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| mo_flixx |
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| Funny you mention Marc. The movie made me think of him. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:08 pm |
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It was ironic when I was being chastised for not seeing Bareback Mountain with Marc being one of the chastisers because I had told him what a terrific movie The Burmese Heart was and he told me that he had the tape. This was years ago and I don't think he has watched it yet. It is a movie that is right up his alley, I'm not surprised that you thought of him.
Did you notice that the recurring musical theme was very much like (damn I can't remember the name of the English song, but it's about Home) is? |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:14 pm |
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marantzo wrote: ...
Did you notice that the recurring musical theme was very much like (damn I can't remember the name of the English song, but it's about Home) is?
The recurring theme IS "There's no place like home." After all, it IS a British prison camp. It is obvious in the film that the song has great meaning for the British.
Of course, I'd always thought it was an _American_ song...guess not.
BTW the Burmese harp of the title is like no harp you have ever seen. It is absolutely gorgeous...and sounds different, too.
The film reminded me of how director Terence Davies uses music in his films. |
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| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:39 pm |
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| From what I've read, a long time ago, the music was an actual Japanese tune, but sounded a lot like the English tune. From what I remember it was a little different. I seemed to me to have the first few melodic lines the same and then drift a little from TNPLH. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:44 pm |
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| *LOL @ Bareback Mountain* |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:46 pm |
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ehle64 wrote: *LOL @ Bareback Mountain*
I'm glad someone noticed that. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:20 pm |
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marantzo wrote: From what I've read, a long time ago, the music was an actual Japanese tune, but sounded a lot like the English tune. From what I remember it was a little different. I seemed to me to have the first few melodic lines the same and then drift a little from TNPLH.
I wouldn't disagree...but not knowing that much about Japanese music, I assumed that it might be a theme and variations based on "There's no place like home."
Of course, there is other harp music as well, and the soldiers sing some traditional Japanese songs (again, things I have never heard). |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:40 pm |
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mo_flixx wrote:
BTW the Burmese harp of the title is like no harp you have ever seen. It is absolutely gorgeous...and sounds different, too.
The film reminded me of how director Terence Davies uses music in his films.
If you liked The Burmese Harp, I'd highly rec Fires on the Plain, which is like a companion piece Ichikawa (and his wife Natto Wada) made two years later. Powerful film.
Funny you should mention Terence Davies. I watched Distant Voices, Still Lives last week, and just bought his Trilogy and The Long Day Closes.
Distant Voices indeed uses music heavily as a memory device and to bring people together in almost a ritualistic fashion.
Nice comparison to Burmese Harp. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 1:47 pm |
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gromit wrote: mo_flixx wrote:
BTW the Burmese harp of the title is like no harp you have ever seen. It is absolutely gorgeous...and sounds different, too.
The film reminded me of how director Terence Davies uses music in his films.
If you liked The Burmese Harp, I'd highly rec Fires on the Plain, which is like a companion piece Ichikawa (and his wife Natto Wada) made two years later. Powerful film.
Funny you should mention Terence Davies. I watched Distant Voices, Still Lives last week, and just bought his Trilogy and The Long Day Closes.
Distant Voices indeed uses music heavily as a memory device and to bring people together in almost a ritualistic fashion.
Nice comparison to Burmese Harp.
I saw Fires on the Plain also. Powerful shit! |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 2:26 pm |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2009 4:08 pm |
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| I'm about an hour into Let the Right One In, which is slow-moving and moody (i.e. it's Swedish), though Nancy tells me it picks up. I find the boy creepier than the vampiress. Neither one has done the Hokey-Pokey yet but the boy seems interested. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:19 am |
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Nancy's right. Let the Right One In is still slow-paced and moody, but it gets really good in the second half. And, although there is a romance, this is not one of your nice, sanitized vampiresses, but a feral creature. When she's done feeding, you're not seeing George Hamilton, but a carnivore that;s been ripping into bloody living flesh.
It also succeeds as a romance, if you like the creepy, psychotic kind. This is one really disturbing movie.
There is one rather quick shot of female nudity. Look carefully at this shot, not for pornographic reasons. There is something strange and unexplained in the detail. SPOILER: It sure looks to me like the girl's pubic region has a big scar and stitches, and no pubic hair at all. I really want to know what happened to this girl that turned her into a vampire.
Still not the Great Vampire Movie (I don't think there will ever be one), but it's the best I've seen in a long while. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 2:35 am |
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"Let the Right One In" stayed with me for days. IMO it was a completely original take on the vampire genre. A remarkable film.
And suburban Sweden was just the right setting for such a story. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 3:10 am |
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| It did reveal a possible connection between vampires and Jewish zombies. Eli's thrall has a habit of hanging victims upside down and draining their lood, which means (1) the vampiress gets a nice healthy lunch, and (2) the corpse is now kosher. |
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| Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:45 am |
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| Maddin's Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary is a great vampire movie, though not a conventional version. |
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