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krj
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response 150 of 241:
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Nov 3 05:33 UTC 1999 |
Leslie and I saw "Yellow Submarine" at the Michigan Screening Room tonight.
Um, I loved hearing the Beatles songs in six-track stereo. Wow!
As for the story: well, the trailer for "Being John Malkovich" was
the dramatic highlight of the evening. :)
Yes, Attention John Cusack Fans!! "Being John Malkovich," starring Your Idol,
opens Friday at the Michigan and runs for about a week, with shows spread
between both screens. When's the Grexpedition?
Also at the Michigan this month is a festival of free silent films on
Tuesday nights. And at the end of the month we get the latest of Gillian
Anderson's restorations of silent music scores: Douglas Fairbanks in
"Robin Hood," with a live orchestral accompaniment. The Lillian Gish show
I saw with the live orchestra a year or so ago was just dazzling.
I sure hope I can make it to this one.
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scg
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response 151 of 241:
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Nov 3 05:56 UTC 1999 |
I'd like to suggest that the Being John Malkovich Grexpedition be a night when
it's showing in the old theater. The new one has nice sound, but it lacks
the character.
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gull
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response 152 of 241:
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Nov 3 16:48 UTC 1999 |
Re #150: How long is Yellow Sub going to be showing?
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otaking
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response 153 of 241:
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Nov 3 16:57 UTC 1999 |
Re #150: Gillian Anderson is restoring silent musical scores?
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remmers
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response 154 of 241:
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Nov 3 18:22 UTC 1999 |
(The Gillian Anderson referred to in resp:150 is not the same person
that stars in "The X Files".)
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otaking
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response 155 of 241:
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Nov 3 20:11 UTC 1999 |
Thanks for clearing that up.
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jazz
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response 156 of 241:
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Nov 4 13:07 UTC 1999 |
Re #152:
Today is, I understand, the last showing.
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krj
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response 157 of 241:
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Nov 5 07:34 UTC 1999 |
The Gillian Anderson in resp:150 is a musicologist -- I believe she is
associated with the Library of Congress -- who resurrects
lost orchestral film scores and then brings the film, and the score,
on a short nationwide tour. We're incredibly lucky that Ann Arbor is one
of her regular stops.
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bdh3
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response 158 of 241:
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Nov 6 05:42 UTC 1999 |
Bought and watched _Taxi Driver_. Somehow I missed it before.
Awesome flick. Makes me want to go out and assassinate President Raygun
(Note to Secret Service and Echalon: its a joke, Raygun is no longer
President, chill out.) The next time you hire a cab in Chicago or NYC
that is not driven by a pakistani, chechen, ukranian, polack, or black,
think to yourself 'what the fuck is the problem with this white guy and
why am I in the same car with him'.
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omni
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response 159 of 241:
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Nov 6 08:25 UTC 1999 |
Didja recognize the guy who was out to kill his old lady? That was Marty
Scorsese himself. Taxi Driver is an awesome flick. Still frightening after
all these years and that in itself is a tribute to the brilliance of DeNiro
and Scorsese.
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otaking
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response 160 of 241:
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Nov 6 21:27 UTC 1999 |
MONONOKE HIME (or Princess Mononoke) - A-
This was the first anime dub that I have enjoyed. The film was as good as I
remember it. It had a compelling story and wonderful animation. Hopefully,
more theaters than the Maple 3 on 15 Mile and Telegraph will carry it. If you
love anime, SEE THIS MOVIE. If you've never watchd anime before, try this one.
It is one of the best ever made.
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richard
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response 161 of 241:
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Nov 6 21:29 UTC 1999 |
"BEING JOHN MALKOVICH"-- Easily the best and most original film of the
year-- John Cusak plays a puppeteer who while working a menial office job
discovers a hole behind a filing cabinet, that is actually a portal into
the head of real-life actor John Malkovich. Go through this portal and
you are actually inside the head of Malkovich and can see what he sees
and feel what he feels. Of course you can only stay in the portal for 15
minutes and then you get dumped on the side of the highway on the New
Jersey turnpike. Cusack and a female co-worker go into business selling
entrance to the portal to anyone who wants to *really* know what it is
like being a celebrity. Things get complicated when Cusack's wife, played
by Cameron Diaz, goes into the portal and as Malkovich has a fling with
Cusack's co-worker.
There is a lot more to this film but I dont want toi give it away. The
movie is a wonderful commentary on celebrity worship and also the desire
we all have from time to time to actually be in someone else's body. The
performances are great, especially John Malkovich as himself (he might
earn an academy award nomination for playing himself!)
Go see "Being John Malkovich"-- best film of the year. ****
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flem
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response 162 of 241:
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Nov 6 23:54 UTC 1999 |
I saw "Stigmata" at the Fox Village theater yesterday. Not great, but
an enjoyable movie. The Catholic Church plays a large part in this
movie, and for once, was treated with a certain amount of respect and
dignity. The characterization was somewhat half-hearted, especially as
regards motivation, and the main plot device is questionable at best,
but overall, I think this was one of the more enjoyable and original
thrillers that I've seen in a while. A solid B, even with a C- in the
preview metric.
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remmers
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response 163 of 241:
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Nov 7 01:28 UTC 1999 |
Re resp:159 - Martin Scorsese also "appears" -- in a sense -- in his
latest film, "Bringing Out the Dead" (now in theaters everywhere).
For 3 trivia points, identify Scorsese's role.
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danr
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response 164 of 241:
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Nov 8 00:28 UTC 1999 |
I second the nomination for "Being John Malkovich."
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bdh3
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response 165 of 241:
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Nov 8 06:56 UTC 1999 |
Mary Wilson and I watched the ST:NG film - 'Revolution'? or something
like that? - where Picard meets his soul mate. Anyway, its the one
where Data goes 'rogue' and the 'primary directive' is in question.
(No spoilers so far.) The Enterprise jetisons 'warp core' at one point.
They got a new 'core' in this out of the way primitive quadrant or are
they gonna travel back to 'civilization' on 'impulse' alone?
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yashika
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response 166 of 241:
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Nov 8 07:03 UTC 1999 |
list
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omni
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response 167 of 241:
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Nov 8 09:59 UTC 1999 |
How about a voice on the radio. He "played" a dispatcher.
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md
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response 168 of 241:
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Nov 8 13:25 UTC 1999 |
I took my kids to see THREE TO TANGO (B-), because
everything else looked dreary and too long. It turns
out to be the best Mathew Perry movie I've ever seen,
even better than the Windows 95 Video Guide. Perry
himself was not at his best, however. He seemed
piqued at having to do his Chandler Bing character
from "Friends" yet again on the big screen. The
premise -- girl-crazy architect wins $90 mil project
and gets to room with Neve Campbell all because
everyone thinks he's gay -- didn't need the elaborate
and overlong setup it gets. Once it gets going,
though, the writers and director have tremendous
slapstick fun with it for about 45 minutes. Alas,
they then expected me to wipe the tears from my eyes,
clear my throat, sit up straight, and start taking these
cartoon characters and their contrived woes seriously.
There's even a message in there, toward the end, about
how we should accept ourselves and each other for what
we are. Gee, never heard that before, thanks for the
tip. The movie will be much more enjoyable when it
comes out on video and you can fast forward though all
the crap.
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mooncat
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response 169 of 241:
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Nov 8 14:09 UTC 1999 |
I have to agree that "Being John Malkovich" is a most fun movie.
I'm not sure I completely agree with Richard's synopsis of it, butI won't get
into that now. The characters are entertaining, and John Malkovich was a
great sport for even just agreeing to this project.
I highly reccomend it.
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jiffer
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response 170 of 241:
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Nov 8 19:06 UTC 1999 |
oh! I get to see "Being John Malkovich" tonight! yay!
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qui1
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response 171 of 241:
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Nov 9 01:12 UTC 1999 |
Ugh, I saw "The Bone Collector"... bad film. It was a lot like "Seven" and
very predictable. I have been waiting for a good scary movie for quite
some time, I'll keep waiting.
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aaron
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response 172 of 241:
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Nov 9 22:21 UTC 1999 |
The Bone Collector was not quite as dark as Seven, but it is safe to say
that if you don't like one, you probably won't like the other. Predictable?
You can predict the plot elements of the ending, yes. This film inspires
the question of what makes for better entertainment -- a movie where you
have enough clues to figure out the ending, where you are not given enough
information to figure it out (but the killer is among the cast of
characters), or where the hunt is for an unknown killer outside the cast
of characters. I think option 1 is best, but it is difficult to pull off.
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jazz
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response 173 of 241:
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Nov 10 12:57 UTC 1999 |
"Kiss the Girls" did a fairly good job of that, though it's
storytelling was too disjointed for me to really enjoy the fact.
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md
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response 174 of 241:
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Nov 20 15:16 UTC 1999 |
THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH (C) -- I think that was
the title. It's the new James Bond movie, with
an increasingly old-looking Pierce Brosnan, whose
Bond will have to start carrying cyanide
suppositories in a few years, plus Denise Richards
as a nuclear scientist (!), and lots and lots of
explosions and lethal gadgets. It's hard to get
*too* curmudgeonly about such a movie: if you
didn't know what you were getting into when you
bought the ticket, you need to get out more. It
had some respectably tense moments, and the FX are
okay. (This movie is a good litmus test for the
sincerity of your feminist feelings, btw. The more
it pisses you off, the more sincere you are.)
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