Oh! Even though the filmmaker was Italian and some of the actors French, most of the characters in The Battle of Algiers are Muslim, African, and highly sympathetic, even when they start killing innocent people.
My whole life just flashed before my eyes! I gotta get me a life!
Xander ,'Dirty Girls'
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Hayden - Oct 27, 2006 9:02:03 pm PDT #5200 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
esse - Oct 28, 2006 1:52:29 am PDT #5201 of 10001
S to the A -- using they/them pronouns!
I think you could probably make a case for "Kung Fu Hustle" as a modern-day interpretation of classic noir in an Asian culture. Maybe show it alongside a similarly themed noir to draw those elements from it.
Frankenbuddha - Oct 28, 2006 2:26:00 am PDT #5202 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Emmett has decided he needs to see all the original horror movies.
He's probably old enough that you can throw in some of the classic Hammer versions too, and spark some comparison/contrast discussions. Probably still too early for the 70s soft-core lesbian vampire Hammer era, though.
Sue - Oct 28, 2006 5:46:21 am PDT #5203 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Megan, there's an Nigerian playwright, Wole Soyinka, who's adapted Shakespeare plays, but I don't know if any of them were ever filmed.
DavidS - Oct 28, 2006 5:48:27 am PDT #5204 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Probably still too early for the 70s soft-core lesbian vampire Hammer era, though.
Well, they are showing Vampyros Lesbos on cable right now.
Theodosia - Oct 28, 2006 7:01:12 am PDT #5205 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Ooh! I noticed Shaun of the Dead is on the SciFi channel tonight!
beekaytee - Oct 28, 2006 7:07:22 am PDT #5206 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Debet-That is such a good point about the widower being the one to live. So deeply sad in the existential, damn EVerybody lost in this scenario, sort of way. Good catch, I never even thought about that.
DebetEsse - Oct 28, 2006 9:40:38 am PDT #5207 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Thanks. That and Hugh's character being unable to drown himself in the sink both really struck me (the latter in retrospect)
eleanor - Oct 28, 2006 9:45:19 am PDT #5208 of 10001
There are no pan asian supermarkets down in hell, so you can't buy Golden Boy peanuts.
I would also love to do a Western literary classic that has been interpreted by different cultures.
Does Carmen count as a literary classic? Because then you have lots of adaptations to choose from and most of them are musicals. I know there have been some recent versions from Africa ( Karmen Gei from Senegal and another one from South Africa)... and looking through IMDB it seems every country is represented.
megan walker - Oct 28, 2006 11:03:52 am PDT #5209 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Does Carmen count as a literary classic? Because then you have lots of adaptations to choose from and most of them are musicals. I know there have been some recent versions from Africa ( Karmen Gei from Senegal and another one from South Africa)... and looking through IMDB it seems every country is represented.
Oooh, that is a good idea. Not only is it French, but I've actually seen multiple versions (including one with disco lighting that was frightful) and own a bi-lingual copy of the libretto. And I do really want to include more from Africa.