Wow, I’ve put “Clean, Shaven” postcard in my schedule book as a book cover.
I am Japanese and usually we learn the story “Rashomon” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa at the class of national language at an elementary school student I was very attracted by the story anyway.
I really must read some of those 33 1/3 books.
Coincidentally enough I just entered a competition a few days ago to win the “One Step Beyond” one.
That might be a good place to start (if I win it)
I have Kagemusha which i haven’t got round to watching yet, also Dreams looks interesting too.
I forgot to mention on your blog the other day i don’t know if you’ve already seen it but Herzog did a documentary called Encounters At The End Of The World, which looks amazing i’m looking forward to watching it.
Of course Wild Zero, why didn’t i think of that & i only watched it the other night, thought i was awesome by the way Ed, & Versus i’d totally forgotten about that movie aswell. I couldn’t have come up with a list like that, it’s ace having you around Ed as our movie mastermind
Wild Zero! Hell yes!
I hunted down the region 4 DVD, found out it didn’t exist but was going to be released a few months later and so preordered it (about a year or two ago) on the strength of this review by Chris Sims.
It is almost as awesome as the film and is a must read! I have since subjected many friends to WZ - though my wife refuses to go near it even though I made her listen to the review above which I read out to her (?!?). The Japanese girlfriend of one of my film-buddies wasn’t so sure about it either after we watched it…
OK im going to go to buy movies soon and im only buying zombie flicks but i already have most all the mainstream zombie movies so i need recommendations for movies just put it out there my collections consist of( 28 Days Later,28 Weeks Later,The Aftermath,Beyond Re-Animator ,Braindead aka Dead alive,Bride of Re-Animator,The Children, all the George Romero movies,Dead & Breakfast,Zack Snyder dawn of the dead,Fido,I Was a Teenage Zombie,Pet Sematary 1&2,Plan 9 from Outer Space,Planet Terror,Quarantine,Re-Animator, all the resident evil movies,the return of the living dead series,Shaun of the Dead(of course),the video dead) and that pretty much it so if you do got some that aren’t on my list please do tell
Hey Edgar, I’m going to the University of Winchester in a couple of weeks - Film Studies, I hope you approve
Anywho, the reason I bring it up is I’m on a quest to get everyone to call it “The Winchester”, and so far so good
White Zombie
I Walked With A Zombie
Plague Of The Zombies
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (aka LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE) - great, great 70’s zombie film
REC - (watch this instead of Quarantine)
Wild Zero
Versus
The Beyond (amazing zombie climax)
The NOTLD Savini remake has it’s moments
Zombi 2 (aka Zombie Flesh Eaters)
Here are some zombie movies I liked that no one has mentioned
Dance of the Dead
Dead and Deader
Flight of the Living Dead
The Zombie Diaries
Undead or Alive
Dead Snow was already mentioned but Ill put it on again so you don’t forget to watch it because it is one of the better ones.
also if you want to go back a bit theres
(1964) I Eat Your Skin. This one makes me laugh because I’m a Spanish speaker and the actors in this movie butcher the language and it makes me laugh plus the Zombies look like buggy eyed crack heads.
1941 King of the Zombies. This movie I watch every couple years because it makes me laugh. You’ll have to watch it to know what I mean.
I have a huge list of bad zombie movies but thats on another day.
Because most things are on my IPOD at the moment I guess. I could do a list, but to be honest - THE KINKS - PICTURE BOOK has been on near constant rotation.
Do you have a region free DVD player or an american/british dvd player because I heard that the criterion collection is exclusive to North America (specifically the USA)?
Edgar, what are your thoughts on Clean Shaven? I really enjoyed Keane. All the extreme close-up handheld shots (in the first 30mins) of Damian Lewis’ face on the big screen started to unbalance my headspace so I began to feel a sense of connnection to the William Keane character. Never got round to looking up Kerrigan’s debut effort. Guessing I should?
Sorry to post twice but is that Bava collection still available? The artwork on it is way better than any collections I have. Region is not an issue. Thanks!
Black Sabbath! One of my faves… the Drop of Water segment is THE most chilling sequence ever captured on celluloid. Period. Can’t watch it at night and I have to psych myself up to watch it during the day. (I’ve even bookmarked pages in my Bava book so I can avoid looking at “the face”) God I love Bava.
I really want to get “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” and “Highway 61 Revisited” 33 1/3 books. I love me some Bowie as well, though. It’s all about Hunky Dory. What a perfect album!
Interesting story behind Bowie’s Berlin trilogy - at one point he was just eating Chilli and Milk. A suggestion for your diet during post-production perhaps?
Wow, I’ve put “Clean, Shaven” postcard in my schedule book as a book cover.
I was very attracted by the story anyway.
I am Japanese and usually we learn the story “Rashomon” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa at the class of national language at an elementary school student
I really must read some of those 33 1/3 books.
Coincidentally enough I just entered a competition a few days ago to win the “One Step Beyond” one.
That might be a good place to start (if I win it)
rashomon is awesome, when the samurai and bandit have a flinchy medieval slapfest, that’s tops.
Ah, I remember watching Rashomon. To be honest, I didn’t like it very much; I prefer Seven Samurai. Maybe that’s because I’m too simple-minded. -_-’
Everyone has a different take on Rashomon.
Ba-dum. Tish.
Haha.
I suppose I walked into that one, didn’t I?
Mifune + Kurosawa for the win! Beautiful movie. Every time I watch a Kurosawa and that Janus Films pops up at the beginning I get chills.
Someone at school once told me Janus was the Greek God of anal sex. I still believe this to be true.
Good gravy marie. I wonder if anyone ever told Kurosawa these things?
I literally just started a paper on Kurosawa today, very nice choice, though I would say Yojimbo/Sanjuro are my favorites as of yet
on the bowie album debate.. I’m going with Diamond Dogs
(however I havent seen Rashomon yet, but its coming in netflix tomorrow!)
I have Kagemusha which i haven’t got round to watching yet, also Dreams looks interesting too.
I forgot to mention on your blog the other day i don’t know if you’ve already seen it but Herzog did a documentary called Encounters At The End Of The World, which looks amazing i’m looking forward to watching it.
Of course Wild Zero, why didn’t i think of that & i only watched it the other night, thought i was awesome by the way Ed, & Versus i’d totally forgotten about that movie aswell. I couldn’t have come up with a list like that, it’s ace having you around Ed as our movie mastermind
Wild Zero! Hell yes!
I hunted down the region 4 DVD, found out it didn’t exist but was going to be released a few months later and so preordered it (about a year or two ago) on the strength of this review by Chris Sims.
It is almost as awesome as the film and is a must read! I have since subjected many friends to WZ - though my wife refuses to go near it even though I made her listen to the review above which I read out to her (?!?). The Japanese girlfriend of one of my film-buddies wasn’t so sure about it either after we watched it…
OK im going to go to buy movies soon and im only buying zombie flicks but i already have most all the mainstream zombie movies so i need recommendations for movies just put it out there my collections consist of( 28 Days Later,28 Weeks Later,The Aftermath,Beyond Re-Animator ,Braindead aka Dead alive,Bride of Re-Animator,The Children, all the George Romero movies,Dead & Breakfast,Zack Snyder dawn of the dead,Fido,I Was a Teenage Zombie,Pet Sematary 1&2,Plan 9 from Outer Space,Planet Terror,Quarantine,Re-Animator, all the resident evil movies,the return of the living dead series,Shaun of the Dead(of course),the video dead) and that pretty much it so if you do got some that aren’t on my list please do tell
Two spring to mind check out Let Sleeping Corpses Lie that’s a good one, & of course Dead Snow if you haven’t already brought it
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie may be my favourite non Romero zombie film.
Dead Snow I haven’t seen. Haven’t seen too many zombie films of late. I need a zombie break after Shaun.
Hey Edgar, I’m going to the University of Winchester in a couple of weeks - Film Studies, I hope you approve
Anywho, the reason I bring it up is I’m on a quest to get everyone to call it “The Winchester”, and so far so good
You’re missing…
White Zombie
I Walked With A Zombie
Plague Of The Zombies
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (aka LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE) - great, great 70’s zombie film
REC - (watch this instead of Quarantine)
Wild Zero
Versus
The Beyond (amazing zombie climax)
The NOTLD Savini remake has it’s moments
Zombi 2 (aka Zombie Flesh Eaters)
Will think on some more…
But there’s some missing from your collection.
Ugh, I’m so wholly annoyed as I watched QUARANTINE without even knowing it was a bloody remake! Still have yet to see REC.
Come watch REC 2 at Fantastic Fest, Edgar!
Night of the Creeps is good fun.
I haven’t seen it yet, but “Colin” is supposed to be pretty good.
Colin is now a zombie? Daisy will be upset. poor Colin, guess that night on the heath really did do something to him then.
Would de Ossorio’s Blind Dead series qualify? … and Wild Zero is a must have for the drinking game alone.
Don’t forget “Cemetary Man.”
Here are some zombie movies I liked that no one has mentioned
Dance of the Dead
Dead and Deader
Flight of the Living Dead
The Zombie Diaries
Undead or Alive
Dead Snow was already mentioned but Ill put it on again so you don’t forget to watch it because it is one of the better ones.
also if you want to go back a bit theres
(1964) I Eat Your Skin. This one makes me laugh because I’m a Spanish speaker and the actors in this movie butcher the language and it makes me laugh plus the Zombies look like buggy eyed crack heads.
1941 King of the Zombies. This movie I watch every couple years because it makes me laugh. You’ll have to watch it to know what I mean.
I have a huge list of bad zombie movies but thats on another day.
Hey Edgar, all these movies you’re watching, is it downtime before editing, or are you gathering ideas for editing SP or for the next project?
Edgar, Why don’t you do an update with 3 albums.
I know you are a music guy as well.
Because most things are on my IPOD at the moment I guess. I could do a list, but to be honest - THE KINKS - PICTURE BOOK has been on near constant rotation.
And frankly, no song can penetrate the catchiness of “Picture Book”!
Try put on some “Buzzcocks.” Good working music.
I love the Buzzcocks. But am not working. ‘Singles. Going Steady’ is one of the best ‘best of’s ever.
I love the Buzzcocks too! What’s your favorite song(s) of theirs?
Mine is “Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t've)”
Yes Sir. Its an incredible collection. Good ‘anytime’ music.
My favs are “Why Can’t I Touch it?” and “Everybody’s Happy Nowadays.”
Do you have a region free DVD player or an american/british dvd player because I heard that the criterion collection is exclusive to North America (specifically the USA)?
I’m not sure if your watching some of these for the first time or not so but let us know how that Clean,Shaven is.
Harrowing, in a word. Not light Sunday afternoon viewing.
BLACK SABBATH, the flick that inspired the name for possibly the greatest (and definitely the first) heavy metal band.
And thank God for it, too. Otherwise classics like “Paranoid” and “The Wizard” would be by the band Earth.
Oy vey.
Not the way ‘I’ remember it.,
Doh!
Marge: But you love Japan. You like Rashomon
Homer: That’s not the way remember it.
Edgar, what are your thoughts on Clean Shaven? I really enjoyed Keane. All the extreme close-up handheld shots (in the first 30mins) of Damian Lewis’ face on the big screen started to unbalance my headspace so I began to feel a sense of connnection to the William Keane character. Never got round to looking up Kerrigan’s debut effort. Guessing I should?
I’d like to see Rashomom, have always heard it was great.
I’ve never read any of the 33 1/3 books, but might have to order some now.
Black Sabbath… on my list as top horror flicks
speaking of Sabbath… there is a Black Sabbath’s Master of Reality: 33 1/3 By:John Darnielle
Sorry to post twice but is that Bava collection still available? The artwork on it is way better than any collections I have. Region is not an issue. Thanks!
Black Sabbath! One of my faves… the Drop of Water segment is THE most chilling sequence ever captured on celluloid. Period. Can’t watch it at night and I have to psych myself up to watch it during the day. (I’ve even bookmarked pages in my Bava book so I can avoid looking at “the face”) God I love Bava.
Rashomon and Mario Bava - now that’s some cocktail! Is Black Sabbath worth watching?
why yes Black Sabbath is well worth a watch
I watched Castle Freak this past week….. last time I saw that I was 16…
Man, everyone says Rashomon is a great film, but I don’t remember it being that good.
>_>
Tilda Swinton seems to have stole Bowie’s look from that one, or perhaps it’s the other way around!!!!!
Of the 4, I’ve only seen Rashomon. Saw it done as a play as well — also very good. Such great storytelling.
I really want to get “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn” and “Highway 61 Revisited” 33 1/3 books. I love me some Bowie as well, though. It’s all about Hunky Dory. What a perfect album!
Interesting story behind Bowie’s Berlin trilogy - at one point he was just eating Chilli and Milk. A suggestion for your diet during post-production perhaps?
Yes. I need it. Cocaine and milk it is then.
ah ah ah, don’t forget the red peppers!
In the book, it just mentioned the cocaine and the milk.
the chili must be in the 33 and 2/3 edition.
‘Cocaine and Milk’ - new cafe just opened on Wardour St, so you’ll be able to pop in soon.
not that you is fat! sheesh!
I do love Rashamon - and on a semi related note, think Low is my favourite Bowie album…