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| Rod |
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Suburban Mayhem
is another barely watchable Aussie film that feels absurdly retro in its punk stylisation, with a proliferation of cliche gimmicks (like the characters all being interviewed for television) and numbingly predictable "dark" satiric twists stolen point-blank from films like To Die For. If it possessed an iota of substance, it would have been offensive. What it's got going for it is Emily Barclay, as a femme banal, the kind of gritty, no-holds-barred performance in an Australian actress in an Australian film that's very rarely seen. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:33 pm |
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Why is this the wrong forum? It's a couch with a view ... you view Riding in Cars With Boys on your couch, it's not in the theater anymore.
My bad? |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:36 pm |
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Jynx wrote: Why is this the wrong forum? It's a couch with a view ... you view Riding in Cars With Boys on your couch, it's not in the theater anymore.
My bad?
Not directed to you. I posted my Edith Piaf story in the wrong forum. |
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| Jynx |
| Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:37 pm |
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oops ... i guess it is my bad.
you're fine syd .. post away! |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:36 am |
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| Absolutely loved ACROSS THE UNIVERSE. Koo koo ka choo! |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:42 am |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:48 am |
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chillywilly wrote: Did you see Sahara? Not the most popular movie, but he was pretty good in it. Plus adding the humor of Steve Zahn made it a guilty pleasure.
Agree, and the African music over the opening action sequence is very catchy. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:00 am |
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Just caught 2 DAYS IN PARIS. Julie Delpy wrote, directed, scored, and acted in this totally original and charming film. Delpy obviously loves Godard, Rossellini, & Fritz Lang but 2 DAYS is her completely personal vision.
The scenes with her old hippie parents are priceless. Adam Goldberg is good as the jealous, clueless American boyfriend. He looks a bit like Jake Gyllenhaal without the blue eyes. I think Jodorowsky's son has a small part as an ex-boyfriend.
The film really sums up the culture clashes between the French and Americans and shows each nationality at its worst from racist Parisian cab drivers to fat Americans wearing "Bush in '04" T-shirts.
gromit - I hope by now you've found a copy with English subtitles because the French dialogue is filthy and utterly hysterical.
The "extra" Delpy interview is worth it.
Too bad I didn't see this film earlier. I would have been tempted to nominate it for a best orig. screenplay Blanche. Delpy probably deserves a Blanche nom. for leading actress, but this will be a tough year to narrow down the choices. |
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| Rod |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:14 am |
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Once
It's like Hustle and Flow with folk music, no hos, and less entertainment. A couple of nice songs, though. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:08 am |
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mo_flixx wrote:
gromit - I hope by now you've found a copy with English subtitles because the French dialogue is filthy and utterly hysterical.
The "extra" Delpy interview is worth it.
Too bad I didn't see this film earlier. I would have been tempted to nominate it for a best orig. screenplay Blanche. Delpy probably deserves a Blanche nom. for leading actress, but this will be a tough year to narrow down the choices.
There are a few copies different versions around, but I haven't checked them yet. The early Korean edition had English, but it was Chinglish (or maybe Koringlish). I'll get to it for sure.
I gave it a Best Foreign Film nom, although I didn't realize that Lives of Others was up for Blanchfication this year. Otherwise, Lives should have been my 3rd pick, and 2 Days bumped down to Honorable Mention status.
California Dreamin' also merits an honorable mention as well, and probably slots into my Top Ten of 2007, when I get around to opening that file.
2007 is a very good year for Foreign Films, but I'm still not much impressed by the US releases, Sicko aside. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:43 am |
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Rod wrote: Once
It's like Hustle and Flow with folk music, no hos, and less entertainment. A couple of nice songs, though. |
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| Syd |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Rod wrote: Once
It's like Hustle and Flow with folk music, no hos, and less entertainment. A couple of nice songs, though. I think that little blue vacuum cleaner elevates it to greatness, but that may just be me.
You're just impressed by its Irish accent and the pathos of its disability. The compressed air gun in No Country for Old Men gave a much better rounded performance, and should win all the awards for best performance by an inanimate object. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:32 pm |
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Wasn't sure what to make of Across The Universe - clunky, uneven, corny and contrived, but also nicely nostalgic, inspired, full of love and occassionally brilliant.
Despite severe reservations, in the end I gave in and went with the flow...and enjoyed the experience.
One-nil to The Beatles. |
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| jeremy |
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Wasn't sure what to make of Across The Universe - clunky, uneven, corny and contrived, but also nicely nostalgic, inspired, full of love and occassionally brilliant.
Despite severe reservations, in the end I gave in and went with the flow...and enjoyed the experience.
One-nil to The Beatles.
PS If I was a girl, I'd could imagine getting all tingly in all the right places over Jim Sturgess.
PPS And just to re-establish my heterosexual credentials - I also felt it was a shame that they didn't develop the lesbian cheerleader theme further. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 1:40 pm |
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Yeah, I enjoyed Across the Universe.
It reminded me of a Beatles-centric version of Hair.
I really enjoyed Joe Cocker turning up for Come Together ... especially since he did the all-time best Beatles cover.
And I really liked the version of I Want To Hold Your Hand, which brought out the structure of a song I usually only semi-listen to, thinking of how quaint the words are. |
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