ecstasy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I definitely need to watch this again. I liked it but was not blown away. But the classroom scene was amazeballs. You cant take the movie literally. To me there was nothing to blow me away technically but it made think deeply into issues of loyalty, friendship, influence,trust survival, beliefs and a host of other ideologies and mores ingrained in us individuals. What keeps the "wheels of society turning?" Exploring all of those themes for myself and drawing parallels is what I found compelling. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Our local indie theater is only showing this has only been showing this at 1pm daily for the last week and it's run ends this Thursday. Frustrating. Only one showtime, really Belcourt!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 As of August 1st, the film has racked up a stunning $4,973,142 after only three weeks on VOD http://www.indiewire.com/article/snowpiercer-speeds-towards-5-million-vod-gross-20140804 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commonsense88 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Plan on seeing it Thursay, in theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Plan on seeing it Thursay, in theater Really hope you enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Creator's Project: We Talked To Snowpiercer's Production Designer About Building A World Inside A Train By Moze Halperin — Aug 7 2014 Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer is the rare sort of film whose physical setting is its story; it begins and ends with a futuristic train perpetually circling a post-apocalyptic globe. Through third person limited storytelling, we are introduced into the spectacle of a working-class revolution attempting to overtake the train’s physical and social barriers— as our heroes surge ever closer towards the front of the train, the desolation experienced by those in the back gives way to the ostentatiousness of the increasingly higher classes towards the front. For the audience, who cannot help but feel exhausted by the severed limbs, wan faces, and cockroach jello feasts of the proletariat, this comes as a breath of freshly perfumed air, albeit one that we breathe with the guilty notion that we’re falling into the very trap that led to the train's staggering social-stratification. Even at it's most tawdry, this seduction hints at the easy corruptibility of the senses when faced with beauty. There’s an ugly part of us that lusts for the front of the train. Putting social structures of past societies on display through its design, Snowpiercer probes the possibility of imagining an egalitarian society; does the future belong to the people, or will it evade us if we can’t anchor it down it with cash? Its visual design is more than mere aesthetics— it is the core of the film’s symbolic life. We interviewed Ondrej Nekvasil, Snowpiercer’s production designer, on the process of conceptualizing and realizing the allegorical look and feel of a film that has been called "unforgettable" by the LA Times: Rest of in depth interview at link: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/we-talked-to-snowpiercers-production-designer-about-building-a-world-inside-a-train 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Creator's Project: We Talked To Snowpiercer's Production Designer About Building A World Inside A Train By Moze Halperin — Aug 7 2014 Rest of in depth interview at link: http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/we-talked-to-snowpiercers-production-designer-about-building-a-world-inside-a-train Set design and production value were absolutely marvelous and a feat to behold. Never gonna happen but it deserves an Oscar nod for the creativity displayed through the amount of diverse atmospheres and world-building inside a self-contained and closed space. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 As of August 8, the dystopian thriller has racked up an impressive $5,518,584 after only four weeks on VOD and pulled in a respectable $4,280,970 in over seven weeks in theaters, Radius-TWC reports. http://www.indiewire.com/article/snowpiercer-speeds-past-5-million-mark-on-vod-20140811 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 The Film Stage @TheFilmStage 14 mins The 'Snowpiercer' Blu-ray is now available to pre-order ahead of an Oct. 21st release: (I don't support Amazon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 http://www.indiewire.com/article/snowpiercer-speeds-past-5-million-mark-on-vod-20140811 Ugh, while it's doing okay with the distribution it's received, I'm so disgusted with TWC for how they handled the whole thing. This movie could've likely done $40-50million if handled correctly. The Weinsteins are such fuckheads. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Vision Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 One of the best movies this year. Shame that this joins the list of good movies that could have made more. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddddeeee Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 I liked it well enough until the exposition avalanche in the last act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Ugh, while it's doing okay with the distribution it's received, I'm so disgusted with TWC for how they handled the whole thing. This movie could've likely done $40-50million if handled correctly. The Weinsteins are such fuckheads. How can you say that when they've had such success with choosing wide releases this year with Vampire Diaries and Sin City 2! They know what they're doing! Um , where is the sarcasm emoticon? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 Radius-TWC Releases VOD Numbers for 'The One I Love' as 'Snowpiercer' Passes $6 Million Mark http://www.indiewire.com/article/radius-twc-releases-vod-numbers-for-the-one-i-love-as-snowpiercer-passes-6-million-mark-20140825?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+indieWIREBoxOffice+%28Indiewire+Box+Office%29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 (edited) moar from IW on topic of trashing Harvey (which i 100% approve) VOD Cannibalizing The ArthouseThe last few years have seen day-and-date releases for indies become virtually industry standard. Outside of the biggest arthouse pictures, the vast majority of smaller movies will now land on iTunes and VOD systems simultaneously to, or even before, their theatrical releases. This year, it’s been trumpeted more than ever, with “Snowpiercer” hitting homes only a few weeks after going theatrical, and making similar numbers on VOD as it did in cinemas. There’s little doubt that for the right movie—the kind of star-laden, middlingly-reviewed indie that are ten-a-penny at TIFF or Sundance, but have little hope of catching fire on their own—a simultaneous VOD can lead to more money being made, saving cash on marketing, and face at the box office. But did “Snowpiercer” really make more money with its quote-unquote revolutionary release than it would have by going wider (as was Harvey Weinstein’s plan was initially, before he got pissy about not getting to recut the film)? It’s worth noting that of the top ten indie grossers of the year (“Grand Budapest Hotel,” “Chef,” “Boyhood,” “Begin Again,” “America,” “A Most Wanted Man,” “Belle,” “Bad Words,” “Magic In The Moonlight” and “The Railway Man”), none got simultaneous VOD releases, and will probably still make a bundle when they reach home video. Whereas a VOD picture like “The Sacrament” made literally $10,000 in theaters. We’re picking and choosing examples slightly, but we do wonder if distributors are sometimes cutting off their nose to spite their face in some of these cases. Edited September 1, 2014 by Tauriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 (edited) In the U.S. October 21st on DVD and Blu-ray from Anchor Bay Studios Both the Blu-Ray and DVD will include the following special features: [*]Critics’ Commentary hosted by Scott Weinberg [*]The Birth of Snowpiercer [*]The Characters [*]Animated Prologue [*]Concept Art Galleries [*]Chris Evans & Tilda Swinton on Snowpiercer [*]The Train Brought to Life: Behind the Scenes of a Special Screening [*]Transperceneige: From the Blank Page to the Black Screen Really would have liked an in depth interview with Bong or better a commentary even if it would require subtitles. Edited September 2, 2014 by TalismanRing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Vision Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 This is one of the best movies this year. A shame it didn't get the attention it deserves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wiseau Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 How can you say that when they've had such success with choosing wide releases this year with Vampire Diaries and Sin City 2! They know what they're doing! Um , where is the sarcasm emoticon? I suspect this year to be the beginning of the end of Weinstein..a giant flop after a giant flop after another..with no franchises or any good marketing plan..all their wide releases pulled pathetic numbers this year..maybe the Imitation Game and Big Eyes will do them good though..we'll see 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Looking forward to purchasing this on BluRay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I suspect this year to be the beginning of the end of Weinstein..a giant flop after a giant flop after another..with no franchises or any good marketing plan..all their wide releases pulled pathetic numbers this year..maybe the Imitation Game and Big Eyes will do them good though..we'll see ...but SNOWPIERCER isn't a flop. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
