Screening Notes: Blade Runner – Final Cut
The screening was held in the badlands of the Bar-G, on the damp and unremarkable evening of Friday 8th October 2010. Scott, Vicki and David attended; everyone else had something better to do or was...
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David: So while we were watching Sir Rid’s not-terribly-involving introduction, my first reaction was one of blind panic – “I don’t know shit about films! Why the hell would I want to talk publicly...
View ArticleScreening Notes: Repo Man
Repo Man movie was screened as part of a double bill with Chris Morris’ Four Lions, which we’ll write about in mid-December. The screening took place in sunny Cathcart, on the evening of Saturday 6th...
View ArticleThe List: Version 1.5
Currently in consideration or recently watched: Akira Alien Audition Battle Royale Blade Runner (Final Cut; we’ve still got the Director’s Cut and a couple of different theatrical cuts to work our way...
View ArticleScreening Notes: Four Lions
Four Lions was screened as part of a double bill with Repo Man, which we wrote about here. I’d previously said that we’d write about Four Lions “in mid-December”. From this you may surmise that I have...
View ArticleScript Rehearsal: Four Lions
The Power of Nightmares, part 1 – Baby It’s Cold Outside: (Parts 2 and 3 of Adam Curtis’ documentary are also available online.) Chris Morris, introducing Four Lions at the Bradford International Film...
View ArticlePish Talk: Four and a Half Lions
David: I don’t intend to make a habit of writing posts to respond to stray comments, but we’re a relatively new site, short on content, so I figure what the hell! Here’s what someone who calls...
View ArticleScreening Notes: Blood Simple
Blood Simple was watched on a suitably glum night in the Badlands of the Bar-G. Neither Scott nor David had previously seen the movie before, though David did borrow Kenny’s VHS of the movie for about...
View ArticleScript Rehearsal: Blood Simple
Sean Wizke, Supervillain: It’s a horror movie. M. Emmet Walsh is the monster. From Emma Peel Session 27 – I’ll show you a life of the mind. That post is the spiritual father of the #coencountdown meme...
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David: So are we doing this as a dialogue then? Scott: Aye. We are. David: Cool, I guess I’ll start then! My first instinct would be to talk about how out of their depth most of the characters in...
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