Would we be talking about Embeth Davidtz
If you liked the movie you will really dig her book, NO ONE BELONGS HERE MORE THAN YOU.
http://smog.net/index.php/146
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea. A fun little documentary about the history of the Salton Sea and its eccentric inhabitants (if you don't live in So Cal you've likely never heard of the place), which began as a mistake, became a trendy tourist destination, and then rotted away.
Recommended. Two thumbs up. Four Stars.
seriously, she's very good in a way that makes other writers insane with jealousy. I know, being one of those writers.I hope she writes a novel, or makes another film.
Liked Juno a lot but would reserve comment on the young actor until I see her in a role where she's doing more than channeling a young Janeane Garofalo...Finally saw Juno yesterday. Looks like Ellen Page has arrived as a major young talent for years to come.
hey chronic, remember that youtube video you posted ages ago called '', with the two evil kids and the rabbit? the director of that has just released a new short film:
http://ideas.veer.com/features/controlmaster/
I see the Garafolo comparison, but have to say she is quite a bit ahead of Garafolo already. Especially in the close-up, vulnerable scenes (don't want to detail them here and spoil the film). I haven't seen every one of J.G.'s performances, but the ones I have seen didn't have the subtlety and nuance like this one did.Liked Juno a lot but would reserve comment on the young actor until I see her in a role where she's doing more than channeling a young Janeane Garofalo...
hey chronic, remember that youtube video you posted ages ago called '', with the two evil kids and the rabbit? the director of that has just released a new short film:
http://ideas.veer.com/features/controlmaster/
if you can overlook Charlton Heston's ridiculous brown-skinned make-up.
Oh my, oh my, oh my - saw God Grew Tired of Us last night:
After raising themselves in the desert along with thousands of other parentless "lost boys," Sudanese refugees John, Daniel and Panther have found their way to America, where they experience electricity, running water and supermarkets for the first time. Capturing their wonder at things Westerners take for granted, this documentary, an award winner at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, paints an intimate portrait of strangers in a strange land.
This movie doesn't get into the Sudan/Darfur/political/religious/genocide issue too deeply, it's just the story of the thousands of young boys who were orphaned when things started getting really ugly in Sudan. Almost 30,000 of them banded together and walked to Ethiopia, where they were safe for a while, until Ethiopia's government changed/collapsed in the early 1990's. Then they walked to Kenya! 1000 miles these kids walked. And they've been behind barbed wire fences in Kenya ever since. They can't go back to Sudan because they are afraid (for good reason) that they will be killed.
So different countries take a handful of them out of these camps and place them in government and charity sponsored homes, help them get jobs, go to school, etc. Watching them go from the dry Northern plains of Kenya to Philadelphia and New York is really something. This one really brings home the disparity in the world. Watching it will fuck you up.
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The walking-through-the-desert brought to mind another great, powerful movie called Rabbit-Proof Fence. I think I've mentioned it before, but it bears repeating. Highly recommended, though also very gut-wrenching.