General Discussion : Crticker MOM - July 09

[KAH]

I think you made sense. Anyway, I don't really care if Jodorowsky throws in stuff and I find a lot of meaning in them even though he did not necessarily intend for them to mean what I think they do (wow, bad sentence). For me it all comes down to how I experience the movie. Therefore I am also sceptical about watching this with the commentary track, I don't want to ruin my take on it. I am a big fan of personal interpretations, don't find much enjoyment in tracking down the "true" interpretations of movies.

[KGB]

I don't get it. The nazis were after aliens as well?

Anyway, I think I'll get to Hedorah tonight. Is it any good? And, while I'm at it, should I see The Holy Mountain with commentary on? Where do I find a version with the commentary?

[Spunkie]

Com. track on ed2k network. Just insert this on audio track when playing

ed2k://|file|The%20Holy%20Mountain%20(A ... Jodorowsky)%201973%20Uncut%20%20Audiomentary%20Mp3-Ar.mp3|110907776|A82B0DEFF31B4CEF27BEF92C888C09D3|/

P.S.:You need the uncut version for this to fit on...

[Gregzilla]

I don't get it. The nazis were after aliens as well?

What I was highlighting here is the appearance of comic books in film. Just as many of us take notice of the represenation of the female mammary glands in films, I enjoy and take notice of the represenation of comics in films. Being able to identify the comic title is important. If you can identify the issue number as well, Even better. And as we all know, Real ones are better than fake ones.

Jodorowsky here gives us a fantastic example of comic book erotica. The book comes hot off the presses into the hands of a beautiful dominate woman. we then get a slow, sensuous full cover pan. And what we see is not a fictional comic made for the movie nor a real comic (as exciting as that is!). But a tittilating hybrid! We don't get to see the comic with its pages spread open. But, In this case, that may be a wise decision. for somethings are best left for the imagination.



So Alien Nazis or Nazis hunting aliens were not on my mind at the moment.

[LordofDance]

I watched Godzilla vs. Hedorah and was mildly mesmerized. I used to watch the original Ultraman as a kid and was impressed at how weird that show got at times, but Godzilla vs. Hedorah takes things to a new level. Visually it's impressive, and there enough WTF? moments to make repeat viewings worthwhile. Singing Japanese chicks and psychedelia are always welcome.

Excellent choice.

[KGB]

Fuck, I just watched 'Godzilla vs. Hedora'. To be honest, I expected nothing from this film; I found the original Godzilla very dull and I just thought this was going to be another awful film which doesn't even have campy fun qualities (Swamp Thing, anyone?). I was dead wrong. In fact, even though it has more holes than a grater, the end result is so amusing that you can't help but love it. Plus, the soundtrack was awesome, and the scene where everyone decides to dance until they die was really cool too.
Actually, in comparison, I must say I prefered 'Godzilla vs. Hedora' to 'The Holy Mountain'. I think we can agree that both, willingly or not, are equally bizzare; nontheless, 'Godzilla vs. Hedora' was tons of fun, whether 'The Holy Mountain' was pretty dense and heavy-handed.

My mini-review:

So nonsensical I couldn't help but love it. Only within the first 15 minutes this film already manages to brutally rape common sense and throws it out of the window. The final product is 85 minutes of a retarded/geniunly surreal collage made up of different montages that seem to have no connection whatsoever, as if they were pieces of different, unfinished film mixed together to create a free-interpretation, drug induced monster mindfuck. I mean, the last 15 minutes? Really, great stuff.

When I said the last 15 minutes, I meant it. That was the most fucking bizzare stuff I ever saw. To sum them up in 6 words:

Glowing testicles, living jetpack, lizard lynching.

[prowler]

i'm pretty much on the same page with KGB. i just wish the monster fights weren't in tedious slow motion, and usually without a soundtrack to back them up. i think the film could've used more music overall. gotta love the godzilla theme btw

my mini-reviews:

Holy Mountain - possibly the most pretentious film i've ever seen. the less than subtle symbolism and the attacks on sex, violence, capitalism etc must've been all the rage in '73 but they left me cold, mostly. still, gotta appreciate the huge amount of sweet art and music put into it, and i guess jodorowsky meant well

G vs H - I think more of that groovy psych music would have made this movie even greater than it is. And someone needs to hook me up with the drugs necessary to truly enjoy those fight scenes.

[Pickpocket]

Someone pick an August MOM.

[edkrak]

After really weird July maybe something more subtle this month? What about Akitsu onsen? To tell the truth I haven't seen it, but I've heard only good things about this. And nobody from regular posters have seen it.

[KAH]

I was going to propose "The Tree of Wooden Clogs" again, but I like edkrak's suggestion.