What was the last film you watched?

[Willie Oleson]

Il Posto (1961)



An Italian kitchen-sink comedy drama about a young man who needs a job, and then not much happens. But it's brilliant, it really is. Sort of a slightly more romantic Bleak Moments.
It doesn't look like a typical comedy and that's why those funny moments happen unexpectedly.
Casting-wise Il Posto is a match made in heaven. Sandro Panseri plays main character Domenico, his debut role out of three film roles currently listed on IMDB, and I got the impression that he was discovered and then someone decided to build a film around his appearance.
Domenico is shy and looks criminally adorable, his big melancholic eyes speak louder than his voice.

There's an interesting segment that shows the background of a bunch of supporting characters. One of these characters dies off-screen and all we get is a few shots of his cleaned out workplace and flat, as if he had never existed at all.
This was quite a transfixing experience and I couldn't think of any reason why this film should end. But it does end, not in a satisfying way but in a way that's good for the film.

 

[Seaviewer]

Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022)
Fairly conventional biopic - starts at a moment of triumph and flashes back - but comes across rather flat like a docudrama. The ending also confused me - I didn't realise at first that they had flashed back again.

 

[Jimmy Todd]

Sorcerer(1977) - William Friedin's remake of 1950s French film The Wages of Fear (Although Friedkin doesn't consider it a remake). I really liked it. It was no barrel of laughs, but it was fascinating. I guess one could call it an existential thriller.

 

[Willie Oleson]

Ich Bin Dein Mensch (2021) (incorrectly translated into "I'm Your Man")



The story tackles the practical, emotional and moral issues of being loved by an humanoid A.I. robot. It's not groundbreaking because most of it seems self-explanatory (or at least it should) but sometimes it's nice to hear a person saying these things out loud.
The script effectively balances the emotional with the intellectual, and while the main character offers her verdict it's not necessarily the message of the film itself.
I find robots and clones endlessly fascinating and the film raises more questions than answers. Like, why would I notice French language spoken with an English accent but not German language spoken with an English accent? (as it was mentioned in the film).

It goes without saying that the Twilight Zone had already dunit and there's also a little bit of Stepford Wives in it.
One thing is for sure, if we can turn this sci-fi technology into reality, it will happen. It doesn't matter if we need it or not, humans always want to see if it's possible. And somehow we always forget that this process is irreversible.
Dreamboat Dan Stevens plays the German robot (doesn't he look like he could be Sam Neill's son?) and back in the old days he would have been dubbed or badly dubbed.
Not here, this is the real thing, albeit with an English accent. Allegedly.
One of the supporting roles is played by Sandra Hüller and since she's currently in all good films I'm going to call her the German answer to Cate Blanchett.
Without revealing too much I wonder if Ich Bin Dein Mensch has been an inspiration for Companion 2025. It even features an identical twist regarding...something.
Great movie.


Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan Lord Of The Apes (1984)



I hate it when IMDB inserts colons and commas that are not in the on-screen title.
I'm not sure if I've ever watched a Tarzan film in full, not even Disney's Tarzan or George Of The Jungle.
Direced by Hugh Hudson who had also directed Chariots Of Fire, and it shows. It's a bittersweet mix of British period drama and Jungle Book excitement.
The Tarzan & Jane romance also happens in this film but it's not really what the story is all about, and before he becomes John Clayton the new Earl of Greystoke he doesn't have a name at all.
Was it ever explained in the other films why he was called Tarzan? Anyway, this version of the classic turned out to be a good choice.

 

[Toni]

Ich Bin Dein Mensch (2021) (incorrectly translated into "I'm Your Man")

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The story tackles the practical, emotional and moral issues of being loved by an humanoid A.I. robot. It's not groundbreaking because most of it seems self-explanatory (or at least it should) but sometimes it's nice to hear a person saying these things out loud.
The script effectively balances the emotional with the intellectual, and while the main character offers her verdict it's not necessarily the message of the film itself.
I find robots and clones endlessly fascinating and the film raises more questions than answers. Like, why would I notice French language spoken with an English accent but not German language spoken with an English accent? (as it was mentioned in the film).

It goes without saying that the Twilight Zone had already dunit and there's also a little bit of Stepford Wives in it.
One thing is for sure, if we can turn this sci-fi technology into reality, it will happen. It doesn't matter if we need it or not, humans always want to see if it's possible. And somehow we always forget that this process is irreversible.
Dreamboat Dan Stevens plays the German robot (doesn't he look like he could be Sam Neill's son?) and back in the old days he would have been dubbed or badly dubbed.
Not here, this is the real thing, albeit with an English accent. Allegedly.
One of the supporting roles is played by Sandra Hüller and since she's currently in all good films I'm going to call her the German answer to Cate Blanchett.
Without revealing too much I wonder if Ich Bin Dein Mensch has been an inspiration for Companion 2025. It even features an identical twist regarding...something.
Great movie.


Greystoke - The Legend Of Tarzan Lord Of The Apes (1984)

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I hate it when IMDB inserts colons and commas that are not in the on-screen title.
I'm not sure if I've ever watched a Tarzan film in full, not even Disney's Tarzan or George Of The Jungle.
Direced by Hugh Hudson who had also directed Chariots Of Fire, and it shows. It's a bittersweet mix of British period drama and Jungle Book excitement.
The Tarzan & Jane romance also happens in this film but it's not really what the story is all about, and before he becomes John Clayton the new Earl of Greystoke he doesn't have a name at all.
Was it ever explained in the other films why he was called Tarzan? Anyway, this version of the classic turned out to be a good choice.

Did you notice the voice of Glenn Close coming out of Andie McDowell´s pretty mouth? Reportedly, she didn´t sound "British enough" and decided to dub her...with a (great) American actress. Of course, in Spain we didn´t notice that at all!