So, my feeling that I had seen him before was probably incorrect? (Unless I saw pictures of him when he was a model?)
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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sumi - Aug 06, 2005 9:39:47 am PDT #6361 of 10002
Art Crawl!!!
Zenkitty - Aug 06, 2005 5:56:51 pm PDT #6362 of 10002
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
A friend of mine wants a list of movies with "beautiful dancing" in them. I haven't really seen enough to give her many recommendations beyond Strictly Ballroom and Dirty Dancing. And I'd like to see more, too. So... anyone want to add their recs to the list?
§ ita § - Aug 06, 2005 5:58:51 pm PDT #6363 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Lambada: The Forbidden Dance -- okay, maybe not beautiful. Never saw it. Do you know what she means by beautiful? Would Flashdance or Footloose or Breakdance II: Electric Boogaloo count?
DebetEsse - Aug 06, 2005 6:01:11 pm PDT #6364 of 10002
Woe to the fucking wicked.
How does she define "beautiful dancing"?
Because "White Nights" is really impressive, but very not "Dirty Dancing"
Kate P. - Aug 06, 2005 6:03:46 pm PDT #6365 of 10002
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
Mad Hot Ballroom
Sue - Aug 06, 2005 6:09:00 pm PDT #6366 of 10002
hip deep in pie
My mind instantly goes to old movies. Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly. Top Hat. Singing in the rain. An American in Paris. Busby Berkely movies. Someone else will know better recs, this is not really my area.
Also, The Red Shoes by Powell and Pressburger.
juliana - Aug 06, 2005 7:06:08 pm PDT #6367 of 10002
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
The original Shall We Dance? has some lovely stuff in there.
Glamcookie - Aug 06, 2005 7:32:11 pm PDT #6368 of 10002
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We watched Leave Her To Heaven the other night. Gene Tierney rocks in it, playing a really evil demon woman.
Scrappy - Aug 06, 2005 8:39:51 pm PDT #6369 of 10002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
We saw The Aristocrats tonight. Funny and filthy, just as I expected. Worth seeing if you like comedy or like exploring the creative impulse. There is a mime in it who is actually hilarious--go figure.
Beverly - Aug 06, 2005 9:20:26 pm PDT #6370 of 10002
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
She might like The Tango Lesson. It's a b&w indie, and excessively introspective, but there is very nice dancing.
I went with a friend to see Ladies in Lavender, and I know what you're all thinking. I'm a huge fan of both Maggie Smith and Judi Dench, dames as awarded, and they were both wonderful in this--Dench was luminous.
I look at her raddled and ruined in Chocolat and then in this she just glowed. Inappropriately, yes, but marvelous all the same. The interiors were dark and small and confining, full of musty old framed photos and dark furniture and squeaky wood floors where every footfall sounded hollow. Daylight streaming in windows beckoned to the freedom of the sea and the fields, and made the fusty interiors darker and smaller by contrast.
The younger characters were well-played, but the two women were the stars, and despite the fact they're well past "middle age," they delivered the sorts of performances their reputations are built on. Yes, the story is far-fetched and overly sentimental, but Smith and Dench play it very real, and very human. I'd see it again.