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| grace |
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| Wow, I can't believe Jacinda Barrett is actually making legit movies. Shouldn't out myself this way, but I remember her from The (Un)Real World, London. I'm almost curious enough to try and catch The Last Kiss in the theater. Though, if I were to make so gargantuan an effort, would this flick be worthy? Hmmmm. |
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| Trish |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:12 am |
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grace wrote: Wow, I can't believe Jacinda Barrett is actually making legit movies. Shouldn't out myself this way, but I remember her from The (Un)Real World, London. I'm almost curious enough to try and catch The Last Kiss in the theater. Though, if I were to make so gargantuan an effort, would this flick be worthy? Hmmmm.
Wasn't she in Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason also |
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| grace |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:27 am |
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Quote: Wasn't she in Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason also
She may well have been. It's not like I've been tracking her career, or even knew she had one. Her name in gromit's post just caught my eye. |
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| Harry |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:31 pm |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Last night, about two in the morning, TCM ran The Red Shoes, which for some reason or other I'd never bothered to see. I can't remember the last time I have been so riveted by a movie.
If the TV version had you gasping, wait until you see it in a theater!
Quote: And what good fortune that there is still a movie out there, a classic yet, that I haven't seen so many times its immediate visceral power has worn off.
And now you have Tales of Hoffman to look forward to. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:34 pm |
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| Despise Tales of Hoffmann. A great opera (my favorite, in fact) reduced to tacky kitsch. Yes, some of the visuals are amazing. Still a lousy movie. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:37 pm |
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| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 6:44 pm |
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Well, it's a long time since I saw it. And it was my first date with a girl I had a crush on (and who dumped me shortly after.) I remember the last "tale" being a bit tedious but I loved the ballet portion and when they played the Barcarolle, immediately after, I turned to the girl I was with and tears were running down her cheeks.
What do you mean they "reduced" it to kitsch; it is kitsch. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 8:24 pm |
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| Offenbach's opera is not kitsch. Many important directors have loved the movie, though. It had a big influence on Scorsese. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:49 pm |
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| Those Jews write the best kitsch. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 9:59 pm |
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Some Jews etch-a-sketch or two á Paris, aussi.
I had the divine pleasure of viewing last year's Palm d'Or Winner, L'Enfant, with lady_wakasa @ chez moi. I can totally see why the jurors could have selected this film. Disturbing initially, although the lingering images and scenes are still tumbling around in your psyche waiting to fit into some cozy and snug description. But they can't, really.
More later. . . |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:03 pm |
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Joe,
Believe it or not, I saw The Red Shoes for the first time about six months ago. Also on TCM. Surprisingly I wasn't blown away, which I partially blamed on seeing it on TV. But I couldn't stop thinking about it. I must have read everything I could find on it for days. I was a movie fan obsessed.
I can only imagine what would have happened if I had seen it as a child in a theater! |
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ehle64 wrote: Some Jews etch-a-sketch or two á Paris, aussi.
I had the divine pleasure of viewing last year's Palm d'Or Winner, L'Enfant, with lady_wakasa @ chez moi. I can totally see why the jurors could have selected this film. Disturbing initially, although the lingering images and scenes are still tumbling around in your psyche waiting to fit into some cozy and snug description. But they can't, really.
More later. . .
Excellent start, Wade. Btw, you couldn't be cooler.  |
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| shannon |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 10:44 pm |
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grace wrote: Wow, I can't believe Jacinda Barrett is actually making legit movies.
She was in Poseidon earlier this year. It's a pretty standard flick. Well made. Kinda boring. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2006 11:12 pm |
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Marj,
What somewhat bummed me out a little was the color. The movie is famous for its rich and daring use of color, but obviously the negative wasn't well-preserved. It often looks washed out.
I wish you'd liked it more. I particularly loved the way several story threads would take place at once (the opening scene, for instance, where the performance has such a widely different effect on several people). It felt a little bit like the filmic equivalent of a score, with a melodic line and a counterpoint. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:15 am |
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Oh Joe,
I think you missed my point. While I wasn't initially blown away as I might have been had I seen it in a theater, or when I was a young girl, I was secretly obsessed by it for days. I dreamt about it, read about it, and more and then some ...
Finally I realized that though I watched it as an adult, I reacted to it as if I had seen as a girl, with all the contradictions that implies. But ultimately I realized I really did love it.
PS. I didn't even notice the color. Perhaps that was because I wasn't aware of its reputation. |
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