Aliens (1986)

The Abyss (1989)

Interesting given the current situation in Iran

In 2019, Tesfaye went back to his early days, playing the Trilogy-era version of himself in the Safdie brothers’ film Uncut Gems. “I’ve been following the Safdies for years,” he says, a committed cinephile whose current obsessions include Claire Denis’ carnal thriller Trouble Every Day (2001), Brian De Palma’s neo-noir slasher Dressed to Kill (1980), Eckhart Schmidt’s West German, ’80s horror flick Der Fan, and Martin Scorsese’s The Color of Money (1986).

I present you guys Abel Tesfaye Antichrist by Lars Von Trier review from back in the day.

MOST DISTURBING FILM ALL YEAR

I’m not easily scared or disturbed by films, having the knowledge that they are of coarse films and that naturally I can stomach most things that the mass public cannot. But I don’t think I’ve ever been so sqeamish waching Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist last month. After controversially self proclaiming himself the greatest director in the world, Von Trier went to work on his latest project casting Willem Dafoe and the astonishing Charlotte Gainsbourg in his claustrophobic, colourless, gutwrenching thriller that has stained my memories up until this day.

First I must say that Lars Von Trier’s style of directing has always been inovative, from the depressing musical Dancer In The Dark to the powerful on screen play Dogville, he has delivered his films in ways that make the viewers believe that they were all filmed by different filmmakers. This is why I always respect this man’s work (especially Dogville), and if he says self centered comments, it still doesn’t take away the fact that he is a very overlooked independent artist.

Going back to Antichrist, I must say watching it felt like torcher to the eyes and to the soul. From dying babies to bleeding genitles, it makes the film quite a mission to finish and gets to a point where it’s difficult to enjoy it. I believe this film was just a giant “fuck you” to the critics and to the mass public, proving that Von Trier doesn’t care about what people think about his films anymore. But one thing nobody can deny is that Charlotte Gainsbourg deserves an oscar nomination for her performance as a grieving mother in this film. Yet due to the nature and content of the film, she might not get that chance.

Anyways this film was shot beautifully, and has alot of symbolism which might ask you to watch the film again to fully understand the plot, but unfortunatly the film might be too dark and depressing to finish. Watch it at your own risk.

Antichrist

Abel Tesfaye tribute to Dario Argento.

The film? Suspiria… The writer, director and composer? Dario Argento.

He is arguably the greatest slasher filmmaker of all time. I had the pleasure last night to watch Suspiria after coming home drowning in alcohol, yet i remember the movie clearly. The Italian director had taken the Gallo genre (Italian horror), to the next level and has influenced directors, like Wes Craven and Quentin Tarantino, by using his style of suspence and camera work. His films usually depict woman getting killed very violently and has even used his daughter in some murder scenes which has raised eye-brows on most critiques. Some say that the man has a big problem with women…but if you got a look at his picture, you wouldn’t really blame the guy.

Abel Tesfaye tribute to Larry David.

Who knew pessimists were so damn funny. Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” Season 7 is probably the best thing on television right now. He takes shots at everyone from, cancer patients to handicaps, but its all good-hearted and very real. The best part is catching him arguing with some of our favourite celebrities, and in this season he reunites the cast of Seinfeld and pokes fun at reunion specials. This is defenitly the greatest comedy HBO has ever provided us, and like his previous creation (Seinfeld), this show is pretty much finding the humor in every day situations. If you don't have HBO, your defenitly missing out.

Abel Tesfaye tribute to David Lynch.

When we wake up in the morning our minds try to tell us what we’ve just witnessed in our dreams. Unfortunately (or fortunately) the water from the sink washes those memories away and we forget our experience before breakfast. But one man was given the gift to re-tell his dreams and nightmares through film and share his experiences with the world. He toys with our thoughts and gives us the ultimate mind f*** until the final scene, and terrifies us with images that we have no knowledge on.

David Lynch is a master of imagery and uses nightmares to tell his stories. He is one of the greatest psychological thriller directors to ever sit behind the camera and will be a on my tumblr frequently.

TESFAYE: That’s filmmaking. You watch a Scorsese movie, he’s just playing the music he likes. You hear him play the same Rolling Stones song seven times. (Laughs) You got to write what you know, you got to film what you know, and you got to play what you know. That’s how I attacked all my albums, like a filmmaker.

HARRIS: Who are some of your favorite filmmakers? Who were you thinking about as you were making these albums and now, as you move into a television series?

TESFAYE: I can’t really get into who my favorite filmmakers are. I know that working on The Idol, me and Sam referenced a lot of Paul Verhoeven, for sure.

HARRIS: Mm-hmm.

TESFAYE: Right now I’m watching a lot of Ingmar Bergman films. I watched Persona yesterday for the tenth time.

HARRIS: You told me about this Japanese filmmaker I was so thrilled by when I was at your house. He’s a Japanese horror filmmaker. Do you remember who?

TESFAYE: Takashi Miike?

HARRIS: Yes, yes, yes. That was a great reference for me to learn, because I’m such a Japanese literature freak but my Japanese cinema knowledge is so slight. But some of the names you were dropping that night when we were going through your basement and looking at your movie area, I was just like, “Oh, wow.”

TESFAYE: Well, I wanted to work at a video store when I was younger. Laughs

HARRIS: You did?

TESFAYE: I was that guy. I would walk into one and it’s like, I don’t want to leave.

HARRIS: What was the indie video store that you visited the most as a young guy?

TESFAYE: There was one in downtown Toronto called Queen Video. It was one of those video stores that just had all the indie stuff, all the arthouse stuff. I’d go there and I wouldn’t even buy or rent. I’d just look through everything and obsess over films I’d never seen.

HARRIS: I love it.

TESFAYE: Because I didn’t have money. That’s when I was homeless, around 17, 18. I’d just walk in there and pretend I was going to rent something. The reality was I was just trying to learn about filmmakers and one-ups.

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@BGFX CINEMA!

In high school, my love for films was born. I grew up on The Mask and Jurassic Park. Jim Carrey and dinosaurs! Cinema helped me write better songs, but I thought my ticket out of the hood was music.”

His large and very sweet Doberman pinscher, Caesar—named after the leader in Rise of the Planet of the Apes—wandered in and out of the small studio.

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"I do love a dark story, whether it’s Greek mythology, whether it’s Shakespearean tragedy, whether it’s a f***ing Chan-wook Park film,” Tesfaye said. “I enjoy what it makes me feel. It makes me react.”

TV:

He’s been watching a lot of ’90s TV, he explained in a quick patter as he walked across the tennis court in his Bel-Air backyard: The Ben Stiller Show and then Mr. Show and then, diving further into Bob Odenkirk’s early career, Larry Sanders.

“Which has become my favorite TV show now,” he said. “It is f***ing brilliant.”

He kept picking up steam. “It’s groundbreaking,” Tesfaye went on. “It’s like the birth of that behind-the-scenes meta comedy type, like The Office and Arrested Development and all that, where it feels like it’s blurred between what’s real, what’s not.”

vanityfair.com/style/2023/05/the-weeknd-remade-pop-music-will-the-idol-remake-the-weeknd

holy s***

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there's some films in here that i still gotta watch

great thread

sweet! i need to update it soon