Vinegar Syndrome and Their Partner Labels

[therewillbeblus]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Yes, I liked it but not nearly as much as Genèse or Les Démons

[Red Screamer]

Several Futures continues to have out the coolest output. The Razor’s Edge is an impressionistic portrait of adolescence numbed by / dazzled by / scarred by endless war. Saab invents a fragile fiction in the ruins of her own city while the bullets and the bombs are really still flying in the background. Plus, Juliet Berto shows up for reasons I can’t remember. It’s a bit scattershot, but I found it inspired and moving.

[TechnicolorAcid]

I didn’t realize it but Vinegar Syndrome is releasing Night School on 4K (probably because I’m so used to seeing the theatrical poster instead of the cover art VS used) and while it’s not a good movie at all and remains a blur, it does have the sexiest use of a pomegranate I’ve seen captured on film so it has that going for it. Haven’t seen Body Snatchers but I’ll probably check it out before buying it and I do love seeing more Ferrara on 4K.

[Aunt Peg]

Tiki Tiki is huge. I’m really impressed by what Canadian International did with it, and this is exactly the kind of film that I hope they continue releasing

I've been wanting to see this for over 3 decades. Hope it may have been coming since it was recently restored and I'm so pleased to see it make it's physical media premiere (if I'm not mistaken).

[Aunt Peg]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Not in the same league as Genesis (2018) or The Demons (2015). I can't remember if it is largely shot in extreme close-up or long shots, and I can't tell from the trailer. The style made the film very distancing to me and somewhat uninvolving.

[spectre]

Has anyone seen Philippe Lesage's Who by Fire?

Yes, I liked it but not nearly as much as Genèse or Les Démons

I’d mostly agree with this – Who by Fire doesn’t quite reach the transcendent power of Genesis, but it’s still a nuanced and at times intense exercise in putting a bunch of people together in one space and letting the various tensions slowly ratchet up. There’s also a bunch of magic-realist-style formalist flourishes, some of which work better than others.

Not sure if people have seen these, but a couple of recent films Who by Fire reminded me of a lot were Good One and Falcon Lake, and of those three I’d say Lesage’s film is easily the most successful. If you liked either of those then I can’t imagine you wouldn’t enjoy this one at least as much.