For this Friday Movie Night, first up is To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), concerning a cop who goes on a rampage after revenge after a criminal kills his partner. But what if, like, the cop was also bad? Whoa. This is one of the best-regarded films of director William Friedkin (The French Connection, The Exorcist, Sorcerer), and a features a highly-acclaimed turn from Willem Dafoe, so let’s check it out. After that, since we got Bonged last Friday, this time, we’re gonna get Parked, with the latest Park Chan-wook (Oldboy, The Handmaiden) film, Decision to Leave (2022). What happens when a man investigates a murder and starts woogin’ for the murderer? Sounds like Korean Basic Instinct to me, but hey, it’s received rave reviews everywhere, and has a very high Letterboxd score, so we’re watching it.

We’ll start at 9PM EST on Hextube, right here: https://live.hexbear.net/c/movies

Be there, comrades!

Letterboxd:

• To Live and Die in LA: https://letterboxd.com/film/to-live-and-die-in-la/
• Decision to Leave: https://letterboxd.com/film/decision-to-leave/

Doesthedogdie.com links:

• To Live and Die in L.A.: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/59730
• Decision to Leave: https://www.doesthedogdie.com/media/897686

CWs for To Live and Die in LA:

• Discussion of sexual assault.
• A woman is strangled and threatened with sexual assault, though it does not ultimately happen.
• Stalking.
• Gaslighting.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Hospital scene.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex scenes.
• Sad ending.
• Car crash.
• Blood and gore.
• Gun violence.

CWs for Decision to Leave:

• Stalking.
• Domestic violence.
• Gaslighting.
• Alcohol abuse.
• Drug addiction.
• Deaths of animals.
• Animal abuse.
• Bugs.
• Someone is buried alive.
• Toe mutilation.
• Eye mutilation.
• Someone falls down stairs.
• Shaving.
• Death of parent.
• Cheating.
• Bath scene.
• Spitting.
• Needles.
• Hospital scene.
• Self-harm.
• Misophonia.
• Suicide attempt.
• Suicide.
• Shaky cam.
• Flashing lights.
• Sex scene. Pretty tame, though; nothing is really shown.
• Dementia.
• Sad ending.
• Blood and gore.
• Drowning.
• Gun violence.

Links to movies:

• To Live and Die in L.A.: https://vimeo.com/871947123
• Decision to Leave: https://vimeo.com/871948571