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Not yet. Working on it Have you seen Rabbit Proof Fence?Ikiru wrote:Marian, have you gotten Kurosawa's Ran out yet?
I watched Rabbit Proof Fence years ago, tear jerkingly moving.Marian wrote:Not yet. Working on it Have you seen Rabbit Proof Fence?Ikiru wrote:Marian, have you gotten Kurosawa's Ran out yet?
Yes, I cried my way through it too. Oooh, I knew that bit of trivia! Yes, I didAlan C. wrote: I watched Rabbit Proof Fence years ago, tear jerkingly moving.
Trivia, it's the longest fence anywhere in the world.
Yes, I watched that for the first time last year (or was it 2008? my memory is going). Very good, and yes, I cried too!Marian wrote:Have you seen Rabbit Proof Fence?
Speaking of fading memory, did I already suggest you watch 'Igor'?Ikiru wrote: Yes, I watched that for the first time last year (or was it 2008? my memory is going). Very good, and yes, I cried too!
The government only apologised for its treatment of the "stolen generations" just last year after Kevin Rudd was elected. A wee bit late methinks...
Speaking of Aussie films, has anyone seen Priscilla, Queen of the Desert? I don't usually go for comedies, but this was really good... You'll never see Agent Smith or Elrond the same way again! LOL
I haven't read many novels this year but my favourite was The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold, a story told in the first person by a teenage girl who was raped and murdered by a neighbour and who tells the story from heaven as she watches what happens to her family and friends after her death. Sebold is not religious and there is no hint of god or religion in the books. It's just a tale of the supernatural basically. I couldn't put it down. It's now a Hollywood film but the reviews aren't great.
getreal wrote:Anyone seen the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland? I was thinking of seeing it this weeked, but have read very mixed reviews.
Just watched it a couple of hours ago. I really enjoyed it, but that's partly because I wasn't expecting it to be anything like the book.getreal wrote:Anyone seen the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland? I was thinking of seeing it this weeked, but have read very mixed reviews.
Paolo wrote:Just watched it a couple of hours ago. I really enjoyed it, but that's partly because I wasn't expecting it to be anything like the book.getreal wrote:Anyone seen the Tim Burton Alice in Wonderland? I was thinking of seeing it this weeked, but have read very mixed reviews.
Hardly Oscar-winning or gritty drama, but for a bit of slightly surreal escapism it's pretty close to perfect.