Fur Diane Arbus, Curse of the Golden Flower, Pan's Labyrinth, Driving Lessons, Little Miss Sunshine

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Fur - An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus     18 MB
Another contender for the awards season. Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) falls in with Lionel Sweeney (Robert Downey Jr.), an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help her become one of the most revered photographers

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[the_grynne]

Curse of the Golden Flower

Wow. What an improvement from 2 days ago. It really takes on a intricate glow in Quicktime, in contrast to the confectionery colours of the poor quality version. And I prefer the editing in this trailer too - it doesn't focus so much on the big names of its stars and director. It's all about the images.

And thanks for the link to Fur. I haven't been able to get it to play from the MovieFone site, and I really wanted to see it. Thematically, I think it has clear similarities with Secretary, which I loved, and that kind of magic realism that was in that film as well. I'm also struck at how the image of Arbus standing with her camera, silhouetted in the doorway of Lionel's apartment, mirrors the image from Pan's Labyrinth of the girl walking into the cave mouth.

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Curse of the Golden Flower: Absolutely! I'm willing to forgive Sony this time since it now seems more that they weren't able to coordinate the simultaneous release of the files than a 'drip release' (in an extreme case consisting of leaked footage, exclusive clip, tiny trailer, better trailer and then finally a hi-def trailer). It makes such a strong expression when you see a well made trailer in hi-def

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She is a strange actress.

That sums it up pretty well. For some reason the two failures that you mention also first come to my mind when I think of her recent work and I started to wonder if there is too much hype about her. But when I look at the chronological list of her most recent movies I see Birth, that you mentioned yourself, as well as The Interpreter that I also enjoyed although not especially because of her but because of the story in general.

And you listed a lot more memorable movies so it were probably just a few very unfortunate choices maybe because of the offered money so that she can do a few more unusual movies like this one.
I'm also very curious how this one will turn out. :)

[keever]

I don't know what I was expecting re: Fur, but now I'm totally intrigued. It's not surprising, given how good Secretary was. Neat trailer.

Thanks!

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So am I! I was aware for a while now of the movie's title but had no idea what to make of it. Seems like a lot of people are positively surprised.

[butindreams]

Fur looks good. Can't say I'm really liking Nicole Kidman in it so far (though I'm normally a fan of hers), but we'll see how that goes. Pan's Labyrinth looks decidedly creepy.

also, not sure if it was a typo, or you're just not a Greek mythology geek, but for future reference:
baby deer = fawn
Pan (goat/man) = faun (or satyr, to be more mythologically accurate - 'faun' is Roman, 'satyr' is Greek, as is Pan)

I definitely like the UK Driving Lessons trailer better.

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Fur: I'm also very intrigued and still somewhat surprised

[butindreams]

Yeah, I'm not big on creepy either, but it looks interesting. And very stylistically appealing.

My "spoiler" for Little Children was just about whether it's a happy ending or not. I haven't written an actual review yet. The book is largely about an affair between Patrick Wilson and Kate Winslet's characters - which is really the only thing the trailer gives away, and is more than the back of the book gives away. It's essentially about two couples, each person dealing with who they've become in their life, and how their marriages have evolved, their respective roles in their marriages, that kind of thing. But there are other characters thrown in there as well - it's told from a number of different points of view - including the neighborhood pedophile and his elderly mother, which is a significant subplot.

What the book is 'about', thematically, I'd say would be coming to terms with the person you've become, regardless of who you thought you'd be, or want to be. And then either evolving or accepting it.

So yeah, 'drama'.

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Thanks for telling me. :)
Then the trailer is quite accurate I would say. And there really seems a lot of drama, similar to the director's previous movie 'In the Bedroom'. Although I wouldn't be surprised if for example the pedophile subplot didn't make it into the movie.