thought when I watched the trailer.

a bit but not really. lot's of expensive lingerie tho.

i thought it was great. my favourite part was when she made a burial offering using her used tampon and her piss. i watched it with my mother who confirmed she knew people in the 60s who actually did that kind of crap.

[bitewerksMTB]

Someone mentioned "Shogun's Sadism" to me so I dug out the Japan Shock dvd last night. The onscreen title is "Joy Of Torture 2: Oxen-Splitting Torture". Nasty stuff for sure. There's a German Blu-ray/dvd set. If anyone comes across a copy for decent price (used is okay), drop me a message. Or if there are U.S. releases you're looking for, we could trade.

[cr]

Just watched Hellblock 13, with Gunnar Hansen and Debbie Rochon.
Great fun for Sunday morning!

[david lloyd jones]

'story os sin' blu ray by valerian borowczyk.
left multiple maniacs and several itallo exploits on Br on the shelf due to ltd funds
will be on post payday radar.

[HongKongGoolagong]

The Love Witch uses the figure of the witch as a metaphor for women in general, as both an embodiment of men's fears of women, and of women's own innate powers of intuition and as mothers and sorceresses. The lead character of the film is a young woman who uses magic to make men love her. Her character is an examination of the femmes fatales archetype. The film embraces the camp of '60s horror, examining issues of love, desire, and narcissism through a feminist perspective. Anna Biller is a feminist filmmaker whose take on cinema is influenced by feminist film theory.

It is visually extremely beautiful - really stunning film stock and colours especially in the cinema on a big screen. The first half an hour is amazing, then it fizzles out slowly and becomes a dud with long boring dialogue and possibly deliberately bad and stilted acting in some sort of alienation effect, but maybe it was simply bad acting. It's a frustrating mess of a movie! Not sure how 'feminist' it is although it certainly addresses narcissism - the lead character is a horribly selfish and shallow female and we are left feeling bad for her male victims.

[david lloyd jones]

The Love Witch uses the figure of the witch as a metaphor for women in general, as both an embodiment of men's fears of women, and of women's own innate powers of intuition and as mothers and sorceresses. The lead character of the film is a young woman who uses magic to make men love her. Her character is an examination of the femmes fatales archetype. The film embraces the camp of '60s horror, examining issues of love, desire, and narcissism through a feminist perspective. Anna Biller is a feminist filmmaker whose take on cinema is influenced by feminist film theory.

It is visually extremely beautiful - really stunning film stock and colours especially in the cinema on a big screen. The first half an hour is amazing, then it fizzles out slowly and becomes a dud with long boring dialogue and possibly deliberately bad and stilted acting in some sort of alienation effect, but maybe it was simply bad acting. It's a frustrating mess of a movie! Not sure how 'feminist' it is although it certainly addresses narcissism - the lead character is a horribly selfish and shallow female and we are left feeling bad for her male victims.

the colour schemes, attention to period detail and overall lush visuals are also seen in biller's prior film 'viva'.
also present is the acting style, so this would seem choice and for affective reasons

[absurdexposition]

No, or the Vain Glory of Command, "depicts a series of defeats from the entire military history of Portugal" [...] "which are told through flashbacks as a professorish Portuguese soldier recounts them while marching through a Portuguese African overseas territory in 1973, during the Portuguese Colonial War (1961–74)"

Been meaning to watch this for years. The scenes involving the storyteller are all great, with solid commentary on nationalism, patriotism, and legacy, but I was a little disappointed when some (most) of the flashbacks scenes were pretty weak. The Battle of the Three Kings (Battle of Alcácer Quibir) involving Sebastian I is fantastic, however, and is really what makes the movie. The end is quite brutal, too.

[bitewerksMTB]

Last Saturday, it was a psycho sex killer double-feature with Pieces & Nightmare. Last night was No Country for Old Men, & today, I just finished Touch of Evil (Extended version). Also, saw the film, Stoker, directed by Park Chan-wook. Oldboy & Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance were definitely better.

[Coma Detox]

Tumbling Doll Of Flesh (Massacre Video) DVD
Pretty good transfer minus the stupid psycho logo burned into the upper left corner of the screen.  Reminds me of a hardcore version of Guinea Pigs Devil's Experiment mixed with Flowers of Flesh and blood with pixilated Jap porn thrown in for good measure.

Signed up for exploitation.tv from the blokes who run Vinegar Syndrome. Wall to wall filth. Well worth the $10 a month.  Watched Wet Wilderness.  Fucked up rape/incest/revenge porn with a decent transfer from sometimes in the 70's.

Also a pretty decent and graphic documentary on David Parker Ray and his Satan's Den.  Loaded with some awesome sound clips...

Also re-watched Chopper.  Eric Bana did a bang up chop playing Chopper Reid.

[RyanWreck]

Tumbling Doll Of Flesh (Massacre Video) DVD

Same Massacre that did the Olaf Ittenbach "Black Past" with Shitfucker videos? The "Growing Up Vanbebber" collections are great.

[cr]

Three classics in the last couple days:

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Don Siegel)
Two Thousand Maniacs! (H.G. Lewis)
The Night Porter (Liliana Cavani)

[bitewerksMTB]

I've been thinking about picking up Massacre Videos Tumbling Doll of Flesh and Women's Flesh: My Red Guts. They're cheap & would make a fun double-feature.

http://goregasmiccinema.blogspot.jp/2017/03/kiyotaka-tsurisaki-interview-beauty-in.html

[david lloyd jones]

viewing in next day or so will be-
killer constable, mighty Peking man, both shaw bros wired chop sock hybrid things
also the DVD/blu combo of pieces with cd soundtrack as extra.
anyone picked up the blu of multiple maniacs?

[absurdexposition]

No Country for Old Men

Always the best.