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| Befade |
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Gary........I think you'd really like the latest Bad Lieutenant.
Madonna and Wilem Defoe were in intimate contact in one film. Maybe I just think Harvey would find her his type.......
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:12 am |
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| The Japanese movie Departures got the Best Foreign Film Oscar last year. It is very engaging and enjoyable. It is funny and it is sad. The direction is excellent. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:08 am |
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| Harvey and Madonna were in Dangerous Games which was also directed by my partner in crime Abel Ferrara. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 5:34 am |
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| Marc--Speaking of videos, my very good friend (Facebook and in the real world) Mark Ebner is promoting a video he is crediting to you--"Mother" by Danzig. Did you just call it to Mark's attention or do you have something to do with it? I think it's terrific. (Do you know Mark outside of Facebook, btw? He and I have been buds for 25 years.) |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 8:12 am |
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Befade wrote: Gary........I think you'd really like the latest Bad Lieutenant.
Madonna and Wilem Defoe were in intimate contact in one film. Maybe I just think Harvey would find her his type.......
Kurosawa
No longer prideful about losing memory and spelling........
Yeah, I think I'd like the new one also. I've read what's been said about it and I think it's my cup of tea. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:23 pm |
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Over the weekend I saw what I think is one of the best films of the past year: An Education. Had I seen it earlier I would have nominated it for the Blanches. I certainly would have nominated Peter Sarsgaard.
I realize neither would have won but they certainly deserved nods. This is a film, I'd like to own. It was so well directed, all of the acting was outstanding and what a score! I just loved it. And btw, Carol, if you haven't seen it yet, you must. It's an anglophiles dream. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 1:50 pm |
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Quote: Marc--Speaking of videos, my very good friend (Facebook and in the real world) Mark Ebner is promoting a video he is crediting to you--"Mother" by Danzig. Did you just call it to Mark's attention or do you have something to do with it? I think it's terrific. (Do you know Mark outside of Facebook, btw? He and I have been buds for 25 years.)
I had nothing to do with the Danzig video other than posting it on Facebook safe for Mother's Day. As for Mark, our paths crossed in NYC when he was on the scene back in the 80s. We weren't friends, but we aware of each other. We've become mutual admirers on Facebook. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 2:52 pm |
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Marj wrote: Over the weekend I saw what I think is one of the best films of the past year: An Education. Had I seen it earlier I would have nominated it for the Blanches. I certainly would have nominated Peter Sarsgaard.
I realize neither would have won but they certainly deserved nods. This is a film, I'd like to own. It was so well directed, all of the acting was outstanding and what a score! I just loved it. And btw, Carol, if you haven't seen it yet, you must. It's an anglophiles dream.
Carey Mulligan did share Best Actress at the Blanche with the girl from Precious. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 9:07 pm |
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Quote: The Japanese movie Departures got the Best Foreign Film Oscar last year.
That's my favorite kind of film to watch.......the kind that shows you a world you never could have imagined.........and does not shove anything down your throat. How the dead are treated in different cultures. In Japan, a beautiful ritual of washing and dressing. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Mon May 10, 2010 10:10 pm |
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Syd wrote: Marj wrote: Over the weekend I saw what I think is one of the best films of the past year: An Education. Had I seen it earlier I would have nominated it for the Blanches. I certainly would have nominated Peter Sarsgaard.
I realize neither would have won but they certainly deserved nods. This is a film, I'd like to own. It was so well directed, all of the acting was outstanding and what a score! I just loved it. And btw, Carol, if you haven't seen it yet, you must. It's an anglophiles dream.
Carey Mulligan did share Best Actress at the Blanche with the girl from Precious.
I know. I did the actresses. LOL!! |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 12:59 am |
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I too liked An Education a lot. The girl's parents are a character study.
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| Syd |
| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 1:25 am |
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Ghulam wrote: I too liked An Education a lot. The girl's parents are a character study..
I've been singing the movie's praises ever since I saw it. Alfred Molina's as good as I've ever seen him, which considering he was so good in Prick Up Your Ears and Chocolat is saying something. I've read he's awfully good in Frida, which for some silly reason I haven't seen. I thought Olivia Williams and Emma Thompson were very good in their lesser parts. |
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| Marj |
| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 1:44 am |
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Syd,
You'll love Alfred Molina in Frida. At least I hope so. I'm so glad everyone seems to love the acting in An Education. And I guess I singled out Peter Sarsgaard because he's such a journey man actor. He is so good in everything I've seen him in, that I sometimes think he gets overlooked. And under appreciated. I also loved the other couple. In fact, I can't think of an actor in An Education I wasn't wowed by. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 2:11 am |
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Yes, both Alfred Molina and Selma Hayek were great in Frida. We visited the home of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera in Mexico City a few months after seeing the movie. A very pleasurable visit.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue May 11, 2010 5:26 am |
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| My favorite Alfred Molina performance, among the many great ones, remains his one-scene portrayal of a wealthy coke fiend in Boogie Nights. Never on film has the horror of drug addiction been as vivid. His almost-funny, totally-creepy, flat-out-terrifying portrayal of this piece of human scum is for me the greatest one-scene role in movie history. |
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