Posts by andrew llewellyn
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I haven't yet seen one party political broadcast, except at x30 speed.
Ooh, I do hope no-one "connected" sees this, I'd hate to see them paced like DVD Piracy ads, designed to be watched at x30.
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There are two places in New Zealand that I always seem to get lost in - the North Shore (thank god for the Sky Tower to guide me out of there) and Brooklyn in Wellington (and also Brooklyn in New York, but that's another story).
That one-way system in Hastings... on one visit some years ago, there were three occasions I could see the street I wanted, even the house I was to visit, but the road conspired to take me away from my destination...
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BTW, I don't believe Lockwood Smith is a racist, just stupid. Which is a sacking offence in itself, AFAIC.
New Sacking Policy Pushes Unemployment Rate to 35%.
It'd be a lot higher if it only applied to politicians.
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Hah! Dancing Studio Commercial.
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I still can't get my head around the idea that Judi Dench was the original West End Sally Bowles in Cabaret
Someone loaned me an old video of a (poorly) filmed MacBeth with SIr Ian McKEllern and Dame Judi Dench as Lady Mac.
To be honest, it wasx high tedium, but I could see that it would have been gripping if we'd been in the theatre itself.
Anyway, as MacBeth made his first entrance our daughter (who'd have been 12 at the oldest) exclaimed with glee "Gandalf"! And then followed up with a delighted whoop "M"!
And I gave mental thanks to "popular culture" and all her glory.
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What seems to be the problem, Rik?
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Argh! I never made the connection that it was that Maggie Smith.
Mind you, on this sort of thing, I recall being amused that in Polanski's MacBeth, Doyle from The Professionals played Banquo.
Mmmmm.... Francesca Annis
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No (that was only 2 minutes long & had sound).
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And if you're interested, Kurosawa also
Yep, seen 'em all. :) (except The Hidden Fortress, which was remade as Star Wars (for real), I have it on DVD to get to sometime soon)
There are plenty of those of course, but what's the difference between a silent version and a version in a language you don't speak?
Pacing mostly. And this reminds me... I have actually seen a silent version in which Hamlet was a woman (possibly swedish, I can't find a link). That was pretty good.
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Never could abide Shakespeare - except when someone with a gorgeous voice and impeccable delivery is doing the talking.
As part of Shakespearean lit, we were treated to a screening of the highly regarded Russian version of Hamlet
As the film started, it became clear that the print we were watching was without subtitles. I moved from the front of the theatre to the back. The very scary Fr McKay asked me what I was doing. I said "I'm getting closer to the exit."
And really, while I endured 45 minutes or so, and many in the class stayed to the bitter end, I couldn't help questioning the use of seeing Hamlet in Russian to teach us the richness of the play, couldn't they find a silent version or something?