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| Marc |
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| I like All About My Mother for the very reasons Billy doesn't. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 8:37 pm |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2011 10:03 pm |
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marantzo wrote: I may see it.
Well, I never! |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:40 am |
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But I probably won't. 
Marta might have seen it. I'll have to ask her. Pedro is her favourite director. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:51 am |
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| What do you know, she just called. She liked the movie. She likes all his movies. I mentioned the criticism and she said that she doesn't always agree with his view of things still likes his movies. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 8:12 am |
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marantzo wrote: What do you know, she just called.
Refresh my memory. Are you two in different cities at the moment? |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:09 am |
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| Yes, she is in Medellin and will be flying to Atlanta today to be with her Daughter and son-in-law. Her daughter is expecting on July 15. A boy, Emilio. Marta will be staying there for the summer so she can be there for the birth and help her daughter out, taking care of her granddaughter etc. A girl and a boy. Time to quit the baby business. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:24 am |
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| My daughter is expecting my first grandchild (we don't yet know the gender) any minute now. Due date was yesterday; however, first children are often late, so I really didn't think it would happen yet. But countdown is definitely on. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 9:37 am |
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| Boy, you waited a long time. My granddaughter is 22 and my grandson just turned (July 4th) 16. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:02 am |
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marantzo wrote: Boy, you waited a long time. My granddaughter is 22 and my grandson just turned (July 4th) 16.
Who is the parent? Not Dylan, right? (He doesn't seem old enough, or am I just getting so old that I think everyone else is a kid?) |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:55 am |
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| No, not Dylan, though he is 42. My daughter Leila, who is 46 if I remember correctly. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:53 pm |
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| Grandchildren are YUMMY! |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:36 pm |
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| You're going to be a terrific grandad, Billy! Let us know when you find out who the little one is. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:52 am |
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America, America (1963) is one of Elia Kazan's most personal films, and among his least seen. It's the story of the family legend of how Kazan's uncle went through great hardship to leave the Ottoman Empire and make his way to America. It starts with the Armenian genocide in remote Eastern Turkey, and the Greek family at the center of the film feels threatened.
Quite a long film at nearly 3 hours, with frequent poor dubbing. It has a lot of dramatic lighting and Kazan's trademark tight close-ups and moments of intense emotion. Interesting film shot mostly on location in Greece (and a little bit of Turkey). |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 3:41 pm |
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Smoke Signals: When Victor Joseph and Thomas Builds-The-Fire (Adam Beach and Evan Adams) were babies, Victor's father, Arnold (Gary Farmer) caught Thomas when Thomas was thrown from a top-story window in a house fire that consumed Thomas's parents. When Victor was still a child, his father left home, never to return, "breaking three hearts." Now Victor has received the news his father is dead. He's to go from the Coeur-d'Alere reservation in Idaho to Phoenix to pick up his father's remains, but, since he lacks money, Thomas offers to bankroll him under the condition that he let Thomas accompany him.
Thomas has grown up to be a nerdy jokester who drives Victor up the wall, but Victor has grown up with a chip on each shoulder and is, frankly, an asshole. But this is a road trip movie, so you know hearts will be bared, secrets revealed, male bonding occur, pasts dealt with and lessons learned. It is often very funny as well. (A sample is the reservation traffic report, given by a guy at a crossroads whose van broke down years ago. "Big truck just went by... now it's gone.")
Not perfect (a few too many Columbus jokes, for instance), but a nice film. Adam Beach has gone on to be the more substantial actor, including his acclaimed performance as Ira Hayes in Flags of Our Fathers, but I liked Adams' annoying Thomas more than Beach's Victor. Both actors deserve to be better-known. Some good supporting performances as well, with Irene Bedard nearly stealing the movie away from the two leads. |
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