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[ultlife2013]

They're having a showing of some Linklater films at a local cinema this month. They're showing Before Sunset tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe I should check it out.

[SilentDawn]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

They're having a showing of some Linklater films at a local cinema this month. They're showing Before Sunset tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe I should check it out.

See it!!!!

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

They're having a showing of some Linklater films at a local cinema this month. They're showing Before Sunset tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe I should check it out.

I'm incredibly jealous.

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by SilentDawn

See it!!!!

Originally Posted by AaronJ

I'm incredibly jealous.

I'm seriously contemplating it. They're also showing an Altman film festival, apparently today is 3 Women. I've never seen any Altman films yet but not sure I can make it out for that one. Life sure is hard sometimes, huh?

[jw007]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

I got into a discussion w/ another forum member recently and he argued that one MUST watch a film from start to finish without any interruptions and "that is why David Lynch doesn't put chapters on his discs." well, David Lynch doesn't come over to my house to watch my son while I'm watching his movies.

I understand where Lynch is coming from since when I listen to music or certain albums, I try to listen to the whole thing from start to finish without interruption. I also am irked by people who have to keep pausing a film or maybe starting the first half and finishing it the next day. 99.5% of the time I watch a film from start to finish unless its an emergency or power outage (which accounts for the .5%). Of course the lights have to be off, phone must be silenced and there can be no distractions anytime I watch a film. I think its unnecessary to worry about having chapters though, because if one is a real film purist, they don't use them anyway since they're watching the film from beginning to end without interruption like I do. It's just the way I roll, but it is a bit condescending that David Lynch undermines his audiences with statements like "calibrating one's TV".

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by bwdowiak

the more I read, see, and hear about Lynch, the more I'm inclined to tell him to go shove it. does he really think that anyone who is buying Eraserhead doesn't already have their televisions calibrated at differently than the way it came out of the box?! I mean, thanks for the info pal, but the audience for your films wasn't born yesterday.



I got into a discussion w/ another forum member recently and he argued that one MUST watch a film from start to finish without any interruptions and "that is why David Lynch doesn't put chapters on his discs." well, David Lynch doesn't come over to my house to watch my son while I'm watching his movies.



also, 2 bits of proof that he is full of crap:

#1 - his imdb trivia page says that he refuses to record commentary tracks because he believes "that films speak for themselves." really, DL? then why was it necessary to include "10 clues to unlocking Mulholland Drive" in the DVD liner notes?



#2 - about the lack of chapter stops... I can't find the article right now, but recently I read about how he'd like to work more on TV. I wonder if he has ever heard of commercials. that kinda prohibits one's ability to digest your art in one sitting w/o interruptions, no?



I like his films well enough, but he's a moron and should just be quiet already. he's very annoying

I remember that discussion, are you talking about me? Because it wasn't an argument, just an opinion.

[shadedpain4]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

They're having a showing of some Linklater films at a local cinema this month. They're showing Before Sunset tomorrow, I'm thinking maybe I should check it out.

Why not go early and see Sanjuro too?

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by shadedpain4

Why not go early and see Sanjuro too?

I'm thinking about that too, too many films to go through. I own it but still on the big screen is way better. I missed this week's screening of Batman as well, it's not a classic but it's an old favorite of mine.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by jayembee

Not at all. Why on Earth would you think that?

It's one thing to assume that people might not understand that displays are not necessarily accurate out of the box.

It's another to assume that people don't know how light bulbs work or that they've never seen a tv in a darkened room. The more reasonable assumption is that most people have watched tvs in darkened rooms and with room lights on and they know what each looks like.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by octagon

It's one thing to assume that people might not understand that displays are not necessarily accurate out of the box.

It's another to assume that people don't know how light bulbs work or that they've never seen a tv in a darkened room. The more reasonable assumption is that most people have watched tvs in darkened rooms and with room lights on and they know what each looks like.

He just want this work to be presented the best way possible and is just advising and reminding people, I don't see anything wrong in that.

I know loads of people that will stick a film on leave all lights on and chat with friends and miss loads of the film, or sit their texting and the film which has had so much work gone into it get neglected and missed which is a shame.

I feel a film deserves some respect because so many people have put hour of hard work into it to make it the best they can for us.

:/

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by jw007

I understand where Lynch is coming from since when I listen to music or certain albums, I try to listen to the whole thing from start to finish without interruption. I also am irked by people who have to keep pausing a film or maybe starting the first half and finishing it the next day. 99.5% of the time I watch a film from start to finish unless its an emergency or power outage (which accounts for the .5%). Of course the lights have to be off, phone must be silenced and there can be no distractions anytime I watch a film. I think its unnecessary to worry about having chapters though, because if one is a real film purist, they don't use them anyway since they're watching the film from beginning to end without interruption like I do. It's just the way I roll, but it is a bit condescending that David Lynch undermines his audiences with statements like "calibrating one's TV".

You totally missed bwdowiak's point. He is arguing for an option of practicality, not for his choice of viewing.

There are members of the forum and blu ray buyers that actually have a job (working sometimes 12 hours a day) and a family. So having an option to watch a full movie or listening to whole album is not possible "100%" of the time. Of course, the college bums and movie directors don't have worries of that sort.

In conclusion, it is common courtesy of the blu-ray/DVD producers to divide a movie in chapters for The Salt of the Earth hard working people.

[ultlife2013]

"Salt of the earth"? Where do you guys come up with such odd statements to use in a discussion? So people with more free time aren't "salt of the earth" enough?

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Polaroid

He just want this work to be presented the best way possible and is just advising and reminding people, I don't see anything wrong in that.

I know loads of people that will stick a film on leave all lights on and chat with friends and miss loads of the film, or sit their texting and the film which has had so much work gone into it get neglected and missed which is a shame.

I feel a film deserves some respect because so many people have put hour of hard work into it to make it the best they can for us.

:/

And you kids stay off your own damn lawns too...it's bad for the grass

[ultlife2013]

Originally Posted by octagon

And you kids stay off your own damn lawns too...it's bad for the grass

Polaroid is an old man now because he respects all the hard work that went into making a film? Is giving a film your undivided attention not a cool thing to do nowadays?

[octagon]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

Polaroid is an old man now because he respects all the hard work that went into making a film? Is giving a film your undivided attention not a cool thing to do nowadays?

You can give a film your undivided attention. Nobody is suggesting otherwise. Worrying about whether somebody else gives a film their undivided attention is straying into cranky busybody territory.

[Fellini912]

Originally Posted by ultlife2013

"Salt of the earth"? Where do you guys come up with such odd statements to use in a discussion? So people with more free time aren't "salt of the earth" enough?

Your last question has nothing to do with the argument. Once again, some posters and myself are arguing for practicality of a video media.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by jw007

I understand where Lynch is coming from since when I listen to music or certain albums, I try to listen to the whole thing from start to finish without interruption. I also am irked by people who have to keep pausing a film or maybe starting the first half and finishing it the next day. 99.5% of the time I watch a film from start to finish unless its an emergency or power outage (which accounts for the .5%). Of course the lights have to be off, phone must be silenced and there can be no distractions anytime I watch a film. I think its unnecessary to worry about having chapters though, because if one is a real film purist, they don't use them anyway since they're watching the film from beginning to end without interruption like I do. It's just the way I roll, but it is a bit condescending that David Lynch undermines his audiences with statements like "calibrating one's TV".

I hate doing this, but I do sometimes stop a Blu-ray halfway through late at night and resume watching it the next day where I left off. I really get sleepy when I get sleepy, so, although I might be engaged or even riveted by the plot of a film, there are times late at night when it just ain't happening.

I'd rather do than than nod off without knowing it during a movie. That has happened to me before. I went to see the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie at the theater several years ago in the afternoon when I was tired from work, and, although I was interested in the film, there were a handful of times when I dozed off and did not realize it at all. After the film ended, I was completely unaware that I had slept at any point, because the film had seemed to flow perfectly for me. A year or so later, when I was watching the DVD with others at a friend's house, though, I kept seeing moments that I had no idea were in the film (Elizabeth burning the rum in front of Jack Sparrow on the island, etc.). Pretty funny.

It's also not uncommon for me to pause a Blu-ray once or twice for some reason or another, whether it's just to grab a drink from the refrigerator or to wait a few seconds while the landscape people at my apartment finishing working on the plants with a weed-eater right below my window.

I like to watch my movies in absolute silence with undivided attention, and I prefer to do so completely uninterrupted, but I'm glad that the glorious miracle of home video viewing allows me to pause the picture from time to time or even stop it altogether if needed.

[Rich65]

Originally Posted by blu-bry

I don't see much written about Kuroneko around here. I bought it during the July sale and watched it about a week ago. I loved the atmosphere (which is typical of several Japanese ghost stories I've seen), and the story was very good. There were some amazing shots.

Here Here I actually blind bought this and my wife and I both loved it.

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by octagon

And you kids stay off your own damn lawns too...it's bad for the grass

I'm only 22.... Lol - what was wrong with my comment that you'd respond like this anyway?

People do really lack respect :/

[Polaroid]

Originally Posted by The Great Owl

I hate doing this, but I do sometimes stop a Blu-ray halfway through late at night and resume watching it the next day where I left off. I really get sleepy when I get sleepy, so, although I might be engaged or even riveted by the plot of a film, there are times late at night when it just ain't happening.

I'd rather do than than nod off without knowing it during a movie. That has happened to me before. I went to see the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie at the theater several years ago in the afternoon when I was tired from work, and, although I was interested in the film, there were a handful of times when I dozed off and did not realize it at all. After the film ended, I was completely unaware that I had slept at any point, because the film had seemed to flow perfectly for me. A year or so later, when I was watching the DVD with others at a friend's house, though, I kept seeing moments that I had no idea were in the film (Elizabeth burning the rum in front of Jack Sparrow on the island, etc.). Pretty funny.

It's also not uncommon for me to pause a Blu-ray once or twice for some reason or another, whether it's just to grab a drink from the refrigerator or to wait a few seconds while the landscape people at my apartment finishing working on the plants with a weed-eater right below my window.

I like to watch my movies in absolute silence with undivided attention, and I prefer to do so completely uninterrupted, but I'm glad that the glorious miracle of home video viewing allows me to pause the picture from time to time or even stop it altogether if needed.

Same goes for films like Shoah, or those other films with runtimes of 6 hours +! you sometimes need a break or you end up getting depressed and struggle to watch the film. Saying that I did see Nymphomaniac back to back at cinema which was a great experience... Guess you need to be in mood haha.

I might set myself a task and try watch twin peaks both series in one sitting lol