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ayayrawn said:
Have a couple very cool film-related things to share. Here's the first:

Back in 2017 I had this film professor who was talking about a socially conscious vampire movie he was writing and really wanted to make. Well, he kept at it, and with the help of Kentucky's filmmaker subsidies he was finally able to get it made last year. One of my best friends worked as an executive producer on it. Shockingly, they got word a few weeks ago that it was one of I think 6 movies selected to play Frontierres selection for prospective buyers at FUCKING CANNES. CANNES So as we speak, my friend and professor are up in France ready to sell their movie. The possibilities are endless. I'm so fucking stoked for them. You can follow the movie here
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Hopefully they get to shoot the shit with Phil Tippett
 
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Rank (Movie):
Goldfinger
From Russia With Love
Dr. No
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
The Spy Who Loved Me
Thunderball
You Only Live Twice
Live And Let Die
Moonraker
The Living Daylights
For Your Eyes Only
The Man With The Golden Gun
Licence To Kill
Diamonds Are Forever
A View To A Kill
Octopussy

Rank (Song):
Shirley Bassey - "Diamonds Are Forever"
Shirley Bassey - "Goldfinger"
Gladys Knight - "License To Kill"
The John Barry Orchestra - "James Bond Theme"
Nancy Sinatra - "You Only Live Twice"
Sheena Easton - "For Your Eyes Only"
Louis Armstrong - "We Have All The Time In The World"
Carly Simon - "Nobody Does It Better"
Shirley Bassey - "Moonraker"
Tom Jones - "Thunderball"
Paul McCartney - "Live And Let Die"
Lulu - "The Man With The Golden Gun"
Duran Duran - "A View To A Kill"
The John Berry Orchestra - "On Her Majesty's Secret Service"
Matt Monro - "From Russia With Love"
Rita Coolidge - "All Time High"
a-ha - "The Living Daylights"
 
Saturday afternoon movie.
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I don’t think I Saw The TV Glow will work for everyone, but man did it work for me. Incredibly great, unique style that felt like a weird kind of nostalgia for something that doesn’t exist. It’s dark and sometimes existentially bleak, but I wouldn’t classify it as horror. It’s something else completely. It’s very much its own thing. And that’s something I love about it.


I’ve read a lot of people say Buffy is what the Pink Opaque is referencing, but my mind immediately went to Are You Afraid Of The Dark? - especially in the scene when Owen watches it as an adult and it looks completely different. That was my experience with Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

The trans subtext / metaphor is apparent to me, and I think when you read the whole thing that way it really unlocks. But I also think it’s such a well layered movie that you don’t necessarily have to read it that way. Although that would be denying the inherent queerness of this film.

Also I gotta say, I felt Twin Peaks vibes in a lot of it. The two musical performances instantly reminded me of The Roadhouse from the Return. The scream at the end reminds me of the scream and release of tension and dread that capped off The Return. Also the concept of nostalgia itself - it’s embedded in The Return and heavily slathered all over this film.

I just really loved it. I had weirdly high expectations for this and it actually delivered even though I did think it was going to be more of a horror film.
 
Bennnnn said:
I don’t think I Saw The TV Glow will work for everyone, but man did it work for me. Incredibly great, unique style that felt like a weird kind of nostalgia for something that doesn’t exist. It’s dark and sometimes existentially bleak, but I wouldn’t classify it as horror. It’s something else completely. It’s very much its own thing. And that’s something I love about it.


I’ve read a lot of people say Buffy is what the Pink Opaque is referencing, but my mind immediately went to Are You Afraid Of The Dark? - especially in the scene when Owen watches it as an adult and it looks completely different. That was my experience with Are You Afraid Of The Dark?

The trans subtext / metaphor is apparent to me, and I think when you read the whole thing that way it really unlocks. But I also think it’s such a well layered movie that you don’t necessarily have to read it that way. Although that would be denying the inherent queerness of this film.

Also I gotta say, I felt Twin Peaks vibes in a lot of it. The two musical performances instantly reminded me of The Roadhouse from the Return. The scream at the end reminds me of the scream and release of tension and dread that capped off The Return. Also the concept of nostalgia itself - it’s embedded in The Return and heavily slathered all over this film.

I just really loved it. I had weirdly high expectations for this and it actually delivered even though I did think it was going to be more of a horror film.
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I haven't seen it but he review I read compared Pink Opaque to a cross between Are You Afraid Of The Dark? and The Adventures Of Pete & Pete.
 
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