I have a lot of ideas for movie night this week and I find it difficult to pick one. So I'm going to ask for your opinion, your preference-- so I can ignore you. Please don't say "anything is fine" or other similar responses.
My first though is "Paris Je T'aime", a collage of shorts made by 18 different directors across the world, including famous names like Alfonso Cuaron, Oliver Assayas, the Coen brothers, Tom Tykwer, Alexander Payne, Christopher Doyle and Gus Van Sant (asshole). All the shorts are love stories happened in the City of Lights-- a tribute to Paris' reputation as a romantic city. I got that DVD when I went to China, the movie won't be released here (U.S.) until May.
On the other hand, I always thought about picking Akira Kurosawa's Stray Dog. Stray Dog is one of Kurosawa's earliest masterpiece (1949). In this movie, you can also see a very cerebral performance by Toshiro Mifune, who is famous for being the wild crazy samurai in features like The Seven Samurai and Rashomon. Stray Dog is a thrilling film noir about a cop who is finding his lost gun. You can never get enough of Kurosawa, right?
Yasujiro Ozu, another great director who has not been featured on Movie Night. What a crime! I've been thinking about picking Late Spring for a while.
so, now, tell me what your opinion
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well, my vote would be for Paris Je T'aime because it sounds pretty interesting and we've never watched a film before it was released..
but we do need to watch an Ozu film at some point... I've had Good Morning on my "future movie night picks" list for a while, but I don't know when I'll ever get around to picking it
I've seen Late Spring, but Paris Je T'aime sounds pretty interesting to me. I'm a big fan of short films, but otherwise the concept and collection of directors sounds really cool.
Why is Gus Van Zant an asshole? Just curious.
just because...
and you're an asshole for asking
because he made Last Days, which sucks ass. I could have used those two hours cutting myself at home.
i'm not sure that making a sucky movie makes someone an asshole... seems like he'd be more of an idiot or a dumbass or a fuckhead... or possibly a prick, depending on how pretentious the movie is
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