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'Battle of Algiers' Makes a Comeback |
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12:14 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
Gillo Pontecorvo's 1965 film The Battle of Algiers portrays the urban warfare between Algerians and the French troops occupying their country. The film's raw presentation of a ruthless conflict just years after it occurred left audiences enthralled. The film is now being re-released -- and to some, it conveys a new meaning in light of the US involvement in Iraq. 'Battle of Algiers' Makes a Comeback |
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12:13 am EST, Jan 9, 2004 |
Have you ever paid for a plane ticket and a hotel in order to see a movie? You will, and this is both the movie and the weekend. Your mission: see the film. Quiz at 11. January 11, that is. As always, should you or any of your friends be caught or killed, the Secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions. This recommendation will self-destruct in five seconds ... good luck ... The Battle of Algiers |
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11:16 pm EST, Nov 28, 2003 |
An epic set in Japan during the 1870s which centers on Captain Nathan Algren, an American who is being requested to carry out a very special mission. Captain Algren, a respected colonial military officer, is hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. As the Emperor attempts to eradicate the ancient Imperial Samurai warriors, in preparation for more Westernized and trade-friendly policies, Algren finds himself unexpectedly impressed and influenced by his encounters with the Samurai. This tension places the colonial officer at the center of a struggle between two eras and two worlds, with only his own sense of honor to guide him. You can see a sneak preview of The Last Samurai on Saturday night. Buy your tickets online; there is only one showing. The Last Samurai |
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RE: How to Spread the Word When the Word Is 'Grim' |
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12:46 am EST, Nov 25, 2003 |
Decius wrote:
] People don't shove money at the film industry because
] it expands their understanding. I don't think the money (the cash, that is) has much of anything to do with it. It still would be hard to get people to see "21 Grams" and other films, even if they were giving away the tickets, handing out the DVDs, and posting it online. ] They don't want their understanding expanded. Precisely. ] ... We obviously want two hours of escapism ... I have two questions. 1) What's so wrong with the real world that makes everyone want to get away from it? 2) If everyone is so eager to "escape", who will ever fix the problems? Halfway through the first film, the Matrix trilogy could have been in the mind-expanding category, but it turned out to be just another escapist blur. RE: How to Spread the Word When the Word Is 'Grim' |
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How to Spread the Word When the Word Is 'Grim' |
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12:27 pm EST, Nov 23, 2003 |
For moviegoers, dark films raise a basic question: Why subject yourself to death, devastation and anguish when you can see "Elf" instead? The essential problem may be as simple -- and as complicated -- as the economic structure of the movie business itself. I'll try the straightforward approach: forget "Elf" and go see "21 Grams." How to Spread the Word When the Word Is 'Grim' |
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7:42 pm EDT, Oct 25, 2003 |
Americans love Japan. Japan has always had a cachet of cool, but it was a type of subcultural cool that appealed only to certain tastes. Now, however, Japan's cultural cool is appealing to a wider base ... It only makes sense that American films would want to appropriate this cool. Lost in Translation, Kill Bill, and The Last Samurai all feature American protagonists fighting their way, either figuratively or literally, across the landscape of Japan. ... the essence of being alone in a foreign place ... ... [This] proves the rising power of Japanese popular entertainment [and] provides a way out from the US pop monoculture ... Killing in Translation |
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10:34 am EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
"The Bride" was once part of a group of world class female assassins, until the group leader, "Bill" and the other assassins turn against her. Five years later "The Bride" awakens from the coma the assassins left her in and heads out to seek bloody revenge. Unlike conventional movies, Kill Bill is told in chapter format making the narrative flow more like a book than a film. Uma Thurman stars in Quentin Tarantino's fourth film venture, Kill Bill. Thurman plays a character known as the Bride, a pregnant assassin who is shot by her boss, Bill (David Carradine), on her wedding day, leaving herself and the wedding guests lying for dead. She survives and after being in a coma for five years, she wakes to seek revenge on her co-workers and boss who had attacked her. She sets out to strike down her once fellow assassins, leaving Bill for last. Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) |
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Kill Bill, Volume 1 - Reviews and More | Google News |
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9:44 am EDT, Oct 10, 2003 |
Read all about Kill Bill, Volume 1. Salon didn't care for it. CNN calls it "bloody well done", saying that asking a viewer to talk about the film brought "a pleasured gurgling sound as if he were Homer Simpson viewing a box of doughnuts." They also say that if the audience reacts the way the critics have, the movie will be as big as "The Matrix." The Washington Post's Desson Howe says: He has emerged from years of silence, this Quentin Tarantino. But judging by "Kill Bill, Vol. 1," the first of a two-part pop epic, he hasn't lost a trick. NYT's AO Scott notes that the rated-R film, which he calls "above all, an exercise in style", also "has shootings, stabbings, beatings, beheadings, disembowelings, amputations, mutilations, eye-gougings, slicings, choppings, bitings and a spanking. Also some naughty words." Kill Bill, Volume 1 - Reviews and More | Google News |
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What Else Was Lost In Translation |
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10:20 am EDT, Sep 21, 2003 |
DIRECTOR (in Japanese to the interpreter): The translation is very important, O.K.? The translation.
INTERPRETER: Yes, of course. I understand. ... INTERPRETER (In English, to Bob): Right side. And, uh, with intensity.
BOB: Is that everything? It seemed like he said quite a bit more than that. This is the English translation of a very funny scene from Lost In Translation. What Else Was Lost In Translation |
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9:04 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2003 |
This is an incredible movie. See it. Take kids. If you don't have kids handy, go see it by yourself. Yes, it's *that* good. Five out of five stars. Movie: Whale Rider |
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