Topic: Interesting facts that only you know - page 2. (Read 4695 times)

Why does it make you proud? What does it even have to do with you?

A couple of weeks ago, I was at McDonald's and watched the guy deep fry two burgers for my $.99 sandwiches.

~Bruno~

My mother had a black boyfriend before she met my dad (1960s England) - makes me a little proud and tearful.
Though now she's old and racist.

I'd tip you for that one. But no address...

You seem to have missed title of this thread. We know it.

My wife loves it when I talk dirty to her

http://www.brmovie.com/Locations/Falcon.htm - here it is explained

I haven't seen that movie in an eternity. I really should watch it again, given its status.

Burger King sausage patties are deep fried.

Did you know that there are a few films that qualify as avant-garde existentialism? Existentialism is slightly open to interpretation, but we can think of it as the notion of existence and one's identity. In particular, there are two notable films from the Japanese sixties which I'm thinking about.

My question was indeed not about whether people like trivia about films, but whether people enjoyed the experience of watching films. However, since I know stuff about films, and this thread proposes that one share information that others likely aren't aware of, the natural thing to do is to post some trivia about a film, director, etc., and then by extension, post the relevant video clip. It's all about sharing, really.


Please do.


I don't disagree with your points here at all. For example, I bet until my posts here, you've never heard of Faye Wong. But ultimately, when we watch films, we become aware of the actors/actresses in that film, and then it's only natural to see what else they've been in.

I happen to like Carey Mulligan and I happen to like Michael Fassbender. Fassbender happens to play different roles in different movies. Consider Hunger, X-Men: First Class, Jane Eyre, Prometheus, Inglourious Basterds...

Thanks to you I found a new movie to get for my son, "Horton Hears a who" ty

Hills really get in the way of trying to run a pirate radio station.

I think you've misconstrued the concept of being a movie buff. It's not about following the actors, directors, etc. It's just so not that. Let me try and explain:

You said:

That's all there is to it. As a movie buff, I provided several links to films, with little known facts that other people likely don't know, hence the opportunity to post in this thread - also simultaneously sharing films which are entertaining, enjoyable to watch, etc.

The little known facts are about enjoyable moments or enjoyable feelings or enjoyable synchronizations of music and visuals, etc. Everything about being a movie buff is about getting as much enjoyment out of the film as possible, or...

By knowing the director or actor, you then have a means of finding more films which will give you a similar quality or experience. If one film was great, then another by the same director might be great too, especially if he has a certain quality. As regards actors, you will typically find that enjoying a film actually has a lot to do with simply liking the actor or not. Finding other films with the same actors often yields good results.

As you have said, it makes no sense to care too much about the actor's real world personas or the director's real world persona, except in as much as how successful it is in helping you track down other movies.

Soundtracks and visuals merged together often yield an amazing experience. As an example, Wong Kar-Wai often creates a dreamy/swooney experience as he merges very beautiful cinematography with beautiful soundtracks, hence the reason for posting the following links earlier. Watch them, and you'll understand:

2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePU0KP5vHfo

In the Mood for Love: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kRQqksluZk

Fallen Angels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZda7nWftQI

Chungking Express: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7yez4lXjBI

Days of Being Wild: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cExEkJjyD8

In my post about the film Let Me In, the appreciation is analogous to appreciating a literary form of storytelling in prose, and through repeated viewings (or readings), one can gain additional enjoyment. See this post: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1189556

And a clip from the film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jZ671P3u0o

Regarding the last scene of Briggite Lin and the first scene of Faye Wong, the meta info adds a unique twist to the story by analogy. Knowledge of it is unnecessary, except perhaps for those who enjoyed the film and wish to use the actress's career trajectory to locate other films, which of course is beneficial to those who like films and seek films to watch.

As for Faye Wong's singing, it is so amazing, that one barely notices the the Cranberries cover is being sung in Cantonese! It's simply a beautiful thing to hear and worth pointing out. See this post: https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/m.1189894

Regarding Adagio, Syboney and 2046, it's simply a pointer to the pleasures of watching a pairing of beautiful music and a visually beautiful film. Surely you can appreciate such things, since you seek enjoyment when watching films:

Adagio in 2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ZKzBc6QTY

Siboney, by Connie Francis in 2046: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNl_8VSmYu8

Regarding tributes to a film, within another film: They're typically made to pay homage to a great film, thus a clue that such film is a candidate to put on your list to watch, for purposes of pure enjoyment. Furthermore, it's pleasurable to notice them.

The tribute: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9OUrAHWOME

The film being paid homage to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpvOUnz4T7Q

In closing, I can only say that by following these things, I have discovered new films to watch that have given me great pleasure and enriched my life.

In the "Blade Runner" movie in the scene where Deckard is flying with the hoover-car is used a real movie model of Milenium Falco starship from Star Wars as a roof of the skyscraper. 

Some people will help you so they can have a sense of power over you and your success.

I like films as far as their ability to entertain me while I watch them.  I don't stay for the credits and it's extremely rare I'm interested in cast interviews or "the making of" specials.  I also have 0 interest in the actors/writers/producers etc in any context other than them putting on an enjoyable performance for me.

Similarly I don't care about bands either.  I like some collections of sounds and not others and I judge them on a case by case basis regardless of the particulars involved in creating them.

There are some interesting people involved in making movies and music I'm sure, but they're strangers and if I'm going to spend time or energy on people, overall I'd rather it be people I have real relationships with.

The background to the making of a movie is about as intriguing to me as the history behind the company that produces the napkins I use to wipe bacon grease off my face (either might potentially make for a great story, which is something I do enjoy).

Not that I'm intending to put down movie buffs, I just don't "get it" I suppose.

Though I doubt this helps you much since historically I've noticed not many share my position on these types of things.

While we're on the topic I actually find credits at the beginning of a movie rather insulting.  Each day I use my car to drive to work.  My car does more for me than any individual movie has and exists due to the hard work and ingenuity of many people, and yet I don't have sit bored watching a list of names involved in the project before starting the ignition each time.  It's only showbiz people with ego large enough to think that everyone should have to see their names scroll by before consuming their product.

Ponzi weed!

My pee pee itches.