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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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