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jor
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response 67 of 144:
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Apr 27 18:52 UTC 2004 |
Crayons --> Perfume
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jor
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response 68 of 144:
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Apr 27 20:27 UTC 2004 |
born 1948, Glasgow, as, get this . .
Marie MacDonald McLaughlin Lawrie
*Who*, *knew*?
I guess with a name like that,
'Lulu' does seem a handy shortcut.
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twenex
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response 69 of 144:
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Apr 27 20:28 UTC 2004 |
Who knew? I knew not.
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trance
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response 70 of 144:
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May 5 21:24 UTC 2004 |
GOOD MOVIES: mosquito coast, real genius, pirates of silicon valley,a
beautiful mind
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remmers
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response 71 of 144:
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May 6 12:38 UTC 2004 |
If it hasn't been mentioned so far - another underappreciated Coen
brothers film is their early gem, "Murphy's Crossing", a beautifully
photographed period piece about Irish gangsters. Oh, those *hats*...
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gregb
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response 72 of 144:
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May 6 14:19 UTC 2004 |
Re. 70: If half of how Steve Jobs was portrayed in the movie was true,
I'd never want to work at Apple. I remember the scene where Jobs is
asking one of his minions...er, employees, "How's it going?" The
slave...er, employee responds, "Good sir. I've been at it almost 70
hours now" while shaking from too much caffine, or worse.
I remember seeing the actor who played jobs at one of Apples big todos,
again playing jobs. After a couple minutes the real Steve came on stage
saying, "No no, your doing it all wrong..." and showed the actor how it
was done. That was pretty cool.
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twenex
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response 73 of 144:
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May 6 14:21 UTC 2004 |
Steve Jobs seems to be one of those people that some people love to hate, and
others love to love. I know Andy Hertzfeld, former employee at Apple and later
part of the team at Eazel that created Nautilus, said that when Jobs left
Apple the company lost its soul. Given the new-found confidence and
profitability at Apple, I'd say there is a good chance he was spot on.
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mcnally
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response 74 of 144:
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May 6 16:19 UTC 2004 |
Or it could just be that they got saddled with John Sculley at that point..
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twenex
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response 75 of 144:
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May 6 16:27 UTC 2004 |
<twenex grins>
Yes, but between Scully and Jobs, the Revenge there were also Markkula and
Gil Amelio. And maybe someone else, so....
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jor
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response 76 of 144:
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May 7 01:56 UTC 2004 |
Unreal. I was in a class with Hertzfeld
in 1978, 'advanced topics in operating systems'.
Thing is, the prof gave me a copy of his paper on
'distributed computing', an early network
effort. It was an example of a better paper.
I *think* I still have it.
"Miller's Crossing"? or "Murphy's War"?
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twenex
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response 77 of 144:
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May 7 23:51 UTC 2004 |
That's cool, jor.
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remmers
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response 78 of 144:
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May 8 01:25 UTC 2004 |
Re #76 re #71: Oops, got the title wrong. It's "Miller's Crossing".
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richard
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response 79 of 144:
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May 14 00:27 UTC 2004 |
JESUS OF MONTREAL-- This is another movie from a few years ago that came
and went under the radar. It was made up in Quebec, and is about a
theater group in Montreal that does a Passion Play, and the play becomes
more and more real. The guy who plays the guy who plays Jesus really
starts to get into the part. I found this to be a quite moving movie,
about the power of belief. Its on video, I'd recommend it as a rental.
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twenex
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response 80 of 144:
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May 14 00:58 UTC 2004 |
That's interesting. The BBC did something a couple of years back (for tv),
which although I didn't watch it seemed based on the same sort of idea. I
wonder if it's a case of independent invention, or if one was based on the
other.
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tsty
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response 81 of 144:
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May 20 03:16 UTC 2004 |
thnking of overlooked movies..... you only need to see this one once, but
... the farmer .... is pretty thought-provoking, to say the least.
btw, NOT for the kiddies under 25-ish.
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jvmv
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response 82 of 144:
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Jun 13 06:23 UTC 2004 |
They mentioned many different good movies but didn't mention American Beauty.
American Beauty is one of the most important movies of the century. 20th
century, i mean. I think that movie have shocked a lot of people, including
those here in this conf, because it exposed the bitter north american pattern
& his innocuous lifestyle. Certainly, American Beauty will be in a lot of
people's memory as a picture faithful of the life & soul of some real
characters.
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tod
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response 83 of 144:
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Jun 14 16:19 UTC 2004 |
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maura
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response 84 of 144:
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Jun 15 04:52 UTC 2004 |
Some of my favorites have been mentioned here, although many don't
really qualify as "underappreciated," such as "The Princess
Bride." "Local Hero," a great movie, solidified my own
Hibernaphilia. How about "Strictly Ballroom," a very funny Australian
film? (Not to mention "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," so much
better than the idiotic American remake "To Wong FU...")
Anything by the Coen brothers is pretty good in my book. "The Big
Lebowski" is one of the best. Since the success of "O Brother Where
Art Thou," though, the Coen brothers can hardly be called
underappreciated.
I am also partial to anything done by Christopher Guest. "A Mighty
Wind" was extremely funny...I love folk music, but the next concert I
attended (John McCutcheon) was made inadvertently funny for me because
of having recently seen "A Mighty Wind"...darned if many of the folk
music cliches that Guest skewered in that movie weren't right there at
the concert... I finally saw "This is Spinal Tap" last year, and
since then my husband and I have seen all of these mockumentaries.
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slynne
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response 85 of 144:
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Jun 15 16:23 UTC 2004 |
I loved "Strictly Ballroom". Usually, I tend to like all of a
director's work but I hated Moulin Rouge so much I couldnt even sit
through it.
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mcnally
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response 86 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:21 UTC 2004 |
Are they the same director?
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mcnally
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response 87 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:23 UTC 2004 |
BTW, I agree with slynne about "Moulin Rouge". I probably would
have walked out if I hadn't had someone else at the movie with me.
I can't say that I loved "Strictly Ballroom", though I thought it
was enjoyable.
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tod
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response 88 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:25 UTC 2004 |
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edina
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response 89 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:31 UTC 2004 |
"Strictly Ballroom", "Romeo and Juliet" (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire
Danes) and "Moulin Rouge" are the Baz Luhrman trifecta.
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slynne
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response 90 of 144:
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Jun 15 17:50 UTC 2004 |
See. I loved that version of "Romeo and Juliet" too! So what was so
terrible about Moulin Rouge. I couldnt believe how much I hated it.
Ok, mcnally, you are now officially on my good list. ;)
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mcnally
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response 91 of 144:
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Jun 15 18:51 UTC 2004 |
Great. Is there some sort of seal-of-approval icon I can put on my web page?
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