Why is there no longer interest in the Film Club?

Brian G Turner

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Film club

So...it's about time we had ourselves a film club (US: movie club) - where we set a few days over which we watch a specified film and then discuss it after. We can revisit old classics, ones we haven't seen, and generally explore film as a medium for sf/f in its broadest possible sense.

I would also like to create special theme nights - for example, 1920s horror classics, 60's B movies, etc.

This thread is to invite suggestions for the first film night: Saturday October 16th (or thereabouts).

I'm going to personally suggest "Lost Boys", partly because it's a classic worth revisiting, but also because there's the newly released 2-disc DVD.

Feel free to use this thread to nominate titles - I'll close this thread within 7 days, after which we'll have a vote on the titles suggested - all very much in the model of the Book Club.

Open to all, by the way (and the last poster buys in the pizza. :D ).
 
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Ooooh, that's a great idea! :) I had a feeling you'd beat me to The Lost Boys as a suggestion...But I have no chance of getting my hands on the SE so soon...:( They might have it in the video clubs here, but for some reason they never put the extra material in when you rent it, just the movie...
 
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Sounds cool to me. I'm not a member anywhere that I can rent a movie but my roomie is so I may be able to get my hands on whatever is chosen. I'll suggest one of my older faves, Krull. I haven't seen it in a while and I think it would be fun to revisit.

Here's a link to the IMDB description and cast. Surprisingly, Liam Neeson is in it! I had no idea.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085811/
 
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O God, that's a point in hand too...for some reason, Croats have a thing about 'old' films...nothing older than two years is kept in the clubs...:eek: :mad: bloody ridiculous, but 'if it's been shown on TV we don't keep it'...

I'm lucky in that they usually sell 'old' films for a fraction of the price, but it's really annoying...can't get my hands on most stuff...

Oh well...all the more reason to become friends with Amazon and my hubby's MasterCard:D I'll live:p :rolleyes:
 
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lost boys sounds great, and i would also love to see the new one, Taking lives. not a big jolie fan, but it looks good.

How about for a marathon, the V miniseries and final battle DVD's. My order for the final battle is going through this week, so i can join in:D
 
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What about the recent television adaptation of "Alice in Wonderland"? Probably the best version so far.
 
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The idea for a film club is definitely a keeper, Brian.

Maybe this is too ambitious, but I think it would be cool to have a theme of "first contact" and do a double feature: "The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind". I did a paper for an English class one time that compared and contrasted the two, and argued that the older film is the ulitmate sci-fi film, the ultimate "first contact" film, and still completely relevant today. Guess that makes me the uber-nerd. :eek: Anyhow, I would definitely recommend "The Day The Earth Stood Still" when we do 50s sci-fi.:)
 
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We'll definitely have to do marathon stints. :)

For the moment it's simply a case of seeing what works - I don't believe there's any new material in the Lost Boys film, so there's no loss in getting an older disc if that's the one chosen.

There are some good suggestions so far, though. :)
 
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I would really like us to discuss The Dark Crystal, a beautiful film with an original story.
 
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I'm mainly a horror film buff so I'd love chats over:

Living Dead series, Martin (George Romero)
Carnival of Souls (Herk Harvey)
Black Sunday (Mario Bava)
The Innocents (Jack Clayton)

and other movies...
 
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I call for a vote!!!

(when will i have time to catch up on my films and books and writing... STOP IT, I need some time....):D
 
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Lost Boys sounds good to me (although I do gravitate more towards McMurphy's sugestion of Bladerunner) but I hope that we have a David Lynch night sometime - then maybe I might glean enough info from the rest of you guys to actually figure out what's going on :D
 
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Nobody knows what is going on in Lynch movies, he is deliberately weird. The Dark Crytal should be the film that we choose, in fact you want to vote for it now..... :eek:
 
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Very democratic of you, Brian. It is a very fine thing to watch a film, and even cooler to have it planned wonderfully that we shall view each and every film in its popularly-determined order. Wonderful.

It's time people happened to realise the way good, tolerant, vivacious people regard others and interact with the world in general.
 
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Lacedaemonian said:
I would really like us to discuss The Dark Crystal, a beautiful film with an original story.
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I love this fime and I think its the one I most remember from my childhood.

I've been desperately been trying to find other people in the world who have even watched it, for years!

Whether or not this film gets picked for the film club I’m going out on the internet to find it and buy it right now!:D
 
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