Some Movies in Valdivia (Comfy In Nautica)

It's really difficult to talk about a movie in particular, because recently I was at a film festival in Valdivia, and saw a lot of movies ... (Nah! lie, I saw only a few, but some very good) (although the best movies were "really" what happened off screen) Anyway, I enjoyed some movies such as the Pivellina, Tilva Ros. The Doors documentary and The Illusionist. All very different in terms of stories and narrative forms.

If I had to choose one, I think I would stay with Tilva Ros, a Serbian film about a group of skaters who lived destroyed. The movie had a wonderful visual, full of great and good picture frames. The characters seemed real enough(in fact, later discovered that the movie was made based on actual videos they made themselves) The story was very simple, not at all complex, without any artifice, clearly portraying the difficult moments of adolescence, such as boredom and self-destruction. But one of the greatest successes of the film was its music department, really delicious and well chosen. A good mix of independent bands like Panda Bear, Beast Coast, Privacy, etc. In fact, (*spoiler) the end of the movie with the song "Comfy in Nautica" by Panda Bear (Noah Lenox of Animal Collective) was really amazing. The best cineamtic moment of the festival. I just love it.

Werner Herzog Legend

Raw and realistic it be the last film by director Werner Herzog. Real animals dead and no special effects are some of the novelty in the new film by the german filmmaker.

Werner Herzog personally photographed scenes of the movie which was shot in New Orleans.

Werner Herzog is known for his cruelty when filming animals, like the famous last scene in Aguirre; Wrath Of God, when Klaus Kinski, throws a monkey like a banana skin.
Although this may seem a bad thing, Werner Herzog takes his favor, portraying the cruelty of human nature and that is one reason why it is one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

Some years ago it was unthinkable to see a European director to make a funny movie in America without sacrificing their principles, and Werner Herzog has made, making a realistic and ironic portrait of the American dream, like one of his most famous movies, Stroszek.

Unlike filmmakers like Scorsese, the films by Werner Herzog seems more spontaneous and new, each of its projects a battle with unpredictable results.

Werner Herzog made its greatest movies in the seventies, but in recent years his documentary and now his movies have become a legend renacla one of the greatest filmmakers of all time.

Original Article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2010/oct/21/werner-herzog-film-performance-art

Lucky LuchO

I've never been addicted to TV programs, although I've seen a few, especially when I was child. Somehow, the TV was much more important as a child. It then goes into the background, especially when you grab a taste for film (I should also say women, parties and games, all those things you do when you start to mature) Anyway, if I remember some series. I remember being amazed at X-Files, especially the early seasons and the entire issue of UFOs, and further, with the sexy Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson). Another series I remember was called "The Edge", here translated as "Al Borde de la Risa" and was a kind of mindless sitcom full of jokes and black humor. Some time went by Bill Plymtom drawings, and had a section where they asked about that they would be making celebrities like Elvis Presley or Michael Jackson (Elvis was always on Mars, danced for the Martians and Jackson was getting rhinoplasty)

In recent years I have seen a proliferation of TV series, and I tried to see some, but I was always bored. In any way interesting things I've seen on shows such as "How Not to Live Your Life" (quite funny), "QMDV" (very creative) and of course, “Big Bang Theory” and things like that. BUT, there is a serie that I really like it, is called "Lucky Louie" from my favorite comedian Louis CK. The series is based basically in his stand up comedy, and his jokes quite strong. The series has a season of 13 chapters and was taken off the air. ("Censored?) Basically, the series is a classic sitcom about a couple, a nurse and her husband, Louie, a fat loser. The series plays a variety of topics such as work, masturbation, lying, madness, children, religion, money, etc. as usual, but from a nihilistic perspective. The secondary characters are really good, especially the crazy uncle, the beautiful and evil daughter, the black neighbors, the friend dealer that sell drugs to kids, etc.

anyway, the series reminds me of a poem by Bukowski where he was asked about what kind of TV series could be good and he replied: "I would like a series where the protagonist was a guy who works all day in a factory, who cannot afford the money for nothing, which has a wife waiting at home shit, cooking a meal of shit.” Anyway, the series is not as black as that, but its close, from a delicious humor and good performances. As in the poem and on TV, Bukowski and CK were not heard. People do not want this series. People want beautiful people with beautiful stories!
That's it!