Burgundy LaRue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I watched Hot Girls Wanted a couple of weeks ago. It's OK. Some of the descriptions for certain scenes, while we don't see them, were stomach-turning. The talent wrangler was the most interesting person in how casual he was about everything. I thought the girls' opinions on Belle Knox were insightful. But ultimately, it was a fluff piece (pun semi-intended). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That house was nasty. So dirty looking and the guy was so proud of it. I laughed when he was on the couch and everyone was telling their story and he's just scrolling through something on his laptop. I don't know how I should feel after watching it. It's a really shady biz. The doc didn't really change my outlook or bring anything new to the table. I think what maybe surprised me the most was how unintelligent everyone was. I mean really stupid. The girls are all between 18-21 I guess but they seemed like they never picked up a book in their life and the manager dude didn't seem any more intelligent than they were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 One girl talked about performing without her partner using a condom, and how she was paid an extra $100 for it. She seemed to be happy with, by her own description, netting $60 because $40 would go toward the morning-after pill. I was floored by that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted July 12, 2015 Author Share Posted July 12, 2015 Yeah - I had to stop watching because I was getting angry. I guess my Dad instincts were kicking in because I wanted to punch all the dude bros aka talent agents aka pimps aka douches in the face. But yeah - everyone was infuriatingly stupid. I mean the one girl was all I WOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO LIVE MY DREAMS AT HOME! I DREAMT ABOUT GETTING HIGH AND RIDING IN A LAMBURGINI!!! Or the girl who was all I DON'T NEED TO BE ON BIRTH CONTROL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The no birth control girl from Texas--yeesh, talk about naive. None of the girls were bright, but she really had no clue what she was getting into. Just one of those innocent babies dying to see the world, gets in over her head, and comes crashing down three months later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The Zapruder Footage: Interestingly, this is only documentary I've seen dedicated to entirely to its cultural impact and artistic merits and not so much the murder itself. It's a good discussion of what is officially the most re-watched studied video footage ever made. I thought the most fascinating stuff was how it apparently greatly influenced directors like Scorsese in the 1970s, i.e the idea you shoot something in a fleeting, amateurish manner but if what you're shooting is so important and dramatic the amateurish actually enhances the effect. I never realized it had had that impact on filmmakers. I kind of came away thinking this and The Shining are quite similar in the sense they're the movie versions of Rorschach tests. You show someone them and ask them what they think happened/what it's about and whatever they say tells you more about them than what actually happened. ("The limo driver has a gun! You can see it!") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 One girl talked about performing without her partner using a condom, and how she was paid an extra $100 for it. She seemed to be happy with, by her own description, netting $60 because $40 would go toward the morning-after pill. I was floored by that. Dear God. This is why we need sex ed classes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 One girl talked about performing without her partner using a condom, and how she was paid an extra $100 for it. She seemed to be happy with, by her own description, netting $60 because $40 would go toward the morning-after pill. I was floored by that. Dear God. This is why we need sex ed classes. Sex ed classes have been going on since it least the 50's. We need less of that and I don't know....real parents? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 That exchange had nothing to do with sex, but rather how much the girl devalued her self-worth. To allow some man she doesn't know to ejaculate inside her for someone else's entertainment in exchange for three $20 bills is beyond sad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I'm not sure how the parents should handle it but anything would have been better than the family in the doc where it's all "well, it's my daughter and I hate it but if this is what she wants to do.." No. I think she needs more guidance than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Execproducer Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 No doubt. And by the way, I didn't mean we don't need sex ed...far from it.. .. I meant we need more "parents" to reinforce a child's self-worth , as well as give some basic guidance that is so often demonstrably lacking , though I am not looking to get into any fights with any parents around here, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Setsuna Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 $40 for morning after pills? That is some serious fleecing by the American pharmaceutical companies. I've lived in Asia for ages so I've seen this type of thing time and time again regarding meds, but when my wife needed them they cost me $0.25 total. I didn't get the impression that all of the girls were that stupid, just easy money for an 18 year old and then that mindset that once you've done it one time you might as well keep going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 The Zapruder Footage: Interestingly, this is only documentary I've seen dedicated to entirely to its cultural impact and artistic merits and not so much the murder itself. It's a good discussion of what is officially the most re-watched studied video footage ever made. I thought the most fascinating stuff was how it apparently greatly influenced directors like Scorsese in the 1970s, i.e the idea you shoot something in a fleeting, amateurish manner but if what you're shooting is so important and dramatic the amateurish actually enhances the effect. I never realized it had had that impact on filmmakers. I kind of came away thinking this and The Shining are quite similar in the sense they're the movie versions of Rorschach tests. You show someone them and ask them what they think happened/what it's about and whatever they say tells you more about them than what actually happened. ("The limo driver has a gun! You can see it!") Thanks for mentioning this one. I'll have to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 The Nina Simone doc. on Netflix was pretty good. Some amazing footage of her performing matched up very well (and manipulatingly) with voice over of her and others. But they glossed over a lot. They talk a bit about how her black power stance hurt her career but they really didn't go much beyond her and people around her mentioning it. We didn't see any of the voices against her for a deeper sense of the division over it. And they way glossed over her own abusive behavior toward her daughter. It's there, and her daughter is amazingly forgiving about it, and ultimately it is attributable to bipolar disorder. But after really going in to how much she suffered at her husband's hands, her daughter's abuse came across like a bad vacation. Still, worth a watch if you haven't seen some of the early footage. The Montreux concert is easy to find so it might have been nice if they had included more rare stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 The Zapruder Footage: Interestingly, this is only documentary I've seen dedicated to entirely to its cultural impact and artistic merits and not so much the murder itself. It's a good discussion of what is officially the most re-watched studied video footage ever made. I thought the most fascinating stuff was how it apparently greatly influenced directors like Scorsese in the 1970s, i.e the idea you shoot something in a fleeting, amateurish manner but if what you're shooting is so important and dramatic the amateurish actually enhances the effect. I never realized it had had that impact on filmmakers. I kind of came away thinking this and The Shining are quite similar in the sense they're the movie versions of Rorschach tests. You show someone them and ask them what they think happened/what it's about and whatever they say tells you more about them than what actually happened. ("The limo driver has a gun! You can see it!") Thanks for mentioning this one. I'll have to check it out. It's on Youtube. It's very compelling. It's an interesting look at Zapruder, too: He was caught between wanting the footage to be used tastefully (he definitely wasn't keen on the kill shot being everywhere) and understanding that, yeah, he could make money from this and ensure his children's financial security. Some of it is very much: "Well, what would you or me do if we accidentally managed to shoot something that, while a tragedy, was also worth a fucking fortune?" Which is very relevant in the camera phone age. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVanderlay Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Well, if you ever wondered what Les Thatcher would look like if he gave up cardio... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerva Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Watched the newest PBS American Experience "Blackout" which talked about the 1977 blackout in New York City that shut down the city and led to tons of riots and mayhem. Really strong stuff even for just an hour. There have been a number of blackouts in the last 40 some years but the 1977 one is memorable because of how out of control it was and how awful the situation was in New York City during that time to control things. Never mind that the Son of Sam is still going on. I always find it funny when people talk about how much the current New York city is so generic and bland and talk about the "good old days" but every thing I have seen on New York City from the mid 1970's (Including the documentary NYC 77) makes it looks like 2015 Detroit X 2. I mean I guess NYC was great if you wanted to see tits, get drugs, and listen to great music but my god the homelessness and arson and rampant crime and just the scummy look to the city Was cool to hear from George Michael. Forgot that he worked in New York and I believe Chicago before becoming a legend in the DC area Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ArtVanderlay Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 The Death of Superman Lives- I wasn't thrilled with this one. I found it cheap and amateurish (which makes sense, given that it was crowdfunded) with Jon Schnepp serving as on-camera host/interviewer being a distraction. I might have liked it better if Schnepp had done like Michael Moore or Barry Blaustein and served as off-camera narrator with limited on-camera appearances. Another problem was that the whole behind the scenes story is so well known at this point. Check it out if you've never seen Kevin Smith tell his stories, or read the various Wikipedia articles about the whole thing, but otherwise Schnepp is just repeating what a lot of people already know. Also, the opening credits with the guy in silhouette running through the graveyard was bush league. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films- This was a lot better. The Cannon Films are some of my favorite "bad" movies from the 1980s: American Ninja, Revenge of the Ninja, Death Wish 3, The Delta Force, Missing in Action. I was very surprised with some of the people they got to agree to interview, especially Marina Sirtis (the general rule at Star Trek conventions is 'you don't mention Death Wish 3' to her) and they all seemed to have a sense of humor about the films, and no one seemed to have a huge ego or get offended at the idea that the films were brainless crap. Really fun documentary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WholeFnMachine Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 I Am Chris Farley will be on Spike this coming Monday at 9 PM EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 And now I am depressed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 You're not depressed. I'M depressed. I just watched the last independent video store I'll probably ever witness again waltz out of my life (Mike Zeidler can vouch for this) and now I'm watching one of the best independent music stores/music venues in my city fly into the aether as well. Granted, there'll be a replacement for the last, and I never had the chance to walk into a Tower Records, but shit just sucks all around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 As much as I like Rashida Jones when I saw that she was a producer on Hot Girls Wanted, I knew it would be extremely anti-sex worker. Everything I've read about the film makes it seem so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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