NP - The Congress (2013)

[John Bailey]

Do a group watch! I'd be interested in the commentary on this film.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Anyone out there with a Gmail account (which means you automatically
> have a Google Drive) who would like to see this, please let  me know
> and I'll "share" it with you on my Google Drive so you can watch my
> Cloud copy without having to download it or anything. Give me a couple
> hours to check the file for viruses and upload it to my Google Drive.
>
> J / MT
>
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 11:47 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "the Congress" isn't on Nrtflix now.
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, December 13, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I saw this on Netflix after two friends (both very smart, both work in
>>> the film industry) absolutely RAVED about it. But I found it so
>>> frickin' infuriating! Although the ending was good. I'm sure some
>>> P-listers will LOVE IT but it's almost the definition of a cult film
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>>> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:00 PM,  <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>> > Just saw The Congress(2013), a fantastic animated/live-action
>>> > sci-fi/fantasy
>>> > film written and directed by Ari Folman (Waltz With Bashir), very
>>> > loosely
>>> > based on the Stanislaw Lem novel, The Futurological Congress. Basically,
>>> > the
>>> > animated section of the film is a loose, backward rendering of the
>>> > novel's
>>> > concept. It also contains a couple-three Kubrick references - what more
>>> > could you ask for! It doesn't seem to have gotten a theatrical release
>>> > in
>>> > America. Just curious - has anyone seen it in a theater here (clearly,
>>> > Dave
>>> > Monroe would have been most likely to answer that in the affirmative).
>>> >
>>> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Congress_(2013_film)
>>> >
>>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkDyKWKNeaE
>>> >
>>> > Laura
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