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• Panic played in US already... - Harmonia 19:27:50 07/07/01 (0)
  In Reply to: 'Panic' posted by Jeff Starrs on July 05, 2001 at 11:33:39:

  Saw it this spring. Got pretty good reviews here too. I'm always entertained by Mr. Macy, plus I'm amused by the post-TV oddball character actor John Ritter has become.

  Worth a viewing - it has moments - but not my favorite neo-noir by a long shot. (That honor would go to The Grifters, or The Limey or Blood Simple or Red Rock West or The Last Seduction or?????) Panic was in and out of theaters in the Midwest pretty quickly.

  Memento OTOH, has played Indy for ten weeks and even broke out of the art house circuit into the multi-plexes. Hoosiers just love puzzlers, I guess.
  
  

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• Re: 'Panic' - Ears 17:44:50 07/05/01 (0)
  In Reply to: 'Panic' posted by Jeff Starrs on July 05, 2001 at 11:33:39:

  I've seen it. It's out on video in the U.S. I don't think it's as good as the reviews, but it's worth seeing. I thought it was self-conscious and predictible, and the child's dialogue rang very false. Still, it was an engrossing film that I'd recommend.
  
  

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• Sidetrack - Victor Khomenko 11:47:01 07/05/01 (8)
  In Reply to: 'Panic' posted by Jeff Starrs on July 05, 2001 at 11:33:39:

  Have no idea about the Panic, but made a quick circle from Macy to Fargo to Steve Buscemi to "Living in Oblivion". What a delightful little film with human face. Steven is quite good there.

  Sorry for sidetracking, but you know how minds often work...
  
  

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  • Living in Oblivion - Troy 19:57:10 07/05/01 (7)
    In Reply to: Sidetrack posted by Victor Khomenko on July 05, 2001 at 11:47:01:

    Great little movie! One of my favorites on the subject of making movies. Sure to keep anyone from thinking they want to become a indie director!

    "The Bad and the Beautiful" (Kirk Douglas) and "The Big Picture" with Kevin Bacon also come to mind as faves in the genre.
    
    

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    • 8 1/2 - Victor Khomenko 20:43:32 07/05/01 (6)
      In Reply to: Living in Oblivion posted by Troy on July 05, 2001 at 19:57:10:

      The Bad and the Beautiful was very interesting, and let's not forget the great 8 1/2. I have not see The Big Picture - is it worth it?

      
      
      

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      • While we're on the subject, here's 2 more...You must know these... - Harmonia 19:18:07 07/07/01 (4)
        In Reply to: 8 1/2 posted by Victor Khomenko on July 05, 2001 at 20:43:32:

        Day for Night, and the flawed but very entertaining The Stuntman.

        Then there's the ones about TV...My Favorite Year, Soapdish, et al.
        
        

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        • No, don't recall these - Victor Khomenko 18:40:22 07/09/01 (3)
          In Reply to: While we're on the subject, here's 2 more...You must know these... posted by Harmonia on July 07, 2001 at 19:18:07:

          Are they good?
          
          

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          • "The Stuntman" is a good one. - TAFKA Steve 06:01:40 07/10/01 (2)
            In Reply to: No, don't recall these posted by Victor Khomenko on July 09, 2001 at 18:40:22:

            Peter O'Toole plays a maniacal film director who may or may not cross over moral lines to make his film at the expense of his new stuntman--an escaped convict he is harboring from the law.

            And while we're at it, howzabout the Peter Sellers' comedy: "After The Fox"? I loved the parody of filmmaking in a small village, especially when Vittorio De Sica plays himself and demands, "More sand in the desert!"
            
            

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            • De Sica playing De Sica... - Victor Khomenko 08:17:00 07/10/01 (1)
              In Reply to: "The Stuntman" is a good one. posted by TAFKA Steve on July 10, 2001 at 06:01:40:

              ...I like that. Sounds like a winner, need to make a note of that one.
              
              

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              • And Sellers parodies Fellini. - TAFKA Steve 19:15:45 07/10/01 (0)
                In Reply to: De Sica playing De Sica... posted by Victor Khomenko on July 10, 2001 at 08:17:00:

                Well almost. Sellers portrays master criminal 'Aldo Venucci', who in turn portrays mythical film director 'Federico Fabrizi' to get a stolen gold shipment into the country under the guise of making a movie about it. Britt Ekland plays Aldo's zealously-protected sister, 'Gina Romantica'. Best of all, Victor Mature parodies himself as an over-the-hill romantic leading man, 'Tony Powell'. [Mature had no self-illusion of being a great actor and quit acting so that he could play golf. In the '70's, he owned and managed an appliance store in Central L.A. and I remember buying a TV from him. Maybe he sold stereos to some of the members of the Asylum...]

                Add to that Martin Balsam, Akim Tamiroff, and one stone-cold sexy fox whose name escapes me, a script by Neil Simon, cheesy music by Burt Bacharach...and you end up with one goofy movie. Not a complete comic success, but it has some very funny moments.
                
                

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      • The Big Picture - Troy 12:16:31 07/06/01 (0)
        In Reply to: 8 1/2 posted by Victor Khomenko on July 05, 2001 at 20:43:32:

        It's pretty poppy and commercial, but it's also a very biting satire of the Hollywood machine. Martin Short's small part as Kevin Bacon's agent is hilarious.

        Written and directed by Chris Guest and Michael McKean (Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show)
        
        

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