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Martin Lindberg

Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:08:54 +1200

Ever since I first read about Terence Malick's Tree of Life I've been wondering with increasing irritation why it's never mentioned that Patrick White wrote the novel.

Until today, when it suddenly dawned on me that Patrick White's (excellent) book is called Tree of Man.

Ah well, brain rot...

Jackie Clark

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:30:03 +1200

Along the lines of wanting to see stuff, and the money thing, one of the things I mean to do every year is rock along to the Documentary Festival wit a couple of my friends who do that whole "20 films in 2 weeks" thing. And every year, I do…

Martin Lindberg

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:26:52 +1200

Which reminds me – why is it that people are happy to watch foreign-language cartoons dubbed into English, but turn their noses up at the same for live-action films?

Well, the cartoons are by definition already dubbed. Those animated characters can't really speak by themselves. Real actors can. Still, I'm…

Craig Ranapia

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 08:06:55 +1200

Which reminds me – why is it that people are happy to watch foreign-language cartoons dubbed into English, but turn their noses up at the same for live-action films?

When I tooking the younglings to see Ponyo, the only screening that worked was the Japanese ;anguage version amd I had…

Steve Parks

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:58:52 +1200

…four and a half hour Mysteries of Lisbon sound like great fun.

Four and a half hours!
But yes, it does sound good. Will have to check that out.

As for von Trier, I hated Dancer in the Dark, but I suppose I should give his films another…

Robyn Gallagher

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 20:09:50 +1200

I’ll wait for Arrietty (first touted as “The Borrower Arrietty”) to come out with English dialogue

Which reminds me – why is it that people are happy to watch foreign-language cartoons dubbed into English, but turn their noses up at the same for live-action films? The English script still has…

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:00:16 +1200

Others on my still to be radically trimmed longlist include A Boatload of Wild Irishmen,

Walked into a pub?

Islander

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:58:49 +1200

I’ll wait for Arrietty (first touted as “The Borrower Arrietty”) to come out with English dialogue..and see if anyone in the family has access to a 3D player for “The Cave of Forgotten Dreams” (archaeologists have been raving about it! And I have all the books available in English on…

Aquila G

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:39:06 +1200

I'll be lining up to sit in Skycity Theatre's very uncomfortable seats, because some of those documentaries do look great, and I find I don't get around to obtaining and close watching them on DVD.

I'm gleefully enjoying the "what would you say to a doco in 3D..." *wince* "...…

Kumara Republic

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 14:05:23 +1200

It's "Palme d'Or," not "Palm D'Or."

Actually, didn't you mean, "Facepalme d'Or?"

Leopold

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:14:43 +1200

Thanks

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 13:08:50 +1200

Leopold:

Tweet from @nzff:

As long as it's a full membership, they can get the Film Society ticket price at other Festival locations.

Hope that helped.

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:28:13 +1200

Just wondering – Do Chch film Society members, if they venture North or South, get the same discounts as 'home' FS members for the respective festivals?

I believe that's always been the case, but will double check.

Sacha

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:22:55 +1200

Emily Watson

Still one of the most astonishing performances I've ever seen – at a Festival screening, too. Haunting. And an Oscar best actress nomination for her first movie role.

Josh Addison

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:16:56 +1200

At one point in Hobo With A Shotgun, Rutger Hauer's character begs on a sidewalk with the sign I AM TIRED NEED $ FOR LAWNMOWER – particularly compelling, since both of those statements apply to me at the moment.

Leopold

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:52:06 +1200

Just wondering – Do Chch film Society members, if they venture North or South, get the same discounts as 'home' FS members for the respective festivals? And any thought of FS members in other centres providing accommodation for such film refugees?
(Sorry – can't oblige myself – we already have…

Danielle

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:33:24 +1200

Breaking the Waves kicked my ass so much that I have never been able to bring myself to watch another of von Trier's films (or hear 'Life on Mars' without thinking of poor Emily Watson). I am a wimp. Or someone with a finely tuned instinct for self-preservation.

I am…

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:21:31 +1200

Also, what do you have against Malick and von Trier?

Malick’s films are a succession of astoundingly beautiful images that end up being much less than the sum of their parts. As for von Trier – well, I can really do without the increasingly sour and nasty misogyny. At least…

Hugh Lilly

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:17:18 +1200

It's "Palme d'Or," not "Palm D'Or."

Also, what do you have against Malick and von Trier?

Craig Ranapia

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:15:35 +1200

Erm… end lecture.

Please don’t – it was shiny. I just have a weak spot for cheesy SF apocalypses set to Steven Tyler power ballards. Armageddon, sigh…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKAn1HvmRXM

Isaac Freeman

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:08:34 +1200

The thing is, the Yamato wasn’t just any battleship. It was the pride of the fleet, and promoted by the wartime government as the very symbol of an aggressive modern Japan. Yamato was an ancient name for Japan, and for the dominant Japanese ethnic group. Its sinking was a crucial…

Public Address

Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:08:34 +1200

Discussion from blog post.