OT: Art, Music, Literature, Media, and More! Part 3

[jordb2k7]

Anyone watch Disclaimer on Apple? Holy crap! I have a lot of feelings about it lol.

Wife and i finished it yesterday. The director is one of my favorites. I thought it was a thrilling story and I did see some elements coming. Regardless I enjoyed it and would recommend it to people. Plus nearly all Apple TV shows have super high quality production values

[SuperDeluxe]

I'm still on a French movie kick. My latest two "finds" are "L'enfer" (known in English both as "Torment" and "Hell") from 1994, and "La belle Époque" (2019). About that last one, a viewer wrote on Letterboxd, "The kind of film that turns up out of nowhere and completely affirms every positive belief I've ever held about cinema." Spot on.

First-class acting and directing (both movies).

[bisme37]

Anyone watch Disclaimer on Apple? Holy crap! I have a lot of feelings about it lol.

Wife and i finished it yesterday. The director is one of my favorites. I thought it was a thrilling story and I did see some elements coming. Regardless I enjoyed it and would recommend it to people. Plus nearly all Apple TV shows have super high quality production values

Actual spoilers:

Spoiler:

I didn't really know what it was about but I figured Cate Blanchett and Alfonso Cuarón and Apple were going to make something good.

First couple episodes I was really distracted and annoyed by that 2nd person narration. I don't understand why they thought we needed an audiobook playing on top of our TV show lol. Or why it was in 2nd person. The whole thing about great actors is we can tell what's in their head by watching them act and we don't need a narrator telling us what's in their head. So that was weird to me, but the show was good so I got over it.

Then I gotta say I was surprised by all the sex haha. I'm not complaining but the middle episodes of the show were like an extended soft porn. So that was notable.

Then that final episode and the twist. SO POWERFUL! I realized I was holding my head in my hands and almost forgetting to breathe for stretches of it lol. Just so good.

Like you say, I kinda saw the twist coming, but ironically I think it was only because of the disclaimer about sexual violence they put at the beginning of the episodes. Without that I'm not sure I'd have had a clue.

Anyway, for all my rollercoaster of thoughts throughout the show, in the end it was excellent and a must-watch imo.

Oh yeah one more thing: I did not recognize Borat until like episode 3 lol.

[bisme37]

Has anyone caught "It's Florida, Man" on HBO?

Little 30 minute show where they take a real headline from some weird thing that happened in Florida and have actors act it out. Very crazy and quite entertaining haha.

[ConstableGeneva]

Coma, British TV series. Damn good watch, if you're a fan of stress and anxiety. Why are the Brits so great at creating tension? (Same with their cop/spy shows.) Premise is so so simple and I am hooked.

EDIT: Welp, disappointing ending.

[bisme37]

This gorgeous piece of art just sold at auction for $6.2M. It's a banana duct taped to a wall.

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[SuperDeluxe]

This gorgeous piece of art just sold at auction for $6.2M. It's a banana duct taped to a wall.

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I want to think the wall (and the medieval palace the wall belonged to) were included in the price.

[Tatumfor2]

This gorgeous piece of art just sold at auction for $6.2M. It's a banana duct taped to a wall.

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[bisme37]

Ey, Cross on Prime Video has been surprisingly good. Six episodes in so far. I thought it was gonna be a ep-by-ep procedural. It isn't. Centers around Alex Cross trying to nail this serial killer and find a kidnapped woman as he deals with some personal **** of his own. Stars Aldis Hodge from Leverage and City on a Hill.

Bobby Portis was excellent in the lead role haha.

[Captain Holt]

Watch My Old Ass on Amazon.

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[djFan71]

A Man on the Inside is Michael Schur. I watched the first episode, seems promising.

[canman1971]

Watch My Old Ass on Amazon.

Thank you.

[ConstableGeneva]

Ludwig on BBC. Smart, funny whodunnit crime/mystery show. Worth the watch.

[Captain Holt]

Watch My Old Ass on Amazon.

Thank you.

It’s so beautiful lol.

[sam_I_am]

I'm still on a French movie kick. My latest two "finds" are "L'enfer" (known in English both as "Torment" and "Hell") from 1994, and "La belle Époque" (2019). About that last one, a viewer wrote on Letterboxd, "The kind of film that turns up out of nowhere and completely affirms every positive belief I've ever held about cinema." Spot on.

First-class acting and directing (both movies).

Have you watched the show Lupin? It’s one of my favorite foreign TV series and French.

The young beautiful actress from the Swimming Pool is in it. She and the director of the Swimming Pool made another movie together called 8 Women which I remember liking a lot. It’s kind of like Knives Out or Clue where everyone in a house is a murder suspect. Neither is great IMO but we’re critically acclaimed at the time.

[sam_I_am]

Has anyone caught "It's Florida, Man" on HBO?

Little 30 minute show where they take a real headline from some weird thing that happened in Florida and have actors act it out. Very crazy and quite entertaining haha.

Thanks for the recommendation. Even had a cameo by Carl Hiasson who wrote Bad Monkey and several other amazing Florida Man novels.

[SuperDeluxe]

I'm still on a French movie kick. My latest two "finds" are "L'enfer" (known in English both as "Torment" and "Hell") from 1994, and "La belle Époque" (2019). About that last one, a viewer wrote on Letterboxd, "The kind of film that turns up out of nowhere and completely affirms every positive belief I've ever held about cinema." Spot on.

First-class acting and directing (both movies).

Have you watched the show Lupin? It’s one of my favorite foreign TV series and French.

The young beautiful actress from the Swimming Pool is in it. She and the director of the Swimming Pool made another movie together called 8 Women which I remember liking a lot. It’s kind of like Knives Out or Clue where everyone in a house is a murder suspect. Neither is great IMO but we’re critically acclaimed at the time.

"8 Women" is on my watchlist (Ozon is probably my favourite French director), thanks for the recommendation.

I'm rarely watching series anymore - no longer feel like investing so much time only to be disappointed. The last one I watched ("Twin Peaks") started with a bang but fizzled just a few episodes in. Same with "Ozark." A lot of the shows seem to turn into soap operas when they run out of ideas. Still, I've added "Lupin" to my list. Thanks again.

[bigfoot_cryptozoology]

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[Smart2Nesmith43]

I'm still on a French movie kick. My latest two "finds" are "L'enfer" (known in English both as "Torment" and "Hell") from 1994, and "La belle Époque" (2019). About that last one, a viewer wrote on Letterboxd, "The kind of film that turns up out of nowhere and completely affirms every positive belief I've ever held about cinema." Spot on.

First-class acting and directing (both movies).

Have you watched the show Lupin? It’s one of my favorite foreign TV series and French.

The young beautiful actress from the Swimming Pool is in it. She and the director of the Swimming Pool made another movie together called 8 Women which I remember liking a lot. It’s kind of like Knives Out or Clue where everyone in a house is a murder suspect. Neither is great IMO but we’re critically acclaimed at the time.

Lupin is only like 15 episodes so it's not that much of a time commitment compared to other series and it avoids the faults of a lot of (mainly US) series that go on and on long after they have ran out of ideas just to milk the audience. If you have any interest in heist movies/series, it's definitely a fun watch. Though, if you only have time to watch one Omar Sy project I would recommend Intouchables. Certainly the french movie from the 21st century I enjoyed the most.

Hopefully you can fit La grande illusion into your French movie kick. It is hands down the best French movie ever made.
I'm not sure how accessible it is outside of France because it took decades to reconstitute the entire movie after the Nazis tried to wipe it out of existence and by that point a black and white film about POWs during WW1 who speak a combination of French, English and German was never going to appeal to a mass audience but if you can find a way to watch it, I promise it will be worth it.