~ Jis_Bon ~

You welcome!!

Mi||iê Måë

So Matt, is tonight our Battle Royale watch?

~ Jis_Bon ~

If you want to see this movie, you can find it in English subs

GardenSirens

I've seen that movie and love it!

~ Jis_Bon ~

The performances are splendid! I had Daniel Brulh before in Fifth Estate

GardenSirens

I haven't seen that one

~ Jis_Bon ~

I watched the movie for Benedict despite the mixed reviews...imo is a fantastic film

GardenSirens

yeah you love him a lot, don't you, hehe

~ Jis_Bon ~

Yeah and I'm sorry that I learnt about him only in June

CityGal

Watched a nice French film De Rouille Et D'os (Rust and Bone)

Slayerette89

For ages now I've been meaning to go through Theo Angelopoulos' filmography. But I watch about 0.5 movies per 5 years + his work is challenging, so I can't turn to it when I just want some rest/easily-digestible fun. But this captures why his movies are worth the time and effort.

"Beyond Greece itself, Angelopoulos stands apart as a director and "contemporary citizen" deeply concerned with the past and present of the Balkans as geographical, cultural, and spiritual territories. He is painfully aware that the borders have always shifted in the Balkans. And he knows that it has never been easy to simply say one is "Greek."

… Angelopoulos attempts to go deeper than history. “How many borders do one have to cross to find himself at home?” asks the character in The Suspended Step of the Stork, a line repeated in his most recent film, Ulysses’ Gaze. What Angelopoulos realizes clearly is that all of the countries that make up the Balkans share much of a similar past, particularly as it relates to having been under Turkish domination for hundreds of years. It is, therefore, no surprise that Ulysses’ Gaze, made while the Bosnian was was still raging on and the “Macedonian Question” remained unresolved, embraces rather than avoids these territories. The plot brings its protagonist through northern Greece, Albania, Skopje, Bulgaria, Romania, and Serbia, and ends in war-torn Sarajevo.”

Andrew Horton, The Films of Theo Angelopoulos (1999)

from: x (which seems to be deactivated now)

His themes resonate with me because I'm from the Balkans, but I think international audience can find his movies and questions they raise interesting and relateable too.







(The second scene is from The Suspended Step of the Stork too)

Mi||iê Måë

Looks like some intense films! Thanks for sharing!

Crystal Clear

I'd really recommend this Korean zombie horror: Train To Busan

Mi||iê Måë

^^ I've come across it but a lot of the time I want a film I don't have to pay attention to, like subs so I go for the easy watch!

Crystal Clear

Believe me, once the action gets going and people start getting bitten on the train, it's intense and terrifying!