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| marantzo |
 Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:33 am |
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chillywilly wrote: marantzo wrote: Quote:
No, Lorne's a comedian with a natch for witty posts.
I imagine you meant 'snatch'.
Nope. The word I was looking for (but couldn't think of it at the time) was knack.
That's what happens when you view too many hip web sites before typing out a response to a post.
I knew that's what you meant, I was trying to be funny. Not succeeding though. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:00 pm |
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marantzo wrote: OK, I saw 49th Parallel on TV the other day (TCM). Manitoba has a large Hutterite population, and that is where they are. And Glynis Johns is one of the Hutterites and I love her. When they have to leave the colony they go to Winnipeg. I loved the shots of Winnipeg. It was just how I remembered it.
So you were in the movie?
Sounds like a good part. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:31 pm |
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Don't tease me gromit, I feel bad enough not having a shot at the best looking Hutterite I've ever seen.
I've always had a great respect for Hutterites. Though they live in colonies and dress in that old fashioned country style and follow what would be considered a fundamentalist kind of religion, they are not staid in the least. the one's I've known are quite a happy bunch. The don't have anything against drinking and even make their own wine, which they used to bring us often, along with their home-sausages etc. They really reminded me of the homesteaders that are depicted in those western movies. The praticing Mennonites who sprang from the same movement, on the other hand are modern in their ways as far as dress and occupation go, but are much more rigid and fiercely right-wing. No drinking or dancing (heaven forbid pre-marital sex) etc. a real dour bunch. You would expect it to be the other way around but it isn't. The Hutterite colonies do vary from colony to colony. Some are much more doctrinaire than others and there were some colonies that I found rather serious and unsmiling. They were a distinct minority among the one's who were our customers though. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:24 pm |
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Anyone familiar with Paul Verhoeven's early Euro films?
4 of them are around:
Business is Business (1971);
Turkish Delight (1973);
Katie Tippel (1975); and
The Fourth Man (1983)
Surprisingly I've never seen any of his films. Though I did buy Starship Troopers last week, and probably have a copy of Basic Instinct somewhere.
The Fourth Man sounds similar to Basic Instinct and perhaps the best of the lot. But was wondering if anyone would rec any of those. All new and unfamiliar to me. |
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| ehle64 |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:23 pm |
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| I've seen Turkish Delight and The 4th Man, not sure about the other two. The 4th Man was one of my favorite films for years. Kind of around the same time Man Facing Southeast was, too. Very worth seeing. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 8:33 pm |
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| TURKISH DELIGHT and THE 4TH MAN are deliciously provocative. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 2:31 am |
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| Enjoyed Junebug as much as I did the first time I saw it. Bless that Amy! |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:01 am |
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gromit wrote: Anyone familiar with Paul Verhoeven's early Euro films?
4 of them are around:
Business is Business (1971);
Turkish Delight (1973);
Katie Tippel (1975); and
The Fourth Man (1983)
Surprisingly I've never seen any of his films. Though I did buy Starship Troopers last week, and probably have a copy of Basic Instinct somewhere.
The Fourth Man sounds similar to Basic Instinct and perhaps the best of the lot. But was wondering if anyone would rec any of those. All new and unfamiliar to me. |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 8:39 am |
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gromit wrote: Anyone familiar with Paul Verhoeven's early Euro films?
4 of them are around:
Business is Business (1971);
Turkish Delight (1973);
Katie Tippel (1975); and
The Fourth Man (1983) ...
I've seen the last 3 and recommend them. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 9:58 am |
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Ghulam wrote: Enjoyed Junebug as much as I did the first time I saw it. Bless that Amy!
And don't forget the equally brilliant but underappreciated Embeth Davidtz. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 11:57 am |
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| Re : Embeth. Fully agree. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:53 am |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:43 pm |
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| After hearing it mentioned several times over the years, at last got to see Terry Gilliam's Brazil (1985). It is a fine futuristic bureaucratic nightmare, better than most movies in its genre (sci-fi? fantasy?). Great settings. |
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| jeremy |
| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 10:49 pm |
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| Brazil is one of my favourites and fantastic blend of Python, Kafka and 1984. I hope you didn't see the 'happy ending' studio cut. |
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| lady wakasa |
| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 11:22 pm |
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I just heard that today is the 85th anniversary of the premiere of Rudolph Valentino's The Sheik:
Quote: Today we mark the 1921 theatrical premiere of The Sheik, the silent film that turns 85 years old today. Although its star, Rudolph Valentino, was already famous by 1921, the success of that movie helped the 26 year old become nothing short of a sex symbol.
-- From Word for the Wise (although the rest goes on about the etymology of the word "sheik")
I remember it like it was yesterday... |
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