International Rec a Movie Day (from girlwithjournal)

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International Rec a Movie Day

Perfect Blue (1997) - a horror/myster/suspence/slasher movie that will cure you forever of the idea that animated films internationally are as kiddish as animated films in America. I reccomend having something to munch on when you watch, or at least a pillow to hold. It has a slow opening, but once you're into it, it starts to become kind of fascinating, and then it becomes kind of unnerving, and by the end you're left feeling icky and creeped out and blinking a lot and going, "Damn. Well. Damn. That was different." Which is how all suspence films should leave you feeling.


Pleasantville (1998) - Many of you have already seen this, but I feel it's worth reccing again. This film is a work of art in terms of visual design-- it's fantastically beautiful to watch. The concept of the film is simple: take two modern high shcool siblings and transport them into the imaginary 1950s suburbia of old television shows. It could almost be a Mary-Sue fic from Leave It To Beaver fandom (if such a fandom exists). It could be an adventure, and stop there. It could be a story about the kids learning to appreciate the real family they have over the plastic family of television, and stop there. But the movie *doesn't* stop there. It takes the scientific truth that you can't study something without changing it, and adds the romantic truth that a life that's not colorful (in all meanings of the phrase) is not life at all.

Comments

[callherblondie.livejournal.com]

i enjoyed pleasantville very much, mostly because of joan allen, jeff daniels, and the actor who played the 1950s father (whose name escapes me right now). the only negative for me personally, was the brief but irritating presence of rily finn aka marc blucas aka most wooden/unattractive actor on the planet who for some unfathomable reason keeps getting plum roles.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

::chin in hand as tries hard to remember::

Huh. Was he...uh... on the basketball team?

The acting was wonderful. Joan Allen especially shined.

[jaina.livejournal.com]

Yes! Perfect Blue is a great movie. It's funny if you watched it dubbed, though, because Mima is Rem.

[girlwithjournal.livejournal.com]

Both Marc Blucas and Danny Strong are in it a lot. DS even has lines!

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

strong had that scene with the book, I remember.

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Haven't had that experience yet. I watch PB in my junior year of H.S., at my first con (Fanime), insubbed. After a day of running around madly my group was all tired and here was this movie just about to start and gosh, wouldn't it be nice to sit down in a cool, dark, room and watch a movie and catch up on our snacking. We didn't even really know what it was gonna be about, except that they weren't letting in young kids.