Father Luke
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THIS DIVIDED STATE won Best Documentary at the 2005 Santa Cruz Film Festival! More updates to come.
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I live in a great town.
From the website:
THIS DIVIDED STATE won Best Documentary at the 2005 Santa Cruz Film Festival! More updates to come.
justine
stop the penistry
it has some really interesting extras, too. steven greenstreet interviews an assistant professor of philosophy at UVSC, and he talks about how right-wingers have totally hijacked christian theology for their own political gain.
the funniest part is when the hard-core mormon dude, who insists he represents the community of orem, starts yelling about how michael moore 'hates' america, 'hates' conservatives, 'hates' the values of their community etc., but whenever he's asked to pinpoint exactly where moore ever states this, he has absolutely no answer.
the funniest part is when the hard-core mormon dude, who insists he represents the community of orem, starts yelling about how michael moore 'hates' america, 'hates' conservatives, 'hates' the values of their community etc., but whenever he's asked to pinpoint exactly where moore ever states this, he has absolutely no answer.
hell yes.
except for the 'blablabla' part ;)
except for the 'blablabla' part ;)
Father Luke
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remember to see Stranger than Paradise while you are at it.
I really liked Down by Law.
I really liked Down by Law.
also hell yes.
no winky icon this time.
no winky icon this time.
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
On the subject of Jarmusch, don't overlook Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai.
quoting myself. awesome.
Killer of Sheep was incredible.
may have to buy this one.
I saw 'shooting dogs' the other night and couldn't speak for an hour; so chilling I had to sleep in the oven :eek:
I'm going to see 'The diving bell and the butterfly' next week. The film about the French editor of Elle who became paralyzed except for his left eye and amazingly dictated his memoirs using a series of blinks. It's supposed to be a beautiful film, and I have every faith as it's directed by the painter Julian Schnabel (also directed 'Before night falls' and 'Basquiat', both excellent films)
http://www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com/
I'm going to see 'The diving bell and the butterfly' next week. The film about the French editor of Elle who became paralyzed except for his left eye and amazingly dictated his memoirs using a series of blinks. It's supposed to be a beautiful film, and I have every faith as it's directed by the painter Julian Schnabel (also directed 'Before night falls' and 'Basquiat', both excellent films)
http://www.thedivingbellandthebutterfly-themovie.com/
justine
stop the penistry
if you haven't read the book, i highly recommend it. it's not what i was expecting from that kind of story: it's lyrical and dream-like and it's more about the world the guy was living in inside his head than the day to day agonies of being locked inside his body. beautiful stuff.
It's funny because Schnabels last film 'Before night falls' was about the persecuted writer Reinaldo Arenas. The film introduced me to the writing, and I'm hugely thankful for that because Arenas' body of work is incredibly powerful and moving stuff (the film was actually based on Arenas' memoirs of the same name.)
Soooo maybe once again this director will lead me to another great writer!
Soooo maybe once again this director will lead me to another great writer!
number6horse
okyoutwopixiesoutyougo
Schnabel received a Best Director Oscar nomination for that film, too.
chronic
old and in the way
Just watched Punk: Attitude, a pretty good little doc by Don Letts on the history of... you guessed it... punk rock.
Father Luke
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Saw it tonight. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Let me know when you've
seen it and we can discuss. . .
Father Luke
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Haven't read the book, no.
justine
stop the penistry
well i finally watched factotum last night... i would have posted this in the specifically bukowski-related film board, but i don't have much to say about it. it was okay, but i'm glad i didn't pay $14 to see it at the movies. it just doesn't bring the funnies or the pathos the way the novel does. i also found matt dillon's performance a little hammy - it seemed more like a stage performance than a film performance.
but i'd really like to see bent hamer's other movie kitchen stories - it looks really good. anyone seen it?
but i'd really like to see bent hamer's other movie kitchen stories - it looks really good. anyone seen it?
I totally agree. I've seen Factotum in the cinema because a friend insisted to go. Big dissapointment. A year later I bought the dvd for 6 bucks or so, an okay movie, no more no less.
Father Luke
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Not yet. I'll go with you.
justine
stop the penistry
i just read a couple of the factotum threads: seems i'm with the consensus on this film. it must be incredibly hard to translate a novel to film, particularly a first-person perspective, and i think hamer did a decent job. i'm not sure if maybe i would have enjoyed it more if i hadn't read the book. i liked lili taylor's performance - she really embodied the jan i imagined from the novel.
father luke, the current distance between us is not conducive to a fun movie-going experience.
father luke, the current distance between us is not conducive to a fun movie-going experience.
Father Luke
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well, there's that.
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3:10 to Yuma was pretty good.....
Saw that last night.
Saw that last night.
Father Luke
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I liked that Daniel Day-Lewis sounded like John Huston.
cirerita
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looking forward to seeing that one.
Gerard K H Love
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"There Will Be Oscar"
Me too. Apparently Jonny Greenwood (Radiohead) made the soundtrack and it's supposed to be grrrreat, it was supposed to be up for an Oscar but it was disqualified from the running as he uses some sound recordings from a TV show and therefore it doeasn't count as 'original material', load of old balls I say :mad:
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