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Post by Deleted on Jan 29, 2013 21:44:39 GMT -5
Behind an inconspicuous bookcase next to benugo’s lounge area in BFI Southbank, you will find a secret entrance to their recently opened cocktail bar - The Drawing Room. Not quite Narnia, you are most unlikely to find fur coats or fictitious fawns, but it could be a room taken straight from the country manor that famous wardrobe was found in. www.benugobarandkitchen.com/drawing-room-bak The bar is filled with hand-picked and just as precious curiosities and curios. Subtle 1920s – 1950s jazz tunes compliment the speakeasy atmosphere, while the dimmed lighting and plush furnishings add to the intimate ambiance - perfect for pre or post dinner drinks or a cosy evening with kleines c and the gang. Better still, everyone reading The Third is cordially invited for something to drink after the film. www.bfi.org.uk/Cinema emerged as arguably the greatest artform of the twentieth century. In the twenty-first century, cinema continues to entertain us. Can you recommend anything? First, Second or even The Third?
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jan 31, 2013 2:20:59 GMT -5
Some films I've enjoyed especially over the past couple of years... - "The Diving-Bell & The Butterfly"
- "La Veuve de Saint-Pierre"
- "Black Cat, White Cat"
- "Circumstances" ('Obstoyatel'stvo', Pavel Ruminov, Russia, 2010)
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 3:23:25 GMT -5
I should perhaps confess that I have not seen any of those four films, Neil. I am trying to recall what films I have really enjoyed in the twenty-first century, as all the ten 'greatest' films listed in the concurrent poll were made during the twentieth century. Here is a trailer for ' Das Leben der Anderen' (2006): I commend ' The Lives of Others' to everyone reading The Third. www.sonyclassics.com/thelivesofothers/
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jan 31, 2013 6:05:44 GMT -5
I'm surprised you missed 'Black Cat, White Cat' - an anarchic Serbian comedy by Emir Kusturica, and probably his most successful film at the Box Office. You can watch the entire film uncut on YouTube: youtu.be/Ywq6MyiiUtEI'm not surprised you missed 'La Veuve De Saint-Pierre' because it was the most criminally negligent piece of marketing imaginable - considering it starred Juliet Binoche and Daniel Auteuil (he of "Jean de Florette"), with Kusturica in an acting role. A marvellous bit of period costume drama set in the early years of French Canada, and well worth catching on DVD, if you can? "Circumstances" didn't get a foreign release, so I doubt you'll find it anywhere Even though Chris Karle made a magnificent English-language version for the dubbed soundtrack.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 7:03:47 GMT -5
Cinema levels and liberalises the planet, Neil. According to Nigel Andews, writing in the FT, a critic surveys the best films that become part of the world’s story – the story of its thoughts, hopes, anxieties, dreams – and realises that the countries many came from are among the least powerful on the globe. Every nation, though, has a voice and cinema is still, oneirically, the world’s great loudspeaker system. www.melancholiathemovie.com/www.ft.com/cms/s/2/89aa2e50-3206-11e1-b4ba-00144feabdc0.htmlAnd how do you top 2012, Sydney Grew? After the Olympic party of 2012, will 2013 be the year of the Olympic hangover? In the wake of four years of build-up, and a summer of intense cultural activity when arts organisations of every sort wheeled out their big guns, it would hardly be surprising if the coming year seemed a little quieter on the cultural scene. And for many people this might almost be a relief: surely no one, however much of a culture-hound or completist, could have managed to see all 37 of the international Shakespeares at the Globe, and it was literally impossible to experience every one of the sparkling world music artists in the River of Music event, since they were often playing simultaneously at different venues along the Thames. So, for 2013, perhaps less will be more? Perhaps not. www.ft.com/cms/s/2/f7c405d6-4b5b-11e2-887b-00144feab49a.html
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Post by neilmcgowan on Jan 31, 2013 8:38:25 GMT -5
Cinema levels and liberalises the planet, Neil. In theory perhaps, kleines. But in reality, Hollywood dominates the planet. When did you last watch a film from Serbia, S Korea, or Georgia? We are fortunate in living just 15 minutes walk from Moscow's leading arthouse cinema, '35mm', which shows only world arthouse films, in original languages (usually subtitled, rather than dubbed). Even if we haven't had time to research what's on, or read the reviews, the chances of the film being worthwhile are good, even if the programming ("A week of Norwegian social conscience movies") might stultify the films a little
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2013 9:34:23 GMT -5
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Post by Gerard on Feb 2, 2013 8:06:51 GMT -5
. . .When did you last watch a film from Serbia, S Korea, or Georgia? . . . Plot: Min-soo, a gay man, and Hyo-jin, a lesbian, both decided to get married. Not to their respective partners... but to each other. Their devious plan works perfectly. While secretly living with their partners, who move in next door, they appear to the outside world as a “normal” couple. They enjoy all the benefits afforded to heterosexual couples and also are able to ward off the curiosity of parents and any others who might disapprove of their lifestyle. However, Min-soo’s intrusive and incredulous parents begin to get a bit too involved with his life, threatening his scheme.
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Post by Gerard on Feb 3, 2013 7:51:02 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2013 14:45:09 GMT -5
Good evening to you all! I trust that all is well with all of you this weekend. BFI Southbank is on the south bank of the River Thames underneath Waterloo Bridge, and as well as having four cinemas, it also has two great places to lounge, eat, drink etc. BFI Southbank - Food and drinkDue to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to the movies. The choice is entirely yours! If you cannot make it to BFI Southbank in person, here it is online: BFI SouthbankCheers, all (whatever you are drinking)! YouTube - Fred Astaire & Rita Hayworth (You'll Never Get Rich - Rehearsal Duet)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2013 6:22:34 GMT -5
I have just been watching a Welsh film entitled Submarine, about a youthful romance. Worth watching (except at the points where like Orlando it lapses into "pop" music).
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2013 0:00:33 GMT -5
I cannot say that I have ever seen ' Submarine', Sydney Grew! I shall look out for it. Wikipedia - Submarine (2010 film)To everyone who came to the movies this weekend, however, thank you very much indeed. In ' You'll Never Get Rich', a near-screwball musical-comedy of misunderstanding boasts a largely lunatic plot with Astaire joining the army to avoid being shot by showgirl Hayworth’s brother who isn’t her brother. Still with me? Smart Hayworth equals Astaire step for step in their opening routine, delights in a rhumba and winds up duetting with him in a Cole Porter finale on a wedding-cake in the shape of a tank. BFI - Rita Hayworth: vintage film postersIf you could not make it in person, here is the trailer online: YouTube - You'll Never Get Rich 1941 TrailerBetter still, the film is on again at 20:50 (BST) on Tuesday 11 June 2013 in NFT2, and a few seats are still available. BFI - Rita Hayworth - You’ll Never Get RichI commend it to everyone reading ' The Third'. I propose some toast: to Fred Astaire, Rita Hayworth and all of you! Three cheers from kleines c and the gang (Sunday morning breakfast coffee)!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 6:55:11 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2013 5:51:36 GMT -5
Thanks for letting me know! Wherever you start from, however, join us for a drink in the drawing room! benugoGleaming, neon-lit and futuristic, Tokyo is not just one of the world’s great capitals, but also one of the great cinematic cities. To mark the release of ' Like Someone in Love', in which Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami becomes the latest to grapple with this vast metropolis on screen, let's explore ten great Tokyo stories. Dwarfing London, Tokyo is arguably the world's biggest megacity, looked upon in awe by the rest of the world as the archetypal modern metropolis. Sprawling and chaotic, the city seethes with a boundless energy that its streets struggle to contain. To outsiders, it often appears alienating, perplexing and impenetrable. Its unique combination of exotic ‘otherness’ and technological progressiveness, and the overwhelming assault of neon lighting and tinny, otherworldly electronic street sounds make it appear, at times, completely divorced from nature. If ' Tokyo Story' is about the dissolution of the family in the modern age, Jasper Sharp argues, ' Tokyo Sonata' is about the collapse of an entire philosophy, the death of the postwar dream. In an unnervingly everyday story in which existence is marked by solitude, the protagonist continues ritually to don his suit every morning and leave the house as if for work, without ever letting on to his family about his unemployment, instead passing working hours roaming the city’s empty spaces – areas that the financial crisis has left devoid of meaning and function. BFI - 10 great films set in Tokyo
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Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2013 6:20:14 GMT -5
Despite the lack of meaning and function, what about the British Pub? BFI - The Pub' The Pub' provides a fascinating insight into British culture over the course of a day at a London local, as seen through the eyes of Kemi, a foreign barmaid. As a wild carousel of customers incessantly drifts in and out of her sight, they and the pub begin to transform in Kemi’s eyes into a nightmarish zoo populated by intrusive and hostile creatures: trunks growing out of eyes and ears, faces morphing into animals’ heads, a drunken customer’s tongue stretching across the counter like a predator’s. This time, Joseph Pierce’s distinctive, dreamlike, nearly magical animation is imbued with a sombre quality as it unmasks an aggressive, often undignified array of human specimens whilst revealing Kemi’s increasing state of alienation and vulnerability. Combining a real-life observational eye – the idea came from the time Pierce spent living above the very pub where the short was shot – with the imaginative, liberating flair of the animator, ' The Pub' is a beautifully crafted, acute and entertaining observation of a slice of British culture, and pushes Pierce’s signature style into expressive and technical maturity. Nevertheless, watch out for The Lady from Shanghai later tonight! I propose some toast: to the first, the second and ' The Third'! Three cheers from kleines c and the gang (Saturday lunch)!
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