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| Joe Vitus |
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| The last line of the quote provides your answer. He's saying you either agree and can understand what he's having difficulty describing, or you don't. Not having seen Inside Man, I can say no more. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 12:56 pm |
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| I thought Jodie Foster made a good bitch in heels; a lipstick man-hater channelling her sexual energy into...I prefer her this way to her usual intense, manic mum mode. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:02 pm |
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| PS It's 2.00 in the morning, but I can't sleep - bloody jet lag. |
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I am angry, I am ill, and I'm as ugly as sin.
My irritability keeps me alive and kicking.
I know the meaning of life, it doesn't help me a bit.
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 1:47 pm |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 2:24 pm |
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[quote="gromit"]Well, look-a-there.
The Yam-guy is back.
And he might be interested in this:
Maya Deren Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, 1947, 121 mb (MPEG 4) ......
Thank you, Gromit. I hadn't seen it in years, but I just watched it again. Fascinating. I have been privileged to witness similar ceremonies in Habana - chicken sacrifices, participants being "mounted" (possessed). Voudon (voodoo) is known there as lucumi, or santeria, and is alive and well. A lot of those sacred ('fundamento") rhythms have worked themselves into the quasi-religious and secular spheres, where the rest of us can play them and dance to them without being disrespectful. They're still plenty powerful, though. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2006 7:45 pm |
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Yambu,
Good to see you back. I thought about you after seeing Joyeux Noël because the movie turns on a key scene in which enemy soldiers are brought together by the power of music. Given your love of music, I wondered if you saw it and what you might've thought of it. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 1:59 am |
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| Earl, I haven't seen it. I'll put it on my Holiday list. Maybe this is the year I ween myself away from You-Know-What. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2006 8:50 am |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 10:47 pm |
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| I'm half way through Mysterious Skin but ran out of steam. Very good film so far. The frustrating thing about my schedule is I don't know when I'll get to finish it. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:30 pm |
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[quote="yambu"]gromit wrote: Well, look-a-there.
The Yam-guy is back.
And he might be interested in this:
Maya Deren Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti, 1947, 121 mb (MPEG 4) ......
Thank you, Gromit. I hadn't seen it in years, but I just watched it again. Fascinating. I have been privileged to witness similar ceremonies in Habana - chicken sacrifices, participants being "mounted" (possessed). Voudon (voodoo) is known there as lucumi, or santeria, and is alive and well. A lot of those sacred ('fundamento") rhythms have worked themselves into the quasi-religious and secular spheres, where the rest of us can play them and dance to them without being disrespectful. They're still plenty powerful, though.
Welcome back, yambu.
This reminds me of the candomble' cerermony I attended in Brazil. The real thing...not for tourists. The drummer was a friend. Thank goodness, no chicken sacrifices, but coal walkers, possessions, and a very drunken priest and priestess.
I found it rather disturbing. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2006 11:35 pm |
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Trish wrote: billyweeds wrote: Hard to explain why, but Jodie Foster in Inside Man was herself smug and bitchy--not just the character she played. There's a difference, and it's almost impossible to describe unless you agree.
Do you know her personally Billy? - How do you know she was playing herself?
I get the impression she plays who she _wants_ to be. Not that there's any comparison, but Madonna did a similar thing when she played the yoga teacher in the movie with Rupert Everett.
BTW, I did work with Jodie Foster on Disney's FREAK FRIDAY a looong time ago. I guess that doesn't count. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 5:27 am |
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| What were John Astin and Barbara Harris like? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:23 am |
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I do not know Jodie Foster. I meant her acting style was self-satisfied, almost as though she were saying "I'm a two-time Oscar winner and a Yale graduate and I'm untouchable."
However, if you don't sense that I can understand. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:37 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: What were John Astin and Barbara Harris like?
I didn't work with them. John Astin wasn't even there for the stuff I worked on. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:13 am |
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| However, I can tell you unequivocally that Barbara Harris is certifiable. In Grosse Pointe Blank she is playing herself. |
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