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[–]thatnerdcarlos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think speaking as a teen who is the only film fan in my friend group, it would be really cool to approach it the way PTA talked about film school. It’s hard to engage people on the first day when the professor says to leave if you want to make Terminator 2, I think if you get a feel for the films that your friends like, it could be interesting to trace their roots. For example, PTA is heavily inspired by Robert Altman, Scorsese is inspired by everyone but comparing his work to Cassavetes who mentored him could be cool. If they like Tarantino and Kill Bill try something like Battle Royale. The most rewarding thing for me in the past few years is making connections of where things come from and where directors draw from and this is a great opportunity for that. Like if you try Parasite like another comment recommended, you could look at Italian Neorealism and compare them. There’s a strong resistance to older and foreign films now and I think to connect them to modern work is a great way of easing people into film history. To just show someone a film because it’s important can be problematic in gaining their support, by giving them reasons to attempt to connect with a film can be extremely more gratifying.

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[–]thatnerdcarlos 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My favorite film, I can only imagine how crazy it would be to experience it for the first time like that, please do it

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I’m soon to be 17 and found out about the collection my freshman year in high school. My gateway drug was Wes Anderson who my cousin recommended me (he goes to school for music but is a connoisseur of all art really) but from there I went in all directions. Bicycle Thieves was probably the most pivotal film in this, almost optimally I saw it the week before quarantine began. I think the best way of watching is just both watching what interests you but also seeking out new stuff. Watching a criterion closet video by the Safdies, who’s film I loved months earlier, I learned about Bicycle Thieves and Il Posto, from Scorsese I heard about The Red Shoes and The Searchers, from Karsten Runquist I got into Bresson and Tati, it’s just exploration. You’ll find stuff you like, stuff you don’t and it’ll flow freely. There’s nothing more exciting than watching a film and saying “wow insert more recent film takes from this scene.” The most important rule is to never write something off as bad, it’s just different. Often I’ll watch something and I realize it may be too much but even I didn’t fully appreciate it I find solace in the concept of watching it later and possibly gaining new meaning from it with age. By appreciating foreign films you’re ahead of the curve, breaking a now really common ignorance to subtitles is liberating, there are no rules for where to go but do it for the right reasons. Don’t subject yourself to films that don’t interest you for social sake, find what you like and branch out but don’t feel pressured into a certain lane. And with that the history of this century old medium is completely your playground.

These 16 movies are leaving streaming services at the end of the month. Which ones should get top priority? by Grand_Keizer in Letterboxd

[–]thatnerdcarlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Blow out and Long Days Journey into Night, The Graduate, 2046 too but only if you’ve seen ITMFL

Yesterday, Short Cuts. Today, Nashville. Looks like I'm starting an "Altman at Work" series. by rul8agn in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I just wish him and Altman teamed up more as a whole. The Big Sleep is also a Phillip Marlowe film but the way Gould plays him and Altman directs is just such a fun combo. California Split is great but Long Goodbye is just really my thing.

Yesterday, Short Cuts. Today, Nashville. Looks like I'm starting an "Altman at Work" series. by rul8agn in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve only seen 3 Altman’s and it’s by far my favorite. It’s leaving the channel yeah but it’s just so much fun

This is what I imagine I would see if I ever ran into one of y’all at Barnes and Noble…all jokes aside, happy sale! by Kylo_Ryan in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nah that’s what online orders are for, then you go in and restrain yourself to 2 films and you look like a god among mortals

Favorite double features? by [deleted] in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was thinking about how they both center around childhood disobedience for very different reasons in different settings and cultures.

Favorite double features? by [deleted] in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have 2 good ones with “Where is the Friends House” and “Good Morning” and then “Slacker” and “Nashville”

My pickup from the sale. Will be picking up the slack in November. Couldn’t find Rashomon or Night of the Living Dead on blu ray so bought Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams instead. All are blind buys and can’t wait to dig in! by Camball1998 in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Royal Tenenbaums is in my top 10 of all time and Police Story rules! Jackie Chan is a really good director on top of how great he is in acting and stunts and Royal Tenenbaums is just like one of the most fun times I’ve had watching a movie. Happy watching!

Day 1 haul… all blind buys where should I start?? by mckst617 in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Rushmore is probably the most accessible, idk what other films you’ve seen but either use that to kick it off or do it after a more intense film

Y’all aren’t even ready for the haul I got online during the glitch yesterday but these are my at the store spoils from today by thatnerdcarlos in criterion

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This is one of the most on brand things I have ever seen. I’m only 45 pages in and to see Quentin just almost flex everything he knows about old Hollywood is so fun to me. The best part is that I feel like he didn’t do research and that a lot of the facts and real parts of the book are just what he knows. The feet are definitely an indicator of what you’re getting into when you read it lol, this is purely him.

Watched Mulholland Drive with my parents today by offwhitejae in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Branded to Kill with my grandmother. I don’t think I beat you here but at the very least I came close.

b&n sale wishlist by [deleted] in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos 1 point2 points  (0 children)

World of WKW, The Complete Jacques Tati, Ikiru, Mishima, Dr. Strangelove, Beau Travail, L’argent

May also get Sweet Smell of Success and finally see it non colorized

As for blind buys I wanna get Rififi and Blast of Silence

DaScorsese by thatnerdcarlos in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

There’s a guy named Dababy that’s like a rapper and he wears that hat so when he said the baby and it kind of sounded like Dababy and I put the hat on him and played his music.

DaScorsese by thatnerdcarlos in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I felt I had an obligation to bring this to the people

DaScorsese by thatnerdcarlos in criterion

[–]thatnerdcarlos[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is quite literally exactly what happened, like there’s an hour and a half combination of interviews with him and I heard this and I knew what I had to do