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Post by sqwerty on Sept 8, 2016 10:46:30 GMT
The originals always seem to be better than the Hollywood remakes.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Sept 8, 2016 12:22:42 GMT
That's certainly true, just as it is of TV series. I believe the remake of The Italian Job was quite well regarded but I haven't seen it so can't comment. Both in English of course but I think the original was entirely British and didn't have a Hollywood connection. That said, the original isn't really a very good film, it just has a couple of standout moments and quotable bits that make it a classic. Sorry, that's off topic.
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Post by Miranda on Sept 8, 2016 15:25:00 GMT
From what I've heard the remake of The Italian Job is a completely different film. I love the original but it is definitely of its time.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 12:59:32 GMT
On the recommendation of my sister, I got Pan's Labyrinth, which was written and directed by Guillermo del Toro.
Made in 2006, it is a Spanish fantasy film set in 1944, a few years after the Spanish Civil War. It tells the story of 11 year old Ofelia who travels with her pregnant but sickly mother Carmen to meet Captain Vidal, her new, extremely cruel, stepfather. Vidal is the son of a famed commander who died in Morocco, and believes strongly in Falangism; he has been assigned to hunt down republican rebels, and is very cruel in this task, wiling to torture and kill in the performance of his duty. Ofelia's story becomes bound up with the tale of Princess Moanna, whose father is the king of the underworld, visits the human world, where the sunlight blinds her and erases her memory. She becomes mortal and dies. The king believes that eventually, her spirit will return to the underworld, so he builds labyrinths (which act as portals) around the world in preparation for her return.
It is a well made film which deals with how this story is eventually resolved. I will not say more, except to recommend it to anybody who likes foreign films, or fantasy films.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Nov 28, 2019 13:15:11 GMT
I was lent a DVD of The Lives of Others, an Oscar-winning German film about the Stasi's listening activities and the effect of snooping on others on one of those doing the surveillance. Haven't watched it yet but am told it's very atmospheric. Thematically it is similar to The Conversation, the earlier Gene Hackman film which I have seen and which is very disturbing.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 28, 2019 14:26:36 GMT
A few days ago -- when I posted the closing theme to the film on the film theme thread -- I had intended to mention Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko, a Japanese historical film about a group of woman in late Edo period Japan who wanted to leave their husbands but who, because of the law were prevented from doing so. Based on the true story of the Tokei-ji, a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Japan that became a refuge for battered wives, and eventually a place where women could go to divorce their husbands, if they stayed there for two years; because it had government backing, husbands had to allow the divorce, refusal to do so, could have serious consequences for the husband.
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Post by Miranda on Nov 29, 2019 0:32:50 GMT
Pan's Labyrinth is a superb film.
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Post by marion on Nov 29, 2019 11:33:46 GMT
I was lent a DVD of The Lives of Others, an Oscar-winning German film about the Stasi's listening activities and the effect of snooping on others on one of those doing the surveillance. Haven't watched it yet but am told it's very atmospheric. Thematically it is similar to The Conversation, the earlier Gene Hackman film which I have seen and which is very disturbing. You are in for a treat, it is a great film.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Nov 29, 2019 11:50:18 GMT
Good, I'll look forward to it! I haven't watched it yet as I don't have enough plug points by the TV so have to fiddle about unplugging the PVR and plugging this in. Which takes about 30 seconds ... but you have inspired me to watch it!
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Post by yankee on Nov 29, 2019 16:12:02 GMT
My last "old fashioned" big heavy TV had built-in VCR and DVD right in the front bottom panel.
It was SOOO convenient to not have to fuss with extra electrics plugs or patching cords.
While I love the new digital HD flat panel TVs I do wish they made them with at least a DVD tray in the side (like on a laptop computer)
I have a large DVD collection and so I have to have a Blu-ray player plugged in.
I'm kinda fussy minimalist and I dont like lots of different components and wires and such on the TV stand.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Nov 29, 2019 16:15:51 GMT
Yes, I do wonder if our desire to have everything online will backfire on us at some point! I had to replace my PVR a while ago, so lost everything that was on its hard drive. I knew that would happen and it only had TV shows recorded that will be repeated at some point, but what we have gained in aesthetics and streamlining, we have lost in functionality.
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