How about a movie thread?

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Dondilion

I loved "The Roman Spring Of Mrs Stone": Helen Mirren.

I've never seen that one but I really like Helen Mirren. I first saw her play Titania in an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and have been in love ever since.

Then there was her playing opposite Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday...

.... and opposite Michael Gambon in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.

John

[one1]

Ok I watched the Great Beauty,And for the life of me I could not grasp anything close to understanding it.got the same feeling when trying to understand the rocy horror picture show.I know I am not the brightest candle in the window.but Is there something I am missing,anyone else see it.I could lie and say it was exsquisite and do the emperors new clothes thing.ok I have said my peice.

[bobabode]

Originally Posted by Boreas

I've never seen that one but I really like Helen Mirren. I first saw her play Titania in an RSC production of A Midsummer Night's Dream and have been in love ever since.

Then there was her playing opposite Bob Hoskins in The Long Good Friday...

.... and opposite Michael Gambon in The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover.

John

Helluva flick, 'The Long Good Friday'.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by Pukka Sahib

Watching La Grande Bellezza ("The Great Beauty"), I have suffered an acute attack of Stendhal's syndrome ("hyperkulturemia") viz. too much art, too much beauty, too much Italy.

Impossible! (Same word in Italian )

John

[icenine]

Despicable Me is up next....

[icenine]

Greatest revenge scene in a movie?

It is in Indochine...a great movie about the French in Vietnam.

Do not know what brought it up in my mind.

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by one1

Ok I watched the Great Beauty,And for the life of me I could not grasp anything close to understanding it.got the same feeling when trying to understand the rocy horror picture show.I know I am not the brightest candle in the window.but Is there something I am missing,anyone else see it.I could lie and say it was exsquisite and do the emperors new clothes thing.ok I have said my peice.

Haven't seen it. From what i read about it, you're reaction sounds completely valid.

Sounds like a big demonstration that the old Ecclesiastes guy is still right. Everything is vanity.

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by donquixote99

Haven't seen it. From what i read about it, you're reaction sounds completely valid.

Sounds like a big demonstration that the old Ecclesiastes guy is still right. Everything is vanity.

About three years ago I was invited to an art show in an hipsters' enclave in
Greenpoint Brooklyn and after viewing all I could say was "WTF".

[one1]

7 Billion persons in this world It is all up to interpretation once again,Choice comes into play.Funny After watcing,"the Great Beauty"I watched a Documentary on Connetticut,And just got so much Pleasure from that.All I could say countless times,"I Never Knew That"If you have netflix watch Aerial America,I have seen California and Connetticut so far, it is a good series,Also saw Cosmos Sunday Night excellent Show.

[Dondilion]

A Price Above Rubies RENEE ZELLWEGER

Directed by BOAZ YAKIM.

An Hasidic woman rebels against the restrictions of her community.

"Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies." Proverbs 31:10