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Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
The lighting in this movie rules.
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EvanBenner
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A recent appearance in my music feed led me to a new Netflix original, The Chalk Line. This Spanish mystery thriller features a score by composer Snorri Hallgrímsson (who was music coordinator on Broadchurch). If you dig Icelandic droney vibes and oppressive thriller media, The Chalk Line (aka Jaula) may be just right for you! For bonus hype, it's produced in part by Alex de la Iglesia (dir. Perdita Durango, The Last Circus, and The Day of the Beast).
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Followed it up with Netflix's new Polish religious horror Hellhole by the director of Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 1+ 2. Solid visuals with a clear budget, but it's a boring and predictable slog up until the last few moments.
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My disappointment is probably underscored by the fact that I watched a similarly themed found footage movie just last week called The Devil's Doorway (free on Tubi) that was a whole lot more satisfying and done on a shoestring budget in Ireland. Give that one a go instead.
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A ★★★½ review of The Chalk Line (2022)
Got to love when a roundabout movie discovery works out great. The Chalk Line first caught my eye when Icelandic music label INNI released a track from the score (under the movie's original Spanish name Jaula) on their Bandcamp. The glaring red "N" on the album art drove me straight to Netflix...
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Followed it up with Netflix's new Polish religious horror Hellhole by the director of Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight 1+ 2. Solid visuals with a clear budget, but it's a boring and predictable slog up until the last few moments.
Hellhole (2022)
In a monastery cut off from the world, the monks run a clinic for the possessed. One day, a young policeman Marek comes to the convent. Posing as a clergyman, he penetrates monastic life and tries to explain the recent, mysterious disappearance of several tormented inmates. It turns out...
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My disappointment is probably underscored by the fact that I watched a similarly themed found footage movie just last week called The Devil's Doorway (free on Tubi) that was a whole lot more satisfying and done on a shoestring budget in Ireland. Give that one a go instead.
The Devil's Doorway (2018)
In the autumn of 1960, Father Thomas Riley and Father John Thornton were sent by the Vatican to investigate a miraculous event in an Irish home for 'fallen women', only to uncover something much more horrific.
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The Denmarkian Wonder
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The first time i saw this i hadn't the foggiest what was going on. Let's see if i'm sharper this time around lol
If not, it's still a great film. Very few directors can make a film that leaves you completely confused during/afterwards while still thinking it's amazing and David Lynch is probably the best of the bunch.
If not, it's still a great film. Very few directors can make a film that leaves you completely confused during/afterwards while still thinking it's amazing and David Lynch is probably the best of the bunch.
avecigrec
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I feel like I have less of an idea what's going on every time I watch it. And I'm okay with that.
At half a dozen or so viewings between '98 and '04 I don't think I ever managed to figure out what the fuck?! But I loved it every time.
Now that it's been almost 20 years, I should probably watch it again.
Also, amazing soundtrack.
Selaws
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The Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006)
We've been making our way through the Fast And The Furious films. I've watched the first 3 so many times over the years but the newer ones are so over the top that I havent watched most of them so we're going to work through them.
We've been making our way through the Fast And The Furious films. I've watched the first 3 so many times over the years but the newer ones are so over the top that I havent watched most of them so we're going to work through them.
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Right!? He doesn’t hold our hand by explaining eveything, he just moves the story along and then ends it. We’re basically all Homer Simpson lol
Also, I didn’t become much wiser to what goes on in the film haha
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ayayrawn
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Kubrick's best, even if most don't know it
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
It’s certainly in the running after my first viewing.
Every three minutes there’s some shot that has me going ‘I’m sorry, how?’
avecigrec
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co-sign
The Denmarkian Wonder
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Absolutely gorgeous cinematography.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
It’s on Criterion Channel…or my Plex. DM me if you’d like a share.
ayayrawn
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kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
HBO Max has a selection of Criterion movies, yes! Forgot.
kvetcha
Chet Hanks' Filmography Buff
Surprisingly no, I held off on the episode until just last night! I’ve had it, A Clockwork Orange, and Full Metal Jacket sitting on Plex for years, and the new mini was the motivation I finally needed to get around to them. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself. Haven’t done Clockwork or Jacket yet.
CrazyDiamond84
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Barry Lyndon would be the only Kubrick film I haven't seen! I'll have to get to it soon.