#bob balaban

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[annoyingthemesong]

SUBLIME CINEMA #657 - ASTEROID CITY

Was lucky to catch this before it was released just about anywhere else, and I'm happy I did. Asteroid City is among Wes Anderson's best films, and visually it might be his most majestic - something that is hard to really quantify given that every one of his movies are objects of aesthetic perfection.

Love him or hate him, his films are audacious in scale, artistry, and freedom to experiment, and he does what he pleases. I find them cutesy but I also love that his movies are smart, and that audiences seem to respond to this level of intellect thrown at them without question (one of the central characters is nicknamed 'Brainiac', and he's surrounded by characters who are just as smart as he is.)

You could say Asteroid City is a stylistic leap, although it is still so familiar. What is different this time is that we are unsure of what is real and what is isn't; what backdrop might be digital, what might be Arizona, or what is a set, what is location. The bright teal and orange 'technicolor' looks completely out-of-this-world and yet it is all so comforting and nostalgic. There are enough details in the corners of each frame to fill out several feature films and warrant repeat viewings.

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[atomic-chronoscaph]

Parents (1989)

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2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)

#roy scheider #helen mirren #bob balaban #hal 9000 #scifi #movie #1980s #80's #80s #1984

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Altered States (1980)

#altered states #ken russell #william hurt #blair brown #bob balaban #charles haid #1980s movies #horror movies

[celestialmega]

Parents by Bob Balaban.

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[90smovies]

#My Boyfriend's Back #Bob Balaban #Dean Lorey #Andrew Lowery #90s

[lisamarie-vee]

#bob balaban #jon voight #actors #midnight cowboy #film #1960’s

[sourkitsch]

Parents (1989) dir. Bob Balaban

#parents 1989 #bob balaban #this interaction is SOOOOOOO #the way this movie is all about sex #sickening <3

[videomessiah]

Parents (1989)

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[davidhudson]

Happy 78th, Bob Balaban.

#bob balaban #cinema #film #movies

[roskirambles]

(Archive) Honorable mention: Isle of Dogs (2018)

Originally posted: January 5th, 2022 Huh, another stop motion film about Japan? What are the odds? Well, I think it's an interesting companion piece for Kubo in that the way they approach representing the country is diametrically opposite. Where as Japanese culture played a significant role in Kubo, ranging from art to folklore and even some of the philosophy of the characters, Isle of Dogs has the country's aesthetics(namely of Showa era Japan) as a mere backdrop for a story that could've probably taken place anywhere else. Kubo did face some criticism about it's predominantly white cast for a story set in Japan, but Isle of Dogs got much more flak for a plethora of reasons…and it's honestly not hard to see why.

While I can't say it comes from a consciously malicious place, Wes Anderson has a record of using foreign cultures for exoticism in the past and Isle of Dogs keeps this trend. Between one of the most important agents in the conflict being a white girl, to the rather neglectful way the Japanese language is handled(both in written and spoken form), it probably will rub some the wrong way. It was intended as a homage, but it can come across as orientalism instead. That said, some of this is probably an artistic choice about the movie's themes, considering translation issues in communication are a core part of the experience. You be the judge on that one.

So…this awkwardness aside what other things does the film offer? The charming, Wes Anderson awkwardness and quirkiness, of course. Deadpan humor, stunning and highly symmetrical cinematography, a color palette controlled down to the milimeter, some black comedy(with a few instances of grotesque imagery)and a movement quality in the animation that homages Rankin Bass with intentionally off timing. Potential stereotypes aside, the cast is also a likable and dynamic bunch, a little of kilter but charmingly so.

It's a film that genuinely gives a lot to talk about. In so many ways.

#roskirambles #animated films #stop motion #wes anderson #mark gustafson #brian cranston #Koyu Rankin #edward norton #liev schreiber #bill murray #bob balaban #jeff goldblum #scarlett johansson #yojiro noda #yoko ono #akira takayana #greta gerwig #ken watanabe #tilda swinton #isle of dogs #comedy film

[laserpinksteam]

Film after film: The French Dispatch (dir. Wes Anderson, 2021)

This film came out during the pandemic lockdowns in Vienna, when I barely ever would go to the cinema, and this somehow collided with me giving up on liking Anderson's movies. This summer's been a pretty great revival, with his last two films making me quite happy. He never reaches the smoothness of The Royal Tenenbaums or the sad and imperfectly told pathos of Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, but his films have the pleasant quality of detail-filled diaoramas, which usually gives their performers an idiosyncratic tone. McDormand, for instance, or Brody usually operate at a different modality, which they also lend here to an interestingly melancholic effect.

#filmafterfilm #the french dispatch #wes anderson #tilda swinton #adrien brody #benicio del toro #lea seydoux #frances mcdormand #bill murray #timothée chalamet #lyna khoudri #steve park #owen wilson #mathieu amalric #henry winkler #bob balaban #tony revolori #lois smith

[gloriousgwendolinechristie]

"It's great, we have Alia Shawkat and Gwendoline Christie and Bob Balaban and a bunch of great people," Scott said, referring to the eight new cast members brought on for the upcoming episodes. "Just incredible people and playing really interesting roles. And they just bring so much to it, it's great." 

-- Adam Scott on Season 2 of Severance, mentions Gwendoline Christie (Entertainment Tonight 2/20/23)

#gwendoline christie #adam scott #severance #apple tv+ #apple #quotes #news #alia shawkat #bob balaban

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) Steven Spielberg

February 9th 2023

#close encounters of the third kind #1977 #steven spielberg #richard dreyfuss #melinda dillon #teri garr #francois truffaut #cary guffey #bob balaban #ce3k #the close encounter of the third kind #watch the skies

[weirdlookindog]

Altered States (1980) - Japanese poster

#altered states #ken russell #william hurt #blair brown #bob balaban #1980s movies #horror movie poster