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Re:What's your favorite foreign language movie?
"Dreams" by Akira Kurasawa is my favorite movie of all. Even though it is in Japanese, you do not even need to understand the subtitles. The message is so strong and visual that they could be speaking gibberish and I would still recognize the substance of Dreams. Okay, to be accurate, DeNiro shows up for a Cameo and speak English, (as Vincent van Gogh).
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Zahi S.
September 13, 2006
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Latest: September 13, 2006
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asian movies
love anime !!!
any ones else ?
gotta love lupin and rahxephon
live action rocks too
zatoitchi
lady snow blood
oh yeah!
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holly p.
April 11, 2006
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How will i know u???...KOREAN FRIENDS...JAPANESE FRIENDS..ll^_^ll
Hi,i'm Boom from Thailand.i love Korean and Japanese films and series so much.i'd like to practice both languages.i'd like to know Korean or Japanese friends...male or female. About me...my favourite things are meditation,dog,Korean films,Japanese films,comedy film,Jay Chou,Rain,The Beatles,red hot chilli peppers,Eminem,Norah Jones,Robert de Niro,Italy,Doraemon,ARARE,Dragon Ball Z
Hobbies and Interests: meditation,musicvideo,films,everything is comedy,concert,pantomime,summer,ice-cream,beach,swimming,good-humoured friends
HOPE to know u soon!!!
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boomy b.
December 18, 2005
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Re:Please tell me the movie title
South Park makes me laugh- A LOT!!!
This movie made me feel bored.
They tried too hard to be offensive.
None of the jokes are very good...I don't think I laughed once!
I wouldn't bother watching it if i were you..Stick to South Park!
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J
August 13, 2005
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Latest: August 13, 2005
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Re:Please tell me the movie title
The movie title you are looking for is (I think)
TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE
I saw this movie a short while ago.
I have to say, i LOVE South Park...but I HATED this movie. I almost turned it off LOTS of times!!
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J
August 10, 2005
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Latest: August 13, 2005
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tim burton, anybody?
konnichiwa! bonjour!
i am a huge fan of tim burton....i was wondering if anyone here has seen 'charlie and the chocolate factory' yet, and how you liked it or didn't like it.
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mariah g.
July 22, 2005
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Latest: April 17, 2012
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Re:Re:Re:Re:Kill Bill
Layla Kill Bill 033005
Not everyone is aware that Kill Bill is based on Chinese Pulp Fiction, and that it is intended to be satirical, as Matthew seems to be hinting. It is very campy, very melodramatic, and when you watch it from this point of view, it is very funny.
It kind of reminds me of Shakespeare's most unpopular play, Titus Andronicus. It was written at a time when a new theatrical Genre called "revenge tragedy" was very popular, good examples of which could be found in Shakespeare's Hamlet, and Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedie.
If you look at, for example, The Spanish Tragedie and Titus Andronicus side-by-side, it appears that Andronicus is trying to one-up The Spanish Tragedie at every turn. Whenever there's a murder in the one, there's a double murder in the second. If a woman's tongue is cut out in the one, she loses her tongue and her hands in the other. When you consider that Shakespeare's Globe Theater didn't have the kind of special effects technology that we take for granted today, but that actors would unfurl, for example, a roll of red ribbon to simulate bleeding from a stabbing wound, it's easy to imagine that Titus Andronicus may have been intended to be very light, tongue-in-cheek, very satirical. Nothing at all like Julie Taymore's very dark, bitter Titus Andronicus with Anthony Hopkins.
Of course, Kill Bill doesn't use rolls of red ribbon any more than Julie Taymore does, but if you look at the special effects in the movie and how they are done, you may find something of the tongue-in-cheek (joking with a straight face) in Kill Bill as well. Anyway, I enjoyed it very much from that perspective, and in fact, I enjoyed it far more than I did Kill Bill 2, which I felt was just okay, and really didn't live up to the promise the first movie had set up for us.
The other thing that you should know about my feelings about martial arts movies is that I'm a big fan of dancing, and the old films with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rodgers, Gene Kelly, and the big musicals with the huge production numbers. Martial arts, to me, is a very special kind of dance, and I really enjoy seeing how actors learn to use their bodies in these movies. I was particularly impressed with Uma Thurman and Lucy Liu on that count.
Layla, if you decide to see the movie, let us know what you think!
Mark Springer
Sacramento, CA USA
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Mark S.
March 30, 2005
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The Innocent...
Hey guys,
I saw a really cool bollywood film called The Innocent. I've been trying to find it but I forgot what the title was in Indian. OK you guys know what to do now!
Thanks!
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Sinead M.
August 19, 2004
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Wierd films
Hey!
Does anyone know the name of a wierd Canadian film about a bunch of scientists who make an orange drug that keeps everyone happy and turns them into brainless morons? I taped it by accident and I didn't get the begining either, so if anyone can tell me the name of the film that would be cool.
Oh and has anyone seen "Science Fiction Theatre 3000"? It cracks me up each time I see it!
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Sinead M.
July 22, 2004
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Re:Re:The last samurai rocks!
I totaly agree! (not the film the country) Have you ever seen the Castle of the White Crane? It's breathtaking!
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Sinead M.
July 3, 2004
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