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"Limelight (Chaplin, 1952)" by writing essay

Tue, 22 Jun 2010 20:38:22 -0700

So far the best Chaplin movie I’ve seen was the one where Robert Downey Jr. got nominated for an Oscar.

"For an Abusive Subtitling (Abé Mark Normes)" by Kindai

Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:28:05 -0700

This is one of my favourite articles on the subject of subtitling. It took me a few reads through to really grasp all the theories go on, especially in the first few pages, but I think it was more than worth it. It changed by entire way of looking at subtitle translation.

"쉬리 (강제규, 1999)" by colinr0380

Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:39:54 -0700

I haven’t seen Shiri, though I’ve heard of it’s reputation. The plot as you describe it reminds me a lot of the 1992 Pierce Brosnan thriller called Live Wire. That film had politicians being assassinated by drinking an undetectable explosive substance. Perhaps this film (Imdb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104743/ ) had some influence?

"Safe and sound in Tokyo" by dc

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 09:52:22 -0700

東京へようこそ！お邪魔しますが、I came across your link on “working with rails” + thot i would say hi. drop me an email if you’re interested in any freelance rails work in tokyo… :)

宜しくお願いいたします。

/dc

"Safe and sound in Tokyo" by dave

Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:01:56 -0700

come back! [kel says hi]

"Safe and sound in Tokyo" by yuko-sama

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:33:19 -0700

looking foward to seeing the pics from you!!!

"Witness for the Prosecution (Billy Wilder, 1957)" by doris

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 15:10:10 -0800

..have you seen Five Graves to Cairo yet? If you wanna see a great Erich von Stroheim performance….I don’t think it’s on DVD yet, though.

"切腹 (小林正樹, 1962)" by Jun-Dai

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 01:26:45 -0800

I don’t know if Hero has fascist undercurrents, per se. Certainly nationalistic ones. Certainly undercurrents that left a bad taste in my mouth when I left the theater. In any case, Kobayashi was a famous lefty, so I guess it’s no surprise that he would feel the need to debunk the autocratic nature of the samurai way. That said, he did it in a way that was articulate, intriguing, and engaging. I think wrapping your entire film around a single point tends to be a risky endeavor, and I think the success of Hero was in spite of the central point rather than because of it (i.e., it was done in a way that people found interesting, though I personally found it rather tedious and repetitive).

I think I have to see the film again, however. It will be interesting to see if it holds up to a second viewing, where I’ll have more free brain cycles that won’t be engaged in simply trying to figure out what’s going on.

"切腹 (小林正樹, 1962)" by Andrew

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:42:45 -0800

I’m glad you got to see this film, and on 35 no less. I thought you might enjoy it.

I would agree that Hero ends on a nationalistic note, glorifying self-sacrifice for the sake of the unification of a China. However, if the ‘hero’ of the film is just as much the king for doing the unifying as it is Jet Li for realizing that he must sacrifice himself for the ‘greater good’, it must be with the knowledge that he’s absolutely ruthless in his quest to do so. (He even says at one point that he won’t stop at conquering all the known kingdoms that oppose him, but expand outwards after that) So in that sense, the politics of Kobayashi’s Harakiri are diametrically opposed to Hero and its fascist undercurrents.

-A

"切腹 (小林正樹, 1962)" by Mandeep

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:14:21 -0800

Wow…your first 3 star film. I was about to buy this film a week ago from Tower Records…they were going out of business and it was 40% off. But I ended up getting Kagemusha instead.