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absolute lunacy. have either of you two accidentally swallowed a thermometer lately? painting with lead based enamals? using 'street' drugs?
Watermelon man is the best movie in Van Peebles catalogue. Godfrey Cambridge is an underrated comedic genius
Sweetback is overblown hype. Being labeled as the "first blaxploitation movie" gave this film some sympathy acclaim.
"we don't understand it so it must be brilliant"
I first saw Sweet Sweetback's Baaadass Song three years ago. I haven't seen Watermelon Man yet but I always wanted to.
Sweetback is decent movie to watch when I'm in the mood for it. It's something that I don't watch all the time. Co-sign on what Guzzo and the Non said about it being disorienting at times. I showed it to a friend of mines and he thought Van Peebles took heroin before making the movie.
I started this thread because I was curious about shit like Don't Play Us Cheap, The Story of A Three Day Pass and any other obscure shit that y'all might be up on. Thanks for the feed back though.
I first saw Sweet Sweetback's Baaadass Song three years ago. I haven't seen Watermelon Man yet but I always wanted to.
Sweetback is decent movie to watch when I'm in the mood for it. It's something that I don't watch all the time. Co-sign on what Guzzo and the Non said about it being disorienting at times. I showed it to a friend of mines and he thought Van Peebles took heroin before making the movie.
I started this thread because I was curious about shit like Don't Play Us Cheap, The Story of A Three Day Pass and any other obscure shit that y'all might be up on. Thanks for the feed back though.
Has Don't play us cheap been released on DVD yet?
I remember seeing it in a class once.
I fell asleep
I first saw Sweet Sweetback's Baaadass Song three years ago. I haven't seen Watermelon Man yet but I always wanted to.
Sweetback is decent movie to watch when I'm in the mood for it. It's something that I don't watch all the time. Co-sign on what Guzzo and the Non said about it being disorienting at times. I showed it to a friend of mines and he thought Van Peebles took heroin before making the movie.
I started this thread because I was curious about shit like Don't Play Us Cheap, The Story of A Three Day Pass and any other obscure shit that y'all might be up on. Thanks for the feed back though.
Has Don't play us cheap been released on DVD yet?
I remember seeing it in a class once.
I fell asleep Dude, that's the same question that I had asked myself a couple of days ago. If you doze off watching that movie, then maybe I shouldn't fucks with it.
Don't Play Us Cheap has been released on DVD...and whatever you thought of Sweetback is what you'll think of the other ones. I think his son's docudrama on the making of Sweetback is more interesting than the actual film...but it's still an important film.
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they use to play "watermelon man" on dc tv all the time back in the 70's
use to have a heap of the soundtrack sealed from that
sweetback is best viewed on under heavy influence
i liked the music & surreal qualities (liked a f-ed version of "jo jo dancer")
seemed like the sound was out of sync with the visuals
"don't play us cheap" was on the cable a bunch 5-8 years ago
maybe it was a better live stage production
it was a trip seeing all the familiar sit com faces in very different rolls
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who has seen & or liked "Putney Swope" ??
Not true. Watermelon man and Sweetback have totally different directing & editing styles. As does DPUC
this is the typical answer I hear. I don't like sweetback all that much, but its still great/ important/ brilliant/etc.
WHY?
Oh and Mario cannot direct worth shit. The only reason that film came out ok is cause he was telling his own story.
New Jack City, Posse don't hold up and all his skinamax flicks aren't going to really show a proud legacy.
It's the first American film written, directed, and produced by a black person.
It's the first American film to make a majority of it's revenue from black patrons.
It's the first American film to employ black people in apprenticeships so that they could garner vocational skills protected by white unions.
It's the first American film that attempted to portray black folks independent of their relationship to white people.
It's the first American film written, directed, and produced by a black person.
It's the first American film to make a majority of it's revenue from black patrons.
It's the first American film to employ black people in apprenticeships so that they could garner vocational skills protected by white unions.
It's the first American film that attempted to portray black folks independent of their relationship to white people.
those are no more than trivia facts (except for the last one which can be debated. Cabin in the Sky & Slew of other films from the 40's also did this).
none of that makes the film any more watchable.
It's the first American film written, directed, and produced by a black person.
It's the first American film to make a majority of it's revenue from black patrons.
It's the first American film to employ black people in apprenticeships so that they could garner vocational skills protected by white unions.
It's the first American film that attempted to portray black folks independent of their relationship to white people.
those are no more than trivia facts (except for the last one which can be debated. Cabin in the Sky & Slew of other films from the 40's also did this).
none of that makes the film any more watchable.
I'm not really trying to get into this. If you care there are plenty of books you can read.
It's the first American film written, directed, and produced by a black person.
It's the first American film to make a majority of it's revenue from black patrons.
It's the first American film to employ black people in apprenticeships so that they could garner vocational skills protected by white unions.
It's the first American film that attempted to portray black folks independent of their relationship to white people.
those are no more than trivia facts (except for the last one which can be debated. Cabin in the Sky & Slew of other films from the 40's also did this).
none of that makes the film any more watchable.
I'm not really trying to get into this. If you care there are plenty of books you can read.
I have, I've been going to school for the last several years in order to get my Film degree and I'm going for a minor in african american history, and I'm not trying to turn this into an argument either. Just stating that I didn't like the film and when I ask others about it I always get the same answer (I didn't like it, but I think its brilliant/ genius/ etc.)
IMHO a lot of this comes from people just accepting what critics have said and not allowing their own tastes to be expressed.
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