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Trevor Reznik (Christian Bale) is an industrial machinist. He has chronic insomnia and has progressively lost weight to the point where he has become an emaciated skeleton. His alarming appearance and strange behavior cause his co-workers to stay away from him; they eventually turn on him after he is involved in a machine accident that costs a man, Miller (Michael Ironside), his left arm. Trevor, who was distracted by an unfamiliar co-worker named Ivan (John Sharian), bears the blame for the accident. No one at the factory knows of Ivan and there are no records that he is an employee. Trevor seems to find peace only in the arms of Stevie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a prostitute who develops genuine affection for him, or in the company of Maria (Aitana Sánchez-Gijón), a kind waitress at the airport diner where he spends many of his nights.
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Trailer: http://www.lovefilm.com/film/The-Machinist/38439/?play_trailer=1

Brilliant film!
 
Need to see The Machinist properly, watched it a few years back but was rather Stella'd and thus didn't quite catch the intricacies of the plot.
 
machinist to batman begins was apparently the biggest weight change an actor has gone through before roles.


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I watched the making of The Machinist. I think he survived on an apple a day or something like that. I do admire the method actors dedication to things.

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The producers of the film claim that Christian Bale dropped from about 180 pounds in weight down to about 120 pounds in weight to make this film. They also claim that Bale actually wanted to drop down to 100 pounds, but that they would not let him go below 120 out of fear that his health could be in too much danger if he did. His diet consisted of one can of tuna and an apple per day. His 63-pound weight loss is said to be a record for any actor for a movie role. He regained the weight in time for his role in Batman Begins (2005).
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Bale puts on a superb performance in The Machinist, absolutely nails the deranged, strung out, haven't slept for a year act. I actually beleived he hadn't.

Just watched this utterly grim and depressing yet excellent film...

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Drama about a woman who assists her friend to arrange an illegal abortion in 1980's Romania and picked up the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Trailer: http://www.lovefilm.com/film/4-Months-3-weeks-And-2-Days/97827/?play_trailer=1

The synopsis doesn't really do it justice as the story it's self isn't exactly all that exciting on paper but it's a fascinating film, it's tense, gritty, grim, twisted and compelling. Couldn't take my eyes off the screen for the first hour. It unfortunately dragged on a bit slightly from there, felt like they were just stringing the film out to get it to full feature length but it still packed a mighty punch. Shambles you'ld like this I'm sure.
 
Just finished watching Romane Polanskis 'The Tennant' which I expected and really wanted to like after reading so much about it and enjoying that Norwegian film I recommended in this thread (forget the name?) which was a homage to 'The Tennant' and apparently very similar. Well it wasn't that similar and the Norwegian homage for me was much, much better. 'The Tennant' dragged on, with little happening, certainly nothing interesting anyway whereas the Norwegian effort was fucked up, twisted, mysterious and strangely erotic. Dissapointing.
 
Never seen The Tennant, but I do rather like Repulsion. What a twisted fucked up film that is. :D

Anyone seen The Haunting In Connecticut yet?. I like the look of the trailer (as per usual) but reviews are a bit iffy. I guess it's basically an Amityville Horror rip off anyway. :\
 
Planet Terror is fucking outstanding.I'm glad they cut grindhouse in 2 cos death proof is utter wank.Fucking tarantino lost it after Jackie Brown and I found that boring.

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In keeping with my so bad they're good standard.Theres been a documentary made about it just out in the US,so I had to check out the original film and it really is that bad.I was crying for most of the film=DFuck me everyone should see this beast its a (accidental) comedy classic.
 
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Death Proof was good, it got a round of applause from everyone in the cinema the night I went to see it. It wasn't as good as his other films but it was pretty different and watchable.
 
ive got planet terror on dvd ready to watch, had it for ages now, ill prob watch it today.

Watched a bad film and a good film last night, the bad film was The Ringer but you would expect any film starring johnny knoxville to be bad.

The good film was Big Nothing. Was suprising that it was good to be honest, a good dark comedy.
 
I watched Central Station the other night, later today I'll do a proper post on it.
 
For all the arty film fans out there...In The City of Slyvia

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A handsome young man (Xavier Lafitte) has returned to the city of Strasbourg in search of Sylvia, a woman he met there six years ago. In his hotel room, he sits on his bed lost in reverie about her. He walks down the street and stops in the café where he first encountered her. He begins a series of sketches in his notebook, of women talking with friends, whispering secrets, laughing.

The next day, he returns to the same café and begins sketching again. Then he spots a woman who looks familiar, and follows her... With this intriguing, virtually dialogue-free daydream of a film, writer and director José Luis Guerín has captured the obsessive and mysterious compulsiveness of yearning and the ways in which it can take over our consciousness. The very essence of cinema – sound, images, movement – the film perfectly captures the harmony between the observer and the environment, and invites a total immersion in its atmosphere.

Nothing less than a timely and timeless masterpiece, and compelling evidence that cinema is far from dying – in truth, it has hardly ever been as exciting and alive.
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Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dv2VKhY5w9M

If you like films with a defined and 'proper' plot, a point, a conclusive and exciting ending and a bit of action then this is definitely not for you. The story is very simple, a man follows a girl he beleives to be 'Slyvia' a girl he had an encounter with in a bar 6 years ago and now would like to see again. We then see him walk the streets of Strasbourg following her until she finally stops on a tram and he has a chance to talk to her. This is the story, no more no less but there are hidding meanings and questions posed throughout.

The film is quite beautifully shot with some really nice camera work and scenes but at the same time it's a very slow film and at times you could be forgiven for thinking 'nothing' is happening. There are lots of 'interesting' scenes, camera 'tricks' and direction in the film but I felt they were over used. For example it often cuts to the shot of a street, with people milling around going about their daily life (not characters just insignificant background folk) and this continues for 3 minutes or so before the main character finally walks into the shot. You also see a lot of repetition (this could have been done on purpose - I beleive it probably was) such as the same folk doing the same things wandering around in the background or the same streets popping up, and very frequently the same peice of grafitti a slogan of some sorts (was in French but was something about "I love" - je taime?) can be seen on the wall and I wondered if this was delibrate, then at the end it shoots to a really blatent shot of it in big writing on the wall which was a bit too obvious for whatever it was trying to say (things like this can work well when done in a subtle manner and you're left pondering whether they are meant or just coincodence).

At first I thought that I didn't like this film, was a bit dissapointed in the lack of story line. I don't mind films which are arty and clever and beautifully shot (and this certainly is) and often enjoy films which don't make much sense and have you asking loads of questions at the end but I prefer it if they can combine the two - art / beauty + storyline. This didn't really manage that but I haven't stopped thinking about it and the more I've thought and read about the film, the more I've understood and the more question I have.

Anyway I recommend that anyone into beautiful, arty, intelligent films who don't mind there being a lack of blatent action or a stereotypical storyline watch this, you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than me. I'd actually like to re-watch it now.
 
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