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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-05-18 18:45 [#02208007]
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Good evening,
Has anybody seen "Lunacy" by Jan Å vankmajer, or any other films by him?
I'd highly recommend checking him out. Nightmarish, surreal, subversive stuff.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-18 18:59 [#02208009]
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what the fuck is happening ?
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-05-18 19:09 [#02208011]
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Trust me, it does make sense - if you watch the entire thing with subtitles, I mean. I'll never look at a mental asylum the same way.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-18 19:20 [#02208022]
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Does it really??? <----this adds to the surrealism i think
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-18 19:45 [#02208031]
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i'm sorry but... dancing meat?!!
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-V-
from Ensenada Drive on 2008-05-18 20:27 [#02208069]
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I've seen most of his shorts and all of his longer films except for Lunacy. I recommend checking out the Brothers Quay, if you haven't already--Svankmajer's work influenced them a bit.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2008-05-18 20:40 [#02208075]
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haha genius! i'll check that out.
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-18 20:53 [#02208079]
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Don't tell me you understood the dancing meat. MEAT: "I dance to be free like the birds" FAT MAN: "But who will eat this meat that dances?" PAINTED WOMEN: "I cannot dance, for they have painted me"
See i can be proper surreal too
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2008-05-18 21:00 [#02208081]
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i can't speak czech but it makes me '?'
also i've been in prague lately so it makes me =)
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AMPI MAX
from United Kingdom on 2008-05-18 21:04 [#02208082]
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I think if i had subtitles to read, a book on what the film meant, and someone next to me carefully explaining every detail, i would still not get it.
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mohamed
from the turtle business on 2008-05-18 21:08 [#02208085]
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you won't need to understand after the twelfth beer!
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QRDL
from Poland on 2008-05-18 21:43 [#02208090]
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I think I've seen everything he's done, but Sileni is not among the best. It's not among the worst either.
You're
welcome/
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mortsto-x
from Trondheim/Bodø (Norway) on 2008-05-19 01:43 [#02208107]
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I've seen Faust. I liked it, but it didn't make sense to me.
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dariusgriffin
from cool on 2008-05-19 04:19 [#02208115]
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I thought you watched films.
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CS2x
from London (United Kingdom) on 2008-05-19 06:34 [#02208132]
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Well, the meat could definitely mean something - or it could mean nothing in particular. Either way, I don't really mind, because it was great fun watching meat crawl about and do all sorts of disgusting and funny things, and it added something to the overall atmosphere. :-) Maybe if your brain doesn't enjoy the absurd or surrealism then it might not do much for you; I just like all that stuff for some reason. It's beautiful escapism. :-) Though it doesn't apply to this film, not having to worry about any specific "meaning" in anything and reveling in non sequiturs or bizarre and creative juxtapositions is great fun.
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Advocate
on 2008-05-19 08:53 [#02208156]
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I really like 'Alice'. It's an adaptation of Alice in Wonderland.
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skeksi23
from ∆ on 2008-05-19 11:24 [#02208203]
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yeah top film, dont think Ive not liked any of his stuff that I've seen..
thought lunacy was pretty hilarious in parts, those prison warder type guys that he keeps seeing in his dream well did my head in hehe
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