NP - The Congress (2013)

[Jemmy Bloocher]

Yes please. I meant to watch this ages ago, so it'd be much appreciated. E
On 14 Dec 2015 05:18, "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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