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Buffista Movies 6: lies and videotape  

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.


beekaytee - Aug 13, 2007 12:36:31 pm PDT #867 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Has anyone seen Broken English?


Hayden - Aug 13, 2007 2:09:12 pm PDT #868 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

The music was credited to Nick Angel because it's his name.

The commentary on the deleted scenes* pointed out that a picture of the detective Angel was replacing (with the big beard) was actually Nick Angel.

* I only listened to the commentary on the deleted scenes because I was curious why they'd cut some of them. Some seemed fairly organic to the plot.


Polter-Cow - Aug 13, 2007 11:01:53 pm PDT #869 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I finally saw Ratatouille ! It was thoroughly entertaining. I feel like in a non-Pixar movie, Remy would have just been able to talk to Linguini, but they wanted a challenge. And the added hilarity. And poignancy. And misunderstandingcy.


beekaytee - Aug 14, 2007 5:45:11 am PDT #870 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant

Now _I've_ seen Broken English and quite enjoyed it. Parker Posey at her cringe inducing best. Fairly predictable plot, but I really liked the performances.

Then, in a weird, art imitating life moment, a male audience member latched onto my friend and me...telling us his sad tale of relationship woe. And in a perfect us-being-who-we-are moment, my friend invited the wounded soul to dine with us...I encouraged him to seek counseling. Yay me with the NOT!rescuing.

The whole thing was completely apropos of the film's primary themes.


Volans - Aug 14, 2007 10:47:17 am PDT #871 of 10000
move out and draw fire

Anybody seen "Cafe Flesh?"

I thought I was the only person who had seen it, but I was attempting to gloss Children of Men for a spoilerphobe friend who hadn't heard of it, and he said, "Oh! Like Cafe Flesh!" (which, not really, but now I'm wondering how well-known Cafe Flesh is)


Hayden - Aug 14, 2007 11:28:57 am PDT #872 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

The missus and I took advantage of baby day at the Alamo to go see Stardust, which she'd been dying to see. Unfortunately, it was sort of a turd. In fact, even though I'm not that crazy about the story the movie is based on (I mean, I like it pretty well, I guess), just about every deviation from the story made the movie a crappier spectacle. It also seemed to be about 13 hrs long, most of which stemmed from the far-too-overwritten roles for the name stars of the flick. The only worthwhile part of the latter half was Ricky Gervais doing a sword-and-sorcery version of David Brent, and that wasn't worth too much.


Hayden - Aug 14, 2007 11:32:57 am PDT #873 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Glancing back, there didn't seem to be too many other Stardust-hatas other than me & Mr. Jessica. Ethan, my man!


sj - Aug 14, 2007 11:34:49 am PDT #874 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Glancing back, there didn't seem to be too many other Stardust-hatas other than me & Mr. Jessica. Ethan, my man!

Add me to that list.


Hayden - Aug 14, 2007 12:03:14 pm PDT #875 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

SJ, my chica!


DavidS - Aug 14, 2007 4:45:59 pm PDT #876 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Anybody seen "Cafe Flesh?"

Not only have I seen it, I own Rinse Dream's (Richard Sayadian's) other film, the semi-porn, dayglo remake of Dr. Caligari.

Then I went back and watched his actual porn films including Party Doll A Go Go parts 1 and 2.

Which love both as porn and humor. Oh, he also did the first two movies in the well regarded Night Dreams series. Which are basically the more porny versions of Dr. Caligari.

I've always wanted to write an article about him. That was the last time porn film production had any kind of crossover with the mainstream.