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Joshua Z Weinstein recommended Salesman (1969) in Movies (curated)

 
Salesman (1969)
Salesman (1969)
1969 | Documentary
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"This might have been the first film that made me realize what type of filmmaker I was going to be. The faces and personalities are so vivid. I always wonder if people would care about this simply observed masterpiece if it were produced today, after the advent of reality TV and YouTube."

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Red Dwarf Omnibus
Red Dwarf Omnibus
Grant Naylor | 1992 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
9
8.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
Similarity to tv show storylines. Far more detail & impossible storylines. (0 more)
Erm. It’s not 1000 pages..? (0 more)
Never fails
Having been a fan of the tv show as long as I can remember, I have read this, comprising Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers and Better Than Life, dozens and dozens of times - and can quote great chunks.
Lister is slobbier than ever.
Rimmer is even more of an irritating worm.

The universe, time, death and reality are all their playthings - and I can only begin to imagine what Lister’s isolation on those peculiar worlds would be like.
  
The Disaster Artist (2017)
The Disaster Artist (2017)
2017 | Comedy
Aspiring actor Greg Sestero meets a mysterious man named Tommy Wiseau in his acting classes with Jean Shelton. Hoping to achieve Hollywood stardom, Sestero moves to Los Angeles and signs on to appear in his buddy's project. Financed with his own money, Wiseau writes, directs and stars in "The Room," a critically maligned movie that becomes a cult classic.

There isn't a lot to say about this one. I mainly only went to see it because some people were raving about it. This for me is skirting the fine line of "based on a true story" and reality TV. I cannot watch reality TV, I find it physically distressing watching anything that awkward. That being said, I don't feel like I was missing out on much in this film, and no one else in the cinema seemed to be enjoying it either.
  
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Rebecca Billcliff (2409 KP) created a poll

Mar 24, 2020  
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Hay. With the country on lockdown to beat the virus, are people being drawn to, or avoiding any virus/ zombie/ pandemic shows and movies?

Can not get enough, bring on the 28 Days Later, The Walking Dead, anything apocalyptic!
No thanks, reality is scary enough, let me at some easy watching full of healthy people.
Not fussed either way, could take or leave the pandemic based tv.
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Amberdang (8 KP) rated Instagram in Apps

Jul 12, 2018  
Instagram
Instagram
Communication, Photo & Video, Social Networking
9
8.2 (362 Ratings)
App Rating
Lots of pictures (1 more)
Can follow celebrities
Love Instagram
I love Instagram, its great for looking at pictures of family and friends, without all the other stuff that comes from facebook. My favorite part is following celebs, and people who have been on tv shows I watch, like Big Brother and MTV reality shows. You can see what happens in their lives and if they stay or breakup with someone.
  
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James Franco recommended The Salesman (2016) in Movies (curated)

 
The Salesman (2016)
The Salesman (2016)
2016 | Drama, Thriller
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The Maysles are masters. Their philosophy of Direct Cinema is proved in these films. Life is as interesting as fiction. This is not reality TV; it is observational documentation in the purest sense. It is not manipulated; the only filter is the obvious love the filmmakers have for their subjects. Salesman is as deep as Death of a Salesman or The Iceman Cometh, and Gimme Shelter is like Greek tragedy."

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James Franco recommended Gimme Shelter (1970) in Movies (curated)

 
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
1970 | Documentary, Music, Thriller
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"The Maysles are masters. Their philosophy of Direct Cinema is proved in these films. Life is as interesting as fiction. This is not reality TV; it is observational documentation in the purest sense. It is not manipulated; the only filter is the obvious love the filmmakers have for their subjects. Salesman is as deep as Death of a Salesman or The Iceman Cometh, and Gimme Shelter is like Greek tragedy."

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Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
2002 | Horror
Introducing reality TV star Michael Myers!
Some people were turned off by the different style and almost humorous take on the ongoing Michael saga, but I thought it was a pleasant surprise.

Inject more young, fun actors like Busta Rhymes, Katee Sackhoff, Thomas Ian Nicholas and even Tyra Banks and what you have is a masterpiece of horror (not really, but at least something a little different).

Interesting idea to place a bunch of unknowns in Michael's childhood home as part of a reality show and watch the calamity ensue when bad things start to happen (and then the real Michael shows up).

Seems like I enjoyed more than most.

  
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
2002 | Horror
Busta rhymes kicks michael myers into a shitty remake
Contains spoilers, click to show
After H20, killed of micheal myers, the studio was like we need anethor film. So we got this. Jamie lee curtis gets killed off in thr first 5 minutes, so the next 85 minutes we folllow a jamie lee curtis rip-off, maybe not even that. Anyways what was popular back in 2002, reality t.v. shows, so we get people going into micheal myers house for dangertainment the reality tv show.

Busta rhymes is the best part and the worst part of this film. He kicks micheal myers and sends him off to rob zombie's remake. Which i will review. But this film fans should skip.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Network (1976) in Movies

Feb 16, 2018 (Updated Feb 16, 2018)  
Network (1976)
Network (1976)
1976 | Comedy, Drama
Acclaimed satirical comedy-drama; impressively prescient look at American media. Long-serving newscaster is victim of falling ratings, has breakdown and threatens to commit suicide on live TV: network execs are appalled until it transpires this has caused a spike in viewing figures, so they give him a job as a ranting news gimp.

Smartly written and well-performed; slight tendency towards speechifying rather than actual dialogue in the closing stages, but at least the speeches are good. Movie predicts rise of reality TV and collapse in news values with eerie accuracy, also the potential power of rabble-rousing TV demagogues (chief rabble-rouser does not complain about fake news, but it's a near thing). On another level, film is basically just cinema being snotty about how television is a more juvenile and morally bankrupt medium - 1976 was one of the very last years they could do this without it seeming like massive hypocrisy.