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| gromit |
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Paul Schrader to speak after the NY Film Forum screenings of Mishima this Wed (12/17) and Fri (12/19) at 7pm.
I've also been meaning to mention that Schrader has a new film, Adam Resurrected, on the festival circuit.
Apparently, no US distributor as of the present.
Here's the plot I found at IMDb:
Quote: In the aftermath of WWII, a former circus entertainer who was spared from the gas chamber becomes the ringleader at an asylum for Holocaust survivors.
This "the-world-is-insane" kind of film can often go right off the rails. I generally feel that WWII and the Holocaust have been well covered in film, but I'm still interested in how Paul Schrade approaches it all.
I also still need to pick up The Counterfeiters, which is supposed to be a well-done concentration camp film.
This idea that war is insane, so the film/novel shows it from the perspective of a madman seems already to be an old formula. I recently watched Come & See, a highly praised 1985 Russian film about a boy in Belarus who goes mad from the horrors of war which he is exposed to. It had a definite Tin Drum quality to some of it, and was pretty harsh (after a German detachment burns alive a village of women, children and elderly, the Russians are seen as being humane when they later merely gun down the captive Germans responsible, instead of torturing them first). |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 12:49 am |
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| I should add that the competition for my fave of the year is between In Bruges and Slumdog Millionaire, which blew me away. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:31 am |
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More box set news:
> fyi, there are some sweet deals on DVD box sets on
> amazon right now. up to 60% stuff like the Mario Bava
> sets, the Dario Argento set, Alejandro Jodorowsky,
> Loony Tunes Golden collections and some of those
> Signature sets for specific actors [Cary Grant, Gary
> Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, etc.] also some noir sets,
> Edgar Ulmer and a ton of other stuff for every taste.
> some of these might be the standard amazon price, but
> worth checking out anyway.
No one's buying anything right now...but maybe Mondo will get some of these bargain box sets! (hint, hint...) |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 10:46 am |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 2:23 pm |
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lady,
I hope you will eventually give us a review of the Yaji and Kita films. They sound tempting. And how could you resist Wild Women of Wongo? |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:02 pm |
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Nancy wrote: lady,
I hope you will eventually give us a review of the Yaji and Kita films. They sound tempting. And how could you resist Wild Women of Wongo?
Well, the Y&K aren't complete (although there's more than enough left for a story), and they aren't *that* based on the Hizakurige. Kinda of slapsticky, like a Laurel and Hardy movie set in the Meiji Restoration.
For the White Elephant, I ended up with Movie Scene It? 2nd Edition game, which seems to be a board / DVD game about movie scenes. I had the biggest turnover, and I got it then had to steal it back at the end, but this is probably the most appropriate gift of everything that was there (for me). I think the woman I stole it bad from was a little peeved - she ended up with a thermometer or something. |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:15 pm |
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lady wakasa wrote: Well, the Y&K aren't complete (although there's more than enough left for a story), and they aren't *that* based on the Hizakurige. Kinda of slapsticky, like a Laurel and Hardy movie set in the Meiji Restoration.
IMDB lists 17 Yaji & Kita films, including versions made in 1958 and 1960. Most of the films date from the 1920's. Maybe they were making a series of them. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:36 pm |
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Nancy wrote: lady wakasa wrote: Well, the Y&K aren't complete (although there's more than enough left for a story), and they aren't *that* based on the Hizakurige. Kinda of slapsticky, like a Laurel and Hardy movie set in the Meiji Restoration.
IMDB lists 17 Yaji & Kita films, including versions made in 1958 and 1960. Most of the films date from the 1920's. Maybe they were making a series of them.
I wouldn't doubt it. The story's pretty standard Japanese literature (or so I'm told), so it gets done over and over. Sort of like - I dunno, maybe Frankenstein?...
There was a post-Midnight Pilgrims version that came to New York last year (I found a picture when I was looking for a Y&A picture). Of course, I didn't know this until a few days ago when I was looking for the picture. |
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| Nancy |
| Posted: Wed Dec 17, 2008 4:53 pm |
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lady wakasa wrote: There was a post-Midnight Pilgrims version that came to New York last year (I found a picture when I was looking for a Y&A picture). Of course, I didn't know this until a few days ago when I was looking for the picture.
That must be the 2007 release on IMDB, Yajikita dôchû Teresuko. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:14 pm |
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| I watched Breathless. Jean Seberg had me hypnotised. I need to rent Lilith now. I don't know anything about her other films, but would appreciate recs from mo or anyone. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 5:25 pm |
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yambu wrote: I watched Breathless. Jean Seberg had me hypnotised. I need to rent Lilith now. I don't know anything about her other films, but would appreciate recs from mo or anyone.
Her first film was "Saint Joan" by Otto Preminger (who discovered her). You could always try checking out "Bonjour Tristesse," another one of her early performances where she looks ravishing.
She led a very sad life, btw. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:00 pm |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 7:42 pm |
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yambu wrote: I watched Breathless. Jean Seberg had me hypnotised. I need to rent Lilith now. I don't know anything about her other films, but would appreciate recs from mo or anyone.
Breathless was the best of Seberg's efforts. And I'm convinced that Godard and Belmondo were the reason. I don't even remember the other films that I saw her in, but I do remember my reaction, "She's a lousy actress." She did have a sad life and I don't think she was very swift. She was married to Romain Gary. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:24 pm |
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More Seberg tristesse. She starred in "Paint Your Wagon" and fell in love with Clint Eastwood. He dumped her.
Here's the imdb.com link to her bio. I'd forgotten a lot of the darker aspects of her life, including the FBI's persecution, the death of her baby Nina, and her suicide/mysterious death.
Romain Gary killed himself the year following Seberg's death.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0781029/bio |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:36 pm |
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I re-watched "Man on Wire" and am wondering why Petit's friend ------------
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cries at the end. Does anyone know what ended their friendship?
I loved the movie and do think it will win Best Documentary. Surprisingly (to me) Petit lives in New York state today. |
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