NP - The Congress (2013)

[Jochen Stremmel]

Me too, and thanks.

(Waltz with Bashir was great.)

2015-12-14 7:11 GMT+01:00 David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:

> I'm in.
>
>
> On Sunday, December 13, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>> >>> > - Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>> >>> -
>> >>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>>
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