The Picture House – A Cinema Thread

4K restoration of Farewell My Concubine in a mostly Mandarin-speaking packed house.

Hadn’t seen since college days…incredible.

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Obsession … 5 stars. A cracker! Don’t read up about it before you go.

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Anyone seen Backrooms yet? Sounds great and really positive on The Rest is Entertainment podcast

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Want to see it. Also Obsession.

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My Kids, 18 and 20 have seen both, and they both preferred Obsession to say the least.

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Think I’ll go see obsession tomorrow! I watched Tuner last week and thoroughly enjoyed it

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Yeah, I saw it last week at HOME , really enjoyed it.

I didn’t read up on it beforehand and wasn’t entirely sure what was going on. Some people comment that the storyline is a bit lacking, it makes up for it viscerally.

It’s a bit Lynchian in ways.

Soundtrack, sound and location are good, there’s also a scene that features a legendary music equipment extra.

It’s the first Kane Parsons film i’ve seen, have you seen anything else he’s done?

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I haven’t, isn’t he more of a YouTube guy? They went into a fair bit of depth on The Rest is Entertainment podcast. Really need to get to the cinema to see it but most of the showings are in the evening which I struggle to get to

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Obsession. " Just be normal, Nikki". Sadly, for Bear that was never going to be a possibility. Brilliant take on the Midas story.

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Saw it on Saturday. Incredible that it’s by a 20 year old. I’d definitely recommend it and not to read reviews before. I saw it with my 17yo daughter and the cinema was mostly kids under 25, and they sat in total silence and absorbed what is essentially an 80s Art House flick. I left thinking the kids are OK …

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Obsession was filmed in our friends house weirdly - before it sadly went in the fires. My mates kids wouldn’t believe me till I showed them a photo tonight.

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Backrooms was teriffic. 4/5 liminal spaces. Second @jolyon was pretty sweet to see in a house full of zoomers sitting rapt. Great score as well. Worth a trip to the cinema.

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Managed to see it on Friday morning and thought it was brilliant. Had some thoughts on what it was about but looking on line I am way off :joy:

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Had a row of Gen Zs in front of us munching the loudest snacks imaginable.

I liked it, stellar cast and great sets, but it definitely felt like a movie of a meme at times.

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The next morning my son took me through the list of different theories / backstories - eye opening!

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That really rips my knitting at the cinema that, people munching loudly or rustling crisp packets etc

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I think I’ve said this before but the absolute low point was a couple eating a fucking burger and chips during Zone of Interest.

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I’ve always wanted to do this

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An actual war crime

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I had someone next to me open their laptop and work on a excel spreadsheet. I told him to close it which he did but then opened it up again 5 min later. I got shirty and he walked to the front row where he continued to work. A cinema in canary wharf so shouldn’t have been surprised.

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