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by KGB
Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:59 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Books about movies - film criticism, biography, history, etc
Replies: 12
Views: 12377

Re: Books about movies - film criticism, biography, history,

For myself, I have found that I have disliked the great bulk of writing that belongs to the canon of so-called film theory, finding it ill-argued, philosophically weak, and, worst of all, tedious. I agree with this. And I would put Cavell's book on top of the list for tedious, ill-argued film essay...
by KGB
Mon Oct 28, 2013 3:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Psycho-political mini-reviews
Replies: 18
Views: 6766

Re: Psycho-political mini-reviews

I have immensely enjoyed Slavoj Žižek's review of the last Batman, though I don't agree with everything; haven't seen his 'Pervert's guides' yet. I love reading these kinds of reviews, looking for subtext and indoctrination appeals to my inner tin-foil hat wearer/folklorist There's nothing conspirat...
by KGB
Fri Jul 26, 2013 2:32 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Save the Cat
Replies: 6
Views: 4576

Re: Save the Cat

What I'm saying is that the three-act structure, at least in Hollywood cinema, has already been meticulously pinned down for decades. I haven't seen that link, and I'm seeing some mild differences with the structure I was familiar with, but only very little ones. What this breakdown does is pinning ...
by KGB
Wed Jul 24, 2013 2:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Save the Cat
Replies: 6
Views: 4576

Re: Save the Cat

The three-act structure has alwasy been meticulously detailed, it isn't a new thing. And Hollywood being an industry it's just logical that there would be a closely followed formula to work with. I don't think Snyder's book it's a game-changer, to me it just sounds like thinly veiled publicity (even...
by KGB
Mon Jul 15, 2013 7:40 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: A few things...
Replies: 10
Views: 5668

Re: A few things...

I'm still really looking forward to seeing collections grouped together. I'm sick of checking out collections for a film to see hundreds of meaningless lists I don't care about, that don't reflect anything about the film. Not to mention it will be really nice to explore different subgenres (or gener...
by KGB
Fri Jun 07, 2013 4:10 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Banging pots out of windows in South America
Replies: 5
Views: 3450

Re: Banging pots out of windows in South America



first 10 minutes. also lots of homemade videos
by KGB
Sun Jun 02, 2013 11:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Intralinking Movies
Replies: 10
Views: 5939

Re: Intralinking Movies

by KGB
Sat May 18, 2013 4:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Industrialization movies set in America
Replies: 8
Views: 11845

Re: Industrialization movies set in America

Maybe Wenders' Soul of a Man.
by KGB
Mon Mar 11, 2013 5:27 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Film soundtracks in your music collection
Replies: 22
Views: 15984

Re: Film soundtracks in your music collection



A simple composition, but it creates such an amazing atmosphere in the film.
by KGB
Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Film soundtracks in your music collection
Replies: 22
Views: 15984

Re: Film soundtracks in your music collection

Forgot all about Goblin, Profondo Rosso is a great album, and truly the music pretty much makes that film. The Assasination of Jesse James I remember had a great soundtrack too, I'll be checking it out soon. And speaking of Lynch I remember listening a lot to the Lost Highway soundtrack a few years ...