NP - The Congress (2013)

[John Bailey]

One of the same friends who loves The Congress recommended Kill List!
Which I didn't love at first but it's definitely stayed with me. Very
Wicker Man (the original). As is House of the Devil, one of the best
horror films in recent years.

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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