NP - The Congress (2013)
Perry Noid
coolwithdoc at gmail.com
Mon Dec 14 17:32:53 CST 2015
In the latest Metal Gear game there is a small line: "The Cipher we're
hunting isn't Zero. Beyond Zero is a void that's even darker." many
references to Moby Dick and 1984 as well.
On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com> wrote:
> haha yes I literally jumped out of my chair when I read that "Kojima is
> God" line in BE. Lifelong fan of the series. Still have not been able to
> verify if Kojima has read Pynchon, not directly referenced in any of his
> games but there are many, many intersections.
>
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 2:51 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Oh my god Perry, the Metal Gear series is Gravity's Rainbow the Video
>> Game. It's namechecked twice in Bleeding Edge (with creator Hideo
>> Kojima given a slightly positive reference).
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Perry Noid <coolwithdoc at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I thought the Congress was fantastic. I'm a borderline robot when it
>> comes
>> > to emotions but I can't count how many times I was on the verge of tears
>> > watching this, and feeling like fool the next instant. Hard for me to
>> say
>> > what exactly it was that gripped me. Shades of Perky Pat and other
>> recent
>> > p-list mentionings (Grace Kelly even makes an appearance).
>> >
>> > I can certainly see why some folks, like Bailey, not folks *like*
>> Bailey,
>> > wouldn't like, like the flick but I think it is at least worth seeing
>> for
>> > Robin Wright's performance. It does feel like a good choice for the
>> p-list
>> > to see. It's a better movie than "Cool World" at any rate, though I like
>> > that one too.
>> >
>> > The premise of the technology did not feel that far-fetched coming from
>> > someone who plays a healthy amount of video games, which are
>> increasingly
>> > using full-body scans of actors to do pretty much whatever the designers
>> > want them to do in the fictional world. Or even to do whatever the
>> player
>> > wants them to do. I wonder what kind of things they have done with Ms.
>> > Joosten's character model that they haven't told her about
>> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbPxvBbZAhs
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 5:21 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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
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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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