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| mo_flixx |
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(Re-posted from the Lobby)
Here's info. on a documentary I just saw about writer Natalie Goldberg visiting Bob Dylan's hometown of Hibbing, MN. Goldberg lives in Taos, btw.
She visits old high school buddies still in Hibbing or college friends like musician Spider John Koehner (sp?). She is on a quest to find her own Jewish identity.
The dvd is a little on the slow side and frankly a bit odd. Other than the fact that both are Jewish & writers, the comparison of Goldberg to Dylan seems a bit of a stretch to me. Goldberg has been a Zen practitioner for years, btw.
Anyway, it's funny to see all these old (senior citizen old) buddies of the young Robert Zimmerman running around in the raw iron-belt cold of Hibbing, MN. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 1:41 pm |
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| Speaking of senior citizens and Bob Dylan brings to mind a strange story that might amuse you. I'm taking oit over to the lobby. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:07 pm |
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I'll have to try Breakfast on Pluto, Bart...........though I'm not keen on Irish films (and their angst). My Left Foot, Angela's Ashes, in America come to mind. However, I read Frank McCourt's book Teacher and loved it........he really showed what teaching is all about.
Yuck on The Lake House.......particularly, the house itself, since this is about Keanu Reeve's families architecture background. The house is no example of architecture that has any kinship to FL Wright. (Mo..........you see it?) |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 4:51 pm |
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Haven't seen "The Lake House."
But IMO almost all the gt. houses in movies have been designed by John Lautner - only a few exceptions. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:49 pm |
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WONG KAR-WAI’s
fallen angels
The black and white first shot
of a woman
smoking
magnificent ring
“Are we still partners?”
subway escalator shot
6-pack of Heineken™ and dusting
black bra straps and fishnets
under
a black leather smock
rubber gloves and mask and lipstick
IBM ad on tele
{Double feature with Kontroll???}
Frankenstein was on his way to Budapest with a midget in
The Bride
Smoking and watching tele
1:00 am
3662
Mah Jong and cigarettes
The beautiful Tony Leung like’s a person to arrange things for him,
that’s why he needs a partner.
Some grooving Morphine-inspired Japanese soundtrack
Assassin
@ least 6 people
all dead
or left there
for
public bus
even if you’re a killer you still have old classmates around
black grows on ya
I’ve always wanted to go to a wedding,
but I know very well it’s not my scene
Where do you find beautiful young maids like that?
Wurlitzer playing “daddy daddy”
Sounds like Laurie Anderson
Down a river of redlong ashes
fall unnoticed
as you caress the juicebox
Ho Chi Moo
Prisoner #223
Arrested March 25, 1999
Speeding through tunnels on a scooter
A can of expired pineapple
made me lose my voice
@ 5
Massaging a hog
I don’t need a shampoo
I don’t want a shave
Mr. Softee lives in Hong Kong
Varying shapes and sizes of
candle-burning ice creams
My Mother was struck dead by an ice cream truck
Watching tele again and
Daddy’s got the runs,
lock him up
9090
assassination in the back of a salon
shootout at the butchers
sirens wail and a dog barks, I’m shot
I hate digging bullets out of my own body. It’s exhausting
1818 is my lucky number |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 11:06 pm |
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Ehle, that's terrific. Did you write it? Or was that Wong-Kar Wai's creation?
I'm thinking it's Wai's free-form poem about the movie, but if you wrote it, I'm really impressed.
Not that I've seen the movie, but it doesn't matter. The poem stands on its own. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:10 am |
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Wong Kar-Wai is a god (although I haven't seen Fallen Angels).
The Lake House is an American remake of a Korean movie (Il Mare). I haven't seen either. The plot of the Korean version sounds pretty interesting; all the descriptions I've read of of the remake hated it. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:18 am |
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Wade,
Wow.
I just ... holy cow. Wow. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:22 am |
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lady wakasa wrote: The Lake House is an American remake of a Korean movie (Il Mare). I haven't seen either. The plot of the Korean version sounds pretty interesting; all the descriptions I've read of of the remake hated it.
The Lake House paid homage to the Korean film by having two characters agree to meet at a restaurant called "Il Mare."
And you must not have read my mini-review of The Lake House from when it was first in theaters. I liked it a lot. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 11:59 am |
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Quote: 1818 is my lucky number
Wade, I haven't seen the movie so I don't know if this is a quote from it or not, but it's strange because 18 (Chai) is a lucky number for Jews and they often give gifts of 18 dollars etc. And even luckier is tzvei mul chai (two times chai) and 36 dollars is often given. So 1818 is actually tzvei mul chai and very lucky for Jews. Or so it's said. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 12:58 pm |
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That's very interesting and it's in the movie. The piece is mine, as well as Wai's, I suppose, but I concocted it. Thanks for the feedback.
Xmas-eve viewing was spent with Babette's Feast and Edward Scissorhands. While staying in NYC this year, we'll probably see a Current Toodles today. So many choices: Venus, Children of Men, The Good Shephard, The Good German, Shortbus (before it leaves). . . |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:06 pm |
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| Shortbus is a jolt. I'd recommend it. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:47 pm |
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marantzo wrote: .....even luckier is tzvei mul chai (two times chai) and 36 dollars is often given. So 1818 is actually tzvei mul chai and very lucky for Jews. ..... |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 2:53 pm |
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| Not a bad idea, if they actually knew who I was. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Mon Dec 25, 2006 3:36 pm |
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gromit wrote: Shortbus is a jolt. I'd recommend it.
I recommended it, too, about a month ago. It'd be one hell of a DVD to watch on N.Year's Eve. |
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