Public Address | Cafe | Random Play: The movie that cried out to be made https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Paul Brislen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85997#post85997 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85997#post85997 Bollocks! Bollocks! Crikey dick.

I miss Bruno Lawrence. And his shotgun.

]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:13:40 +1300 81stcolumn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85921#post85921 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85921#post85921 Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:37:51 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85757#post85757 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85757#post85757 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:37:56 +1300 andrew llewellyn https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85756#post85756 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85756#post85756 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:37:34 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85747#post85747 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85747#post85747 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 12:12:05 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85667#post85667 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85667#post85667 Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:34:46 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85661#post85661 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85661#post85661 Far be it from me to be a spoiler — and please go see it, if you must — but we thought it the most trite, sentimental, predictable, cornball, overblown epic ever. And I’ve seen some clunkers from the Fifties — which stand up better for their sheer camp value.… ]]> Sun, 14 Dec 2008 08:41:44 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85513#post85513 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85513#post85513 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:21:32 +1300 snakeoil https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85507#post85507 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85507#post85507 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:31:55 +1300 Paul Dowden https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85468#post85468 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85468#post85468 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:15:42 +1300 Lyndon Hood https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85456#post85456 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85456#post85456 a yellow mini showing up in the 1800 would just wrongMagic realism. Problem solved. ]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:38:55 +1300 Felix Marwick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85450#post85450 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85450#post85450 New Zealand concept to the Film Commission you would probably get a swag of funding. ]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:11:50 +1300 Aquila G https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85449#post85449 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85449#post85449 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 15:09:54 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85442#post85442 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85442#post85442 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:46:50 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85430#post85430 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85430#post85430 Ah but there's the big problem, a real dilemma: a yellow mini showing up in the 1800 would just wrong – but equally it would be really really symbolic – you can see how a director would be torn – I think you take the wheels off and have it… ]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 14:10:58 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85410#post85410 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85410#post85410

“Vincent would just be coming in about now”

Too true. Imagine his frustrated directorial ambition if he had been born in sunny California instead of gloomy old enzed.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:28:03 +1300 Paul Campbell https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85409#post85409 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85409#post85409 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:27:36 +1300 Paul Litterick https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85400#post85400 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85400#post85400 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:47:35 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85399#post85399 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85399#post85399

I was considering going to TDtheESS tomorrow but I am relieved now that I have avoided ruining my weekend.

A rating of 15% on 'rotten tomatoes'....That translates roughly as 'appallingly bad. Avoid at all costs'.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:45:41 +1300 Bob Munro https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85390#post85390 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85390#post85390 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:30:30 +1300 Geoff Lealand https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85381#post85381 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85381#post85381 Yes, but how do we get a yellow mini into it too?

Thanks for the tip, Graham. I was considering going to TDtheESS tomorrow but I am relieved now that I have avoided ruining my weekend.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:17:46 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85334#post85334 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85334#post85334 the symbolism.......the symbolism..........

Otherwise, thanks for that Graham. I do like to see truly bad films get the treatment they deserve.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:59:58 +1300 Public Servant on a tea-break. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85330#post85330 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85330#post85330 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:36:17 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85328#post85328 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85328#post85328 Here's my idea for a movie I'd like to see made:

Working title: Arms Race
Synopsis: A cross between Sleeping Dogs, Crash, Death Wish, La Haine, A Better Tomorrow, and Reservoir Dogs, set mostly in present-day South Auckland.

]]> Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:12:14 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85327#post85327 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/random-play-the-movie-that-cried-out-to-be/?p=85327#post85327 Discussion from blog post.

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