NP - The Congress (2013)

[Mark Thibodeau]

Sightseers FTW!

On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 7:49 AM, Richard Romeo <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>> in that so many (like me) just won't get its appeal...<div
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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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