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Post by angra on Jul 6, 2012 21:22:41 GMT 10
Who said this?
"I seen another world. Sometimes I think it's just my imagination."
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Post by jules on Jul 9, 2012 21:03:17 GMT 10
I dunno. I don't watch too many films, but there is one I saw recently that was brilliant.
It was raw footage from the Canberra bushfires. You can see it on youtube.
It was shot by Richard Moran of Ch 9.
Its got all the elements of a great movie in 45 minutes of raw footage from a disaster.
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Post by Matthew Of Canberra on Jul 10, 2012 10:16:51 GMT 10
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Post by oldskool on Jul 11, 2012 18:18:58 GMT 10
That was a great Doco MoC- have you seen VFour victory, it was the fastest lap at IoM for about 5 years- Joey Dunlop was a legend!
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Post by angra on Jul 11, 2012 21:25:13 GMT 10
Just discovered that my stepmum's father grew up with and knew Les Darcy - probably Australia's greatest sportsperson. 52 Wins (32 knockouts, 19 decisions, 1 disqualification), 4 Losses, 0 Draws. Beat that Black Caviar! Dunno why she kept quiet about this for so long. (She's 89) I'm all kinda aquiver. Here' a tribute to the Maitland Wonder. www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1wnFUDWFeE
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Post by angra on Jul 11, 2012 23:15:16 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Jul 11, 2012 23:52:43 GMT 10
Here's a challenge. Spot the old cars in The Plank. I can see two Hillmans (one an Imp) a Ford Corsair, a Morgan, a Jag 360 Mk 2, a Leyland van, a VW beetle and a few others. Even a Mini in the background.
Go for it!
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Post by angra on Jul 12, 2012 0:09:03 GMT 10
Correction - the van is a Bedford (Vauxhall, GM).
I think it used a Chev-designed in-line 6 engine.
Bedford is worthy of mention. Built armoured cars etc during WW2 and supplied many to the USSR as well as the UK military. The marque sold in 1987 to John Brown subsidiary AWD.
So there's a sports car and tractor connection.
(Do your research, people)
Now sadly defunct.
There remain around 7,000 Bedford and AWD vehicles in service with the British military, including the Green Goddess fire trucks.
Explains a lot (bloody Poms).
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Post by angra on Jul 12, 2012 20:43:51 GMT 10
re. the first post.
It's from Terrence Malick's masterpiece The Thin Red Line, spoken by Pvt De Witt.
Watch it, and see if you agree that it is just about the best film ever made.
Another quote from De Witt (talking about WW2 destroying the native tropical paradise of the Solomons)...
"This great evil. Where does it come from? How'd it steal into the world? What seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doin' this? Who's killin' us? Robbing us of life and light. Mockin' us with the sight of what we might've known. Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too? Have you passed through this night? "
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Post by angra on Jul 13, 2012 20:25:09 GMT 10
Another one - The Third Man.
Notable for it's ambiguous message, Orson, great photography and the fabulous music.
I even rode on the big wheel in Wiener Riesenrad a few years back because I'd seen this film.
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Post by angra on Jul 13, 2012 20:43:37 GMT 10
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Post by Matthew Of Canberra on Jul 13, 2012 22:04:33 GMT 10
I think I'm going to watch spy game ... again. Like, now.
Gosh I like that film. It's not perfect (and by god I'm glad they left out the crap about muir bonking hadley), but it's an echo of when we could still have good cold-war films, wrapped up in a bit of game.
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Post by littlemaths on Jul 16, 2012 11:32:46 GMT 10
Another one - The Third Man. Notable for it's ambiguous message, Orson, great photography and the fabulous music. I even rode on the big wheel in Wiener Riesenrad a few years back because I'd seen this film. I absolutely adore that film. The ending is, visually, one of the most memorable scenes in the history of cinema, in my opinion.
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Post by brendanoreilly on Jul 18, 2012 12:21:03 GMT 10
High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. A ninety-minute western depicting, more or less in real time, the way Cooper is left by the townspeople to fight Frank Miller's gang by himself. Beautiful theme song sung by Tex Ritter "Do not forsake me oh my darling." My Dad's favourite film, perhaps, which is partly why I like it so much.
Also, Witness, by Peter Weir. A beautiful film like most Peter Weir efforts, also suspenseful and quite moral. The Sweet Smell of Success, a 50s drama with Tony Curtis and Bert Lancaster. "It's later than you think." "No JJ, it's later than YOU think."
Brendan
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Post by robj on Jul 18, 2012 13:23:43 GMT 10
Scum, Stalingrad & Strumpet.
Excellent film.
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