Life During Wartime (STRONG LANGUAGE - ADULT CONTENT)

domesticelefant · 24 Dec 08 :: 11:49

TeeJay wrote:

I guess it would make sense to watch it before seeing this movie.

May I order a copy, then.
I'm just woried that I'm not going to understand the movie(s). I once saw one of Todd Solondz's movies (the one called Palindromes) and even though it was dubbed in German, I did not get any sense of it. Maybe the viewers aren't supposed to get the sense of that movie? I guess I have to see his other movies to find out.

TeeJay · 24 Dec 08 :: 12:46

Like I posted before, looks like Happiness was never released in Germany. If I end up buying the DVD, chances are there's not gonna be German dubbing or even German subtitles on it. I really have no idea what to expect from the Solondz movies. They somehow don't sound like something that's hugely enjoyable watching...

-TeeJay

domesticelefant · 24 Dec 08 :: 16:16

Didn't you find a German version on VHS on amazon once? But I didn't say I wanna watch the movie in German. Of course I wouldn't want to do that. I was just saying that I might not understand it, but how can I know without trying?

TheCentralScrutinizer · 24 Dec 08 :: 16:24

It's just one or two scenes, but they're long, complicated, emotional scenes, so I think we'll be satisfied. I've never seen a Solondz movie. I was always afraid of Happiness, but Dave adores Welcome To The Dollhouse so I've seen a lot of that movie, just not the whole thing. I do kind of want to see them both now though. I might be able to get used copies of them on Amazon or something, after I get my end of the year bonus.

BiggestChrisMarquetteFan · 25 Dec 08 :: 08:08

Happiness is a very disturbing movie. Welcome To The Dollhouse is one of my favorites! I've seen it at least 10 times. There's a very sessy rocker guy in it.
Storytelling is a really good movie. I think it's his second best movie.

TeeJay · 26 Jan 09 :: 23:09

I think the movie's just been officially given a title: Forgiveness. At least it's listed under that name on IMDb now.

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 26 Jan 09 :: 23:15

I liked Life During Wartime better, but that's OK. As long as I get to see it, they can call it whatever they want to.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 26 Mar 09 :: 15:22

Yay! Looks like they've decided to go back to the much cooler title, Life During Wartime. :dancing:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808526/

domesticelefant · 26 Mar 09 :: 18:32

Somehow I liked Forgiveness better, but I don't really care about the title.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 26 Mar 09 :: 19:04

I just hated that the stupid song from Just Friends would pop into my head everytime I'd see Forgiveness. Now, the great Talking Heads song pops into my head instead.

domesticelefant · 26 Mar 09 :: 20:00

What stupid song? I don't remember any music of Just Friends.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 26 Mar 09 :: 20:08

That really dumb song that Anna Faris sang like 3 versions of in the movie, "Forgiveness... is more than saying sorry". I think there's even a "music video" for it on the DVD.

domesticelefant · 26 Mar 09 :: 20:12

Oh, THAT! LOL Well, as long as I can see Chris in the movie, I don't care about the music. Except in JoA, but that's a tv show.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 26 Mar 09 :: 20:24

Everytime I watch Just Friend that crappy song sticks in my head. Probably because it's so simplistic.

CappuGirl · 27 Mar 09 :: 12:28

I had that Forgiveness song playing on my head too every freaking time I saw Forgiveness mentioned in Chris' credits!

This movie seems good. I wonder when I can see it...

TheCentralScrutinizer · 31 Jul 09 :: 15:42

LDW is premiering at the Venice Film Festival! In competition! Woohoo!

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00026090.html

http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/fes … venezia66/

TeeJay · 31 Jul 09 :: 23:29

It's also showing at the Toronto Film Festival, according to THR: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/con … fba3cc1167

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 31 Jul 09 :: 23:36

Neato!

justme · 01 Aug 09 :: 20:32

Don't buy it! It only encourages that sort of thing. I accidentally bought it. I wanted "American Splendor" and for some reason thought that was it. I guess I thought the cover looked like a Harvey Pekar cartoon. It's about, well you KNOW what it's about. Great cast, atrocious concept.

TheCentralScrutinizer · 20 Aug 09 :: 05:05

Wow, this might be the scene Chris is in. Or not. Not quite sure, but I'll try to find out. His scene is an extended one where he talks with his father (Ciaran Hinds) who's just been released from prison where he was serving a ten-year stint for child molestation, not of him. But it's still gonna be intense stuff...

Here's the article...

It's hard to believe that it's been over a decade since Todd Solondz won the International Critics' prize at the Cannes Film Festival for his wry, provocative Happiness. Even then, that uneasy examination of sexual desire in American suburbia showed a great progression from his promising Welcome to the Dollhouse days. And though Solondz returned to the festival circuit with Storytelling and Palindromes, comparisons between Happiness and his most recent effort are inevitable. But Life During Wartime revisits Solondz's unsettling terrain with new maturity.
Separated from her incarcerated husband Bill (Ciarán Hinds), Trish (Allison Janney) is about to be married again. Bill is a pedophile, so Trish couldn't be more excited to have Harvey (Michael Lerner), a "normal" father figure for her two sons. But when Bill is released from prison and the boys finally meet their future stepdad, the family is forced to decide whether to forgive or to forget.
Trish's sister, the virginal, angelic Joy (Shirley Henderson), is also haunted by ghosts of lovers past. On leave from her degenerate husband, Allen (Michael Kenneth Williams), and her job at a New Jersey correctional facility, Joy unwittingly leaves behind a trail of shame and exposed secrets wherever she goes. In one of the film's most stylized sequences, the image of Joy walking the dark streets of Miami in her nightgown maintains her innocence against a backdrop of self-affliction and desire.
Whether it's viewed as a late-coming sequel to Happiness or a resurrection of its characters with different actors, Life During Wartime is classic Solondz storytelling. The cast play their roles with subtlety and measure from a screenplay wrought with both sadness and humour. For the uninitiated, Life During Wartime is funny and morbid in its realism. For long-time fans of the cult filmmaker, it speaks to the sense of play and the strength of one of the most original voices in American filmmaking.

Source: http://www.tiff.net/filmsandschedules/f … ingwartime

TeeJay · 20 Aug 09 :: 09:15

Would it actually make sense to watch Happiness before seeing this one? I've never seen it. I think the problem was that it never came out on DVD in Germany, but I might be able to get it through eBay or amazon Marketplace.

-TeeJay

TheCentralScrutinizer · 20 Aug 09 :: 16:01

If my burner was working, I could probably arrange for a copy for you. I think Carol has the DVD, though she doesn't like the movie. It wouldn't hurt to see it, I'd kind of like to see it.

(Sure is nice to be able to say the words, "burner" and "copy" without getting a lecture.)

therealshell · 20 Aug 09 :: 16:42

TeeJay wrote:

Would it actually make sense to watch Happiness before seeing this one? I've never seen it. I think the problem was that it never came out on DVD in Germany, but I might be able to get it through eBay or amazon Marketplace.
-TeeJay

Happiness is very strange. I remember seeing it at a theatre where several people walked out on it. Patty was more or less disgusted by the movie. I'm still not sure how I feel about it

justme · 20 Aug 09 :: 17:02

It had some of the best actors around in it. I love Cynthia Stevenson, Jane Adams, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. It was just that I bought it by accident. The cover looks like a cartoon and I thought it was "American Splendor", that movie about Harvey Pekar, the government employee who produced his own comic book about his life. Letterman used to have that guy on all the time on his old show and those interviews.

I never turned "Happiness" off. I watched it all the way through. But it was shocking, especially if you didn't know anything about it beforehand. I just really wasn't prepared for a(spoiler alert)
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comedy about child molestation.

TeeJay · 20 Aug 09 :: 17:48

Thanks for the comments. I ordered it at play.com for 6.50 EUR. I'll let you know afterwards what I thought about it.

-TeeJay

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