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drewmike
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response 65 of 229:
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Jan 11 00:47 UTC 2000 |
Yes, it's okay to satirize public figures, but that seemed a little extreme.
Not that I'm a Jeffries apologist, mind you.
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other
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response 66 of 229:
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Jan 11 14:04 UTC 2000 |
i probably will have to see it again to develop a fuller appreciation of the
value of the singing bit, but at 3 hour and 8 or so minutes running time, it
might have to wait a while.
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remmers
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response 67 of 229:
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Jan 11 14:56 UTC 2000 |
The current running time of "Magnolia" is actually shorter than
Anderson's first cut by 20 minutes or so.
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krj
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response 68 of 229:
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Jan 15 05:48 UTC 2000 |
*** Great Works of the 20th Century Alert ***
The new issue of Jean Renoir's film GRAND ILLUSION *finally* appears
at the Michigan Theatre on Sunday and Monday. Renoir, the son of
the impressionist painter, is one of the greatest film directors,
and this 1930's drama about World War I POWs is one of his two
best known works. It stars French film idol Jean Gabin, France's answer
to Clark Gable. I haven't seen it in a decade, so I'm looking forward
to this.
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mcnally
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response 69 of 229:
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Jan 15 06:10 UTC 2000 |
Somehow I knew that it would happen while I was out of town..
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bdh3
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response 70 of 229:
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Jan 15 09:15 UTC 2000 |
I am about half way through viewing _The Matrix_ on VHS. A good flik.
Whats-her-name just back from a week 'on the job' in California did
comment "Wouldn't this be better if we were doing drugs?" - no
I don't think she's even 'done drugs' (I have, and yes). But anyway,
its an excellent derivitive work of Kronenberg's _Videodrome_ sure to
have any psychotherapist dealing with a 'borderline schitzo' or worse
client muttering "OH SHIT" under their breath. We passed on it in the
cinema format but look forward to the next two sequels.
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jazz
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response 71 of 229:
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Jan 15 12:12 UTC 2000 |
Kronenberg re-wrote _Videodeome_ with a more modern set and budget in
the recent _eXistenZ_. It's not quite as compelling, but it's more
disturbing. Well worth the video rental.
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krj
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response 72 of 229:
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Jan 17 05:41 UTC 2000 |
The International Channel is having a Samurai Movie Festival this month.
I stumbled across the first film in the LONE WOLF & CUB series last
weekend but I didn't realize that they were showing two per weekend
from that series, so all that are left are #5 and #6 next weekend.
They'll follow up with a Toshiro Mifune film.
http://www.i-channel.com for the schedule information.
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carson
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response 73 of 229:
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Jan 17 06:20 UTC 2000 |
(I didn't know there WAS a Lone Wolf & Cub movie series...)
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krj
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response 74 of 229:
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Jan 17 06:43 UTC 2000 |
Apparently the International Channel samurai festival is a promotion
for video releases of all these films.
See http://www.videoz.com for even more information.
And I found a pretty good "Lone Wolf & Cub" movie page, too.
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remmers
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response 75 of 229:
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Jan 17 14:21 UTC 2000 |
Re #70, #71: It's "Cronenberg", with a "C".
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tpryan
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response 76 of 229:
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Jan 17 17:19 UTC 2000 |
I finally got to see and enjoy Toy Story 2 and Galaxy Quest this
weekend. I think I was the one in the theature laughing the most.
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omni
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response 77 of 229:
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Jan 17 19:41 UTC 2000 |
Double feature on cable:
I want to live!- Story of Barbara Graham played to excellence by Susan
Hayward. Graham was a woman who was a forger, check passer, prostitute, but
what got her was a charge of murder. She was accused of killing an old lady.
but she swears she was at home with her kid. Of course, there are no witnesses
that could place her there. The criminologist that was hired for the appeal
said that her personality was not of a killer, and that the killer was right
handed, Graham was a leftie which is something the LAPD chose to ignore.
Another one of those could be innocent things. Graham died in the gas chamber
at the Q in 1960 something. Very intense ending. worth renting. 3 1/2 stars.
Mr Blandings builds his dream house- Cary Grant, Myrna Loy and Melvyn
Douglas combine to make building a house in Conneticutt sound like the easiest
thing on earth, yet it turns into a money pit. Excellent script, acting and
photograpy by James Wong Howe. 4 stars.
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mary
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response 78 of 229:
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Jan 17 21:12 UTC 2000 |
I finally rented "Life is Beautiful". Ack. I'm probably one of
the few people alive who found the film tedious and way over-everything.
I wanted to smack the guy upside the head and eliminate all sugar from
his diet.
I did like "U Turn".
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mcnally
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response 79 of 229:
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Jan 17 22:29 UTC 2000 |
Was over at some friends' house Friday and rented "Out of Sight", which I
had initially ignored because George Clooney was featured prominently on
all of the promotional materials I'd seen. Despite the Clooney factor it
was a very enjoyable film. For those who haven't seen it, it's director
Steven Soderbergh's shot at filming an Elmore Leonard novel.
Not surprisingly the movie bears a strong resemblance to "Get Shorty" and
"Jackie Brown" (also based on Leonard's novels,) but that's not a bad thing..
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remmers
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response 80 of 229:
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Jan 18 00:43 UTC 2000 |
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remmers
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response 81 of 229:
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Jan 18 01:14 UTC 2000 |
Yeah, "Out of Sight" is my favorite excellent-movie-that-didn't-win-
any-awards from 1998.
Caught "Grand Illusion" today at the Michigan. I'd seen it before,
but not since the 1960's. Great film, beautifully restored.
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senna
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response 82 of 229:
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Jan 18 01:23 UTC 2000 |
I finally saw Mystery Men. It was wonderful. Two instances alone make it
worth the view.
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krj
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response 83 of 229:
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Jan 18 05:51 UTC 2000 |
Leslie and I saw the last showing of "Grand Illusion" at the
Michigan today. The new print is beautiful. I was glad to be able to
introduce Leslie to one of my favorite films, now I need to rummage
around and find my Renoir videotape collection.
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mcnally
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response 84 of 229:
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Jan 18 06:23 UTC 2000 |
re #80: I think that of those three films ("Get Shorty", "Jackie Brown",
and "Out of Sight") I liked "Get Shorty" best, but "Out of Sight" was
quite enjoyable.
But can anyone explain to me what the title has to do with anything in
the movie?
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md
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response 85 of 229:
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Jan 18 12:33 UTC 2000 |
I wondered about that myself. Is it "out of sight"
as in "fantasic, wonderful, etc." or as in "out of
sight, out of mind"? The latter doesn't fit, because
Clooney and Lopez's characters were never far from
each other's thoughts.
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remmers
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response 86 of 229:
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Jan 18 17:11 UTC 2000 |
I assumed that the title referred to the loot they were trying to
find toward the end of the film.
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remmers
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response 87 of 229:
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Jan 18 17:13 UTC 2000 |
And re the comparison of "Out of Sight" with "Jackie Brown" (which
I liked about equally) -- there's the trivia tidbit that Michael
Keaton has an unbilled cameo in "Out of Sight" playing the same
character that he did in "Jackie Brown".
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mcnally
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response 88 of 229:
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Jan 19 03:10 UTC 2000 |
Arrgghh! I *knew* there was something about his character's name in
"Out of Sight" that seemed familiar but I couldn't figure out what it
was since I only saw "Jackie Brown" once and while my memory is good,
it's not *that* good. That explains the frisson of deja vu..
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sno
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response 89 of 229:
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Jan 20 02:06 UTC 2000 |
Three Kings - what a waste of film and time.
Three opportunist soldiers with time on their hands at the end of the
Kuwait liberation war (a.k.a. Desert Storm) decide to stage a raid on
Hussein's stolen Kuwaiti gold. Of course things don't go according to
plans. Stale war afterthought.
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