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Posted: 18 Jan 2008, 05:44
by reactiv8
Mothra wrote:
No worries
I saw it in the cinema and a friend rented it from Blockbuster, so don't think you should have trouble finding it - HMV have it on their website for £7.99 right now actually:
(
http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProd ... sku=708915).
I think they fictionalised it quite a bit to make it funnier in parts, but its not a comedy film as such. I also have vague memories of a BBC production called Fallen Angel that I must have watched (cos thats why I know they didn't stick to the exact truth for the film), but I've no idea if thats widely available. I really enjoyed the movie anyway, & the soundtrack was pretty good as well from what I recall, but I'm pretty easily entertained and not really into GP, so any liberties taken with the story wouldn't have bothered me.
- again! ... I'm older and wiser now, for sure!
On another totally different subject:-
What happened to your avatar Mothra?!
Posted: 18 Jan 2008, 10:50
by Mothra
Never had one!!
Never figured out how you add them .... too much time spent watching films about musicians and not enough time working out how to get a picture to fit the size restrictions (or something like that, either way, it was beyond my feeble capabilities!)
Posted: 18 Jan 2008, 20:15
by reactiv8
Mothra wrote:Never had one!!
Never figured out how you add them .... too much time spent watching films about musicians and not enough time working out how to get a picture to fit the size restrictions (or something like that, either way, it was beyond my feeble capabilities!)
... ?!? It's a 'doddle' - If even I can do it! ...
I'm still 'revving up' to the other stuff,
But surely (fresh) avatars are our Duty (ditto signatures),
eh Sinnie/James/Quiffboy?!?
Posted: 18 Jan 2008, 21:09
by James Blast
Yo!
Posted: 19 Jan 2008, 12:09
by Mothra
reactiv8 wrote:Mothra wrote:Never had one!!
Never figured out how you add them .... too much time spent watching films about musicians and not enough time working out how to get a picture to fit the size restrictions (or something like that, either way, it was beyond my feeble capabilities!)
... ?!? It's a 'doddle' - If even I can do it! ...
I'm still 'revving up' to the other stuff,
But surely (fresh) avatars are our Duty (ditto signatures),
eh Sinnie/James/Quiffboy?!?
Trust me, I'm a total spanner when it comes to this kind of thing. How do you make a photo less than 35KB and inside the pixel limits? (PM me if you like - kinda wandering off topic here)
Posted: 19 Jan 2008, 13:01
by psichonaut
Mothra wrote:reactiv8 wrote:
Trust me, I'm a total spanner when it comes to this kind of thing. How do you make a photo less than 35KB and inside the pixel limits? (PM me if you like - kinda wandering off topic here)
the same reason why i don't change mine
now it's old ...and the theatre of pain is over
Posted: 19 Jan 2008, 13:08
by Dr. Moody
Chris Marker's "La Jetee".....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RvmJan1 ... re=related
26 mins long, unforgettable.
Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 20:16
by alice
markfiend wrote:Has anyone mentioned the cult-est of cult movies, Withnail and I yet?
Don't threaten me with a dead fish.
I just found it on youtube - currently watching. And i just realized it had Paul Mc Gann in it.
Now : this bloke has the most mesmerizing voice in this absolutely magnificently done documentary.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=0
Even if you dont believe or give a flippin heck about ghost stories, it's absolutely brilliant, and the soundtrack is guaranteed to send shivers down you spine. Absolutely beautiful ! I can watch it over and over.
Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 21:28
by 6FeetOver
Thanks for that,
alice!
*Shiver*
ETA: The deft use of Sigur Rós' "Svefn-g-Englar" nearly made me tear up... Cripes, I'm a sap.
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 00:23
by paint it black
vita e bella, La
one of my favorite films evah evah
[see also: the pianist]
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 00:46
by Bartek
cidade de deus ("city of god". or whatever it was translated into eng.)
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 00:48
by Pat
I've always liked The Forbin Project. It's always left me thinking "what now".
I would also have to mention The Quiet Man although it's a leave your brain at the door type of movie.
Alien V Predator anyone.
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 10:53
by alice
EAT THE RICH by Peter Richardson (1987), title sais it really. with LEMMY from Mötörhead in the mail role.
HELP by the BEATLES the best james bond type movie ever.
-> you can watch it here :
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=0
OUT OF THE PRESENT by Andrei Ujica (1995).
Documentary done in space station Mir, as is happens that part of the russian crew is stranded for months in space while on earth the Soviet Union collapses. Magnificent images, incredibly cool very primitve techno music, and at moments really absurd.
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 21:46
by reactiv8
alice wrote:EAT THE RICH by Peter Richardson (1987), title says it really. with LEMMY from Mötörhead in the mail role.
Indeed & thank you! - Another I had forgotten! ...
It must be the drugs I don't take anymore - Ho Ho!
Oh and just to remind y'all:~
“The rich are the scum of the earth in every country.� G.K. Chesterton,
The Flying Inn (1914) ch. 15
So nothing is new, eh?
Posted: 30 Jan 2008, 22:09
by James Blast
and time is money, bastard
Posted: 31 Jan 2008, 23:12
by reactiv8
James Blast wrote:and time is money, bastard
“Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.�
George Bernard Shaw, Back to Methuselah (1921) pt. 5
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