tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post7597327960842458065..comments2023-11-05T09:33:34.696+00:00Comments on The 'Spill: Death on the Croisette - Wenders gets my PalmeBlimpyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03062521891682719767noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-17622598450076109032008-05-27T20:06:00.000+01:002008-05-27T20:06:00.000+01:00Wow - chuffed that Peter bradshaw read my wee revi...Wow - chuffed that Peter bradshaw read my wee review. Considerably less chuffed about Sidney Pollack. Out of Africa on the telly this Thursday. Obviously. Cue John Barry's soundtrack.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-21442383456051747002008-05-27T09:23:00.000+01:002008-05-27T09:23:00.000+01:00Frogprincess your eloquence is compelling; I didn'...Frogprincess your eloquence is compelling; I didn't like Palermo Shooting but you make outstanding points....Peter Bradshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05579773869373774070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-33271618262440994122008-05-27T02:14:00.000+01:002008-05-27T02:14:00.000+01:00Sydney Pollack died.Sydney Pollack died.ejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-3057997733086161592008-05-26T18:43:00.000+01:002008-05-26T18:43:00.000+01:00Tempus - yes indeed. We MUST organise the (deep br...Tempus - yes indeed. We MUST organise the (deep breath) Whitley Bay International Film Festival with the Rendez-vous café as the hub of the glittering action (more about that later). I can just see Madge and Guy and Sharon queuing up at the side window for a '99. Very glad to hear the Tyneside's open again. Lovely cinema. I saw 'let's Get Lost' there with my Dad. That's due for a re-release incidentally - Bruce Weber was down in Cannes to promote it. My favourite ever jazz film. OK that and Round Midnight. I didn't see the winning film or Blindness. I hear it's very very good indeed and Blindness is a bit 'meh'. France has gone ape shit at winning the Palme for the first time in 2O years - which you can understand.<BR/>Abahachi and Mnemonic: I also love Himmer über Berlin and this film reminded me very much of that as it's the same interior monologue from a sympathetic charecter you begin to care about. It's been DESTROYED by the film critics which is puzzling as the audience LOVED it and reacted very warmly to it. Strange. I think some films just don't go down well with critics but do with audiences. And that doesn't mean they're bad films, does it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-12659217231180687002008-05-26T14:06:00.000+01:002008-05-26T14:06:00.000+01:00What's great about Paris, Texas is the soundtrack....What's great about Paris, Texas is the soundtrack. I like the first two thirds of the film but then it gets ruined for me by the last third.Mnemonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632549982981770230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-31721981292591348832008-05-26T14:03:00.000+01:002008-05-26T14:03:00.000+01:00'Der Himmel ueber Berlin' is one of my all-time fa...'Der Himmel ueber Berlin' is one of my all-time favourite films - but, try as I might, I cannot work out what's so great about 'Paris. Texas' at all.<BR/><BR/>On a German theme, many apologies for hyping their entry for Eurovision this year. I was wrong; it turns out that the winner of the Bundesvision Song Contest does not after all automatically go forward, so you all missed the glories of 'Subway to Sally' (harder rock than Finland, more serious pirate theme than Latvia...). There is an entirely separate contest, though apparently most of those involved were also in the Bundesvision one - including the four tone-deaf bimbos who turned out to be the offical entry. How else could they have chosen something that was nearly as bad as the UK one?Abahachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06007129278000634520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-74184256649692492912008-05-26T06:50:00.000+01:002008-05-26T06:50:00.000+01:00Hi FP. Your first post describing the weather on t...Hi FP. Your first post describing the weather on the croisette had me thinking you were actually back in Whitley Bay, strolling the promenade and merely daydreaming. Wouldn't that be fun - THE film festival in Whitley Bay, with Madge and Quentin and Harrison and the like swanning around clutching clammy hamburgers, candy floss and bottles o' broon.<BR/><BR/>Wenders sounds cool - I'll look out for it at the recently re-opened Tynside Film Theatre later in the year. Hasn't Entre Les Murs won the Palme D'Or? If it has, is it that good? <BR/><BR/>Did you by any chance get to see Blindness? It sounds brilliant according to reviews I've perused in the papers. I'll try and read the book this summer before (probably) buying the dvd.Tempusfugithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05224691271795814331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-30499394979915352022008-05-25T17:36:00.000+01:002008-05-25T17:36:00.000+01:00He was marvellous. Sad, tender and irked to always...He was marvellous. Sad, tender and irked to always be cast as the Bad Guy. His best line was.. "after all, I'm just a service provider...."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-36027890321230198962008-05-25T17:18:00.000+01:002008-05-25T17:18:00.000+01:00Dennis Hopper as Death, huh? I like it...Dennis Hopper as Death, huh? I like it...treefrogdemonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08668655760960757921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-11727425557128382792008-05-25T16:58:00.000+01:002008-05-25T16:58:00.000+01:00Salut Frenchy et merci - that's a worthy winner. V...Salut Frenchy et merci - that's a worthy winner. Very much like his pronunciation of 'Imposseeballe'. I was actually planning on hiding in my hotel room to watch it last night but we so much enjoyed the Wenders film that we needed to go and do a post mortem with large quantities of splendid Italian red and great pasta. So I was in bed at one o'clock. Again. And missed it. Tactical voting going on again I see...Pour ton info the 3 French films in the selection went down rather well. Arnaud Desplenchin's 'Conte de Noël' was beautiful with Deneuve and Amalric acting each other off the screen. Garrel's 'Frontiers de l'aube' was laughed at and then we all got a bollocking from 'Les Inrocktibles' and 'Libération' for being ignorant bastards. The last film 'Entre les murs' by Laurant Cantet was apparently a fabulous portrait of a school teacher struggling to keep a class of difficult kids under control - went down very well. On verra ce soir....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-32284559120912909872008-05-25T16:33:00.000+01:002008-05-25T16:33:00.000+01:00Welcome back FP, here's what you missed:http://www...Welcome back FP, here's what you missed:<BR/>http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/article/2008/05/25/la-russie-remporte-le-concours-eurovision-2008_1049374_3246.html?xtor=RSS-3208<BR/><BR/>Gotta love the ice-skating and violin playing on such a small surfaceejaydeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375968795284771538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-90828324760172740722008-05-25T16:27:00.000+01:002008-05-25T16:27:00.000+01:00Well had I known that I would have pushed my way t...Well had I known that I would have pushed my way through the cinema to the windswept giant and said 'Wim, you do know Geroge Formby was a huge fan...?' No, I didn't get to see the Charlie Kaufman as that was a very hot ticket indeed. I have also loved all his work so far (How brilliant was 'Adaptation???'). But at least I know how to pronounce his film. We were all calling it Sinek-dosh (and indeed many French will continue to do so). It's Sin-Ek-Dokee (Eric Morecambe voice 'not a lot of people know that'). And yes you will probably adore the new Wenders film. I shall go and see it again and get the soundtrack. I understand some of the songs are by Die Toten Hosen. I am now officially in love with Campino who gets CineDonds for hobbling up the red carpet with a broken ankle and two crutches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-53687526638621559492008-05-25T16:13:00.000+01:002008-05-25T16:13:00.000+01:00George Formby was a great fan: "Now it's a job tha...George Formby was a great fan:<BR/> <BR/>"Now it's a job that just suits me <BR/>A Wenders watcher you will be! <BR/>If you could see what I can see <BR/>When I'm watching Wenders..."ShivSidecarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07667350769164091180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1533372025110910037.post-467687334456670582008-05-25T10:50:00.000+01:002008-05-25T10:50:00.000+01:00Can't wait to see this..huge Wenders fan...Great v...Can't wait to see this..huge Wenders fan...Great visuals/ interesting soundtracks/ thought provoking themes..whats not to like!<BR/>(waits for cold-style-substance-debate to rage)<BR/>reading about the films at Cannes there does seem to be an overwhelming amount of Bleak films.<BR/>Is it a sign of the times?<BR/><BR/>...on another note, have you seen 'Synecdoche'? is it as hard to understand as it is to pronounce..I've loved Kaufman films so far.saneshanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09876333195233262885noreply@blogger.com