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I have read the Rob Zombie is currently working on a film about the Manson murders. Has there been any good movies about this subject? Or any good movies that use late 60s Los Angeles as it's setting?
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It's not about the Mansons, but The Doors is set in late 1960s LA.
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Mar 5, 2014 16:46
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CopywrightMMXI posted:I have read the Rob Zombie is currently working on a film about the Manson murders. Has there been any good movies about this subject? Or any good movies that use late 60s Los Angeles as it's setting? Its not about the Mansons per se, but Roman Polanski's Macbeth is heavily infulenced by the murders.
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Mar 5, 2014 16:56
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To be more specific I am more interested in something that directly involves Manson, or at least has the Manson family as a spectre-like presence that kind of haunts over LA at the time.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:36
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Ever seen the TV movie "Helter Skelter"?
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Mar 5, 2014 19:37
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:What are some films that performed ridiculously well compared to their budget that aren't horror films? It tends to happen with things like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Blair Witch Project, but I'm wondering about other genres. Clerks, Chasing Amy, Primer. None of those did that stupendously, but they all made more than their budget by an order of magnitude.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:44
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Ever seen the TV movie "Helter Skelter"? No I haven't. Is that the one based in the book?
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Mar 5, 2014 19:45
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Skwirl posted:Clerks, Chasing Amy, Primer. None of those did that stupendously, but they all made more than their budget by an order of magnitude. You could add Friday to that list.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:45
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CopywrightMMXI posted:No I haven't. Is that the one based in the book? Yeah, it's pretty drat good. Steve Railsbeck is a surprisingly good Manson.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:46
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, it's pretty drat good. Steve Railsbeck is a surprisingly good Manson. I'll have to try tracking that down. I have read the book several times so I hope it adapts well.
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Mar 5, 2014 19:59
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CopywrightMMXI posted:To be more specific I am more interested in something that directly involves Manson, or at least has the Manson family as a spectre-like presence that kind of haunts over LA at the time. Not a movie but American Horror Story season 1 has an episode on that.
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Mar 5, 2014 20:06
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Speaking of murderers, is that Dahmer movie with Jeremy Renner worth a look? It looked forgettable at the time, but I'm interested in what Renner does with the part.
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Mar 5, 2014 20:10
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morestuff posted:Speaking of murderers, is that Dahmer movie with Jeremy Renner worth a look? It looked forgettable at the time, but I'm interested in what Renner does with the part. It put Renner on the map. HUNDU THE BEAST GOD fucked around with this message at 01:21 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 5, 2014 20:26
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morestuff posted:Speaking of murderers, is that Dahmer movie with Jeremy Renner worth a look? It looked forgettable at the time, but I'm interested in what Renner does with the part. Watch the docu The Jeffrey Dahmer Files instead. It doesn't have Renner and is excellent. Also, you will hear and see a hardcore police detective imitate a frog. Trump fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Mar 6, 2014 |
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Mar 6, 2014 01:15
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Snak posted:Would you mind listing some? I'm not questioning you, I can just only think of bad ones right now... Fight Club would be a good example of narrative exposition making a movie better. BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:What are some films that performed ridiculously well compared to their budget that aren't horror films? I would imagine any documentary that gets Oscar buzz/a wide release would fall into this category. There is also that movie where Aliens have come to earth and the group of people are trying to get through Mexico back to the US that was made with a stupidly small budget. I think the budget for District 9 pretty drat small and that made a ton of money too if I recall.
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Mar 7, 2014 01:35
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I'm pretty sure Mad Max held the world record for budget to profit ratio until Blair Witch Project came along.
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Mar 7, 2014 01:42
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xcore posted:There is also that movie where Aliens have come to earth and the group of people are trying to get through Mexico back to the US that was made with a stupidly small budget. 
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Mar 7, 2014 05:20
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FreudianSlippers posted:I'm pretty sure Mad Max held the world record for budget to profit ratio until Blair Witch Project came along.
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Mar 7, 2014 05:29
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david_a posted:Monsters. Budget of "way less than" $500,000, although I doubt it made all that much money. Side note - Wikipedia claims it's getting a sequel?! Yeah, it's called "Godzilla".
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Mar 7, 2014 15:18
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Yeah, it's called "Godzilla".
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Mar 7, 2014 15:32
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Has this been posted wrt voice overs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VseQe4TFsg
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Mar 8, 2014 22:23
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R. Mute posted:Has this been posted wrt voice overs? Yes, it was posted exactly one week ago.
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Mar 8, 2014 23:18
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Okay.
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Mar 9, 2014 17:40
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One think I've been wondering recently. When the box office numbers for a movie are released, does that include the cut the theaters get or is it just reporting on the money the studio gets?
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Mar 10, 2014 02:06
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Slasherfan posted:One think I've been wondering recently. I think it's gross, so just total ticket sales.
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Mar 10, 2014 03:20
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:I think it's gross, so just total ticket sales. Correct. Total ticket sales.
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Mar 10, 2014 14:18
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bobkatt013 posted:Usually a "director's cut" is a study cash in with the following exeptions - Kingdom of Heaven, Blade Runner (get 4 disk set), Brazil (its the regular non tv version), and I really like it - Aliens. I am sure there are others, but these are the ones off the top of my head. Apocalypse Now Redux is worth watching as a curiosity, but only after you've seen the original cut.
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Mar 11, 2014 08:20
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The Blade Runner Director's Cut wasn't actually a Director's Cut was it? That was just a marketing thing. As were the Lethal Weapon Director Cut editions. I think Donner himself confirmed the released cuts were his (The DC for the first movie was ridiculous because it basically gives Riggs two introductions and feels overly long).
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Mar 11, 2014 21:43
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DrVenkman posted:The Blade Runner Director's Cut wasn't actually a Director's Cut was it? That was just a marketing thing. As were the Lethal Weapon Director Cut editions. I think Donner himself confirmed the released cuts were his (The DC for the first movie was ridiculous because it basically gives Riggs two introductions and feels overly long). I doubt that as the original had stuff that the studio forced him to add in.
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Mar 11, 2014 22:59
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Ridley Scott told the studio what he wanted done for the '91 Director's Cut, but he was not directly involved in re-cutting it. The Final Cut is the real Director's Cut version of the movie.
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Mar 12, 2014 02:57
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You might be thinking of Alien, where Ridley Scott pretty much says upfront that his cut is the one that went to cinemas and the "director's cut" is in no way his intended cut of the film.
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Mar 12, 2014 04:10
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In reference to what goodog said, the Redux of Apocalypse Now is really bad. The scenes they added aren't even bad in fact they're my favourite scenes, but it makes the movie go on for too long and get harder to focus on. 203 minutes is too many minutes.
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Mar 12, 2014 21:29
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Baron von Eevl posted:You might be thinking of Alien, where Ridley Scott pretty much says upfront that his cut is the one that went to cinemas and the "director's cut" is in no way his intended cut of the film. The director's cut of Alien is one he was directly involved with. But he doesn't consider it a better version of the film, he thinks the original is perfect and what he intended. It's just "another version" of the movie that he likes, and that may be a curiousity to fans.
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Mar 12, 2014 22:38
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BOAT SHOWBOAT posted:The director's cut of Alien is one he was directly involved with. But he doesn't consider it a better version of the film, he thinks the original is perfect and what he intended. It's just "another version" of the movie that he likes, and that may be a curiousity to fans.
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Mar 13, 2014 03:06
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The Director's Cut of Alien is on the Blu-Ray that I own. Dare I watch it?
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Mar 13, 2014 06:47
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Alfred P. Pseudonym posted:The Director's Cut of Alien is on the Blu-Ray that I own. Dare I watch it? Might as well. The changes are so short overall that it's interesting as an academic exercise. Right or wrong, the extended directors cut of Aliens is where it goes crazy with tons and tons of extra footage.
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Mar 13, 2014 07:37
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david_a posted:It's quite possibly the only "Director's Cut" that is shorter than the normal version, too. Nah, there are some others. Bad Santa, Blood Simple, The Yards, and Payback are a couple off the top of my head. Edited to add The Yards, which just came to me. Five Cent Deposit fucked around with this message at 07:55 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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Mar 13, 2014 07:52
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What are the differences between Bad Santa's director's cut and regular cut? It's one of my favorite comedies, but for some reason I haven't bothered to track down the director's cut (possibly because I love the version I know so much)
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Mar 13, 2014 07:54
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Hbomberguy posted:In reference to what goodog said, the Redux of Apocalypse Now is really bad. The scenes they added aren't even bad in fact they're my favourite scenes, but it makes the movie go on for too long and get harder to focus on. 203 minutes is too many minutes. On the contrary, I can't stand the theatrical version anymore, I fell in love with redux. It being that long makes your mind go on a journey along with Willard, and I can't imagine any scene I'd be able to part with.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Might as well. The changes are so short overall that it's interesting as an academic exercise. I really like the directors cut of Aliens. The scene about Ripley's daughter added to the film. The turret scene is also awesome. The only scene that is really not needed was the colony before.
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