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marantzo |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 3:58 pm |
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The Grass is Always Greener, I guess the title says it all. Pity it couldn't have played in a multiplex. |
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mo_flixx |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:39 pm |
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gromit wrote: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) is an interesting look at Cuba in the first decade of the revolution, with the story set in 1961. While his friends and relatives leave Cuba for the US, a late 30's intellectual stays in Cuba to see what happens. He drifts aimlessly, is contemptuous of the bourgeoisie while also wary of the revolutionaries, seduces a young girl, contemplates the fate of Cuba.
In a lot of ways, Sergio Corrieri's lead is reminiscent of Mastroianni in 8 1/2. Daisy Granados is charming as a Cuban Audrey Hepburn type. The film is an intriguing blend of European New Wave, documentary footage of Cuba in the early 60's, and some philosophizing on the fate of a people caught between various worldly pretensions and the reality of a small backwards island. As I think about it more, the lightness of the fictional romance plays well against the harsher background reality, and then the two converge.
Yambu would probably enjoy the glimpses of old-new Cuba, as well as the opening drum performance.
There's also a new sequel coming out in 2009, Memories of Overdevelopment, based on a novel by the same author of Memories of Underdevelopment. The new film focuses on an intellectual who left Cuba for the US and had to cope with trying to fit into an alien world.
I always thought this title sounded appropriate as a story about a flat-chested teen...
or maybe now as a reality show that follows a woman before and after breast enhancement surgery.
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gromit |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:43 pm |
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Uh, that would be mammaries of underdevelopment. |
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mo_flixx |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:55 pm |
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I just finished David Lean's "Passage to India" and was overwhelmed. I'm trying to think of more things I can watch about the British in India besides "The Jewel in the Crown" and "Far Pavilions."
Any ideas? I've already seen a lot on this subject. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:49 pm |
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marantzo wrote: The Grass is Always Greener, I guess the title says it all. Pity it couldn't have played in a multiplex.
There's no "always" in the title.
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Marj |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 9:55 pm |
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My Bad.
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The delayed reaction Gal! |
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Marj |
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 10:05 pm |
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By the way, I re watched Before the Devil Knows You're Dead last night. [Jeez I hope I got the title right this time.] And I found it far more compelling and intriguing than I did upon my first viewing. All this I fear was do to higher than realistic expectations the first time around.
This is a wonderful lesson in good acting. And though I give kudos all around, I especially give them to Marisa Tomei who for some reason was overlooked last year, though she was nominated for an ISA. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:22 am |
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Tomei, who is truly a great actress, is even better in The Wrestler than she was in BTDKYD. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:25 am |
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is a sequel to the identically titled (sans "2") first movie about four young women who bond and bond and bond. It's very sweet and well acted without being the least bit memorable. Love affairs and sweetness are the order of the day for these Carrie/Samantha/Miranda/Charlotte wannabes. Actually, the movie is a lot better than the Sex and the City film, though not as much fun as the television series. |
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mo_flixx |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:57 am |
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billyweeds wrote: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is a sequel to the identically titled (sans "2") first movie about four young women who bond and bond and bond. It's very sweet and well acted without being the least bit memorable. Love affairs and sweetness are the order of the day for these Carrie/Samantha/Miranda/Charlotte wannabes. Actually, the movie is a lot better than the Sex and the City film, though not as much fun as the television series.
Interesting that it was written in such a way that not much possibility is left for a sequel.
I liked the movie and think it would be especially good viewing for teen girls. |
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Marj |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:59 am |
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billyweeds wrote: Tomei, who is truly a great actress, is even better in The Wrestler than she was in BTDKYD.
Then that's really saying a lot. It's about time she got the credit she deserves. I mean other than in her turn in My Cousin Vinny, which was no flash in the pan, as many tend to believe.
Btw, I did see the Sex and the City movie but didn't comment on it at the time. It made me angry for some reason. I think it may be because everything that made the series so unique and excellent was forgotten about in the film. I guess I just didn't think it was worth commenting on. |
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billyweeds |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:18 am |
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Marj wrote: billyweeds wrote: Tomei, who is truly a great actress, is even better in The Wrestler than she was in BTDKYD.
Then that's really saying a lot. It's about time she got the credit she deserves. I mean other than in her turn in My Cousin Vinny, which was no flash in the pan, as many tend to believe.
She was absolutely wonderful in My Cousin Vinny. The only reason she got so much flak about winning the Oscar was that she was up against such formidable competition that year, notably the shouldabeenwinner Judy Davis, who was stunning in Husbands and Wives. Tomei, however, was terrific, and the win was nowhere near the travesty that it's been called. She's a fantastic actress and never better than in The Wrestler. |
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yambu |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:31 am |
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gromit wrote: Memories of Underdevelopment (1968) ....Yambu would probably enjoy the glimpses of old-new Cuba, as well as the opening drum performance...... Thanks for the heads up. I put it in my Saved queue. |
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Nancy |
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:37 am |
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mo_flixx wrote: I just finished David Lean's "Passage to India" and was overwhelmed. I'm trying to think of more things I can watch about the British in India besides "The Jewel in the Crown" and "Far Pavilions."
Any ideas? I've already seen a lot on this subject.
Well, I just watched The Lives of a Bengal Lancer, which was pretty good. And there's King of the Khyber Rifles with Tyrone Power, thought it departs from the book quite a bit. And, of course, there's Wee Willie Winkie. Although it's not about the British in India, if you haven't seen it, A Throw of Dice (Prapancha Pash) from 1929 is awfully good, and not dated at all. It has beautiful scenery and exquisite costumes. I'll try to think of some more -- you've probably seen a bunch of these.
Oh, and I forgot Gunga Din. |
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Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 2:27 pm |
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Found this list of films selected for preservation by the Library of Congress:
Here's a complete rundown of the 25 films destined for digitization so that they can be enjoyed by future generations:
1. The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
2. Deliverance (1972)
3. Disneyland Dream (1956)
4. A Face in the Crowd (1957)
5. Flower Drum Song (1961)
6. Foolish Wives (1922)
7. Free Radicals (1979)
8. Hallelujah (1929)
9. In Cold Blood (1967)
10. The Invisible Man (1933)
11. Johnny Guitar (1954)
12. The Killers (1946)
13. The March (1964)
14. No Lies (1973)
15. On the Bowery (1957)
16. One Week (1920)
17. The Pawnbroker (1965)
18. The Perils of Pauline (1914)
19. Sergeant York (1941)
20. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
21. So's Your Old Man (1926)
22. George Stevens' World War II Footage (1943-46)
23. The Terminator (1984)
24. Water and Power (1989)
25. White Fawn's Devotion (1910) |
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