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Craig Ranapia

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:11:39 +1300

Triumph of the Wildebeest?

I have a horrible feeling there's a whole channel on Sky dedicated to precisely that...

Steve Parks

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 10:50:45 +1300

I don’t have the numbers to hand, but it looks like the AFS had one of – if not the – best attended opening nights in years. Isabelle Huppert, je t’aime.

I do have the numbers for the Wellington Film Sociey:

“Well, we’ve got off to a good start for…

Rich of Observationz

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:30:33 +1300

[documentaries featuring] Hitler and horny wildlife

Triumph of the Wildebeest?

Craig Ranapia

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:34:08 +1300

Or that maybe just me.

No, it’s not just you. Another quite subtle thing you don’t notice unless it’s done badly (and is near perfect in Russian Ark ) is just blocking scenes with hundreds of extras. The wonderful final sequence, with the camera smoothly drifting down the grand staircase,…

Rex Widerstrom

Tue, 29 Mar 2011 21:09:27 +1300

Russian Ark is just incredible. You just can't help watching in the manner of a small child, expecting that any moment the camera is going to take some dreadful pratfal, or that they're going to trick you and insert an edit somewhere. So you sit with your senses heightened, paying…

Laura Vincent

Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:23:04 +1300

Danielle, I am so heartily in agreement with you about Singin' In The Rain. A full membership, while desirable, wouldn't be so practical right now but the sampler option sounds like a fantastic way to see this beautiful film on a massive screen.

And yeah, it is long, but at…

Neil Morrison

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:55:50 +1300

Pomme eating her apples. She was knowledgeable from the start. So the downfall happens not because of but despite knowledge.

I'm not convinced by the ending. But it's a very French condemnation of the bourgeoisie.

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 21:59:40 +1300

I don't have the numbers to hand, but it looks like the AFS had one of — if not the — best attended opening nights in years. Isabelle Huppert, je t'aime.

Jackie Clark

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 18:06:47 +1300

Oh, I'm not anti people who are intellectual, I just always thought I was intellectual, but since hanging around with you lot, I have discovered that actually? I'm pretty average. Happy to be so, but.

Sacha

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:16:47 +1300

I am becoming distinctly anti-intellectual

though you still have a way to go before qualfiying as a member of the current cabinet

Sacha

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:14:59 +1300

Illustrious Energy
Leon Narbey has a wonderful eye

Danielle

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:11:25 +1300

The one with the doors. Whatever that one is, it’s far too long.

'Broadway Melody'? With (the late and glorious) Cyd Charisse? And her *legs*?

Well, there's nowt so queer as folk.

Sue

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 17:00:38 +1300

also film society do discounts on membership for beneficiaries which is so amazingly wonderful it is wonderfulness itself.

Jackie Clark

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:55:01 +1300

See, I think we should get a group of PASers to go to one of these films, so that you can all explain to me what the fuck is going on. I have decided, after much intellectual exercise, that I am becoming distinctly anti-intellectual, and have been for some time.…

Geoff Lealand

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:34:44 +1300

...and we are getting a very rare screening of my favourite New Zealand film, Illustrious Energy

Graeme Edgeler

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:56:02 +1300

Or you want the giant end number of fabulousness to be chopped in half, which would make the film… somewhat shorter?

The one with the doors. Whatever that one is, it's far too long.

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:44:04 +1300

Venetia:

Thanks you for catching some errors that survived the third proof-reading (honest). If I'm going to keep crowd-sourcing the editorial work like this, I've got to score some prizes.

Venetia King

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 14:13:44 +1300

Another reason: I'm not sure about other centres but as far as I'm aware all the cinemas in Wellington give student concession prices on presentation of a current Film Society membership card. I think that's awesome :)

Craig Ranapia

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 12:05:36 +1300

Nice. Looks like half my family is heading your way this evening. Feel free to engage Jimmy in talk about film. He is perceptive.

Yay! Let's just hope he doesn't take Mme. Huppert as a role model, or things could get dreadfully tense — scowling, aggressive smoking, rough sex and…

giovanni tiso

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:22:57 +1300

I hereby grant Danielle full power of attorney to represent me in this conversation.

Danielle

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:16:09 +1300

I am confused. You want the entire film to be twice as long as the song 'Singin' in the Rain', which would make the film very short? Or you want the giant end number of fabulousness to be chopped in half, which would make the film... somewhat shorter?

Either way,…

Graeme Edgeler

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:09:42 +1300

my favourite movie of all time, Singin’ in the Rain on the big screen

If only that one song was half its length...

Danielle

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:02:49 +1300

I really, really miss Film Society (the kidlet put paid to my membership) and it's a fantastic bargain. Join, you bastards! (Or don't. I don't want to get all up in your respective grills. But it's awesome.)

In fact, the trifecta of The Shop Around the Corner, Viaggio in Italia…

Russell Brown

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:51:21 +1300

Nice. Looks like half my family is heading your way this evening. Feel free to engage Jimmy in talk about film. He is perceptive.

Public Address

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:45:44 +1300

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