'Just Rewards (2)'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
FWIW, I really really love The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Put it on the short list of accessible French films. That is, if you like the melody that is played with considerable variety all through the movie, where every line of dialogue is sung, including details of car repair....
It's one of those movies where dropping acid before viewing would only be redundant.
FWIW, I really really love The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Put it on the short list of accessible French films. That is, if you like the melody that is played with considerable variety all through the movie, where every line of dialogue is sung, including details of car repair....
Oh, I wasn't dissing The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (although I prefer the Les Demoiselles de Rochefort). Since I teach French film, there are a lot of French films in my queue, and it is not a bizarre recommendation in and of itself. It was just the "if you're interested in this, you might like this" non-sequitor that threw me.
Ah! I see -- and totally forgot your dayjob, too.
Somewhat related: the only French movie I've ever seen was Danton. I should probably fix that.
Somewhat related: the only French movie I've ever seen was Danton.
Try EYES WITHOUT A FACE. It was the feel good movie of whatever year it came out.
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Because the title is really what makes that reccomendation.
Try EYES WITHOUT A FACE. It was the feel good movie of whatever year it came out.
It's the feelgood movie of every year! We watch it every Christmas and Arbor Day.
Danton
Good movie. Worst dubbing job ever.
It really was! I think I wrote a five-page letter during the film.
Not quite movies, but I spent the morning minding the babby whilst JZ slept and poking around on the Avengers Forever website.
It's one of the coolest and most comprehensive show sites ever, and explains all the backstory on how/why Linda Thorson got cast, the great producer putsch of the last season, who Elizabeth Shepard was and with a lot of cool analysis and tidbits.
Sort of like the Buffy guide once was. But more comprehensive.
Damn. The Buffyguide was sooo good at one point.
Still also missing The Eleventh Hour.