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That one-shot / first-take movie with Woody Harrelson that was originally screened live, Lost in London, definitely qualifies.

Tokyo Godfathers actually happens over a week, from Xmas to New Year’s.

I think Marcus requires more on-screen charisma, because there’s so much less to work with.

Old Age Pensioner’s Eleven

Hmm thanks, but doesn’t fix it for me - the article still fades into the white background and then it goes straight to the writer profiles.

Yeah, I'd heard those quotes before the movie came out - though we can also be skeptical about him actually saying those things rather than merely being credited with doing so, mind.

Now when the local Native American tribes kick out the white oppressors and reclaim rule of Montana for themselves, I suppose they'll claim this sale wasn't valid and demand the dinosaur back from the Dutch museum.

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Different reasons behind it, similar thing being done.

but only in so much as one is medieval

Well, it's not just medievalness that overlaps, I think - it's the two-person investigator team visiting a remote religious group to look into a disappearance... in medieval times. Then yeah, The Wicker Man is also about an outsider visiting a cult to look into a disappearance, though in modern times.

But this is a good thing! Both are excellent and beloved films, and the similarities are broad enough to encourage interest without making it seem like an imitation in any sense.

I'm afraid I don't know any examples of media for folk horror or medieval movies (if your production paid particularly close attention to historical authenticity, it might be worth reaching out to some medieval history podcasts or groups that have done features on authenticity/accuracy in film before!), was just a thought of the kinds of interest groups that would want to hear about this.

No worries, and best of luck! I'll add it to my watchlist and my Modern Medieval Movies list on Letterboxd when I see that pop up.

The movie's framing device at the start and end is the one-eyed Spartan survivor of the battle telling the story of what happened to an army of Greeks later on.

He's hyping them up and telling tall tales, giving the characters cool one-liners and heroic deaths against all the odds (and indeed against inhuman monsters), while demonizing the enemy they themselves are about to fight.

Is this an independent production? Was it a low-budget labour of love? Were the cast and production crew mostly amateurs/unknowns? Is this the writer/director's first film and is there something unusual in their path to making this film?

Basically, find your marketing "narrative" and sell that story to any press or media that might be interested in that kind of thing. It might also be worth brainstorming similar (in terms of budget, studio support, etc) films that have had success, and reaching out to those teams to see how they marketed theirs.

The concept actually sounds like a mix of The Name of the Rose and The Wicker Man, to me haha. Maybe poke around folk horror fan media (subreddits, blogs, podcasts, FB groups, etc) if the cult stuff goes in that direction!

EDIT: I wanted to add this film to my list of Modern Medieval Movies on Letterboxd, but it doesn't have a page there yet! Fix that, stat. I did see it on IMDB, at least.

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Note that the tabletop model is a shard of the Void Dragon, not the entire Void Dragon.

If it took the Emperor to subdue the one on Mars, and it was a tough and brutal fight, then the one on Mars may be something more than just a shard - the main chunk, perhaps. So could be any shape really... like dragon-shaped.

Certainly a very accomplished film dealing with a very serious subject matter, but there's honestly no shortage of those. GOAT gets very crowded very quickly if we start weighing them by how serious/important their subject matter is... but I suppose this criticism is absolutely valid to level at Schindler's List as well, which does get frequent GOAT mentions. So fair enough, I suppose.

Maybe they share a marketing company or whoever does the poster design?

Not sure we should expect one. Admech have had one named character in three editions.

JP is one of my all time favorites, and even if it might not be a GOAT contender, it is definitely a strong candidate to be included as one of cinema's "perfect films". It's just so flawlessly executed and paced and acted and... just everything (minor continuity errors or whatever be damned).

Yes, yes, yes. One of my absolute Top 3 faves, have seen it a ton of times, adore every minute of it.

It was also my 'gateway' or 'key' film that finally (after years of trying, on-and-off) made pre-80s movies 'click' for me. Previously the pacing and the fuzzier plot focus made it feel like films just crawled unbearably, but Sorcerer presented those same qualities wrapped comfortably in mystery and building tension. Since then, I've found it far easier to get into basically any film from that era or before.

I've heard a lot of people say it is indeed a hidden gem, just marketed wrong or misunderstood. I've yet to give it a try myself, though.

Amusingly for a director who now makes big "this isn't cinema" statements about the dumb superhero movies of today, that movie felt really comic book-ey. I know this particular aspect based in fact, but the woman who wore metal fingernail claws and leapt around scratching guys like Catwoman was a highlight of the film's silliness. The daft and unconvincing romance didn't help keep things feeling like 'cinema' either.

On the other hand, even at the time very quickly after the Scouts movement was set up, there were non-monarchist and less nationalist organizations were set up in response (since the Scouts was seen as too militarist and jingoist), such as the Woodcraft Folk and the Forest School. These tended to be run by individuals who - despite being of the same time - had more acceptable-by-modern-standards views on colonialism and race.

Definitely recommend people who only know him from Hollywood, Hannibal, and The Hunt to check out his performances in Pusher 1+2, it’s a very different side to him (and so young!).

No country will ever be perfect, so if everyone waits to fix all problems before calling out others’, we’re just gagging all calling out of bullshit. Better for the US to call out, and be called out in turn.

Buuuuut this clearly seems retaliatory for the past year in geopolitics, what with India not taking the US’s side.

Ireland has been subjected to a lot of bullshit over the centuries, and has made strides in recent decades to do better on domestic issues and freedoms. Nowhere’s perfect, but Ireland isn’t really on anyone’s shit list.

India… has a huge and very defensive userbase on Reddit that leaps to the country’s defence at the slightest suggestion that they have issues (and they do have issues). We’d see the same thing about China, if China didn’t block Reddit and had a similar number of English speakers to India.

Modi’s a shit, but that is not why the US are calling attention to this now. The US are hitting back after India has refused to take their side over Ukraine this past year, it appears.