Covid Autumn Booster?

[Graham Breeze]

That's some statement Graham ..

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Well one I am capable of...

From time to time a film director changes western cinema so signicantly that it is never the same again. So Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (still regarded by most observers as the "greatest" film ever made), Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Sergei Eisenstein, Jean-Luc Godard, probably Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, maybe Sergio Leone,...if you go way back to 1915 and Birth of a Nation then DW Griffith.

We have had gangster or film noir films since the 1930s with many great films made by great directors along the way but experiencing Pulp Fiction is like stepping into an avalanche of new cinematic experience within that genre.

And Pulp Fiction was such a step change that such a huge change cannot be made again within that milieu.

It isn't necessary to like Tarantino's films to recognise his importance and, as I said, his best days are behind him. But that applies to most iconoclasts, once you have torn down one temple tearing down another one is just a bit deja vu

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[Mike T]

Pulp Fiction is pure movie and a work of natural genius.

It was made 30 years ago and is still a stunning piece. Reservoir Dogs was the (say) first film he directed and a startling debut but he has now directed (say) ten movies, written more and produced even more. Once Upon A Time is very good and very clever (the novelisation less so) and maybe too clever with its cinematic "in-jokes" but it isn't the tour-de-force of Pulp Fiction.

Pulp Fiction is 154 minutes and you cannot take your eyes off the screen. Compare that with, say, the tedious, never-ending "James Bond" films and you can compare an inspired natural film maker and a bunch of tradesmen working for payday.

Tarantino will never do anything better - but neither will anyone else.

"No Time to Die" was on TV over xmas - I gave up very early on as it was just dull and predictable. The advertisement breaks did not help - without them I might have persisted a bit longer.

[Marco]

Well one I am capable of...

From time to time a film director changes western cinema so signicantly that it is never the same again. So Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (still regarded by most observers as the "greatest" film ever made), Ingmar Bergman, Akira Kurosawa, Sergei Eisenstein, Jean-Luc Godard, probably Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, maybe Sergio Leone,...if you go way back to 1915 and Birth of a Nation then DW Griffith.

We have had gangster or film noir films since the 1930s with many great films made by great directors along the way but experiencing Pulp Fiction is like stepping into an avalanche of new cinematic experience within that genre.

And Pulp Fiction was such a step change that such a huge change cannot be made again within that milieu.

It isn't necessary to like Tarantino's films to recognise his importance and, as I said, his best days are behind him. But that applies to most iconoclasts, once you have torn down one temple tearing down another one is just a bit deja vu

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Yes, very arty Graham. But what about Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927, you remember it don't you Graham?

[Graham Breeze]

"No Time to Die" was on TV over xmas - I gave up very early on as it was just dull and predictable. The advertisement breaks did not help - without them I might have persisted a bit longer.

Ha ha.

I stopped watching James Bond films around 40 years ago when I concluded that the pre-credit sequence was always the best bit but there was so much fuss about NTTD over Christmas that I weakened - but not for very long.

Looking for its running time on the web - 163 minutes, ie longer than Pulp Fiction - I came across the following review:

"The time to die is before watching this movie".

Well I thought it was funny!

[Graham Breeze]

Yes, very arty Graham. But what about Fritz Lang's Metropolis from 1927, you remember it don't you Graham?

Yes I do. And "M" and much else. I have paid my dues to German expressionist cinema.

One of the interesting aspects of pre-WW2 Hollywood is how many German film directors, actors, composers, writers,...generally with jewish backgrounds, fled Nazi Germany to become very successful in and very influential on American cinema. The entire film noir movement can be traced back to the German influence. During WW2 there was a similar exodus of French talent to the USA but not exactly for the same reasons and with much less impact - and most returned to France after the war.

[PeteS]

Well I know Graham and I have had differing opinions on here but I wholeheartedly agree with his posts on Tarantino and Pulp Fiction.
It was a game changer - incredible script, superb plot, nothing like it before or since and usually in my top 5 films of all time
I have always maintained you need to watch it at least 3 times in order to make chronological sense of it - how many can name the truly final scene?

[mr brightside]

I'm not bothering with more boosters, but i'm too young to matter anyway. The way i see it covid DNA will be all over the place in all sorts of other viruses that i'm getting exposed to every day.

[Mossdog]

i'm too young to matter anyway

Nay lad. Chin up !


So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

Tommy Cooper

[Witton Park]

Nay lad. Chin up !


So I was getting into my car, and this bloke says to me 'Can you give me a lift?' I said 'Sure, you look great, the world's your oyster, go for it.'

Tommy Cooper

There's a today's joke thread you know

[Mossdog]

Consultant Cardiologist on BBC News (!!!) yesterday discussing statins and also his view regarding the mRNA vaccine and possible heart disease link (13/01/2023). It's good to see how some wider views are allowed to be aired.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkBt25XZ0NU