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| tirebiter |
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| The religious penguins know that if they have faith they can fly. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:44 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:46 am |
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I've never seen this movie, so this is great. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:33 am |
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Ehle said, "saw Abigail's Party".
You New Yorkers have all the fun. Jennifer Jason Leigh, live and on stage! |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 9:42 am |
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| Viridiana is one of Bunuel's three best films, along with The Distinct Charm of the Bourgeoisie and The Obscure Object of Desire. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:07 am |
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| I like Viridiana better than those two, but I did like those two also. I haven't seen all of Bunuel films but of the one's I've seen I think Viridiana is his best. I hope I'm not forgetting any. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:54 am |
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Being a French film afficianado, I have to recommend Look at Her. If you love classical choral music..........there's the bonus of lots of this.....beautifully done. This film features Jean-Pierre Bacri as a famous writer hitting a dry spell (no reference to you, Gary). His daughter yearns for him to pay attention to her..........she's training to be a singer. Unfortunately, all the guys she dates just want to meet her father.........as does her singing coach. And in the way of French movies, there's not much smiling........and people express discontent easily.
Marilou Berry is perfect as the sullen, overweight daughter. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:42 pm |
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Watched a very good Polish film last night. Mother Joan of the Angels (1961) is based on a 1634 case of demonic possession at a convent of nuns. A really strong performance by the title character, the Mother Superior, who is possessed by 8 demons (complete with their biblical names). All of the other nuns are possessed, or affected, to a lesser degree, except for one nun who is unaffected and seems somewhat amused at the whole spectacle. And yet, this "normal" nun also has to wrestle with the temptations that the inn provides.
The film is relatively austere, but contains some wonderful images. Especially when the nuns lie on the floor of the church with arms outstretched. The film alternates between the convent and the local country inn. Several priests attempt to exorcise the nuns (and one even gets burned at the stake for taking that pun too far).
We follow a 5th priest who arrives to straighten out the problems in the convent. It becomes a psychological study, as the priest internalizes the chaos around him. The he main exorcism scene in the church is impressive. But the highlight for me was when the priest visits the local rabbi for advice. It's like a scene out of Dostoevsky. The rabbi appears to be the priests double, they debate and argue from opposite points of view, and the psycholgical impact of their meeting sets the rest of the story on a tragic course. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:46 pm |
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Watched Bunuel's EL a month or so back. Good film, but more a solid tale of jealousy, rather than anything special.
Blood Simple goes on in a few minutes.
Loved it when it first came out. Have seen it a few times, but not in the last decade. Hope it holds up. Also hope this dvd version contains the Four Tops "It's the Same Old Song" which was in the original release and fits better in the story. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 1:22 pm |
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Rod wrote: Girl With The Pearl Earring
For a long time during this movie, nothing happened. Then, all of a sudden, right at the end, if you paid close attention...nothing happened.
Yeah, but it looked beautiful while it wasn't happening. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:44 pm |
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gromit wrote: Watched Bunuel's EL a month or so back. Good film, but more a solid tale of jealousy, rather than anything special.
Blood Simple goes on in a few minutes.
Loved it when it first came out. Have seen it a few times, but not in the last decade. Hope it holds up. Also hope this dvd version contains the Four Tops "It's the Same Old Song" which was in the original release and fits better in the story.
I totallly agree you dawg enjoy, I had to take a pass when it was on recently and I really shouldn't have done it. I truly like that movie....
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| Melody |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 7:31 pm |
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I saw my first Bunuel this summer (besides Un Chien Andalou we all saw in film school) -- The Milky Way. Even though I know next to nothing about Catholic heresies, I enjoyed the whole road movie/time travel conceit and laughed a lot. I want to go back and see his films from the beginning, like we did with Fellini. He would make a great director's forum.
The Austin Film Society hosted a series of screenings this summer called Challenging the Narrative Structure (or something like that) and also featured Une Femme est une Femme (my first Godard) and Solyaris (my first Tarkovsky). Needless to say, I joined AFS on the spot. |
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| Shane |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 8:12 pm |
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| I sure would have!! I hadn't thought about The Milky Way in a while...the road movie aspect is almost too strange for words... We have a French Film club I've been dropping in on their offerings a lot lately. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 11:47 pm |
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Lady wrote:
Quote: Yeah, but it looked beautiful while it wasn't happening.
Exactly!
And Befade, I saw Look At Her and liked it very much. I had seen a trailer for it which made me think it was a comedy. Well, it was in spots but I suppose if you don't speak French it doesn't translate very well. *sigh* |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:41 am |
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Speaking of French film, would anyone recommend Le Chignon D'Olga (2002)?
Not much info on it at IMDB. Directed by Jerome Bonnell, a new young French filmmaker.
And speaking English, can anyone give me a little insight into the films of Derek Jarman. I know the name, but haven't seen any of his films. A few of his Dvd's have just sprouted up. The Last Days of England looks interesting. I can't remember the other film off hand. Any thoughts on where to start with Jarman, what is worthwhile, or anything else about his work?
I did pick up Murderball and Pasolini's The Gospel According to St. Matthew today. |
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