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Kadaver · Grip Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

AUGUST UNDERGROUND and the sequel MORDUM

-Kadaver

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the night watchman · Posted: 12.12.2004 4:42 am Post subject:

I got a hold of August Underground and Mordum, but the balls I need to watch them are still on order. Actually, I watched the first five minutes of AU and shut it off. Shocked

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Kadaver · Grip Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

The original AU looks PG-13 when compared to its sequel MORDUM, which even surpasses DEVIL'S EXPERIMENT and FLOWER OF FLESH AND BLOOD in the shocking department. Although it isn't quite as effective as the original, I'd argue that there is quite a lot of substance lurking under its surface. It may seem to be simply shock for shock's sake, but this time around, there is an actual focus towards the characters, believe it or not. Not much disturbs me in film, but when done right, I feel goosebumps and start to feel physically sick. These films are: PYSCHO: SNUFF REELS (Fred Vogel was obviously inspired by this film); THE UNTOLD STORY (by the end of this film, I was unbelievably sick); IRREVERSIBLE (it is, like I said, a very important film); FUNNY GAMES (like Gaspar Noe's film, a powerful statement on violence); AFTERMATH (a short film by Nacho Cerda about what goes on at a morgue afterhours, Unearthed Films is releasing this in the near future); SCRAPBOOK and CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST are among other films that have highly disturbed me.

I haven't seen TWENTYNINE PALMS yet, but I've seen other Dumont films and were very impressed with them. As a matter of fact, HUMANITE is one of my favorite films of alltime... Highly recommended if you have not seen.

beltmann · Posted: 12.12.2004 5:42 pm Post subject:

Bunman: The Untold Story made me queasy, too. Yet it's a very good film, with a great performance by Anthony Wong. Although I can understand comparing Funny Games to Irreversible, I'd argue that Haneke is an infinitely more humanistic--and more thoughtful--artist than Noe.

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the night watchman · Posted: 12.12.2004 6:53 pm Post subject:

I really want to see Twentynine Palms, but it's unavailable for rent in my town. Confused

I might just take a chance and pick it up sight unseen.
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"If you're talking about censorship, and what things should be shown and what things shouldn't be shown, I've said that as an artist you have no social responsibility whatsoever."

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Kadaver · Grip Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

Noe's and Haneke's approaches towards violence vs cinema are different from each other, but the reason why I chose to compare the two films was how they have their unique ways of implicating the viewer into the action. One of the teenagers in FUNNY GAMES often talks to us, shot in a close-up. During the rape scene in IRREVERSIBLE, a man appears at the end of the tunnel... Etc.

I'd also like to recommend THE LAST HORROR MOVIE, which I saw earlier this year. It involves us much differently than the aforementioned films, and watching it at home will be even more effective than in theaters. I've been wanting to pick it up. I hear that Fangoria released it on DVD, but I went to Bestbuy and Suncoast and neither of them carry it for some odd reason. What's going on here? Does anyone know if it is available or it got delayed? It came out the 7th.

the night watchman · Posted: 12.12.2004 7:22 pm Post subject:

Kadaver · Grip Joined: 05 Dec 2004 Posts: 8

Thanks. I'm probably going to do that, since I can't find it anywhere.