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• I caught a few last week. - TAFKA Steve 15:17:03 08/13/01 (3)
  In Reply to: Criterion to release "Deep Throat" posted by Victor Khomenko on August 13, 2001 at 05:45:20:

  Went to a nice "art house" theater in Madison, Wisconsin last week and saw "Princess and the Warrior", "Sexy Beast", and "The Closet". Concerning the first: I can't believe that Tykwer made another film with a happy ending! What's happening to that depressing German film tradition we know and love? Kingsley's Don Logan in "Sexy Beast" is so frightening that I'd take him over Richard Hatch on Survivor Island any day. Almost lost a kidney laughing at Depardieu ending up in a sanitarium in "The Closet" (also, is it possible for a man to fit into a suit worse than Depardieu on company picture day?).

  My shipment of DVDs came in with four from Japan ("Double Suicide", "Maborosi", "After Life" and "Fireworks"), "Quills", and "A Map of the World", so I've got some catching up to do with my viewing.
  
  

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  • Re: I caught a few last week. - Victor Khomenko 16:32:17 08/13/01 (2)
    In Reply to: I caught a few last week. posted by TAFKA Steve on August 13, 2001 at 15:17:03:

    I haven't seen the Princess yet, and it is probably getting too late to catch it at the theater - no?

    Both the Beast and Closet are most definitely worth watching. What percentage of the dialog in the Beast did you get? Don't tell me 100%, as I hardly need another reason for depression... not until I replace my car.

    I have walked by the Maborosi on the shelf several times, each time meaning to rent it. Thanks for this gentle push...
    
    

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    • Re: I caught a few last week. - TAFKA Steve 04:15:51 08/14/01 (1)
      In Reply to: Re: I caught a few last week. posted by Victor Khomenko on August 13, 2001 at 16:32:17:

      > > What percentage of the dialog in the Beast did you get? < <

      Probably less than 50%. I am hoping I can turn on the English subtitles when the DVD comes out (remember the subtitled bar sequence in "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels"?). My friend in London claims he didn't do much better. Maybe the boulder needs subtitles, too.

      I bought the Japanese DVDs as an excuse to practice the language before my upcoming trip to Japan. And I am doing deep knee squats to practice aiming over those seatless toilets (I don't want to fall in). I remember my grandmother telling me that when she first came to the U.S. in the early 1900's, she stood up on top of the toilet seat (there's a visual gag worthy of Jacque Tati).
      
      

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      • Thanks, you made my morning! - Victor Khomenko 04:47:36 08/14/01 (0)
        In Reply to: Re: I caught a few last week. posted by TAFKA Steve on August 14, 2001 at 04:15:51:

        I did rather poorly on this one - I usually manage better on British ganster films - but the sound was way too quiet in the theater, so I had to strain my hearing a bit. Good point about the subs, amazingly I had to resort to English subs in some schenes of Ivan the Terrible, so I never turned them off. Could that be that I need to polish my Russian before my next trip there?

        And every time I recall that boulder scene I smile.

        And Japan and its toilets? Japan is one of the most comfortable places to visit... my wife would kill for another chance to go there, beautiful and wonderful people, serene and friendly. I envy you.

        So the Japanese toilet makes you uneasy? Man, and I have to go to Russia... There was a joke many years back about a guy displaying the Siberian toilet at an international show. It consisted of two birch (of course it HAD to be birsh... the most Russian wood of all Russian woods...) sticks. You would stick one in the ground and hang your clothes on it. The second one you would use to fend off the wolves.

        Sometimes I feel so homesick I could walk from Alaska to Chukotka on water...
        
        

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• Is that the director's cut and is it widescreen or the pan & scan version? ;^) - Audiophilander 12:57:53 08/13/01 (2)
  In Reply to: Criterion to release "Deep Throat" posted by Victor Khomenko on August 13, 2001 at 05:45:20:

  > > > "Anyway, all this has little to do with fine movies (but neither do the dinosaur films... really...) so feel free to shot it down." < < <

  Okay Victor, if you insist, I'll take a shot: Your knocking the Jurassic Park films is a subjective opinion and you're certainly entitled to it. However, some of us may love the dinosaur films and not enjoy those low budget snoozers which pass for intellectually stimulating film entertainment (i.e., I occasionally describe these movies, unjustly or not, as "art house films" regardless of how wide an audience they manage to reach). Note: What I'm REALLY refering to aren't high quality low budget personal films, but rather critically acclaimed cinema which certain Grey Poupon critics like that turns out to be "plotless wonders" (i.e., stream of consciousness films) and the so-called "chic-flicks" which are little more than Harlequin romances transferred to raw film stock.

  Furthermore, ballroom dancing such as the Samba (i.e., I prefer to call it the Somnambulist), etc., is REAL boring old fart stuff! Sheeeesh, I'd rather be entertained watching kinescopes of the Lawrence Welk Show; if there is a hell, THAT would be it! BTW, people who like this tired sh*t already have their eye on a park bench and checkers in my humblist of humble opinions.

  Of course, this is just my vigorous viewpoint; YM (using a walker) MV.

  Rock on!
  AuPh ;o)
  
  
  

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  • Re: Is that the director's cut and is it widescreen or the pan & scan version? ;^) - Rich 14:39:21 08/13/01 (1)
    In Reply to: Is that the director's cut and is it widescreen or the pan & scan version? ;^) posted by Audiophilander on August 13, 2001 at 12:57:53:

    ***"plotless wonders" (i.e., stream of consciousness films)***

    Art doesn't require "plot."
    
    

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    • You say that "Art doesn't require plot," but... - Audiophilander 13:21:05 08/14/01 (0)
      In Reply to: Re: Is that the director's cut and is it widescreen or the pan & scan version? ;^) posted by Rich on August 13, 2001 at 14:39:21:

      ... shouldn't it at least receive last rites after dying at the box office???

      Third time's charmed, I hope! Maybe this bit of humor will be a tad funnier than the cremation gag (I could almost hear the "boos" from coast to coast after that twisted comment!). Note: Creating humor has a lot in common with sausage and legislation (i.e., making either is NOT a pretty sight and for Congressional interns it can be downright deadly)! :o)

      AuPh
      
      

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• Re: Criterion to release "Deep Throat" - Doug A 07:53:32 08/13/01 (0)
  In Reply to: Criterion to release "Deep Throat" posted by Victor Khomenko on August 13, 2001 at 05:45:20:

  Sorry guys, just thought this group was getting too slow. At least I have an excuse for the last few weeks, but has anyone seen anything a notch above a dinasaur movie?

  Watched some of the Criterion "Seven Samurai" with the commentary track. Does that count? IMO it's the best commentary track I've ever heard.

  But at least I saw a couple of nice Samba Shows in Rio...

  I'm envious. If you wouldn't mind, perhaps you could post something about them in the music forum?

  
  
  
  

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