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| jeremy |
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While on a brief assignment there, I learned that Lahore, inevitably known as Lollywood, was the centre for Urdu film production. I think we can allow Bollywood, but the others...isn't this getting out of hand.
For no reason in particular, Lollywood's Meera
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:18 am |
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And then there's DALAIWOOD for the films of the Himalayas featuring dancing monks in saffron robes...
(not to be confused with DOLLYWOOD)
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:19 am |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 1:40 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote: And then there's DALIWOOD for the films of the Himalayas featuring dancing monks in saffron robes...
(not to be confused with DOLLYWOOD)
Dolly Parton surrounded by dancing monks? I could see that. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:47 pm |
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FYI:
Quote: An Evening with Wong Kar-wai
Thursday, April 3, 7:00 p.m.
Wong Kar-wai, the Hong Kong director known for stylized cosmopolitan romances including In the Mood for Love, 2046, and Chungking Express, will discuss his career in an evening of conversation and clips from many of his films. One of the most influential contemporary directors, Wong makes impressionistic, evocative movies that capture the fleeting nature of time and love. The evening will include scenes from Wong’s latest film, My Blueberry Nights, an English-language romance set in New York City, starring Norah Jones, Jude Law, and Natalie Portman. The program will be moderated by Chief Curator David Schwartz. At The Times Center, 242 West 41st Street, Manhattan.
Special offer for Museum members only: Tickets are $10 if ordered by phone before March 27. Call 718.784.4520.
$17 for Museum and IFP members/Free for Sponsor-level members and above/$25 non-members. Order online or call 718.784.4520.
If anyone would like me to get tickets, please let me know. |
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| Melody |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 1:35 am |
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Holy crap! WONG KAR-WAI!
Wade, I've been sitting here for 10 minutes mentally rearranging my life in order to figure out how I could swing an impromptu trip to New York. ARGHH!
You NYers should never take your city for granted. |
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| billyweeds |
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One movie I will never be seeing in this lifetime or any other is Funny Games, a remake of an earlier film by the same director, Peter (Cache) Haneke. I saw the trailer two or three times in the theater and the audience booed and hissed the trailer. Not because it was a typically bad trailer, but because the movie it promoted was so obviously a sadistic, repellent exercise.
Now the movie has opened and I have made it a point to read the spoiler reviews just to confirm what I thought was the case (I have no possible intention of seeing the movie, so reading spoilers was not an issue). The spoilers tell the tale, and it's a tale so disgusting that just reading about it fucks with my mind.
The movie is like an arty version of Hostel or Last House on the Left, neither one of which have I seen or do I intend to see, but at least they don't have philosophical pretentions.
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:51 am |
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billyweeds wrote: One movie I will never be seeing in this lifetime or any other is Funny Games, a remake of an earlier film by the same director, Peter (Cache) Haneke. I saw the trailer two or three times in the theater and the audience booed and hissed the trailer. Not because it was a typically bad trailer, but because the movie it promoted was so obviously a sadistic, repellent exercise.
Now the movie has opened and I have made it a point to read the spoiler reviews just to confirm what I thought was the case (I have no possible intention of seeing the movie, so reading spoilers was not an issue). The spoilers tell the tale, and it's a tale so disgusting that just reading about it fucks with my mind.
The movie is like an arty version of Hostel or Last House on the Left, neither one of which have I seen or do I intend to see, but at least they don't have philosophical pretentions.
Yechhhhh!!!!!
I had no idea. There's a review in the 3/17 issue of "The New Yorker." |
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| Rod |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:44 pm |
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| Haneke's original FUNNY GAMES is quite good. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 8:42 pm |
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Michael Haneke, no?
Wong Kar-wai would be excellent, but I don't think I can get there. %^< |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:06 pm |
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Marc wrote: Haneke's original FUNNY GAMES is quite good.
Well, I guess if you liked the original (which I cannot make myself see either) you might like the remake. It sounds excruciating and unwatchable to me. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:07 pm |
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lady wakasa wrote: Michael Haneke, no?
Yes. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 9:09 pm |
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Quote: It sounds excruciating and unwatchable to me.
Why?
It's actually a really well-directed nail biter. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 11:13 pm |
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SPOILERS FOR FUNNY GAMES
Marc--"Nail-biter" usually implies suspense with catharsis. It doesn't imply the brutal murder of an entire family including the preteen son and the dog, and the escape without punishment of the killers. Even Psycho, which killed off the innocent heroine, brought Norman Bates to justice. |
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