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| billyweeds |
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| Here's a weird thing: in toting up my running count of "bests of the year," which I list every year as reminders for our Blanche nominations, I notice that I have not listed even one contender for Best Actress as yet, and only three Best Supporting Actresses. Is it just me, or is this a lousy employment year for females in the movie-acting profession? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 10:53 am |
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Just to clarify, Vol. 1 of the Shimizu Japanese set was released without changes in Criterion's Eclipse line. That's what Ghulam and I have started watching.
I just picked up Vol. 2 in the Shimizu series, another 4 film set. For the Japanese editions, the films of Vol. 1 are designated as "landscape" films, while Vol. 2 is grouped as children's films.
Unless the Shimizus sold much better than I expect they did, or some other boutique company steps in, I'm not sure the Volume 2 films will make it to Region 1. If any Shimizu fans need Vol. 2, let me know. Volume 1 should be eminently rentable, I'd assume.
I also snagged Kobayashi's The Human Condition today, but at 574 minutes spread over 3 discs, it might take a while before I get to it. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:40 pm |
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| I'd love to check out the Shimizu, but I just "invested" in quite a few DVDs (enough that the bank called me to check that my number hadn't been stolen). So it will have to wait. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:55 pm |
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As Billy said, Bahrani's "Goodbye Solo" is a very moving film. His "Chop Shop" too is a gem.
I had put in a good word for "I Love You, Man", but, as I remember it, was dissed for doing so. "The Hangover" is even funnier.
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 3:53 pm |
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| I hearted both of those bromance flicks, ghulam! |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Sep 01, 2009 11:39 pm |
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| GOODBYE SOLO should have been on my best of list. Thanks for reminding me billy of that excellent film. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 12:27 am |
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Marc wrote: GOODBYE SOLO should have been on my best of list. Thanks for reminding me billy of that excellent film.
Thanks for the reminder. I just put it on my Netflix queue. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:00 am |
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Ghulam wrote: Nick Cassacetes' The Notebook (2004) with Ryan Gosling is an old fashioned love story taken from youthful days to Alzheimer's disease and heart attacks. It is 123 minutes long. I have no idea why I had ordered it.
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I hadn't seen it since its original theatrical release, but caught some of it on TV the other day. I was surprised, while watching it with the Closed Captions feature turned on, to see that the captions spoil the identity of James Garner's character. I believe the filmmakers don't intend for viewers to know for sure who he really is until the final moments.
By the way, I like the movie. Rachel McAdams turns in a superb performance. And the love scenes are steamy enough to raise eyebrows (among other things) over the PG-13 rating. |
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| Earl |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 12:02 am |
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I agree with all of the praise here for Goodbye, Solo.
I'm also wondering why In Bruges isn't showing up on more "Best of Decade" lists. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:11 am |
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Earl wrote: I agree with all of the praise here for Goodbye, Solo.
I'm also wondering why In Bruges isn't showing up on more "Best of Decade" lists.
In Bruges is an amazing film with a terrific script, direction, and acting, but in these recent lists I've been dealing with the films I consider "great," not just excellent. This year has produced at least two great ones,* and possibly three.** It's a banner year IMO, the best of the 00s.
* The Hurt Locker, Sita Sings the Blues.
** Goodbye Solo. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:16 am |
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If I were doing a "top ten of the 00s list," it would include the three movies just mentioned, plus Sideways, Mulholland Dr., Michael Clayton, Zodiac, American Splendor, and...two more which I'll have to think about.
Maybe Slumdog Millionaire, maybe 4...3...2...maybe In Bruges... |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:46 am |
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| Now that In Bruges has been mentioned (I loved it), I am reminded of something that transpired on my horrible flight from Atlanta to Miami on the way down here. Like many others I thought the dwarf? midget? (I'm not sure which is which) in the movie was Peter Dinklage until I saw the credits. I think it's dwarf. There was a woman and a man sitting in the seats in front of me. The guy got up (on his seat) to get a carry on down from the over head. He was a dwarf and I'll be damned if he didn't look just like Peter Dinklage. I kept wondering if he were, but figured, because of the In Bruges thing that many dwarf look much alike. The TV came on as we flew and there was some kind of TV series on (I didn't have the my earphones on) and I'll be damned, there was Peter Dinklage on the TV. It was weird! |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:14 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:30 am |
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| It is dwarf, not midget, and a lot of dwarves take it very much amiss when they are mischaracterized as midgets. (I assume midgets feel the same, but I have no close midget friends the way I do dwarves.) Dwarves are out of proportion, with very large heads as compared with their bodies. Midgets are in perfect proportion, just everything very small. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 10:42 am |
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| No wonder they tend to kill themselves. |
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