What are you watching on netflix live?

[DGoodhart]

Un Chien Andalou
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Un_Chien_Andalou/60000602?trkid=809936

It's a short surrealist film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali.  Not much in the way of plot, but contains some iconic images.  Way ahead of it's time, and well worth checking out for the 15 minutes it takes to watch.

It's absolutely classic stuff, and y'know David Lynch had to see this at some point in his life...

[DGoodhart]

That one's in my queueueueu too! I love Von Trier!

Dave, he's one of my favorite filmmakers and I'm sure you've probably seen these or have them in your queueueueue... but for others who aren't familiar with him, there's Manderlay, The Boss of It All, Europa (really cool), and Dear Wendy (he wrote it, but didn't direct it, but it sure feels like one of his) as well... all worth seeing...

[Matt H.O.W.L.]

Un Chien Andalou
http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/Un_Chien_Andalou/60000602?trkid=809936

It's a short surrealist film by Luis Bunuel and Salvador Dali.  Not much in the way of plot, but contains some iconic images.  Way ahead of it's time, and well worth checking out for the 15 minutes it takes to watch.

I've been chuckling about this since I read it. I had to find the Buñuel quote on how it was written: Buñuel made clear throughout his writings that, between Dalí and himself, the only rule for the writing of the script was that "no idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted."

Yeah, it's killer stuff that is still powerful today. If nothing else (like creating the template for rock videos), the thing gave us the song "Debaser."  

[CHowell]

I am working my way through Farscape.  Love watching all those old Doctor Who episodes.  Also I am getting the current Doctor Who and Torchwood series in the mail.

[MajorBSE (John)]

Just finished Doctor Who season 2, and I'm Watching the first episode of Torchwood right now. I also watch a documentary every week, this week was The Great Happiness Space. I suggest anyone who is interested in Japanese Culture to check it out.

[Jo-El]

Not watching anything on Netflix today, but this morning, I watched a review of the Phantom Menace on Youtube that you may or may not have heard about.  The reviewer picks the movie apart like I've never seen, and it is FUNNY!

I recommend it.  He's got Star Trek movie reviews out there too, currently watching his review of STAR TREK: GENERATIONS.

Check these out:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/FxKtZmQgxrI&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/FxKtZmQgxrI&rel=1</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/h06WKYFYdlo&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/h06WKYFYdlo&rel=1</a>

[Dave A]

I love Un Chien Andalou like few other films. Slicing up eyeballs WHOA HO HO HO!

Dave, he's one of my favorite filmmakers and I'm sure you've probably seen these or have them in your queueueueue... but for others who aren't familiar with him, there's Manderlay, The Boss of It All, Europa (really cool), and Dear Wendy (he wrote it, but didn't direct it, but it sure feels like one of his) as well... all worth seeing...

No doubt... I went on a binge a few years back after I saw Dogville (still possibly my favorite... though my wife prefers Dancer in the Dark, another strong contender) and absolutely fell in love with the guy's stuff. Can't wait to check out Antichrist.

Right now, watching In the Electric Mist... man, I love John Goodman to death, but homeboy can NOT do accents. 

[Jeremy G]

I love Un Chien Andalou like few other films. Slicing up eyeballs WHOA HO HO HO!
  What are you watching? Faces of Death?

Right now, watching In the Electric Mist... man, I love John Goodman to death, but homeboy can NOT do accents. 

You are right about Electric Mist.I couldn't even watch the whole thing.

[splittingadams]

right now, I am not watching so much as my wife....

Murder, She Wrote Season 125.... She has spent the better part of 5 months watching all available seasons of this show.

[DGoodhart]

No doubt... I went on a binge a few years back after I saw Dogville (still possibly my favorite... though my wife prefers Dancer in the Dark, another strong contender) and absolutely fell in love with the guy's stuff. Can't wait to check out Antichrist.

I think Dogville is also my favorite of his as well... have you seen Manderlay yet (it's sequel)?  I was absolutely blown away the first time I saw Dogville and still manage to see it every now and then...  Manderlay is a pretty good movie as well, though some of the novelty is a little worn off, but still highly watchable.  I just hope he gets to making Wasington (the third in the Grace trilogy) soon...

And I forgot to add, one of von Trier's earliest, The Element of Crime is also out there...

[dademan]

I watched the movie Good Dick last night.

It was an interesting Indie movie. The summery is what drew me into the movie. But after watching it, it left me wondering A) Why Did I watch it, and B) What the hell just happened. After reflecting on it, however, I decided that it was in fact a good movie, albeit a little awkward.

[BurlIves]

I've been chuckling about this since I read it. I had to find the Buñuel quote on how it was written: Buñuel made clear throughout his writings that, between Dalí and himself, the only rule for the writing of the script was that "no idea or image that might lend itself to a rational explanation of any kind would be accepted."

Yeah, I was sort of trying to give people an idea of what (or what not) to expect.  Which may be a disservice to the creators, I'm not sure.

It does raise a question for me though, whether it is possible to present someone with a sequence of images, and not have them try to construct a narrative out of them.  It's a question that's also pertinent to sequential art; I think it's one of the questions that Pim and Francie tries to explore, for example.

[Dave A]

Saw Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus... to all my schlock-lovin' friends, don't bother. Ed Wood level incompetence, but without the heart. Soulless junk. You can't stitch together 30 watchable seconds. And yes, Debbie Gibson is the best actor in the movie. It's the kind of flick where they came up with it just to lure drunk retards like me who just can't say no to stuff like this. 

Also saw Omega man... the heavy-handedness and conservative slant really turned me off. I ended up doing a lot of this:    Now who's gonna have to fix that dent in my wall? Me. Double lose.

It's pretty rare for me to give "dislike" ratings to movies, much less two in one weekend, but those were a couple duds.

[Matt H.O.W.L.]

It does raise a question for me though, whether it is possible to present someone with a sequence of images, and not have them try to construct a narrative out of them.  It's a question that's also pertinent to sequential art; I think it's one of the questions that Pim and Francie tries to explore, for example.

I think about this a lot. I think Scott McCloud, in Understanding Comics, talked about the brain's inclination to discern or create a relationship between 2 images in sequence is what makes comics work. It seems like, in this film, Bunuel & Dali were using narrative conventions to manipulate the viewer, in a way. Like their purpose was to explode the medium and film narrative by dangling the Pavlovian carrot of "Once upon a time..." and "Eight Years Ago" in front of viewers and having iconic costumes (the habit) persist throughout the film. They tease the audience by making them think "This must mean something. There's got to be a story." I need to watch it again; it's been a long time.

[Dave A]

You guys ever watch any other Bunuel? L'age D'or is another great surrealist piece he did with Dali, and 4 times as long as Un Chien Andalou... that one goes even more heavily into religious themes.

I've seen quite a few of of his later movies as well, most of which did begin to establish plots that were really cool and effective... I think he must have been a huge influence on Peter Milligan when he wrote Shade the Changing Man. Stuff like The Exterminating Angel (a sort of comedy of manners in which the guests of an upper class dinner party find themselves unable to leave the event), Belle de Jour (starring the g-o-r-g-e-o-u-s Catherine Deneuve and about a frigid young wife who can't seem to muster up enough lust to sleep with her husband, yet becomes a call girl on the sly), and Viridiana (about a beautiful young nun who visits her uncle and becomes suddenly entangled in a disturbing affair with him) are well worth seeking out for fans.

(Not to hijack the thread too bad, I don't think any of that stuff's on watch instant)

[Dave A]

Watching The King of Marvin Gardens right now.

Can I just go on record as "not getting" Bob Rafelson?

I keep trying to watch this guy's movies, mostly because of the incredible casts he gathered... but everything I watch of his strikes me as a war, and the two sides fighting for dominance are "boring" and "pretentious".

EDIT: You do get to see Ellen Burstyn's jugs, though. Never thought I'd be all that interested, but that's a hell of a rack.

[Eric Williams]

Finished off "Anti-Christ" and holy shit is it messed up.  I know it's been mentioned on here before but I just wanted to say that for me, it was so much more disturbing than any Saw/Hostel movie has been.  Very beautiful & Very horrific.

[DGoodhart]

Finished off "Anti-Christ" and holy shit is it messed up.  I know it's been mentioned on here before but I just wanted to say that for me, it was so much more disturbing than any Saw/Hostel movie has been.  Very beautiful & Very horrific.

Glad you thought it was effective, I can't wait to watch it again my own self...

[Papercut]

[Jeffrey P.]

I just started Torchwood. Its great so far!