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Post by calndel on Feb 20, 2016 19:02:41 GMT
we have spent the day at the Glasgow Film Festival so here goes
Peter Greenway's Elsenstein in Guanajuato tells Mr Greenway's take on the Russian director Sergei Elsenstein visit to Mexico and his discover of Mexican culture and his own sexual wakening. Wonderfully shot and mesmerizing but not for those of are offended by male nudity or naked wrestling
zootropolis, Disney's latest fable with all the usual Disney tricks and plot lines
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Post by calndel on Feb 20, 2016 23:55:37 GMT
Miles Ahead Don Cheadle is total superb on both sides of the lens and Don Cheadle IS Miles Davis
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Post by sc on Feb 21, 2016 0:16:12 GMT
How was Miles Del? Our house has two versions of a Kind of Blue, my eldest has the original version and then a friend bought me the latest version. The latest version explains that when the original was recorded (1959) they recorded simultaneously on two machines. One of these machines was acidently running slightly slow and no-one realised. The 3 tracks on side 1 of the LP were taken from recording from that machine. The pitch therefore was slightly too high when compared to what the musicians actually played at the time. It took some 50 odd years for the mistake tobe noticed and corrected. Despite the mistake, the album has consistently been considered the most influential Jazz record of all time, with John Coltrane's A Love Supreme a firm 2nd.
Personally, I'd be buggered backwards with a baseball bat if I can tell the difference. :-)
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Post by calndel on Feb 21, 2016 22:33:53 GMT
Miles Ahead was great but it's not your standard bio pic nor is it a Miles Davis love in
if you get the chance go see it
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Post by calndel on Feb 21, 2016 22:45:30 GMT
we saw 3 films at the Glasgow Film Festival starting with the a world premier of The Colours of the Alphabet which is a documentry about education in Zambia when English is the official language but outside of the major cities only 2 percent of the population speak English. Very thought provoking not just about language issues but also the erosion of cultures.
Next was The Boy and Beast, an anime tale of orphan who stumbles upon an alternative world full of beast like humans who need to select a new leader. The story covers loss, friendship redemption and love. we enjoyed it and at time it was visually stunning
Last film of the day was April and the Extraordinary World, this steam punk French animations tell the story of a family struggle to find a serum to cut everything. Very very funny and so well imagined.
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Post by calndel on Feb 22, 2016 22:35:02 GMT
Land of Mine
This film tell the story of a troop of German POW are forced to de-mine a beach on the west coast of Denmark. Based on real events this is not a easy film to watch as it so tense however it also show even in the brutality of war humanity is still the strongest force
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Post by calndel on Feb 23, 2016 23:36:49 GMT
The Green Room
a bloody tale of a punk band who agree to play one gig too many and end up fighting for their lives
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Post by sc on Feb 24, 2016 8:49:13 GMT
Posted my thoughts on Wild Tales in the other thread, Full Moon Pub/Full Moon Pub/Seen any good films lately
:-)
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Post by calndel on Feb 24, 2016 20:29:57 GMT
splitter ;oP
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Post by calndel on Feb 25, 2016 23:52:51 GMT
Del manage to see the wrong film tonight at the Glasgow Film Festival so instead of seeing a comedy call Documentry Now he saw an south american film call the dog lady and it was a film about a woman who lives in the woods with a pack of dogs
and that was all it was about
90 minutes of a woman walking about with some dogs
yes that was all
nothing else
Del won't need to watch it again
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Post by calndel on Feb 27, 2016 23:18:47 GMT
You have to try and see this film and we need to do a WOMAD version!!!
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Post by sc on Feb 28, 2016 4:47:17 GMT
So, we not using "Full Moon Pub/Full Moon Pub/Seen any good films?" ?  |
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Post by calndel on Feb 28, 2016 23:24:18 GMT
SC you are free to post wherever you please
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Post by calndel on Feb 28, 2016 23:37:40 GMT
Right some top films for the Glasgow Film festival
The Wave, an excellent Norwegian disaster movie about a mountain side falling into a fjord (and the mountain in the film will on day fall into the fjord!)
The Fencer, and heart warming tale of a Estonian teacher who is try to escape his past in a small rural school but when he starts a fencing club he become a surrogate father to all the children and has to face the demons from his past
Marguerite, is a tail of honest verses love. A wealthy baroness is passionate about music and loves to sing but no one has the heart to tell her she can't sing! The screeching baroness is then asked to perform for the public.........................
Time Out of Mind, see Richard Gere play a homeless man slowly accepting the reality of his situation and brutality of being homeless. This not a easy watch as it is an honest portal of being homeless but it is expertly crafted and the performances by the cast a incredibly real.
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Post by Purpledawn on Mar 1, 2016 20:45:39 GMT
So, we not using "Full Moon Pub/Full Moon Pub/Seen any good films?" ? I would say yes because this is in the Everything Womad section, the reason being I think it might confuse new Lunartics if people go off topic/thread. I get confused and a bit annoyed where people just post randomly, but then I do like everything in order  . Mind you, we don't want any 'other forum' style dictatorial attitudes do we?  |
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. Mind you, we don't want any 'other forum' style dictatorial attitudes do we? 
