Raw

[John Bailey]

Watched Ravenous again recently - never realised back in the day just
how incredibly camp and homoerotic it is. And the Damon Albarn/Michael
Nyman score is singularly memorable.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com> wrote:
> Bone Tomahawk makes a great double bill with Ravenous, yet another cannibal
> Western that hasn't gotten its proper due.
>
> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 7:10 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Bone Tomahawk was absolutely crazy!  Gruesomely violent, but in a good
>> way. I loved it.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 5:42 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Herzog is a hero of mine, up there with Jodorowsky, Pynchon, Kubrick,
>>> Zappa and a handful more.
>>>
>>> I will definitely let you know what I think of Raw! As a
>>> counter-recommendation, have you seen Bone Tomahawk? Incredible cannibal
>>> Western genre-fuck.
>>>
>>> Jerky
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:56 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Nice, looks interesting. Will have t dig out my iTunes password.
>>>> I hope you enjoy Raw, definitely worth a watch or two.
>>>> The Herzog docs are always fun. I watched Into the Abyss a while ago,
>>>> heavy material. I saw him speak at a film festival last fall when Lo and
>>>> Behold was coming out, very entertaining guy. He started by reading some
>>>> passages from the Icelandic Edda, and then showed a clip of Fred Astaire
>>>> dancing with shadows. He called it an example of “the ecstasy of
>>>> filmmaking."
>>>>
>>>> On Jun 5, 2017, at 8:42 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have NOT seen it, but I have been looking forward to it.
>>>>
>>>> Kind of ashamed to say that lately, aside from some excellent Herzog
>>>> docs, most of my video watching time over the last two weeks was consumed by
>>>> bingeing on all three seasons of The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (which was
>>>> adorable for the entire first season, kind of lost its way a bit during the
>>>> second, and got some of its groove back for the third).
>>>>
>>>> I have a recommendation for you, Jesse, as well as the entire P-List...
>>>> It's called "Aaaaaaaah! (We Sre Not Men)", and my mostly spoiler-free review
>>>> is here:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://themediavore.blogspot.ca/2017/03/aaaaaaaah-we-are-not-men-director.html
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reminder re: Raw, Jesse!
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>> Jerky
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 8:27 PM, jesse gooch <jlguuch at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Has anyone watched Raw yet? (looking at you here Jerky) I watched last
>>>>> night and was pretty impressed. I’ve never been a big fan of the Mondo
>>>>> cannibalism films, so I wasn’t just dying to see it, but I liked it quite a
>>>>> bit. The music was great.
>>>>> I Have a small gripe with it, but will wait since I’d rather not toss
>>>>> anything out there if somebody is waiting to see it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
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