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First of all, kudos to Matt for winning the Oscar pool with a whopping 15 points!
Second of all, thanks to Tim for keeping the blog alive with his excellent suggestions and posts...
March. The most common suggestion for this month's theme has been 'Irish Cinema.' While this would be a good tie in with the St. Patrick holiday, and while I'd love an excuse to watch The Commitments, I'm going to veto the idea on the grounds that...well, on the grounds that I'm making this post and simply don't feel like watching a bunch of Irish movies in a row. Also, my birthday is this month, and as long as we're in the mood for celebrating special occasions why not focus on me me me? Therefore, this month we're going to watch four movies that aren't connected at all save for the fact that I personally really want to watch every single one of them. Yes, I am this narcissistic.
Now, here're the films:
Mar. 4 - Mar. 10
BLACK SNAKE MOAN
Our first club movie that's still in the theaters! This opens tomorrow in Athens if anyone is interested in going this weekend. I was very fond of certain elements in Craig Brewer's Hustle and Flow. Couple that fact with the insane plot of Black Snake Moan and you're looking at what is sure to be an...interesting ride. I've been looking forward to this one for a long long time.
Mar. 11 - Mar. 17
8 Femmes
Typically I'm not a fan of musicals, but I am a sucker for detective fiction and beautiful women, and I've loved each of the three films I've seen by Francois Ozon. 8 Femmes really surprised me with its humor and charm - a very different film from the dark and challenging Swimming Pool. This little gem seems to me like the perfect note on which to end the winter season: "One morning the industrialist Marcel is found stabbed in his room. Eight women are his potential murderers: His wife Gaby, his daughters Suzon and Catherine, his mother-in-law Mamy, his sister-in-law Augustine, his sister Pierette, the cook Chanel and the maid Louise. The house is isolated in a snowstorm, the phone is dead and one of them has to be the culprit. Mutual suspicions reveal the various secrets in their lives." [source] I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
Mar. 18 - Mar. 24
THE COMMITMENTS
See, we do listen. Actually I've never seen this movie, but you guys tell me it's great and I trust your collective judgement. Drink up and viddy this apparent favorite in honor of St. Patrick's day 2007.
Mar. 25 - Mar. 31
KUNDUN
Cheers to Martin Scorsese for finally taking home a much deserved Oscar, right? I've seen most of his films, but have intentionally avoided seeing them all. That way I have some back catalogue to explore whenever I'm in the mood. This is one I'm ready to finally watch. Scorsese is obviously one of the best in the business, and seeing one of his movies for the first time is always an exciting experience for me. Kundun is the story of the 14th Dalai Lama, featuring only non-professional actors. Apparently Scorsese was banned from stepping foot inside Tibet because of this film.
That's it. Hopefully no one minds my completely hijacking the club to give myself an extended birthday gift. If you do, I suspect you might be something of a wanker. |
posted by Jeff @ 3/01/2007 08:11:00 PM  |
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thanks for making me feel at home with that little wanker jeff; you know how to make a limey feel welcome.
I went to get a dvd out and found out the place closed down. I'm sad for them as i liked what they were trying to do, but mostly i am relieved as they never had any of the movies i wanted to watch.
Anywho, i'm signed up to some kind of internet dvd store; so expect new excuses as to why i can't participate.
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Kinda sad that my whopping 15 points is still only a score of 60%.
And Black Snake Moan looks totally awesome.
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Matt-- we bow down to your awesomeness. And, we actually think that you should take over the position as "Film Club President Pro-Tempore."
I haven't confirmed with everyone else, but, I'm sure that no one will have a problem with that :)
I'm excited about all of this! Thank you, Jeff, for the Commitments Assignment-- you won't regret it!
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ps- that totally looks like an asshole!
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Fourth in line for the presidency! Sweet!
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hi guys, just saying...hi. I already said hi though. so bye i guess.
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thanks for making me feel at home with that little wanker jeff; you know how to make a limey feel welcome.
I went to get a dvd out and found out the place closed down. I'm sad for them as i liked what they were trying to do, but mostly i am relieved as they never had any of the movies i wanted to watch.
Anywho, i'm signed up to some kind of internet dvd store; so expect new excuses as to why i can't participate.