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Resurrecting the Movies thread...
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: whysoserious? on April 06, 2008, 02:16:06 pm ---
It's on my list now, too! I'm a longtime Stones fan, and I loved Martin Scorcese's other two rock movies (The Last Waltz and the Dylan one, both wonderful). Still, I might have skipped this without Barb's endorsement.
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The other rock movie (recent) that I am wondering about, and no one talks about, is the Tom Petty documentary directed by Peter Bogdonavich. That was supposed to premiere at a film festival in NYC last fall and since then...not a word. Anyone know anything? I am a Tom Petty fan, I will admit...
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Kd5000:
I can be a lazy dvd watcher so I'm glad the lady at BLOCKBUSTER VIDEO STORE (yes, I go there from time to time) talked me into watching THE KITE RUNNER. I'm not one to read the subtitles on a TV screen and some of the stuff wasn't even translated. I still got the important stuff, I think. I don't know if it's already been discussed on this thread, but I strongly recommend it. I had to check IMDB.com as it looked like it was filmed in Afghanistan and I know they wouldn't have let this be filmed there. It was actually filmed in the westermost part of China.
I guess I should check out the book it's based on as I've seen around quite a bit.
BelAir:
haha, I went to Blockbuster the other day too... spur of the moment wanted to watch Out of Africa again.
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oilgun:
--- Quote from: oilgun on April 01, 2008, 04:05:18 pm ---I'm anxiously waiting for my copy from Amazon, another item in my order has delayed the delivery. Ang Lee also did a commentary for HULK but I haven't listened to it.
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I finally got my copy and I watched the special features. And they are special, definitely worth more than one viewing.
The interview with the very articulate,Rick Moodie is very interesting. He talks about how he felt when the story he slaved over for so long suddenly became Ang Lee's The Ice Storm. How the characters he knew intimately became refracted versions of what he wrote, at once the same yet different.
Weathering The Storm features exclusive recent interviews with the main actors: Sigourney Weaver, Joan Allen, Kevin Kline, Christina Ricci, Tobey McGuire and Elijah Wood. They are all candid and revealing with their reminiscences. While watching them it dawned on me that if Brokeback Mountain ever gets the Criterion treatment, Heath would not be included in the series of interviews and I just emotionally deflated...
Other documentaries include "visual essays" featuring the cinematographer, production designer and costume designer. I learned:- that most of the ice in the film was actually biodegradable hair gel! Yep, it was all dippety-doo! -The costumes, which were all original designs, kick-started a worldwide seventies inspired fashion trend. - Why they picked the houses that they did for each family, the cold glass house for the Carvers, the warmer fifties modern house for the Hoods and the grand colonial house for the key party scene. Really interesting stuff.
I still haven't listened to the Ang Lee commentary, I'm saving that for later.
All in all, highly recommended.
BelAir:
Thanks for that review oilgun. I was out to dinner with some friends tonight, one of whom said the most recent movie he had seen was Lars and the Real Girl (sp?) and that he loved it - of course, I immediately thought of you and MaineWriter!!!
Didn't have a chance to figure out exactly why he thought it was such a good movie, however.
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