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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
delalluvia:
I remember seeing a short interview with Rob Morrow over something he was either directing or co-starring in - I forget what, but it wasn't Quiz Show - and they asked him about Northern Exposure and asked about his relationship with Janine Turner. Rumor had it she had become angry with him when he abandoned the show for the movie career that didn't exactly pan out. The interviewer didn't mention any of that, but asked him about his relationship with her and Morrow was very gracious, saying how caring she was in particular and even at the last turned to the camera and said, "I miss you. Call me."
I loved Northern Exposure. I even have pictures of "Cicely, Alaska". A friend of my sister traveled to the northwestern town where it was filmed and took pictures of the street, the cafe and Dr. Fleischman's office front.
serious crayons:
Thanks for that anecdote, Del. I'm glad to hear it, because somewhere along the way I read that Rob Morrow was kind of a jerk, and that idea stuck with me, perhaps even as an explanation of why his career went downhill. I can't remember the source, and it might not have been particularly reliable. Damn entertainment press! Thankfully, now I have a better impression of Rob Morrow as an actor and a human being.
Monika:
--- Quote from: oilgun on November 28, 2008, 08:57:59 pm --- :laugh:
I felt similarly about TWILIGHT the book, unreadable! (And no sex! ;))
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No? damn, that´s the only reason I started reading the second book. Hoping.... ;D
oilgun:
--- Quote from: Lynne on November 28, 2008, 09:08:08 pm --- :laugh: :laugh:
Thank the goddess. If those two had had sex, I would have had to leave the theatre!
I think 10 Things is the perfect teen movie.
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10 Things is a great teen film, I love Ms. Perky! ("Now scoot!")
Today I saw an absolutely wonderful French film: Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)
Man, I love French films! It was such a relief to watch a 'Xmas movie' that's completely devoid of sentimentality!
It has a wonderfully intelligent and almost poetic screenplay. The big name cast is fabulous: Catherine Deneuve, Melvil Poupaud, Mathieu Almaric (he's been busy lately!), Emmanuelle Devos & Chiara Mastroianni.
Here are a couple of comments from some IMDb happy campers that share my feelings about this brilliant film:
From Michael Fargo -SF: It just doesn't get much better than this for fans of movie-making…or fans of music, art, literature, philosophy…even algebra? Arnaud Desplechin uses Robert Altman's impressionistic approach to film-making taking multiple characters, plots lines then adding Altman's playfulness with cinematic technique to dazzle the viewer with a rich mix of ideas and allusions. Watching, you just don't want it to end.
The actors here—as in Altman—take center stage. Catherine Deneuve is the reluctant matriarch of some pretty messed-up siblings. We aren't ever clued in on the exact details of the rifts and jealousies. We just recognize them from our own family experiences. During an introduction to the cast of characters at the beginning of the film, the death of a young infant early in the family's history suggests that interpersonal problems will result, but it can't be the sole reason for the pathologies represented. As in life, it's never a simple thing to find the "reason" for conflict, unhappiness or even joy. We simply have to accept it and make the best of the situations before us. And this film is a wonderful demonstration of making the best of a real mess.
There's not a weak link in the cast. And as the bizarre begin to assemble for a very strange Christmas homecoming the delight we feel for being onlookers instead of participants is palpable in the audience.
I should warn that this is not a film in the tradition of Home Alone or A Christmas Story. You may wait a long time for the Baby Jesus to arrive here (as the children on the screen do). It's more a film about family life and the peculiar kind of fulfillment we get from the strife that results. As with the "ghost wolf" in this family's basement, we're haunted by the familiar and the strange: it's both fearful and thrilling to see. And that's a very admirable accomplishment for Arnaud Desplechin.
From: emeiserloh from United States - Another brilliant French film. This one, however, is not for everyone. Most people will probably not only have trouble with its length, but its style, as well. Both as wild as it is imaginative, this film is like a post-modern jazz score, mixing elements from a variety of cinematic styles that are jarring (at times), but always interesting to behold. And as long as the film is, it always keeps moving and changing before our very eyes. What makes its odd stylistic combinations work is the compelling depths of its explorations into family and the bonds the unite, or divide us. Like and The Royal Tennenbaums, with a nouvelle vague twist, the film is not only full of odd combinations of image and music, but seems to jump from one film to another from scene to scene, as if each character or emotional quality (from light comedy to serious drama) were each receiving its own rendering. At times, the characters turn and speak directly to the camera. The filmmaker also intercedes by providing chapter headings and keyhole views, but, somehow, what could have become a cacophony of chaos, turns into a wonderment of cinema that any real cinephile will be amazed to behold and want to experience again....
Easily 4 stars, maybe even 4-1/2 out of 5!
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: oilgun on November 30, 2008, 07:45:31 pm ---
Today I saw an absolutely wonderful French film: Un conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale)
Man, I love French films! It was such a relief to watch a 'Xmas movie' that's completely devoid of sentimentality!
It has a wonderfully intelligent and almost poetic screenplay. The big name cast is fabulous: Catherine Deneuve, Melvil Poupaud, Mathieu Almaric (he's been busy lately!), Emmanuelle Devos & Chiara Mastroianni.
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Oilgun: I loved it, too. Gorgeous. (And not a bad weekend, no? A Christmas Tale, Milk, and Slumdog Millionaire. Not shabby at all!)
Deneuve is--Deneuve. Brilliant. Daughter Chiara Mastroianni is getting better and better (and more and more beautiful) by the minute. Mathieu Almaric is wonderful, fantastic, even when in nonsense like La question humaine (2007).
And, oh yes--Melvil Poupaud.
WOOF!
I love French movies, too--even all those French Christmas movies that can be so silly (Except for La Bûche (1999), which was silly, but good).
Thanks for posting!
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