The Plateau Presents: Films Unearthed Community Kickoff

[Reagh]

 

FILMS UNEARTHED COMMUNITY KICKOFF

 

All the psychos listed below have contributed to the creation of this shared experience. I don’t think we need very many rules but I will outline a few things that will help us along the way.

 

1. I’m not in charge of this, this is our activity, if you have a idea I want to hear it

2. You can pick anything you want when it’s your turn. I think it’s best if you pick a film that you love. It will allow you to get thoughts and perspectives from all over the world. Or If you want to experience a new film someone else suggested to you then that is great too.

3. Review’s should be honest. We are grown and we can express our thoughts without being malicious. If you hated someones pick tell us why. 
4. Tell us how you watched the film. Streaming, renting, own a copy already.

if you own a copy share a picture of the edition so we can compare and learn.

5. No TV series and no repeated films.

6. Come & go as you please. Life is busy, we all can understand that 

7. New members are welcome at anytime. They will be added to the bottom of the list. Showtime is Thursday through the next Wednesday.
8. No Marvel No DC No Superheroes. We have all seen these, and as my buddy @Fortis93 would say….. it’s time to eat our vegetables. 
9. You can do a surprise pick when it’s your turn or claim your film ahead of time to stop someone else from taking it.

10. Lastly, MULHOLLAND DRIVE is indeed mandatory. Sorry.
 

 

Edited January 11 by Reagh

[Reagh]

So far we have the following members participating.

 

@BreakBeatDJ DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) **SOLD OUT**

 

@Fortis93  The Way Back (2020) **SOLD OUT**

 

@Gary K  Sorcerer **SOLD OUT**

@GuyIncognit0   Cinema Paradiso **SOLD OUT**

 

@hal56   Revanche  (2008)  **SOLD OUT**

 

@hansreinhardt   Solaris (2002) **SOLD OUT**

 

@Noir21    Cell 211  **SOLD OUT**

 

@Pbsw23  The Dam Busters (1955)  **SOLD OUT**

 

@Reagh   Mulholland Drive **SOLD OUT** 

 

@R1s1ngs0n  **NOW SHOWING**  C’est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) 

@Veum Insomnia (1997)  

 

@Casiusco

 

@nathan_s82  Dark Water (2002)

 

@Rambo

@Miguelispro  Rolling Thunder

@Baphomet Possessor  (Cronenberg)

 

@extantsrevenge

 

@Grendel

@cypheria078  Room (2015)

 

 

Edited March 17 by Reagh

[BreakBeatDJ]

WELCOME!! all my friends and fellow Psychos for the initial drop of the first film of 2023 in this wonderful movie club created by everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

It is indeed my honor to launch us in to 2023 (and sheer luck aDrip, Basil or BoilerSteel didn't join).

 

#001 01/05/23 DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) 2020 dir. Thomas Vinterberg : brought to you by @BreakBeatDJ STREAMING HULU

 

Vinterberg released Another Round in 2020, 50 years after the great John Cassavetes released his seminal art film about three good friends struggling with midlife crises, Husbands (1970).   But, this is no reboot.  It's the Dogme '95 founder's 21st century take on the complexities of revitalizing life in middle age.  

 

I saw the Dogme '95 films at the Angelika as they were released in the late 90s, and was caught up in the movement of Van Trier, Harmony Korine and Vinterberg back then.  And, with this being a Cassavetes homage, it sorta hits the sweet spot.

 

Good friends drinking, dancing, trying to do the right thing, making fools of themselves . . . sounds like a good place for this club to start off, aye?  Enjoy.

 

AVAILABLE

• Blu-Ray Multi-retailer amaray

• DVD Multi-retailer

• HULU (subscription) 

• PRIME (rent)

• VUDU, MICROSOFT STORE, ITUNES, GOOLE PLAY (for sale)

 

 

 

[Gary K]

1 minute ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

WELCOME!! all my friends and fellow Psychos for the initial drop of the first film of 2023 in this wonderful movie club created by everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

It is indeed my honor to launch us in to 2023 (and sheer luck aDrip, Basil or BoilerSteel didn't join).

 

#001 01/05/23 DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) 2020 dir. Thomas Vinterberg : brought to you by @BreakBeatDJ STREAMING HULU

 

Vinterberg released Another Round in 2020, 50 years after the great John Cassavetes released his seminal art film about three good friends struggling with midlife crises, Husbands (1970).   But, this is no reboot.  It's the Dogme '95 founder's 21st century take on the complexities of revitalizing life in middle age.  

 

I saw the Dogme '95 films at the Angelika as they were released in the late 90s, and was caught up in the movement of Van Trier, Harmony Korine and Vinterberg back then.  And, with this being a Cassavetes homage, it sorta hits the sweet spot.

 

Good friends drinking, dancing, trying to do the right thing, making fools of themselves . . . sounds like a good place for this club to start off, aye?  Enjoy.

 

AVAILABLE

• Blu-Ray Multi-retailer amaray

• DVD Multi-retailer

• HULU (subscription) 

• PRIME (rent)

• VUDU, MICROSOFT STORE, ITUNES, GOOLE PLAY (for sale)

 

 

 

Cool this has been on my watchlist for a while. Great selection. 

[BreakBeatDJ]

Just now, Gary K said:

Cool this has been on my watchlist for a while. Great selection. 

 

Yeah, I think it's on @Fortis93 as well.  I did a quick search to see who mentioned it.  @Veum may have seen it, too.

[hansreinhardt]

3 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

WELCOME!! all my friends and fellow Psychos for the initial drop of the first film of 2023 in this wonderful movie club created by everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

It is indeed my honor to launch us in to 2023 (and sheer luck aDrip, Basil or BoilerSteel didn't join).

 

#001 01/05/23 DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) 2020 dir. Thomas Vinterberg : brought to you by @BreakBeatDJ STREAMING HULU

 

Vinterberg released Another Round in 2020, 50 years after the great John Cassavetes released his seminal art film about three good friends struggling with midlife crises, Husbands (1970).   But, this is no reboot.  It's the Dogme '95 founder's 21st century take on the complexities of revitalizing life in middle age.  

 

I saw the Dogme '95 films at the Angelika as they were released in the late 90s, and was caught up in the movement of Van Trier, Harmony Korine and Vinterberg back then.  And, with this being a Cassavetes homage, it sorta hits the sweet spot.

 

Good friends drinking, dancing, trying to do the right thing, making fools of themselves . . . sounds like a good place for this club to start off, aye?  Enjoy.

 

AVAILABLE

• Blu-Ray Multi-retailer amaray

• DVD Multi-retailer

• HULU (subscription) 

• PRIME (rent)

• VUDU, MICROSOFT STORE, ITUNES, GOOLE PLAY (for sale)

 

 

 

@BreakBeatDJ Great pick! I've always been curious about this one. Looking forward to watching it. 

[Reagh]

@BreakBeatDJ has laid the perfect foundation for other members to build upon. Congratulations on starting this off with a bang. Also thank you for listing all mediums that this is available.

 

I am going into this one completely blind. Awesome pick. 

[Reagh]

23 minutes ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

 

 

 

[GuyIncognit0]

28 minutes ago, Gary K said:

Cool this has been on my watchlist for a while. Great selection. 

 

Same. I'm glad to have an excuse to move it to the top of the list!

 

I love me some Mads Mikkelsen so I'm expecting that I will enjoy it. Thanks, @BreakBeatDJ!

[BreakBeatDJ]

21 minutes ago, Reagh said:

@BreakBeatDJ has laid the perfect foundation for other members to build upon. Congratulations on starting this off with a bang. Also thank you for listing all mediums that this is available.

 

I am going into this one completely blind. Awesome pick. 

 

I did think a lot about how to set up the slug line for the entry so it would be clear, but also be on one line.

 

I'm hoping that 5 years from now there is a huge long list and this is still going.  So, getting it all on one line seems like a good idea.

 

By using bolds/caps and ordering things the way I did, it's easy to read, clear, and fairly easy to scan, without wasting space for labels, like YEAR, TITLE, etc.  We could probably loose dir. for director, as I think that is also obvious.

 

If it's helpful it could be used as somewhat of a template for future entries.   If someone else has a better way to do it, all good, feel free to take what is useful and get rid of what isn't, or disregard altogether.    

[Fortis93]

1 hour ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

 

Yeah, I think it's on @Fortis93 as well.  I did a quick search to see who mentioned it.  @Veum may have seen it, too.

 

That director, Thomas Vinterberg, has won a lot of goodwill from me just from The Hunt alone.

 

That's one of my favourite movies. 

 

It's one of those rare movies that stays with you long after you've seen it.

[hansreinhardt]

6 minutes ago, Fortis93 said:

That director, Thomas Vinterberg, has won a lot of goodwill from me just from The Hunt alone.

 

I haven't seen that one! Adding it to my list. 

[Gary K]

10 minutes ago, hansreinhardt said:

 

I haven't seen that one! Adding it to my list. 

The Hunt has been in my watchlist as well...

[Noir21]

Sounds like it's going to be a good movie night 🙂

[R1s1ngs0n]

2 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

WELCOME!! all my friends and fellow Psychos for the initial drop of the first film of 2023 in this wonderful movie club created by everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

It is indeed my honor to launch us in to 2023 (and sheer luck aDrip, Basil or BoilerSteel didn't join).

 

#001 01/05/23 DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) 2020 dir. Thomas Vinterberg : brought to you by @BreakBeatDJ STREAMING HULU

 

Vinterberg released Another Round in 2020, 50 years after the great John Cassavetes released his seminal art film about three good friends struggling with midlife crises, Husbands (1970).   But, this is no reboot.  It's the Dogme '95 founder's 21st century take on the complexities of revitalizing life in middle age.  

 

I saw the Dogme '95 films at the Angelika as they were released in the late 90s, and was caught up in the movement of Van Trier, Harmony Korine and Vinterberg back then.  And, with this being a Cassavetes homage, it sorta hits the sweet spot.

 

Good friends drinking, dancing, trying to do the right thing, making fools of themselves . . . sounds like a good place for this club to start off, aye?  Enjoy.

 

AVAILABLE

• Blu-Ray Multi-retailer amaray

• DVD Multi-retailer

• HULU (subscription) 

• PRIME (rent)

• VUDU, MICROSOFT STORE, ITUNES, GOOLE PLAY (for sale)

 

 

 

Nice one.

Didn’t waste any time and am currently watching it on Netflix.

[Veum]

5 hours ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

WELCOME!! all my friends and fellow Psychos for the initial drop of the first film of 2023 in this wonderful movie club created by everyone's favorite member @Reagh!

It is indeed my honor to launch us in to 2023 (and sheer luck aDrip, Basil or BoilerSteel didn't join).

 

#001 01/05/23 DRUK (ANOTHER ROUND) 2020 dir. Thomas Vinterberg : brought to you by @BreakBeatDJ STREAMING HULU

 

Vinterberg released Another Round in 2020, 50 years after the great John Cassavetes released his seminal art film about three good friends struggling with midlife crises, Husbands (1970).   But, this is no reboot.  It's the Dogme '95 founder's 21st century take on the complexities of revitalizing life in middle age.  

 

I saw the Dogme '95 films at the Angelika as they were released in the late 90s, and was caught up in the movement of Van Trier, Harmony Korine and Vinterberg back then.  And, with this being a Cassavetes homage, it sorta hits the sweet spot.

 

Good friends drinking, dancing, trying to do the right thing, making fools of themselves . . . sounds like a good place for this club to start off, aye?  Enjoy.

 

AVAILABLE

• Blu-Ray Multi-retailer amaray

• DVD Multi-retailer

• HULU (subscription) 

• PRIME (rent)

• VUDU, MICROSOFT STORE, ITUNES, GOOLE PLAY (for sale)

 

 

 

 

@BreakBeatDJ going to have to go and find this, I’ll rewatch but if I remember right I was not all that enamored with it 😑 

 

 

Edited January 5 by Veum

[BreakBeatDJ]

30 minutes ago, Veum said:

 

@BreakBeatDJ going to have to go and find this, I’ll rewatch but if I remember right I was not all that enamored with it 😑 

 

 

 

Yeah, I get it, it's not everyone's cup 'o Stoli.  

 

 

 

[Casiusco]

I love this movie. 

 

I have the Spanish Blu-ray edition, and it could be a good opportunity to see it again.  

[GuyIncognit0]

Just finished it.

 

I'm honestly struggling to process.  It was an enjoyable film but I'm having a hard time figuring out what the director was going for in that there are many contradictory ideas here - but maybe that's the point. I'm going to to have to think on it a bit. I'm curious as to what you all think and come up with.

 

Just for context: I'm coming off of my first viewing of Chungking Express (my first WKW film) and admittedly this seems like a step down. I'm sure this is affecting my opinion on this one.

[BreakBeatDJ]

14 minutes ago, GuyIncognit0 said:

Just finished it.

 

I'm honestly struggling to process.  It was an enjoyable film but I'm having a hard time figuring out what the director was going for in that there are many contradictory ideas here - but maybe that's the point. I'm going to to have to think on it a bit. I'm curious as to what you all think and come up with.

 

Just for context: I'm coming off of my first viewing of Chungking Express (my first WKW film) and admittedly this seems like a step down. I'm sure this is affecting my opinion on this one.

 

Yeah, I would agree with you, Chungking Express is def a step above Another Round.  It would have affected me too, the way the Vinterberg landed, if I would have watched the WKW first.  (Wait until you see In The Mood For Love, that's another level up, imho)

 

Can you say a bit more about the contradictions you experienced with Another Round?

[GuyIncognit0]

1 minute ago, BreakBeatDJ said:

Can you say a bit more about the contradictions you experienced with Another Round?

 

Eventually 😉.  I need some time to give it a think.

 

Most of the issues arose in the third act. I'm currently examining not only the film but also myself and how I approach film in general. I have a seed of a thought about a trend I'm picking up in myself and I'm fleshing it out. Then I'll decide if I like that about myself (are my demands and expectations appropriate or are they limiting?). 

[Veum]

Finished my rewatch of Another Round tonight and it was just how I remembered it, it did nothing for me except I like some of the music. To me this was a story on how pathetic your life can become down that alcoholic road. I gave it 2 stars in my 2023: Track the Movies you watch thread! 😉

[BreakBeatDJ]

1 minute ago, GuyIncognit0 said:

 

Eventually 😉.  I need some time to give it a think.

 

Most of the issues arose in the third act. I'm currently examining not only the film but also myself and how I approach film in general. I have a seed of a thought about a trend I'm picking up in myself and I'm fleshing it out. Then I'll decide if I like that about myself (are my demands and expectations appropriate or are they limiting?). 

 

I'm out of reactions, so here you go . . .

 

[BreakBeatDJ]

7 minutes ago, Veum said:

Finished my rewatch of Another Round tonight and it was just how I remembered it, it did nothing for me except I like some of the music. To me this was a story on how pathetic your life can become down that alcoholic road. I gave it 2 stars in my 2023: Track the Movies you watch thread! 😉

 

Thanks for rewatching buddy.  Appreciate the thoughts.  The Meters are fantastic and Sissy Strut is too funky to be stopped.  I think it was a bit of an obvious choice, they could have gone a bit deeper in The Meters catalog, but it still was fun.

 

Edited January 6 by BreakBeatDJ

[GuyIncognit0]

I will say that the performances are outstanding pretty much across the board. There is some excellent, nuanced acting and this, combined with other things, really pulled you into the friendship between the four men. 

 

And, yeah, loved that needle drop at the end.