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Jeff Wiiver posted:I just finished watching Rosemary's Baby and I loved how scary it was yet there was no blood at all in the movie and no stupid jump scares. What are some other prominent examples of horror movies that rely more on atmosphere than gore? The Omen. It does have a little violence, but not (much) blood and no jump scares. Rosemary's Baby did have a bit of gore though (the "suicide" victim at the beginning) You could also check out Polanski's other apartment based horror movies: The Tenant and Repulsion. They're not as good as Rosemary's Baby though.
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Jeff Wiiver posted:I just finished watching Rosemary's Baby and I loved how scary it was yet there was no blood at all in the movie and no stupid jump scares. What are some other prominent examples of horror movies that rely more on atmosphere than gore? Audition seems gory in retrospect, but there's only like 2 or 3 drops of blood in the entire film. Best watched not knowing anything going in. The Tenant Eraserhead
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Mar 17, 2013 03:20
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Schweinhund posted:The Omen. It does have a little violence, but not (much) blood and no jump scares. Rosemary's Baby did have a bit of gore though (the "suicide" victim at the beginning) (To the guy above me) I've seen Eraserhead, is Audition the Takashi Miike film? I think I already know the plot twist, hopefully that doesn't ruin it totally.
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Mar 17, 2013 03:53
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The Vanishing has, if I recall correctly, absolutely no violence but is still intensely frightening.
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Mar 17, 2013 04:39
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The Shining obv. has some gore but not much. I like the Ninth Gate too, another Polanski one, for the ideas in it to think about (would you do the same as Corso? etc.).
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Mar 17, 2013 06:11
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Vanishing has, if I recall correctly, absolutely no violence but is still intensely frightening.
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Mar 17, 2013 06:34
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regulargonzalez posted:Gotta disagree. My late wife and I constantly had conversations just like the ones in Before Sunrise / Before Sunset. Maybe it's not how you or your peers talk, but it absolutely is representative of a certain socioeconomic class. That is, I doubt anyone has many conversations that go off without stumbles, stutters, muttering, and so on as is typical in narrative film. In addition to this sort of thing, delivery of natural speech encodes all sorts of social cues that are generally absent from dramatic performance. For example, if you speak in dialect, what and how you use that dialect in `real' speech is context dependent. A New Yorker who habitually drops their Rs, for example, is more likely to drop an R in a low-end department store than in a more upscale one. They're also more likely to drop Rs when talking about their neighbourhood and things associated with it than they are in discussing other subjects. Beyond that, the word choice used in film is generally not at all representative of the word choice in everyday speech---this is a subject that's been explored in machine learning of natural languages, for example. I'm just throwing this all out there not to argue it as a formal thesis, but to outline the reasons for my skepticism. Further, I think it's worth noting that what constitutes `naturalistic' acting isn't by any means a fixed concept. Back in the 19-teens one of the things that was considered noteworthy about D.W. Griffith's films was how natural the acting was. Similarly Howard Hawks was known for a particular sort of naturalistic dialogue in his films. John Cassavettes, one of the fathers of independent film, was another director noted for the naturalistic performances in his films. And now you've brought up Linklater's films. But all of these approaches to `naturalistic' performance are wildly different from each other---nobody would confuse a performance from one of these directors' films with any of the others. What this tells us is that `naturalistic' isn't calibrated against some fixed standard (`real' behaviour or speech) but instead is just a set of conventions of the medium that we are more or less accustomed to.
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Mar 17, 2013 06:55
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Alternatively, then, mumblecore might fit.
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Mar 17, 2013 09:04
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFX06IJqSpo
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Mar 17, 2013 12:29
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A while ago some posters said they had trouble caring about series and movies where the characters are all well off people with basically 'well off people' problems, and I thought that was silly. Thanks Tiny Furniture for providing me with a new perspective!
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Mar 17, 2013 12:37
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Tiny Furniture is infuriatingly bland.
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Mar 17, 2013 12:52
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Blair Witch fits the scary/little violence rec.
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Mar 17, 2013 16:52
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foodfight posted:Blair Witch fits the scary/little violence rec. There was a whole thread for this kinda stuff a while back.
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Mar 17, 2013 17:07
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This probably a odd question but it's bugging the hell out of me. Whats the reason for the McDonald happy meal boxes in Fincher's version of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? They seem to pop up a few times (at least twice) being eaten by Lisbeth. Is it something from the books or just some really odd product placement? Just seems odd to see a shot of those happy meal boxes that only pop up in adverts in a film that's mainly about sexual abuse.
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Mar 17, 2013 18:16
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I haven't read the books but I imagine Lisabeth just likes happy meals as part of her odd characterization and what not. Considering the history if her character (based on the original films which I have seen) its not absurd that she would find comfort in a meal for children.
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Mar 17, 2013 18:39
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Magic Hate Ball posted:The Vanishing has, if I recall correctly, absolutely no violence but is still intensely frightening. I'm not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but I think Bunny Lake is Missing fits here too for some reason. Possibly because I have the concept of vanishing on my mind.
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Mar 17, 2013 20:18
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Power of Pecota posted:I feel like "the bible" is a cop out answer, that's casting a really wide net - I'd say Zorro or Tarzan probably. The Dangerous Liaisons has to be up there, doesn't it?
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Mar 18, 2013 03:48
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mastershakeman posted:The Dangerous Liaisons has to be up there, doesn't it? I was actually thinking about starting a thread based on the different adaptations, but I'd need to do some re-watching, because it's been probably five years since I'v seen any of them.
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Mar 18, 2013 06:53
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mastershakeman posted:The Dangerous Liaisons has to be up there, doesn't it? Brewster's Millions has had quite a few adaptations as well.
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Mar 18, 2013 07:41
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Krypt-OOO-Nite!! posted:This probably a odd question but it's bugging the hell out of me. In the books, it's mentioned many times that she eats very, very badly. I don't remember if any specific fast food name is used but she's eating junk all the time.
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Mar 18, 2013 08:12
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Are there any non-genre found footage movies out there? Some of my favorite moments from the FF stuff I've seen are smaller, intimate scenes, so it'd be interesting to see how someone uses the format for a straight drama.
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Mar 18, 2013 17:16
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David Holzman's Diary, I want to say La Commune is found footage (but it's something better instead), I'm sure there's other stuff. Huck Botko's incredibly nasty prank movies and his two features "The Virginity Hit" and "Mail Order Wife" don't have supernatural poo poo in them (but are horror movies).
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Mar 18, 2013 17:18
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morestuff posted:Are there any non-genre found footage movies out there? Some of my favorite moments from the FF stuff I've seen are smaller, intimate scenes, so it'd be interesting to see how someone uses the format for a straight drama. Wasn't Project X FF?
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morestuff posted:Are there any non-genre found footage movies out there? Some of my favorite moments from the FF stuff I've seen are smaller, intimate scenes, so it'd be interesting to see how someone uses the format for a straight drama. There's a Indian one called Love Sex aur Dhokha which isn't awful. It's not great and had what could been a really disturbing moment defanged because Indian culture wouldn't allot it but it's still pretty interesting. Redacted is also technically not a genre film, but don't watch it because it is irredeemably awful.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:David Holzman's Diary, I want to say La Commune is found footage (but it's something better instead), I'm sure there's other stuff. Huck Botko's incredibly nasty prank movies and his two features "The Virginity Hit" and "Mail Order Wife" don't have supernatural poo poo in them (but are horror movies). La Commune's supposed to look like a mock Cinema Verite film.
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Mar 18, 2013 18:12
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cloudchamber posted:La Commune's supposed to look like a mock Cinema Verite film. So are many found footage movies.
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Mar 18, 2013 18:29
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This Is Spinal Tap is shot in a similar style and nobody claims it's found footage.
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Mar 18, 2013 18:43
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There's an additional layer of fuckery that La Commune has that Spinal Tap doesn't, but then that would just make it beyond cinema verite, too. I think it's debatable!
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Mar 18, 2013 18:51
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cloudchamber posted:This Is Spinal Tap is shot in a similar style and nobody claims it's found footage. It's generally classified as a "mockumentary" but genre distinctions are arbitrary and fluid
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Mar 18, 2013 18:54
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84 Charlie MoPic is a found footage war movie.
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Mar 18, 2013 18:56
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penismightier posted:84 Charlie MoPic is a found footage war movie. I was reading about that not an hour ago. Any good?
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Mar 18, 2013 18:59
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penismightier posted:84 Charlie MoPic is a found footage war movie. And it's all on YouTube. Thanks for the suggestions, everyone.
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Mar 18, 2013 18:59
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Dissapointed Owl posted:I was reading about that not an hour ago. Mixed bag, but worth watching. It's interesting because scene-for-scene it's a pretty lousy Platoon knockoff, but the found footage gimmick actually does manage to breathe life into it. The scenes under fire are particularly harrowing with the in-camera perspective.
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Mar 18, 2013 19:00
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FishBulb posted:It's generally classified as a "mockumentary" but genre distinctions are arbitrary and fluid A rockumentary, if you will. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:There's an additional layer of fuckery that La Commune has that Spinal Tap doesn't, but then that would just make it beyond cinema verite, too. I think it's debatable! Peter Watkins was hugely influenced by Cinema Verite; one of his earlier films, Privilege directly borrows shots from a National Film Board of Canada documentary.
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Mar 18, 2013 19:01
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cloudchamber posted:Peter Watkins was hugely influenced by Cinema Verite; one of his earlier films, Privilege directly borrows shots from a National Film Board of Canada documentary. The only movie I've seen by him is Edvard Munch, which is one of the most interesting mockumentaries/docudramas/biopics I've ever seen.
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Mar 18, 2013 19:08
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I know that. The War Game and Culloden are influenced by cinema verite but are in actuality the genesis of something resembling found footage. The War Game is distinct from The Battle of Algiers, a cinema verite film that restages historical events in a naturalistic way. The War Game is a depiction of a hypothetical future event, in the present, as though it were recorded by an actual camera crew with the footage later rearranged by a documentarian. Culloden is a staging of an event from the 18th century as though modern camera crews were present ala Vietnam. La Commune is the same sort of thing (only spoiling this because I love it so much and it should catch you by surprise like it caught me by surprise) that occasionally takes an aside, completely smoothly, into the actors portraying the characters discussing the events of the film before smoothly gliding back into the film itself. They're not documentaries, much less mockumentaries (although The War Game sort of is). They're meant to portray something that is occurring at the time of the filming, however obviously edited.
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Mar 18, 2013 19:13
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If Special Bulletin is found footage, so too are Culloden and La Commune.
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Mar 18, 2013 19:16
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LtKenFrankenstein posted:The only movie I've seen by him is Edvard Munch, which is one of the most interesting mockumentaries/docudramas/biopics I've ever seen. Yeah, all his films are like that and he just got better and better at pulling it off every time.
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Not all of them, Privilege isn't really like that, nor is The Gladiators, both of those are far more conventional.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Not all of them, Privilege isn't really like that, nor is The Gladiators, both of those are far more conventional. Though it should be said they're far more conventional mockumentaries - he never deviated from that narrative form. There's a great book waiting to be written comparing Peter Watkins and Frederick Wiseman. e - also, The Gladiators owns. penismightier fucked around with this message at 19:46 on Mar 18, 2013 |
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