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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
southendmd:
After drying my tears from "Buck", I headed to another venue to see "We Were Here", another documentary, about AIDS in San Francisco. I know that Bay City John has promoted this film and it was different from other such films, much more personal. Non-stop tears this time.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCxqJgpejbs[/youtube]
southendmd:
Boy did I need a change after those two. The third film of the day was "Weekend", a British film billed as "Brokeback Mountain" meets "Before Sunrise".
It was neither.
Now I need a break.
Front-Ranger:
Paul!! :'( :-* :P
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on June 16, 2011, 11:27:04 am ---Say I heard a review that, surprisingly, Midnight in Paris is supposed to be good? Anyone seen it?
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Saw it last night. I was fascinated for a while. I like Owen Wilson, and thought he did a great job of mastering a combination Owen Wilson-Woody Allen persona. In the tradition of non-Woody-Allen Woody Allen heroes, he assumed that classic Woody Allenesque halting, stammering delivery, which I love, while also seeming entirely himself. I also liked the tense, unpleasant, not overwritten dynamic between him and Rachel McAdams.
But ultimately I started to drift off. That could have partly been me, because I went following an evening that involved both work and strong beer (writing about a beer event). But I also think that the sequences in the past, while an interesting concept on the surface, eventually lost excitement. With the possible exception of Kathy Bates' Gertrude Stein, the historical figures were kind of wooden and two-dimensional and stereotypical.
And why force Michael Sheen to speak in an American accent? For one thing, his American accent is not that great. He's a wonderful actor, but accent-wise he's no Hugh Laurie or Christian Bale. And for another, I thought his character would work just as well, if not better, as a Brit.
I thought it approximately as compelling as the last one, which is to say so-so.
southendmd:
--- Quote from: Tony-Ranger on June 16, 2011, 08:38:53 pm ---Paul!! :'( :-* :P
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Greetings again from Provincetown and the film festival.
Well, today's fare was a bit lighter than yesterday's emotional tour.
First up, was a French animated feature "A Cat in Paris" aka "Une vie de chat" en francais. Standing in line next to Kathleen Turner, who was eating an ice cream cone and doing her best Tallulah Bankhead voice, I looked forward to something whimsical. And whimsical it was. Apparently all hand-drawn cels, the film was a charming story of a cat, Dino, who is a faithful pet by day, and an accomplice to a cat-burglar by night. It's also about Dino's girl, who lost her father, and her policewoman mother. Exciting climax at Notre Dame de Paris. Very popular with the audience!
Here's a trailer in French, although the version we saw was dubbed by British actors.
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7e07c52VWg[/youtube]
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