GW Pabst's 1931 film is at least as much Dreigroschenroman as Dreigroschenoper but it's an intriguing piece of movie making history. More.... This entry was originally posted at http://chickenfeet.dreamwidth.org/1012021.html. You can comment here or there as you choose.

Yesss! It's the MOVIE MEME as passed on by shezan1. Name a movie that you have seen more than 10 times ( Read more... )

We watched the Harry Kupfer Bayreuth production of Der Fliegende Hollander Friday night and yesterday. It's definitely worth a look. It's visually interesting and very well sung. All the principals are excellent especially Simon Estes as the Dutchman. It's a very unusual take on the drama. Senta is on stage the whole time looking like a rather ( Read more... )

I took a bit of a sloth day yesterday to make up for the weekend. I took the lemur out for lunch to Gerrard Street. We had pretty decent pho. One way to tell it's cold is when the Asian markets have the frozen food out on the sidewalk!

We watched a couple of movies. Dirty, Pretty Things is a rather bleak but very good (and occasionally funny) ( Read more... )

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Black Sheep. This is a must see movie trailer.

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Casablanca in 30 seconds with bunnies

We have a winner! blonde222's nomination of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon raked in 41 votes closely followed by ghastlymess who scored 33 votes for Amelie. Poke them with a sharp stick everyone ( Read more... )

Here we go - 24 hours to vote

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I thought this might be a fun variant on a theme. I'm proposing a round of movie Humiliation but with a twist. Your chosen film must not be an English language flick. It must have been made in some language other than English (and to save argument, silent movies are not permitted). In all other respects, normal Humiliation rules apply; one film ( Read more... )

Two flicks each registered 33 votes; Casablanca and LOTR-FOTR. Since nobody should feel humiliated for not having seen that appalling piece of hobbit dreck (lucky, lucky gregclow), the Humiliation Grand Prize prize goes to kadenza, who wins the a 6 DVD set of the 15 hour long director's cut of Harry Hobbit and the Jedi PiratesI'd award an honourable mention to ( Read more... )