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Post by angra on Nov 20, 2012 13:29:20 GMT 10
What has more stereotypes per second than anything? Sexual violence? Child exploitation? Midget-throwing? Gangsters? Gratuitous violence? And a brilliant bit of filmmaking. Check the photography - dolly movement through windows, multi-set pans and zooms, multi-scene action. (Also some bad dubbing and broken continuity - but hey, nobody's perfect). And a cast of hundreds. This movie had it all! Crap tap, brilliant tap, great music, and dialogue reeled off at 14 to the dozen. Just look at this 5 minutes of the main sequence. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ge8qktLangwHaven't enjoyed a musical so much since the Busby Berkeley routines with tap-dancing cockroaches in Joe's Apartment. Enjoy! |
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Post by angra on Nov 20, 2012 13:48:28 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Nov 20, 2012 14:11:16 GMT 10
World Toilet Day is a serious UN initiative to improve the awareness of public hygiene. www.worldtoiletday.org/To bring it home, have you ever been stuck somewhere with no toilet? Or no toilet paper? Or when your finger sticks through the paper? (Yuck) Well spare a thought for half the world's population that don't have toilets as we known them. Did you know that one in three people do not have a safe, clean and private toilet? Most of those people live in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Yet the humble toilet can be a stepping stone to a healthy life, greater human dignity, freedom, equality between women, men, girls and boys, and finally, a catalyst to the development of communities and countries. |
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Post by angra on Nov 20, 2012 15:03:09 GMT 10
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Post by Matthew Of Canberra on Nov 22, 2012 15:49:46 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Dec 5, 2012 14:56:27 GMT 10
Willander is brilliant - both the original Swedish TV productions (on SBS) and the Kenneth Branagh versions (on ABC, orig. BBC). A bit like Columbo reinterpreted by Ingmar Bergman. This one is about and Anders Breivik-style killer motivated by erroneous press reports about 'foreigners' murdering a local farmer and his wife. Sounds frighteningly prescient to me. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tG1iBjxYUkk |
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Post by angra on Jan 4, 2013 9:51:38 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Jan 8, 2013 3:39:46 GMT 10
Groucho, on proposing to two women at the same time,
First woman "Why that's bigamy!"
Groucho "Well thats big-o'-me too!"
Laugh or die.
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Post by chookmustard on Jan 9, 2013 21:29:51 GMT 10
The Hobbit.
Seen it 3 times now.
I liked it a whole lot I guess
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Post by angra on Jan 10, 2013 18:29:48 GMT 10
Oh my God, River Song is the Doctor's daughter and Amy's baby!
Dr Who has amazed yet again. Just one question - does the Doctor have two penises (like his two hearts)?
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Post by angra on Jan 11, 2013 10:10:20 GMT 10
You'll never see sheep or kiwis in the same light after watching Black Sheep - on TV a few nights ago.
A slash/horror/comedy with a great sense of humour. Imagine flocks of bloodthirsty man-eating sheep savaging the local community. There's even a farmer with an unhealthy relationship with a particularly attractive ewe, and a monstrous sheep/human hybrid who goes on the rampage.
Gotta admire the kiwis for taking the piss out of their own stereotypes.
Worth watching (maybe not if you're queasy about bloody sheep).
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Post by angra on Jan 13, 2013 11:56:39 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Jan 27, 2013 17:02:52 GMT 10
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Post by angra on Mar 9, 2013 8:23:51 GMT 10
Watch The Sapphires, if you haven't already. It'll make you laugh and cry. And it has a great social message and brilliant performances and some awesome music.
Who says Australian film making is dead?
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Post by angra on Apr 13, 2013 15:27:03 GMT 10
Not generally a fan of 10, but you gotta admit Elementary is pretty darn good, not least due to Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. Nearly as good as Sherlock.
BTW - How DOES he come back from the dead after the Reichenbach fall?
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