Patreon Ramble #3 - Iranian Meta-Cinema
Added 2020-07-22 20:55:41 +0000 UTCHey Patrons!
Here's another exclusive ramble! I've been managing to make one of these a month and moving forward I plan to hold myself to that. Expect monthly rambles moving forward as a thank you for your support.
In this one I talk about Iranian Meta-Cinema, a film style that have been super influential on my own work.
The films I mention are:
Kiarostami:
Close-Up
Where is My Friend's House
Life and Nothing More...
Through the Olive Trees
Taste of Cherry
Certified Copy
Panahi:
The White Balloon
The Mirror
This is Not a Film
Taxi
3 Faces
I hope you've been enjoying the latest films on the channel. It's been nice collaborating with friends! There was a good three month stretch of quarantine where almost everything was just me and it feels good to get Patrick, Mason and Otis involved again. The latest one, It's just table talk, stars my good filmmaking friend Mimi! I'd been wanting to make one with her for awhile so that was fun! Many more to come!
Hope all is well, thanks again for all the support.
Love, Joel
Comments
If you love meta-cinema you'd love Alejandro Jodorovsky's "The Holy Mountain"
Zack Augustus
2021-07-05 17:38:46 +0000 UTCThanks so much for introducing me to these films! Koker Trilogy and Taxi have become two of my favorites!
Trent Lenkarski
2020-07-24 20:41:01 +0000 UTCI always bring him up, but I've never seen films that understand love like John Cassavete's films. Faces, A Woman Under the Influence, Opening Night and Love Streams all create such a full picture of love that definitely touch upon forgiveness and understanding in meaningful ways. The way he presents love is deeply flawed and human and painful but also sweet and caring perhaps to a fault. And here's one you wouldn't expect, but I rewatched Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy this year and I swear to god Spider-Man 3 is one of modern Hollywood's most beautiful portraits of forgiveness and understanding and patience. Watch the trilogy with fresh eyes and try to look past the detractors of the third and it's actually pretty amazing. Lastly, I'd like to add 'Paris, Texas', that movie will rip your guts out.
Joel Haver
2020-07-23 02:00:16 +0000 UTCTotally agree. I'm hoping that the general opinion is going to change with time in the same way that happened with Fire Walk With Me. Hopefully the controversy doesn't dissuade big devs from taking risks on future titles. And of course that the gaming community supports more artistic passion projects by the Toby Foxs and ConcernedApes out there.
2020-07-23 00:53:56 +0000 UTCAlso im really into films that deal with forgiveness and fighting adversity with love. Any thing u can reccomend?
2020-07-23 00:02:47 +0000 UTCOh rad! Ill at least do the free trial.
2020-07-23 00:00:01 +0000 UTCThank you! Every movie I talk about in this video is on The Criterion Channel. They have a 14 day free trial worth checking out, it's definitely my favorite streaming service, so many good, interesting movies on there. If you need more recommendations I'd be happy to provide some (Tampopo and Supermarket Woman and everything by Juzo Itami is a guaranteed great time). Angry sarcastic gamer serves his purpose, hahah, but I'm happy to bring something positive and different to the table!
Joel Haver
2020-07-22 23:15:22 +0000 UTCAlso love ur stuff ur super talented and so strong willed constantly making content. I love hearing about wat people love after binging ANGRY SARCASTIC GAMER DISSECTS MCU FOR 1HR as a hobby for 2 years lol
2020-07-22 23:07:48 +0000 UTCHey joel bro love this vod sry i havent taken time to see the rest. But so glad u told me about this genre def try it out, any of them streaming?
2020-07-22 23:05:36 +0000 UTCI will probably end up watching it illegally online to be honest, but not while I'm in Europe, rather when I go back to Jordan, where pirating films isn't actually illegal, just unethical.
Noor
2020-07-22 22:49:57 +0000 UTCAh damn, wish I could help more. I know there's a DVD release, not sure if you could get that.
Joel Haver
2020-07-22 21:46:19 +0000 UTCI know, between it and Red Dead 2, it's pretty amazing how much more large scale gaming has been willing to challenge its audience than Hollywood as of late. Two of the biggest gaming releases of the last decade being so deliberately paced and formally challenging is crazy to me and it's a damn shame to see such a big chunk of the gaming community denounce them, especially TLOU2. This is how you wind up with by the books Marvel and Star Wars movies, every time mass audiences reject actually compelling works, the stuff they're sold becomes dumber to win them back. Luckily, independent developing has become possible so early in the medium's life and true boundary pushers can exist and innovate regardless of how stupid AAA development becomes.
Joel Haver
2020-07-22 21:44:08 +0000 UTCUnavailable in my region :(
Noor
2020-07-22 21:36:21 +0000 UTCThe discourse around TLOU2 is so disheartening...
2020-07-22 21:32:41 +0000 UTCCriterion Channel is where I watched most of these and they still have This is Not a Film as well as all the others! I'd recommend watching The Mirror by Panahi first, This is Not a Film spoils a big moment from The Mirror and I wish I had seen it first instead. I haven't seen Children of Heaven, thanks for putting it on my radar, sounds right up my alley.
Joel Haver
2020-07-22 21:06:59 +0000 UTCI haven't watched this yet but I love Where Is My Friend's House and Through The Olive Trees, I've also really wanted to watch This Is Not A Film but I wasn't able to find it. Have you seen Children of Heaven?
Noor
2020-07-22 21:02:35 +0000 UTC
