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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #970 on: July 19, 2012, 03:39:08 PM »
I would move heaven and earth to see the Three Colors Trilogy on the big screen. 
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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #971 on: July 19, 2012, 03:41:29 PM »
 ;D @ '11 and '12. If those films define those years the artistic world is pretty CINECAST!ed  :P

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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #972 on: July 19, 2012, 03:52:58 PM »
I will spread it across a few days and pick 3 (as well as the underlined ones):

Breaking Away
Cinema Paradiso
8 Women

I did not pick Rashamon, because I figured you would have underlined it if you were interested.

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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #973 on: July 19, 2012, 03:59:14 PM »
'89 Heathers - Wednesday, August 15th at 5:30pm
'90 Do the Right Thing - Wednesday, August 15th at 8:00pm

'08 Man on Wire - Saturday, August 25th at 2:30pm
'09 Let the Right One In - Saturday, August 25th at 5:00pm
'10 A Single Man - Saturday, August 25th at 8:00pm

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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #974 on: July 19, 2012, 04:11:13 PM »
I would move heaven and earth to see the Three Colors Trilogy on the big screen. 

Yeah, that day is going to be awesome.

I will spread it across a few days and pick 3 (as well as the underlined ones):

Breaking Away
Cinema Paradiso
8 Women

I did not pick Rashamon, because I figured you would have underlined it if you were interested.

Yeah, I probably should give Rashomon another shot. So many people love it. At the time, I was fresh off of some pretty deep philosophy courses and Rashomon was shallow in comparison. I bet the story comes off better (it is Kurosawa, after all) with a bit of distance.

;D @ '11 and '12. If those films define those years the artistic world is pretty CINECAST!ed  :P

Hah. I think these were the best-performing films at their box office the past two years. The Artist was insanely popular down here. The King's Speech definitely feels like a weak choice - I would have preferred they sneak in something cinematic, like Uncle Boonmee or The Tree of Life. Problem is, we definitely had walk-outs and boos at The Tree of Life screening I attended. The dinosaurs, in particular, were not popular.

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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #975 on: July 19, 2012, 04:15:52 PM »
Another vote for Do the Right Thing.
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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #976 on: July 19, 2012, 05:49:45 PM »
Just watch Weekend.

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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #977 on: July 19, 2012, 07:54:26 PM »
I've got both versions of Gaslight at the library awaiting a pick up, which version should I watch first? The 1940 or the 1944?
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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #978 on: July 19, 2012, 09:32:14 PM »
If you were going to watch both, watch the 1940 British version first.  If you are going to watch one, watch the 1944 version.
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Re: What should I watch?
« Reply #979 on: July 21, 2012, 04:05:54 PM »
I will probably have time to catch up with ONE movie tomorrow night before taking off for another vacation week away from town.

There are two movies that are running now which I'd like to see, but which I fear are going for their last week. Tomorrow might be the last chance to see them.

So if I have to make a choice between the two of them, which one would you recommend me to pick first:

Take This Waltz
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Weekend

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