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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
Meryl:
--- Quote from: oilgun on December 31, 2008, 01:03:41 pm ---Anyway, another reason to watch LOVE ISTHE DEVIL: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon is Daniel Craig's famous (& lingering) full frontal in the bathtub scene. He plays George Dyer, Bacon's rough-trade lover.
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Hmm, you just got my attention, oilgun! ;D
BTW, this fellow is, as far as I know, alive and well. He's a wonderful tenor whom I've directed several times---a great guy, sexy and talented. His name is George Dyer, but that's where the connection ends. ;)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
--- Quote from: Meryl on January 01, 2009, 02:23:54 am ---Hmm, you just got my attention, oilgun! ;D
BTW, this fellow is, as far as I know, alive and well. He's a wonderful tenor whom I've directed several times---a great guy, sexy and talented. His name is George Dyer, but that's where the connection ends. ;)
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Oops! Thanks, Meryl. I have taken the tenor away! :-X
Front-Ranger:
Don't take the tenor away!! I'm enjoying him!!
Meryl:
--- Quote from: Front-Ranger on January 01, 2009, 03:31:28 am ---Don't take the tenor away!! I'm enjoying him!!
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ENCORE!
delalluvia:
For New Year's Eve, my friend and I could not decide where to go - she's undergoing hypnosis to quit smoking and right now she's at the phase where the scent of cigarette smoke makes her nauseous, so we were limited as to where we could go indoors. There was the outdoor festival, but to attend such things requires the planning skills of Patton, the patience of a mother of 4 and the stamina of a skier in the lift line on a holiday - being willing to stand for 4-5 hours in 30 degree weather.
So we passed, ended up in jammies, with sparkling cider, on my couch and rented
The Duchess with Kiera Knightly - yes, Georgina Spencer's character, marriage and activities have a great many similarities with the late much lamented Princess of Wales, but unfortunately the wherewithal to press her case is not one of them. Even looking at it from the POV of someone in 18th century, Georgina had other options she could have exercised in response to treatment by her husband, but the movie was just a lovely visual feast of her caving in and caving in, over and over and over again. Until the point was driven home into the brain with a hammer and 10 inch nail that yes it sucks to be a woman. Gag. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. No wonder this sank at the box office so quickly.
Deception with Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor and Michelle Williams - this was quite enjoyable. I don't know why it didn't last at the box office. It was a mild but still engaging tale of suspense and Jackman's character is delicious. The final ending is a bit of a why didn't you do X, but eh, nothing's perfect.
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