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A Talking Picture (+Um filme falado+), by Manoel de Oliveira.
Breathtakingly bad and pretentious. I don't typically write reviews of films on websites any more, but this one has an enemy in me. It has not a single redeeming quality. Simultaneously vapid and pompous, it features a John Malkovich acting more like an effeminate kitten than his normal reptilian self, a bored Catherine Deneuve, along with a couple of other luminaries that should've known better. I wanted to see all of their characters devoured by sharks. Oliveira's 2003 effort transcends mere badness, becoming a cinematic force of evil. Reading the reviews on imdb.com was good for many laughs. The only people who seemed to like this waste of celluloid were wannabe Europeans from the US, too insecure to trust their judgment that the film sucked. They obviously thought there was something profound to be gleaned ...
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sound against december > > > http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=198683599448
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29-Nov-2009 04:30
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is in theaters now.
I was expecting the worst, release was delayed for a year or more and that often indicates problems.... they had also introduced a woman as a star, a startling turn of events if you know the book.
I was wrong, they did not screw it up and the movie is relatively faithful to the excellent Cormac McCarthy book. But... it is not light fare, it is pretty tough to jollify a thoroughly grim tale of a post apocalyptic world. It is almost but not quite relentlessly grim, a testament to the will to live when there should be none.
The book was truly frightening and so is the movie. Not frightening in the timeworn zombies-roam-the-planet-in-a corny-movie sense, but more in the 'this could happen' sense. This one will haunt me.
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28-Nov-2009 19:21
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I started to voluteered to teach Chinese in one Tibetan school several years ago and it last for a while. Then I am trying to learn Tibetan, Amdo Tibetan. I have no idea how long it will take me to learn it well, but I do wish I could have a little talk with Tibetan, the local next time when I travel there again.
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28-Nov-2009 13:24
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I want to go see alex cornish, but he's supporting sandi thom. Should I just spend the money on laura veirs?
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28-Nov-2009 02:38
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Hagakure - The book of the Samurai
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27-Nov-2009 20:08
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orangutan »
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orangutan »
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would you go to, if you could only choose one:
muse, the killers or yeah, yeah, yeah?
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27-Nov-2009 14:12
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im an artist in houston.
(you'll need to add me, sorry.)
several hundred photos >>> http://www.facebook.com/xombe
others on myspace >>> http://www.myspace.com/xaca
please comment if you like them, thanx.
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26-Nov-2009 19:19
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I will be spending the next three to four months in Kigali. I love to read and would like to take some books with me as well as download several on to my kindle. Any favorites out there? I have a few pertaining to the Genocide. And of course, Gorillas in the mist. Any gems that come to mind? If not, I would take suggestions from any other country in Africa. Thanks!
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24-Nov-2009 03:01
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The Cohen bros. have done it again! Watched it at the cinema last night - nice to see them back in form, as frankly I wasn't that impressed by Burn After Reading. (No Country..., on the other hand, must range as one of the best films of
the decade) What an eccentric, weird and absolutely lovely movie! Hopefully they will keep entertaining us for years to come.
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22-Nov-2009 15:55
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This didn't get many replies on WT so I'll try here too.
I had a chat with some co-workers about the ending & they were the first people I've met who loved the ending. What's your thoughts on the film & the ending?
*Inside to NOT SPOIL it for anyone who haven't seen i*t...
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21-Nov-2009 19:56
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Always been a big fan. It doesn't get much sweeter than this . Thing is, looking back on this clip of James Taylor and J. D. Souther you gotta wonder about the amount of inspirational pharmaceuticals consumed prior to laying down this little number. Enjoy.
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21-Nov-2009 08:30
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It's surprisingly hard to come up with many.
Off the top of my head, I'll go with Desire Under the Elms.
--M.
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21-Nov-2009 06:44
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Have ye noticed that everyone is famous?
I've not heard of most so-called famous people. I've looked them up a few times and they are in, for example, soap operas I've not heard of; or football teams; or are married to someone I've never heard of who is presumed famous.
Oh, to be 'famous'!
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20-Nov-2009 07:31
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"The governing body of world football will have to step up to the plate and accede to our call for a replay" says the chief of Irish football". Stepping up to the plate is something done only in baseball as far as I know. I was surprised to hear the words from an Irishman, particularly in a soccer controversy. Are such Americanisms common in Ireland? Is it the wide influence of American television and movies that is responsible?
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