michaeldangero
Joined Jan 2004
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What strikes me as funny & ironic is how important "the board" deems their role, when (what's the theater-to-DVD average these days? 3 months?) several months later, all the cuts (mostly of non-mainstream sex or frank sexual discussion[!]) will be returned intact when released on DVD. Now several things are guaranteed: * It will be bragged about on the movie case ("INCLUDES DELETED SCENES TOO SHOCKING FOR THEATERS!") * It will be roughly 3x cheaper to rent it then to pay the cinema ticket price ($3/overnight rental - $9 General Admission) * It will be far easier for ANYone to see.
No wonder they are so secretive about their identities -- I WANT TO GET PAID $30K/year to watch movies!! I would guard that job with my life!
The ONLY problem I had with this excellent documentary...is that I didn't make myself first.
No wonder they are so secretive about their identities -- I WANT TO GET PAID $30K/year to watch movies!! I would guard that job with my life!
The ONLY problem I had with this excellent documentary...is that I didn't make myself first.
"Husbands" is one of those few precious films that you've never seen anything quite like before. I like that. I love these guys' performances. Cassavetes is an actor's director, he lets his actors explore their characters, not just walk in and say a few lines.
I can see patterns in my own friends, and friendships. It's interesting to watch how Archie (Falk) and Harry (Gazzara) hover around their center, Gus (Cassavetes), and are jealous and even loathe of one another. Their camaraderie shines through in my 2 favorite scenes, the two longest scenes of the movie: the sing-a-long contest where they really appear not only to be drinking, but really drunk; and the scene in the London casino where they shoot crap and chat up women.
True genius.
I can see patterns in my own friends, and friendships. It's interesting to watch how Archie (Falk) and Harry (Gazzara) hover around their center, Gus (Cassavetes), and are jealous and even loathe of one another. Their camaraderie shines through in my 2 favorite scenes, the two longest scenes of the movie: the sing-a-long contest where they really appear not only to be drinking, but really drunk; and the scene in the London casino where they shoot crap and chat up women.
True genius.
Suffice to say that -- despite the odd ludicrous panegyric of your posted comment regarding "Dead Babies," one can only conclude that your animosity directed towards this little gem of a film is most likely due to your resemblance of one of the film's two utterly pathetic characters. "Giles"? Or are you more like "Keith"?
It's ironic to me the energy it must have taken to not only seek it out here, but its director's credits, as well as your clearly passionate opinions and suggestions -- "Avoid [it] like the plague," for a film you so revile.
I rented this movie from a Japanese video store. Because of my limited Kanji-reading skills, I took a chance because of the English cast (and, to a lesser-extent, the unusual title). Namely, Paul Bettany, who was brought to my attention to his unforgettable performance in "Gangster #1".
I played it for various English guests in an English-owned and operated youth hostel I manage in Los Angeles. With absolutely no idea what we had in store for us, we were thoroughly pleased, enjoying it from beginning to end. It successfully balanced unforgettable moments of both hilarity and horror, never an easy task and, more often than not, rarely achieved. More so, when its adapted from a popular novel.
So, what do you consider worthy? "Pulp Fiction"? Ha! Maybe something from Merchant Ivory? Do they even make films anymore? Probably not, what with the BFI producing such "rubbish" like "Dead Babies" which received by your fellow countryman (and women) well-deserved comparisons to stellar films such as "Trainspotting" and "Requiem For A Dream".
Instead of attacking everyone from the director to the British Film Industry (Regain its status?!? Lighten up, would ya?)why don't you advise what NOT to avoid. But what can one expect from someone who TRIES, and fails, to present himself as above all others by over-using his thesaurus using such "odious tosh" as "panegyric" and French phrases as "soi distant"! Who talks like this?
It's ironic to me the energy it must have taken to not only seek it out here, but its director's credits, as well as your clearly passionate opinions and suggestions -- "Avoid [it] like the plague," for a film you so revile.
I rented this movie from a Japanese video store. Because of my limited Kanji-reading skills, I took a chance because of the English cast (and, to a lesser-extent, the unusual title). Namely, Paul Bettany, who was brought to my attention to his unforgettable performance in "Gangster #1".
I played it for various English guests in an English-owned and operated youth hostel I manage in Los Angeles. With absolutely no idea what we had in store for us, we were thoroughly pleased, enjoying it from beginning to end. It successfully balanced unforgettable moments of both hilarity and horror, never an easy task and, more often than not, rarely achieved. More so, when its adapted from a popular novel.
So, what do you consider worthy? "Pulp Fiction"? Ha! Maybe something from Merchant Ivory? Do they even make films anymore? Probably not, what with the BFI producing such "rubbish" like "Dead Babies" which received by your fellow countryman (and women) well-deserved comparisons to stellar films such as "Trainspotting" and "Requiem For A Dream".
Instead of attacking everyone from the director to the British Film Industry (Regain its status?!? Lighten up, would ya?)why don't you advise what NOT to avoid. But what can one expect from someone who TRIES, and fails, to present himself as above all others by over-using his thesaurus using such "odious tosh" as "panegyric" and French phrases as "soi distant"! Who talks like this?