Sukhov
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3 minutes ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
I still cannot believe the costumes from FUNNY GIRL did NOT get nominated. They are contemporary, yet convincingly period. Feel how you want to about the film and everything, but the wardrobe is ON POINT.
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The Felons - This film is from Yugoslavia. The framing story is of the man talking to two criminals. He describes how he joined a dissident group during the Nazi occupation and was imprisoned. The film chronicles the arrest and terrible torture he is put through in prison. This is a decent dramatic film but nothing special.
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10 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
Oh aye. I should have 'avoided this topic' ...to pander to his conspiracy theory, yes...
Hey no one said anything about any "conspiracy theories." It's just a bit funny how he predicted exactly what would happen.
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5 hours ago, cigarjoe said:
I'm sure Sarge will have one for ya.
Well you certainly called it!
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Akseleratka - This is the Russian version of the Martial Arts movies. Irina Shmeleva plays Anuta, a young girl who wishes to become a police detective. The police tell Anuta she is much too young and inexperienced to join the force so she sets out to prove them wrong. With her boyfriend Kuzey, they try to infiltrate a carjacking ring. In dubiously choreographed scenes she fights the carjackers with karate. This is a pretty interesting action film and is worth a view if you come across it.
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4 minutes ago, Sgt_Markoff said:
'A Man Needs a Maid' --Neil Young
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One of my favorite old slang words is "23 Skidoo." It's such an odd phrase. 23 skidoo (sometimes 23 skiddoo) is an American slang phrase popularized during the early 20th century. It generally refers to leaving quickly, being forced to leave quickly by someone else, or taking advantage of a propitious opportunity to leave, that is, "getting [out] while the getting's good." The exact origin of the phrase is uncertain.
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Yeah, it was taken off the schedule a while ago. Hopefully they reschedule it sometime in the near future.
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Maybe he briefly changed his name to avoid going to Vietnam.
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On 2/8/2019 at 3:08 PM, GordonCole said:
Right on. Bizarrely as I wrote my post I was thinking that Paths of Glory really was All Quiet on the Western Front's chief contender for great anti-war movie, so thanx for bringing it up.
For me, The Star (2002 remake of the 53 classic) ranks up there with All Quiet as one of my favorite anti-war films of all time. The scene where the soldier returns to his village to find all the civilians hanging from nooses by the Germans is very powerful.
Paths of Glory as mentioned before is also a favorite.
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14 hours ago, Det Jim McLeod said:
Still back slapping and agreeing with Gordon Cole?
I think there are good actors and actresses working today.
I sometimes go to films with the following people because I admire their work:
Johnny Depp
Bradley Cooper
John C Reilly
Frances McDormand
Saoirse Ronan
Sally Hawkins
My favorite actor of today is probably Kyle Maclachlan.
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17 hours ago, Sepiatone said:
Or maybe not enough GLUTEN!
Sepiatone
Or Steaks and red meats.
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To people from the UK, Americans don't even speak English at all!
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From the foreign editions-
Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Danish edition
The Children of the Swallow, Costas Vrettakos, Greek edition
Pathfinder, Nils Gaup, Norwegian edition (but Saami language)
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My top FF films of 1987
1. Wings of Desire, Wim Wenders, Germany
2. Babette’s Feast, Gabriel Axel, Denmark
3. Pelle the Conqueror, Bille August, Denmark/Sweden
4. Au Revoir les Enfants, Louis Malle, France
5. Dark Eyes, Nikita Mikhalkov, Italy/USSR
6. Akseleratka, Aleksey Korenev, Russia
7. A Chinese Ghost Story, Ching Siu-Tung, Hong Kong
8. Yeelen aka Brightness, Souleymane Cisse, Mali
9. Project A 2, Jackie Chan, Hong Kong
10. The Felons, Franci Slak, Yugoslavia
A Broad Bellflower, Kyun Soon Joo, North Korea
The Country I Saw, Eun-hie Choi, Sang-ok Shin, North Korea
Zombie 5: Killing Birds, Claudio Lattanzi, Joe D'Amato, Italy
I've also seen...
Nekromantik, Jörg Buttgereit, Germany
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2 hours ago, TikiSoo said:
Was that the one where Tea Leoni falls in love with Woody?
Everything was good except that "fantasy" ending.
Jade Scorpion is the one where the magician tricks Helen Hunt and Woody Allen into falling in love everytime they hear the words "Constantinople" and "Madagascar."
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47 minutes ago, NickAndNora34 said:
Personally, he creeps me out a little bit. It's not just one, but at least 3 of his films that deal with either having an established relationship with an underage or young girl, or pursuing an underage or young girl. I could handle 1 single film dealing with this topic, but 3? I prefer other things of his like "Radio Days" or "Manhattan Murder Mystery." You can just choose to have discretion when picking one of his movies to watch.
That being said, I can understand why he would be upset if Amazon really did sign official documents and are now trying to back out of their deal.
My favorite film of his is The Curse of the Jade Scorpion. I don't get why it was so critically panned. I thought it was a funny send up to screwball comedies and mystery films of the 30s.
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7 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
My biggest issue with it is the preemption of the regular programs like TCM Imports, Silent Sundays, Noir Alley, and TCM Underground, all of which could still be done within the 31 Days of Oscar parameters.
I agree but on the other hand it is pretty hard to think of Oscar nominated films that would fit in TCM Underground (barring the David Lynch ones of course).
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RIP. My favorite Finney role-
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4 minutes ago, Dargo said:
I dunno Sepia, but this sure sounds to ME as if you might still be nursing a little grudge here that we don't ALSO have big celebrations every year for St. Stanislaus.
(...of Poland)
Or they could just rename St. Patrick's Day to "Slavic Patrick's Day" and that would work too.
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My list-
Amarcord
Brazil
Cannibal Holocaust
Deer Hunter
Enter the Dragon
Funny Games
Goldfinger
Hitler Goes Kaput
In the Mood For Love
Jaws
Klute
Liebe Dein Symptom wie Dich selbst!
Marketa Lazarová
Network
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Pervert's Guide to Ideology
Quest for Fire
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Stalker
Touki Bouki
Untergang
Valhalla Rising
White Sun of the Desert
X The Man With The Xray Eyes
Yo Yo
Zvezda (2002)
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2 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said:
However, if he does choose to sue them he opens his life up to investigation and A legal process known as discovery, and something tells me that’s not exactly the route he wants to go.
Has he actually broken any laws though? I know many consider him creepy but I don't think he has really done anything illegal.
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Your Favourite Foreign Language Films
in Your Favorites
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A Broad Bellflower - This one is pure romance and has almost no propaganda at all in it. An elderly man returns to his hometown with his son and reflects on the love he left behind. He wanted to marry the woman but her jealous sister who feared being left alone (now the head chairwoman/ mayor of the town) ruined things for them. This one has Bollywood style musical interludes sprinkled throughout it. A bit stale but still decent. The lack of propaganda in this one makes it more enjoyable than most films from this country. I also liked the shots of the countryside. This film was also screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia.