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Post by RNL on Nov 27, 2007 1:54:09 GMT
Saturday 5th January - Syndromes and a CenturyI wonder if I'll get that at the same time. I only have a schedule 'til the end of December. I also intend to see Darjeeling and Jesse James this week. I think American Gangster might be relegated to a download, I just can't muster the energy to go see it.
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Post by Capo on Nov 27, 2007 1:55:08 GMT
I watched it as a stream.
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Post by RNL on Nov 27, 2007 1:58:12 GMT
Where from?
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Post by Capo on Nov 27, 2007 2:03:11 GMT
www.videolemon.com/search.php?t=a&q=american+gangster#zThere are a few to choose from, though a quick look says some of them have been removed. The four-part stream has Turkish subtitles, but the sixteen-part one, though the segments follow on from each other without you having to do anything, are a bit mixed up.
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Post by Capo on Nov 27, 2007 2:14:52 GMT
Update on my film-viewing this year:
At this point last year, I'd seen 311 films, 221 of which were first-time viewings. This year, so far, I've seen 343 and 285 are new. I need to see 22 films before the end of December to reach an average of one film per day for 2007.
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Post by RNL on Nov 27, 2007 2:17:47 GMT
I've watched three films this month.
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Post by Capo on Nov 27, 2007 2:20:02 GMT
That's disgusting. It really is.
Working more?
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Post by RNL on Nov 27, 2007 2:26:10 GMT
No. I've been doing more college work, but it's not that overwhelming. I just checked, and I haven't watched a movie at home in over a month, and only managed two in the previous month. I didn't even realise.
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Post by RNL on Nov 27, 2007 19:16:39 GMT
The course is called English, Media & Cultural Studies. I think it's probably much the same as Capo's.
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Post by RNL on Dec 1, 2007 5:40:30 GMT
NOVEMBER 7 films. 6 first viewings. 5 on the big screen. Beowulf 6/10 Robert Zemeckis 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema (3D) Network 8/10 Sidney Lumet 1976, USA 1st viewing; class Into the Wild 4/10 Sean Penn 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema Hotel Chevalier 7/10 Wes Anderson 2007, USA 2nd viewing; cinema The Darjeeling Limited 6/10 Wes Anderson 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema FILM OF THE MONTH The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 8/10 Andrew Dominik 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema Drugstore Cowboy 7/10 Gus Van Sant 1989, USA 1st viewing; DVD
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Post by RNL on Dec 1, 2007 5:43:06 GMT
The course is called English, Media & Cultural Studies. I think it's probably much the same as Capo's. Cool. What kind of career are you planning on? Academic (professor/researcher)? Filmmaker? Multi-media artist? Communications field? I really don't have any plans right now. I know I have ideas for a bunch of films I'd like to make (or to have made, I suppose), but I can't sincerely say I want to 'be a filmmaker'.
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Post by svsg on Dec 1, 2007 5:50:49 GMT
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Post by RNL on Dec 1, 2007 5:53:10 GMT
3D, yeah, but not IMAX.
Pretty damn impressive, I must say. There's definitely a legitimate future to 3D with this technology.
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Post by Omar on Dec 1, 2007 8:23:44 GMT
NOVEMBER 7 films. 6 first viewings. 5 on the big screen. Beowulf 6/10Robert Zemeckis 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema (3D) Network 8/10Sidney Lumet 1976, USA 1st viewing; class Into the Wild 4/10Sean Penn 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema Hotel Chevalier 7/10Wes Anderson 2007, USA 2nd viewing; cinema The Darjeeling Limited 6/10Wes Anderson 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema FILM OF THE MONTHThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford 8/10Andrew Dominik 2007, USA 1st viewing; cinema Drugstore Cowboy 7/10Gus Van Sant 1989, USA 1st viewing; DVD
I would love to hear your thoughts on all of these.
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Post by svsg on Dec 1, 2007 18:30:19 GMT
3D, yeah, but not IMAX. Pretty damn impressive, I must say. There's definitely a legitimate future to 3D with this technology. It is (or was) running in 3D-IMAX here. I don't know how it improves it. I wonder why many films (and more importantly celebrated directors) don't explore 3D or other cool modern visual aspects, including IMAX, 4D etc. Is film a visual medium only on theory? Is 3D seen as a gimmick that can potentially distract one from the thematic content?
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Post by svsg on Dec 1, 2007 23:59:55 GMT
Satantango ** Seriously and without sounding irritated, I have no clue what the movie is about. I thought I could watch it in two sittings, but I was terribly wrong. I finished this over three days and 4-5 sittings. It is quite boring. A small town inhabited by just some 10 odd people is cut-off from the main civilization by heavy rains. They hopelessly go on with their lives and wait for some cosmic turn of good events. There are several good things to be said about the movie however. Firstly, the camera perfectly captures the mood of an apocalyptic town, totally crumbling due to its passivity. Photography is mind-blowing in places (and also extremely irritating in some other places). The innovative editing technique that can be seen in Elephant (by Gus Van Sant) plus the tracking style of camera is a rip-off from this movie. I somehow lost a bit of respect for Van Sant because of this. The music is good too.
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Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2007 1:30:48 GMT
Well, you yourself mention "apocalyptic" later on in that same Proview. Is it about the apocalypse, do you think?
It's meant to be an allegory for the collapse of communism in the Eastern bloc. I'm not familiar with the geographical or political history of that part of Europe (it's very complex), but I still think the film's a fantastic film, an absolute masterpiece of imagery and sound design alone.
If that isn't enough, though...
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Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2007 1:42:13 GMT
I laughed mightily and heartily during all the first half of Darjeeling Limited. I think the people I was with (there was a lot of them) were a bit embarrassed, actually. The second half was more poignant but no less effective.
I thought it was brilliant.
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Post by svsg on Dec 2, 2007 1:45:47 GMT
Well, you yourself mention "apocalyptic" later on in that same Proview. Is it about the apocalypse, do you think? That is what it seems like. But I am not sure. Why only a few people in the town. Who is Irimias? (he mentions savior - is he god/satan or simply a conman?) Is the doctor the narrator? Is he imagining? Significance of the small girl with the cat and her boredom, and eventually her final extreme step? And what is the nature of Irimias's previous crimes and what was tha application he was filling out with all the town people? All these are genuine questions. I couldn't make out by seeing the film that it had anything to do with communism, though it makes sense now. The movie kept alluding to society and responsibility, I should have thought of it. I agreed with this point before and I still do. Visually and sound wise, excellent.
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Post by Capo on Dec 2, 2007 2:41:39 GMT
Woo hoo! I'm seeing Jaws on the big screen next weekend!
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