NP - The Congress (2013)

[Richard Romeo]

Ben Wheatley and Ti West give me hope that the horror genre still breathes. 
A field in England is wonderful.  He also directed a quirky serial killers on the loose on the road. Also worth seeing. BW is directing Ballards High Rise which I can't wait to see. 
Ti Wests shorts on the VHS anthologies are good too

Rich

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> On Dec 14, 2015, at 3:43 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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>>>>>>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
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