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Post by Tomas on Nov 15, 2023 13:04:09 GMT
Killers of the Flower Moon lingers on over a week after seen on the cinema screen. It was some achievement regarding that Scorsese is now at 80 years age. Small things like the De Niro character also being a Mason, and Di Caprio not very pious although he firmly stated "Catholic" when asked of his religion. Really shady family in the leading role there, in a time marked by greed for money and disrespect for the Indians. But not in the least tainted woke in this story. Worth seeing, and the almost 3,5 hours went easy with no sense of "too long" at all imo.
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Post by Séamus on Nov 20, 2023 3:20:21 GMT
Killers of the Flower Moon lingers on over a week after seen on the cinema screen. It was some achievement regarding that Scorsese is now at 80 years age. Small things like the De Niro character also being a Mason, and Di Caprio not very pious although he firmly stated "Catholic" when asked of his religion. Really shady family in the leading role there, in a time marked by greed for money and disrespect for the Indians. But not in the least tainted woke in this story. Worth seeing, and the almost 3,5 hours went easy with no sense of "too long" at all imo. No doubt it's very good. And tells unpleasant history such as it is. Although the issue of native peoples is far from my favourite right now,having finished a book last week that, despite being a zoologist's work on (monotremes and) marsupials, turned into a winge-fest towards his own country(Jack Ashby is an Englishman who took to Australian animals without growing up with any tangible connection) and it's colonial history, first by insisting throughout that perceptions about kangaroos,platypuses,echidnas and possums- calling them evolutionary primitive for example, is a result of extreme European chauvinism, later he takes to treatment of indigenous peoples- but in an extremely cliched narrative, eventually quoting from Dark Emu, whose claims, despite its use in universities, are widely disputed. Claims in Platypus Matters that there were so many of the titled-animals swimming together that a violent rush of water was once heard when a hundred of them approached seem less believable after Ashby, quoting the Dark Emu author suggests that aboriginal cities, aqueducts, hatcheries and kangaroo farms existed until European powers destroyed all traces of these (until the author found traces apparently);a naturalist should be aware that bamboo homes could hardly have existed beyond a very small strip of tropical forest in the continent's North. There are issues facing the survival of Australian animals; somehow I don't think being labelled primitive or backward by naturalists bothers them too much though. Happy that the Scorsese film is 'not in the least tainted by woke'. |
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Nov 20, 2023 15:25:07 GMT
Killers of the Flower Moon lingers on over a week after seen on the cinema screen. It was some achievement regarding that Scorsese is now at 80 years age. Small things like the De Niro character also being a Mason, and Di Caprio not very pious although he firmly stated "Catholic" when asked of his religion. Really shady family in the leading role there, in a time marked by greed for money and disrespect for the Indians. But not in the least tainted woke in this story. Worth seeing, and the almost 3,5 hours went easy with no sense of "too long" at all imo. No doubt it's very good. And tells unpleasant history such as it is. Although the issue of native peoples is far from my favourite right now,having finished a book last week that, despite being a zoologist's work on marsupials, turned into a winge-fest towards his own country(Jack Ashby is an Englishman who took to Australian animals without growing up with any tangible connection) and it's colonial history, first by insisting throughout that perceptions about kangaroos,platypuses,echidnas and possums- calling them evolutionary primitive for example, is a result of extreme European chauvinism, later he takes to treatment of indigenous peoples- but in an extremely cliched narrative, eventually quoting from Dark Emu, whose claims, despite its use in universities, are widely disputed. Claims in Platypus Matters that there were so many of the titled-animals swimming together that a violent rush of water was once heard when a hundred of them approached seem less believable after Ashby, quoting the Dark Emu author suggests that aboriginal cities, aqueducts, hatcheries and kangaroo farms existed until European powers destroyed all traces of these (until the author found traces apparently);a naturalist should be aware that bamboo homes could hardly have existed beyond a very small strip of tropical forest in the continent's North. There are issues facing the survival of Australian animals; somehow I don't think being labelled primitive or backward by naturalists bothers them too much though. Happy that the Scorsese film is 'not in the least tainted by woke'. This morning I watched a YouTube clip of a kangaroo trying to drown a dog and being punched by its owner. |
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Post by Séamus on Nov 21, 2023 11:57:52 GMT
No doubt it's very good. And tells unpleasant history such as it is. Although the issue of native peoples is far from my favourite right now,having finished a book last week that, despite being a zoologist's work on marsupials, turned into a winge-fest towards his own country(Jack Ashby is an Englishman who took to Australian animals without growing up with any tangible connection) and it's colonial history, first by insisting throughout that perceptions about kangaroos,platypuses,echidnas and possums- calling them evolutionary primitive for example, is a result of extreme European chauvinism, later he takes to treatment of indigenous peoples- but in an extremely cliched narrative, eventually quoting from Dark Emu, whose claims, despite its use in universities, are widely disputed. Claims in Platypus Matters that there were so many of the titled-animals swimming together that a violent rush of water was once heard when a hundred of them approached seem less believable after Ashby, quoting the Dark Emu author suggests that aboriginal cities, aqueducts, hatcheries and kangaroo farms existed until European powers destroyed all traces of these (until the author found traces apparently);a naturalist should be aware that bamboo homes could hardly have existed beyond a very small strip of tropical forest in the continent's North. There are issues facing the survival of Australian animals; somehow I don't think being labelled primitive or backward by naturalists bothers them too much though. Happy that the Scorsese film is 'not in the least tainted by woke'. This morning I watched a YouTube clip of a kangaroo trying to drown a dog and being punched by its owner. Last week a family named Keir apparently sold the Akubra hat company, which had been family owned for nearly 150 years and whose hats are used in every Australian movie set in the outback or on the war-front, from Crocodile Dundee to Hugh Jackman's Australia, which, even though made in the digital age,apparently used several hundred of them. They claim the recent version of Great Gatsby also. It almost seemed a shadow image of Ireland during the same week losing a member of the Dunne family: appropriate symbolism for someone caught up in The Troubles decades ago, to die in the UAE- the current powerhouse few businessmen would have focused on in the 1980s- quite a tangible sign of the great shift in direction and influence that the world has known. Some rural politicians in Australia are known for wearing Akubras, equivalent of the HealyRae cap. Assurances are made that hat production won't go overseas- six weeks apparently goes into every hat. |
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Post by Tomas on Nov 22, 2023 8:33:40 GMT
This morning I watched a YouTube clip of a kangaroo trying to drown a dog and being punched by its owner. Last week a family named Keir apparently sold the Akubra hat company, which had been family owned for nearly 150 years and whose hats are used in every Australian movie set in the outback or on the war-front, from Crocodile Dundee to Hugh Jackman's Australia, which, even though made in the digital age,apparently used several hundred of them. They claim the recent version of Great Gatsby also. It almost seemed a shadow image of Ireland during the same week losing a member of the Dunne family: appropriate symbolism for someone caught up in The Troubles decades ago, to die in the UAE- the current powerhouse few businessmen would have focused on in the 1980s- quite a tangible sign of the great shift in direction and influence that the world has known. Some rural politicians in Australia are known for wearing Akubras, equivalent of the HealyRae cap. Assurances are made that hat production won't go overseas- six weeks apparently goes into every hat. Great story on the hats. Handicraft is something to treasure and done domestic so much the better. I´ve been considering buying curtains in highest quality designed by famous Swede, Josef Frank refugee from Austria just around the Nazi Anchsluss (or rather before, 1933) and then renowned for his works in exclusive Swedish business in best avenue of Stockholm for decades. They are now made abroad, in some special works in Holland I think, but everything around it is still in the same company hands. Only setback is that they are still pricey. If this will be done it would be in part for the reason of support best quality durable handicraft and part for the amazing design itself. On the cinema note, is there really room for yet another Great Gatsby? I didn´t know one more was on its way. But I do have three previous in the dvd library! Still haven´t found time to watch the first one, with Robert Redford as Gatsby, but I liked the other two although they were rather too similar to motivate new movie made in terms of approach and showing same thing. Samples on Josef Frank design: www.svenskttenn.com/se/sv/sortiment/textil/metervara/ |
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Post by Séamus on Nov 23, 2023 7:14:29 GMT
Last week a family named Keir apparently sold the Akubra hat company, which had been family owned for nearly 150 years and whose hats are used in every Australian movie set in the outback or on the war-front, from Crocodile Dundee to Hugh Jackman's Australia, which, even though made in the digital age,apparently used several hundred of them. They claim the recent version of Great Gatsby also. It almost seemed a shadow image of Ireland during the same week losing a member of the Dunne family: appropriate symbolism for someone caught up in The Troubles decades ago, to die in the UAE- the current powerhouse few businessmen would have focused on in the 1980s- quite a tangible sign of the great shift in direction and influence that the world has known. Some rural politicians in Australia are known for wearing Akubras, equivalent of the HealyRae cap. Assurances are made that hat production won't go overseas- six weeks apparently goes into every hat. Great story on the hats. Handicraft is something to treasure and done domestic so much the better. I´ve been considering buying curtains in highest quality designed by famous Swede, Josef Frank refugee from Austria just around the Nazi Anchsluss (or rather before, 1933) and then renowned for his works in exclusive Swedish business in best avenue of Stockholm for decades. They are now made abroad, in some special works in Holland I think, but everything around it is still in the same company hands. Only setback is that they are still pricey. If this will be done it would be in part for the reason of support best quality durable handicraft and part for the amazing design itself. On the cinema note, is there really room for yet another Great Gatsby? I didn´t know one more was on its way. But I do have three previous in the dvd library! Still haven´t found time to watch the first one, with Robert Redford as Gatsby, but I liked the other two although they were rather too similar to motivate new movie made in terms of approach and showing same thing. Samples on Josef Frank design: www.svenskttenn.com/se/sv/sortiment/textil/metervara/Sorry, when I said recent I didn't mean very recent, rather the 2013 film which was made in Australia, as opposed to Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. It's always an interesting little tale, Dickens' Veneering family in a similar way, but we've seen less of them on screen. |
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Post by Tomas on Nov 23, 2023 8:23:00 GMT
Great story on the hats. Handicraft is something to treasure and done domestic so much the better. I´ve been considering buying curtains in highest quality designed by famous Swede, Josef Frank refugee from Austria just around the Nazi Anchsluss (or rather before, 1933) and then renowned for his works in exclusive Swedish business in best avenue of Stockholm for decades. They are now made abroad, in some special works in Holland I think, but everything around it is still in the same company hands. Only setback is that they are still pricey. If this will be done it would be in part for the reason of support best quality durable handicraft and part for the amazing design itself. On the cinema note, is there really room for yet another Great Gatsby? I didn´t know one more was on its way. But I do have three previous in the dvd library! Still haven´t found time to watch the first one, with Robert Redford as Gatsby, but I liked the other two although they were rather too similar to motivate new movie made in terms of approach and showing same thing. Samples on Josef Frank design: www.svenskttenn.com/se/sv/sortiment/textil/metervara/Sorry, when I said recent I didn't mean very recent, rather the 2013 film which was made in Australia, as opposed to Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. It's always an interesting little tale, Dickens' Veneering family in a similar way, but we've seen less of them on screen. There is one with beauty queen Mira Sorvino, and another where Leonardo DiCaprio plays protagonist. The first of these was the better imho. So from 2013 it has to be one of those I suppose. Dickens could be approached is many ways not taken yet, also a good idea to make a different angle! |
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Post by kj on Nov 23, 2023 11:49:19 GMT
I saw Ridley Scott's Napoleon film yesterday. It is awful, truly shockingly, awful. Not even so bad it's good. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, in fact. Lazy, flimsy, usual spate of English actors hamming it up, boring battle scenes, and oh, THE WORST LIT film ever. Had eye strain coming out. Have seen a few people comment on that. Also had a scene at Waterloo where an English soldier has a proto sniper-rifle with telescopic site offering to take Napoleon out from a distance of a mile or so away....
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Post by Tomas on Nov 23, 2023 14:51:19 GMT
I saw Ridley Scott's Napoleon film yesterday. It is awful, truly shockingly, awful. Not even so bad it's good. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, in fact. Lazy, flimsy, usual spate of English actors hamming it up, boring battle scenes, and oh, THE WORST LIT film ever. Had eye strain coming out. Have seen a few people comment on that. Also had a scene at Waterloo where an English soldier has a proto sniper-rifle with telescopic site offering to take Napoleon out from a distance of a mile or so away.... The trailer, that I saw twice las week (first cinema visits in years) was not promising. Glad to get this warning ahead! Nothing here to see then. |
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Post by kj on Nov 23, 2023 21:03:12 GMT
Please don't take my word for it. Go see it; you may love it!
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Post by Tomas on Nov 24, 2023 8:36:02 GMT
Please don't take my word for it. Go see it; you may love it! I would more like to see The Kashmir Files but distribution of that one appears to be excessively hindered. It´s an all-Indian motion picture made 2022 on the driving away of many thousands Pandits in the state of emergency during winter 1990. It made audiences cry in Boston when it premiered there. |
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Post by cato on Nov 24, 2023 13:36:40 GMT
I saw Ridley Scott's Napoleon film yesterday. It is awful, truly shockingly, awful. Not even so bad it's good. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, in fact. Lazy, flimsy, usual spate of English actors hamming it up, boring battle scenes, and oh, THE WORST LIT film ever. Had eye strain coming out. Have seen a few people comment on that. Also had a scene at Waterloo where an English soldier has a proto sniper-rifle with telescopic site offering to take Napoleon out from a distance of a mile or so away.... O my! I was quite looking forward to it. Ridley Scot was quite rude about those who wanted historical accuracy. The life of Napoleon was dramatic enough without improving it for 21st century movie goers. I still think I ll venture out to view . |
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Post by cato on Nov 24, 2023 13:43:31 GMT
Golda was removed in Ireland thanks mainly to concerns about the current conflict. I watched it on You Tube and was a bit underwhelmed.
The 1973 Yom Kippur war was a highly dramatic affair but I didn't get the tension here. The action scenes were poor , mainly brief news clips from 1973.
Helen Mirren plays the combative Israeli prime minister very well. Attitudes to smoking were also very different in the early 1970s. Meir is seen smoking everywhere including in a cancer treatment ward.
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Post by Séamus on Nov 27, 2023 11:31:51 GMT
Golda was removed in Ireland thanks mainly to concerns about the current conflict. I watched it on You Tube and was a bit underwhelmed. The 1973 Yom Kippur war was a highly dramatic affair but I didn't get the tension here. The action scenes were poor , mainly brief news clips from 1973. Helen Mirren plays the combative Israeli prime minister very well. Attitudes to smoking were also very different in the early 1970s. Meir is seen smoking everywhere including in a cancer treatment ward. Her fag seems as iconic as Bette Davis or Marlene Dietrich's, the latter probably one she admired given Marlene's rejection of nazi Germany. My parents were watching a (probably few years old) documentary about pre-WWII Germany and the political events that led to the rise of Nazism- a rather less-noted aspect. President von Hindenburg comes through as someone that should probably be etched in memories a bit more, already ageing, he faced an extraordinary task trying to create order as communists and brown-shirts became increasingly successful at elections and among the disgruntled. The fact that Hitler labelled him 'the old man' is striking too. For better or worse, there's something that hits you about the (accidental in particular) 'power of one' that some people end up with. In America,left-wing admirers of Ruth Baden Ginsberg still can't help speculating on the what-ifs, had she retired in Obama's time. In Britain, Thatcher may not have brought down the Callaghan government so easily had one dying Labour member reached Westminster in time. Perhaps it's a situation more common than not, even if often harder to detect. |
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Post by Séamus on Jan 27, 2024 9:03:50 GMT
"Hillary Clinton is offering her support to 'Barbie' director Greta Gerwig and star Margot Robbie following their Oscars snub." CBS
Delicious in itself to see her disappointment, but I wonder what it signals for the performing arts that not giving an award to someone imitating an expressionless plastic doll results in a universal (mostly-feminist) outcry?
Recently I saw, for the first time, the music-video for Counting The Beat- a song by a New Zealand group that apparently became one of the top three sellers in Australia also for 1981. Something I noticed through the short production- the mannerisms and movements (of the lead singer in particular) reminded me very much of different young kiwi fellows that I come across presently- young as in 'born-decades-after-1981'.
One speculates whether artistes are the fruit of their own peoples and places or if indeed the more successful consciously or unconsciously influence the identity of the masses,going into the future also?
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