Why's that? I haven't seen High Fidelity yet but I've heard good things
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I mean Google lists it as a dark comedy which it definitely is
Pretty sure I had no idea who he was at the time I first saw it, and it's one of my favourite movies.
they're both John Cusack movies lol. High Fidelity is fantastic though.
It's such a good movie.
this was unscripted by the way. one of the dudes on the truck just thought it would be funny and they kept the take.
That's just an urban legend. There's footage of them setting up the shot, and Malkovich confirmed in an AMA that it was scripted.
Strange. I remember watching something where they had people on the crew confirm it was the idea of one of the people on the truck.
Maybe the unscripted part was the myth and the only real part was the idea came from one of those guys.
I'm pretty sure the entire thing is just a story created because it sounds interesting and believable.
Malkovich's quote was
Link to the AMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comme...john_malkovich_ama/cazxety/?context=8&depth=9
The scene is also in the script.
It's a very, very widely spread story, but it doesn't seem to be true.
I didn't like Adaptation at first. It took a while for me to enjoy it.
Lotti is a sweetheart though.
edit: that one of the jokes is no one remembers what movie's he's actually starred in is even better if you're in the same boat.
My goodness, I'm most of the way through and can't finish it tonight but it's a romp lol
I'll make sure to check out High Fidelity and maybe Adaptation.
I'll make sure to check out High Fidelity and maybe Adaptation.
I wish we had more movies like this, Kaufman is a genius and "Synecdoche, New York" is surely his most, pure, beautiful and depressing movie, it's hard to find something like that.
(have to admit I was a bit disappointed by Anomalisa tho, and didn't know he did a mew movie too, realising very soon, cool <3 )
(have to admit I was a bit disappointed by Anomalisa tho, and didn't know he did a mew movie too, realising very soon, cool <3 )
Yeah, if you don't catch the meta-ness of the whole film, it can seem really uneven and weird.
Oh, no. It was the meta-ness that was driving me insane. Like look at this over-meta-BS. It was trying to hard is what I thought. Fuck fish!
After that I watched Synecdoche, NY fully prepared.
"Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable, or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?"
High Fidelity is a fab flick.
I'm rewatching this and I swear to fucking God its one of the best irreverent comedies of all time
Honestly, it's one of the most stressful movies I've ever seen. Like the first 30-40 minutes is just a barrage of strange, tense situations.
Kaufman is really brilliant at writing socially anxious characters, and the way the world reacts to the main character is a great example of that. It's just the worst possible outcome of every situation, the stuff you imagine might happen even if it obviously never would in the real world. But it feels plausible enough to get under your skin.
That's crazy as hell man. I watched Ghsot Dog and Rogue One and The Last King of Scotland around the same time a couple years back. Imagine if I would have watched The Shield and Panic Room too... awkward to say the least.
This is slightly disappointing as having that be spontaneous is such a better story but I'm not surprised.
I watch the film any time I stumble across it regardless of what part it's at which puts it up there for me as I try to avoid movies in progress. I didn't know who he was really when I first saw it and I agree that's part of why it works so well.
Yeah I was gonna watch Adaptation right after because I swore it was also on Netflix but it seems like they removed it.
Yeah and loved it. Also loved Eternal Sunshine and was so-so on Synecdoche, NY.
its a good movie regardless of if you even know the guy
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Great!
I've never seen Synecdoche, so maybe I'll check that out. Seems like it either speaks to you or it doesn't.
John Cusack is in both too!
Also Rounders is fun just to hear him butcher the Russian accent.
Most people love it. I'm mostly with Psychoward on that one - didn't really do anything for me. In fact, I was disappointed.
Because of this thread, and it being Covid, and my being uninterested in a lot of media lately, I went back to watch both Adaptation and Synecdoche, New York.
My feelings on Adaptation are still mixed years later. I do think that the film's problems are discussed during the film, which is interesting. However, I would have liked it if they had removed those things entirely.
Voice over, for example. Narrator inclusion, etc.
However, it does tap into the aches and pains of being a creative person with writer's block and taking a left turn to develop something.
Now, on the flip side. Synecdoche, New York, I love. It is such a good movie if you truly think that some people are able to produce works of art so mysterious that it can become incomprehensible. Because the act of creation, to bring something from the mind into reality, is an act of madness on its own.
The themes of this movie are everything. The arcs of this movie are perfectly placed. The characters. The actors. The actor's actors.
Simply sublime.
I really miss movies like this.
However, on TV I've enjoyed Man Seeking Woman, Undone, and to a lesser extend Manic.
If there are other recommendations in this space, lmk! (Sorry to hijack this thread into the psychosis film thread.)
My feelings on Adaptation are still mixed years later. I do think that the film's problems are discussed during the film, which is interesting. However, I would have liked it if they had removed those things entirely.
Voice over, for example. Narrator inclusion, etc.
However, it does tap into the aches and pains of being a creative person with writer's block and taking a left turn to develop something.
Now, on the flip side. Synecdoche, New York, I love. It is such a good movie if you truly think that some people are able to produce works of art so mysterious that it can become incomprehensible. Because the act of creation, to bring something from the mind into reality, is an act of madness on its own.
The themes of this movie are everything. The arcs of this movie are perfectly placed. The characters. The actors. The actor's actors.
Simply sublime.
I really miss movies like this.
However, on TV I've enjoyed Man Seeking Woman, Undone, and to a lesser extend Manic.
If there are other recommendations in this space, lmk! (Sorry to hijack this thread into the psychosis film thread.)