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11.17pm
22 November 2014
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Oudis said
I have seen In Bruges, @mithveaen and I’ve seen A Clockwork Orange, @The John, and I consider them both masterpieces –different genres, but both masterpieces nonetheless.
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thisbirdhasflownI Think that Rolling Stone should do a cover story of The Rolling Stones covering "Like a Rolling Stone" or if a Type of Beetle was named after The Beatles.
1.24am
2 July 2014
Offline Seems like a lot of people are talking about Inception. Has anyone seen Interstellar? I personally thought it was amazing (though I was a bit sleepy during the first third, I quickly jolted into complete alertness the rest of the movie). Shame I didn’t get to see it in 3D; it was the kind of movie that would’ve by 10x better with it. But ah well, it was great without it!
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4.25am
15 May 2014
Offline I’ve just seen Hugo, the 2011 Martin Scorsese film that won five Oscars (that doesn’t necessarily mean anything, but in this case I think it does) with Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jude Law, and Christopher Lee. Wonderful film, I recommend it to all of you who haven’t seen it yet.
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parlance“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
9.29pm
15 May 2014
Offline I came across this clip browsing and searching on You Tube: The Top 10 Villains in Cinema History (Best-Acted). I’m proud to say I’ve seen most of the films. I thought you guys might enjoy it; I have.
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Von Bontee“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
9.52pm
14 December 2009
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What was #4, Oudis? I didn’t recognize that one at all, but I’ve seen all the rest except for “The Dark Knight”, which I gave up on after half an hour.
Best thing I’ve seen recently is the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
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12.27pm
8 January 2015
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Oudis said
I have seen In Bruges, @mithveaen and I’ve seen A Clockwork Orange, @The John, and I consider them both masterpieces –different genres, but both masterpieces nonetheless.
I have a friend who raves about every John Michael McDonagh movie or any movie Brendan Gleeson is in and so not only have I seen In Bruges but The Guard and I’m going to watch Calvary when I can. I don’t know how he does it, he makes movies that shouldn’t work but work wonderfully.
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OudisI'm like Necko only I'm a bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin and also everyone. Or is everyone me? Now I'm a confused bassist ukulele guitar synthesizer kazoo penguin everyone who is definitely not @Joe. This has been true for 2016 & 2017 
but I may have to get more specific in the future.
2.39pm
8 November 2012
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A couple of days ago, my boss was describing a crazy French movie he caught on cable. When he mentioned that a family was having dinner and suddenly the Army Reserve rushes in to the dining room, I piped up excitedly, “The Discreet Charm of the Petty Bourgeoisie?” He asked if I’d caught it too that night. But I’d seen it in college, and I remember I couldn’t stop laughing. I should watch it again.
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5.05pm
1 December 2009
Offline “Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, wow, that’s another classic I’ve yet to see. If only there were some method whereby my choice films could be transmitted directly into my house for a fee.
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parlanceGEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
5.44pm
18 January 2014
Offline Von Bontee said
What was #4, Oudis? I didn’t recognize that one at all, but I’ve seen all the rest except for “The Dark Knight”, which I gave up on after half an hour.Best thing I’ve seen recently is the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis”.
#4 was Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional.
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vonbontee, parlance, Oudis5.55pm
1 December 2009
Offline Oh hey, wait, I actually did see that, or the second half of it anyways! Caught it on tv a coupla years ago, not bad…Natalie Portman as a teenage girl with a hitman for a friend and mentor. I didn’t recognize Gary Oldman, but then I never seem to recognize him.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
10.02pm
15 May 2014
Offline 4or5Magicians said
Von Bontee said
What was #4, Oudis? I didn’t recognize that one at all, but I’ve seen all the rest except for “The Dark Knight”, which I gave up on after half an hour.
Best thing I’ve seen recently is the Coen brothers’ “Inside Llewyn Davis”.#4 was Gary Oldman in Léon: The Professional.
vonbontee said
Oh hey, wait, I actually did see that, or the second half of it anyways! Caught it on tv a coupla years ago, not bad…Natalie Portman as a teenage girl with a hitman for a friend and mentor. I didn’t recognize Gary Oldman, but then I never seem to recognize him.
Watch it again, @Von Bontee; you won’t regret it. By the way, Ralph Fiennes as Amon Göth (or “Goeth” in English) is the only one of these villains based on an actual person.
“Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit” (“Perhaps one day it will be a pleasure to look back on even this”; Virgil, The Aeneid, Book 1, line 203, where Aeneas says this to his men after the shipwreck that put them on the shores of Africa)
10.10pm
22 September 2014
Offline I thought Hannibal Lecter was based on an actual person. This article seems to suggest that. This is the salient quote:
When the 25th anniversary edition of The Silence of the Lambs novel was released, Thomas Harris included a new introduction that sent shivers up and down the spines of Hannibal fans. According to the author himself, Lecter was based on a little-known Mexican murderer he dubbed “Dr. Salazar.” The two met in the early 1960s when Harris was a journalist doing a story on Dykes Askew Simmons, an American murderer serving time in a Monterrey prison.
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OudisI say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.
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10.16pm
22 September 2014
Offline Maybe “Buffalo Bill” too?
Buffalo Bill
Thomas Harris clearly used real-life models for the other serial killer in The Silence of the Lambs. Jame Gumb (a.k.a. “Buffalo Bill”) resembles serial killer Ed Gein, who also served as the model for Norman Bates in the movie Psycho. Gein, who lived in the heartlands of Wisconsin in the 1950s, was a quiet and introverted man who bore the scars of an overbearing mother. He had considered undergoing a sex-change operation to relieve his misery, but given the strictures of his small-town existence, he ultimately decided against it. What he did instead was dress in women’s skin. Gein, like Gumb, killed women, skinned them, tanned their hides, and wore the results. Gein also fashioned lampshades and bracelets out of loose ends, and even made a bowl out of a woman’s skull.
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OudisI say in speeches that a plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive at least a little bit. I am then asked if I know of any artists who pulled that off. I reply, 'The Beatles did'.
Kurt Vonnegut, Timequake, 1997
10.18pm
1 December 2009
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Oh, I’d happily watch the entire film if I ever noticed it showing up on broadcast tv, might even buy the DVD if I find it in a store for less than $5 or so.
GEORGE: In fact, The Detroit Sound. JOHN: In fact, yes. GEORGE: In fact, yeah. Tamla-Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles. JOHN: We like Marvin Gaye. GEORGE: The Impressions PAUL & GEORGE: Mary Wells. GEORGE: The Exciters. RINGO: Chuck Jackson. JOHN: To name but eighty.
11.41am
8 September 2014
Offline Has anyone else watched the Imitation Game? I enjoyed it though…
The end was sad 
. I felt bad for Alan Turing.
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.” - John Lennon.
2.13pm
8 November 2012
Offline LittleBeatlemaniac said
Has anyone else watched the Imitation Game? I enjoyed it though…
I haven’t, but it’s on my list.
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LittleBeatlemaniac8.51pm
14 December 2009
Offline Oh, the Alan Turing thing – I wouldn’t mind seeing that as well.
I can never remember its title, for some reason. I thought you two were referring to some “Hunger Games” sequel or ripoff or whatever.
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9.28pm
Reviewers
29 August 2013
Offline vonbontee said
“Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, wow, that’s another classic I’ve yet to see. If only there were some method whereby my choice films could be transmitted directly into my house for a fee.
I’ve never been a big fan of French cinema, though I enjoy some of the films. Last Year at Marienbad just drove me crazy and probably gave me a bad vibe about French cinema that is no doubt undeserved.
I should keep an eye on this thread, I’m not sure why I haven’t before; years ago I did a few hundred reviews for a local DVD / bluray website – I was one of their feature reviewers and they supplied me with all of the discs. I still have a backlog of around 80 films / series I need to catch up on as I spent so long doing the reviews. I really like Chinese and Hong Kong cinema – John Woo is my favourite director from that part of the world and Kung Fu Hustle my favourite Asian film. I’m probably one of the few people who didn’t really like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – for me it is a pale imitation of many many other better Asian movies.
My favourite film overall is 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have seen it at the cinema around a dozen times and at home many more. I have books on its making and drive my kids crazy when I talk about it as they all hate it, and I can understand why they do. I am a big fan of early Kubrick (Paths of Glory is outstanding) but not so much his later work.
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9.47pm
14 December 2009
Offline Just like a friend of mine – he insists that most Kubrick is overrated but raves about “Paths of Glory” and “The Killing”. (For my part, I though “Barry Lyndon” was his last fully satisfying film.)
Would LOVE To see “2001” on an actual cinema screen! (Especially back in ’68 when tripping hippies would allegedly show up and lay on the floor grooving during the stargate sequence)
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9.54pm
Reviewers
29 August 2013
Offline Von Bontee said
Just like a friend of mine – he insists that most Kubrick is overrated but raves about “Paths of Glory” and “The Killing”. (For my part, I though “Barry Lyndon” was his last fully satisfying film.)
Pretty much my thoughts as well. Further on my 2001 obsession; when I was 13 I was given a book of 10 cinema tickets as a gift from all the family, I went to see 2001 on seven successive nights 
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