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Posts: 4344 (16-Jul-08 12:24 AM) Administrator |
In the meantime, I'd suggest hanging out with the Sixth Generation (which is much more than just Jia, Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhang Yuan), not to mention Tian
Zhuangzhuang, which I've been doing for a while now.
I also can't say I'm as excited about the new X-Files film as I was anticipating the earlier one. Still, I hope it turns out to be good. |
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Posts: 3902 (16-Jul-08 08:47 AM) Moderator |
Other than Jia I need to do some work on the 6th Generation. Unfortunately or fortunately depending on how you look at things most of the films on my to look
for list are really old, so anything of the last decade I'm really slow to get around to if I don't catch it in theaters.
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Posts: 4348 (16-Jul-08 10:53 PM) Administrator |
I'd hate to see you falling too far behind. But I was encouraged by your last month's log which included a couple of new foreign films. Hopefully this
trend will continue.
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Posts: 3907 (17-Jul-08 08:39 AM) Moderator |
So many movies so little time, the story of my life.
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Posts: 3912 (19-Jul-08 04:58 AM) Moderator |
Went to see The Dark Knight because I couldn't bare to hear everyone tell me how great it was. Excellent film all around and hopefully
I'll get a decent review up this weekend. Grindhouse night was spent watching The Holy Mountain (1973) which I hadn't seen in about 8
or 9 years and remembered very little about. Still probably the strangest movie I've ever seen and the oddest thing about it is someone gave him money to
make it. Although certainly in the midnight movie mold, this wasn't typical Grindhouse fare so I expect more regular trash for the next installment.
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Posts: 3913 (21-Jul-08 08:38 AM) Moderator |
Being Two Isn't Easy (1962) - Kon Ichikawa
Just a fun great film, loved it pretty much from start to finish and it's been a long time since I remember liking an Ichikawa film this much. |
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Posts: 3914 (22-Jul-08 08:48 PM) Moderator |
The State of Things (1983) - Wim Wenders
Made shortly after Hammett, this was somewhat autobiographical of Wenders struggles finding financing here in the states. I was ready to buy the sci fi film at the beginning and wondered if this was just a strange new territory for Wenders but felt a little more secure when the rug was pulled out from under me and the "only a film set" turned out to be the real story. Like always regular filmmakers appear in small roles like Samuel Fuller and Roger Corman. The VHS of this film is probably as old as the movie itself so I can't vouch for the transfer but it was once again shot in black and white and like man other Wenders films could probably use a restoration. |
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Posts: 3916 (27-Jul-08 04:14 AM) Moderator |
Talladega Nights (2006)
Well it was starting on cable and I figured "to hell with it". Although the film started off in grand fashion and my sore throat was in agony from laughing so hard particularly when everyone was gathered together to say grace and Ricky Bobby had to insist on picturing his Jesus as a baby. I could care less about racing but the culture seemed somewhat well represented and I'm not going to get all on the grand bandwagon, but I feel like I can see Step Brothers without much backup now. |
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Posts: 3919 (29-Jul-08 03:02 PM) Moderator |
Shaolin Soccer (2001) - Stephen Chow
Yes another example of why Miramax blows children as a distribution company. They dropped the ball on this and thankfully the fallout wasn't too great. Entertaining as films go and not without its ridiculous humor the picture certainly falls into the "tries to hard" mold and the final soccer match goes on just a few minutes too long. Can't say much of this is worth taking seriously but certainly a good time and hardly a waste. |
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Posts: 2536 ( 9-Sep-08 08:36 PM) Administrator |
Some of the better films I have watched ...
-- The Banishment (Russia) -- Boy A (UK) -- Wall E (US) ... will give more comments when I have time |
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Posts: 29 (17-Sep-08 10:58 AM) |
Touch of Evil
I can live with Charlton Heston as the Mexican Mike Vargas, but Orson Welles is hideously creepy. The Life & Death of Colonel Blimp Anton Walbrook is awesome and Deborah Kerr plays 3 women. The Great Yokai War Miike's children's film is utterly bizarre and also, touching about the bullied Tadashi who is chosen to be a Kirin rider and save Tokyo. |
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Posts: 165 (26-Sep-08 07:35 PM) |
Well, i've been enjoying the delights of the little known but fairly wonderful Alice Guy-Blaché, early female cinema pioneer, maker of hundreds of films;
dramas, comedies and documents of life- romany dances, a footballing dog, images of Spain, amputation operation comedy, and so many others i'm hoping to
find...
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Posts: 539 (29-Sep-08 06:06 AM) |
tzarine, I, too, recently watched Touch of Evil. It's always been rated so highly. But I was really disappointed.
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Posts: 2954 (26-Oct-08 09:07 PM) Moderator |
@ John
Wow, what a coincidence! I also looked around on the net for some Alice Guy Blaché films at the end of September, when I rediscovered a book about her on my bookshelf. Where did you find her films (is there a DVD or a particularly resourceful website)? @ Sara On Wednesday I talked with a friend, who considers Touch of Evil not only one of the greatest films ever made, but also as his No.1 favorite film of all time. I too was disappointed when I first saw the movie some 5 years ago on TV (I actually disliked the film). But subsequently, I started to think deifferently about it, and since I saw the opening sequence shot again by chance, a couple of weeks ago, on a great looking DVD, I'm starting to think that this classic might finally become one of my favorites, when i see it again. Too bad it's one of the many mutilated Welles' films, we will never be able to see in its intended version...
"Filmmaking is an exercise in paranoia. When one writes, the goal is to relate every scene to your main character, to
your theme. That's exactly how paranoid schizophrenics look at the world. They believe everything in the universe revolves around them. So in effect, all
characters in a film would only be truly conscious if they were paranoid." (Darren Aronofsky)
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Posts: 2567 (26-Oct-08 10:39 PM) Administrator |
Hi to all
I had so much to say, but so littleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee time ... Among the few that I would be keen to review or will be reviewing are the following -- Cape No.7 -- Taiwan submission to Oscar (broken ALL TIME Chinese films record in Taiwan) -- Painted Skin -- Hong Kong Submission to Oscar -- Crossing -- Korea submission to Oscar -- Welcome to the Sticks -- Broken ALL TIME record in France -- Tropa De Elite (Brazil) -- Berlin Golden Bear Winner -- Sita Sings The Blues (USA) -- Annecy Winner, also, Berlin Special Mention -- Idiots and Angels (USA) -- Annecy Special Distinction -- What on Earth Have I Done Wrong (Taiwan) -- Fipresci award for Golden Horse FF -- Blindness (Canada) -- Cannes Film Festival -- The Wave (Germany) etc and of course whatever that is great from the 5 film festivals in Singapore ... * clap * Now ... I am just wondering -- Whether I should keep these as the "present" for the NEW SITE ... ha ha ha (maybe we will launch it on 1 Dec 2008 or 1 Jan 2009)?! a NEW BEGINNING?! rgds hengcs |
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Posts: 32 ( 4-Dec-08 11:50 PM) |
All About Lili Chouchou.
Depressing, but utterly gripping view of Japanese school life and the transformative value of art. |
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Posts: 2587 ( 6-Dec-08 12:10 AM) Administrator |
Hey, glad that you are back
I have watched it too ... I think we used to have a thread on it too ... now only left with a simple article http://foreignfilms.yuku....s-General.html#reply-3945 rgds |
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Posts: 2632 (15-Jun-09 10:32 PM) Administrator |
A lot of films ... but across the last three months
(in part becos Singapore just have had its Intl Film Fest, European Film Fest, Italian Film Fest, etc etc etc) ... can't rem all now ... but a few that still stick (1) Seraphine (2009) (France) - lots of accolades (2) Nobody to Watch Over Me (2009) (Japan) (3) The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) (Germany) - Oscar nominee (4) Rainbow Troops (2008) (Indonesia) - Oscar submission, box office record in Indonesia (5) Flame and Citron (2007) (Denmark) - a box office hit (6) The Girl by the Lake (2007) (Italy) - quite some awards (7) Time to Die (2007) (Poland) - (  Magnus (2007) (Estonia) - a very very controversial film
rgds
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