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How to Murder your Wife (1965) directed by Richard Quine who did the delightful Paris When It Sizzles with William Holden and Audrey Hepburn. This one stars Jack Lemmon, Virna Lisi, Terry-Thomas and the hilarious Eddie Mayehoffe.
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That's a great movie Grant. A lot of fun and Terry Thomas on top form (as were all in it). I still remember the 'Gloppiter Gloppiter' machine! :D
Kurt Cobain - Montage of Heck
Recently released biographic. Very enjoyable even if you're not a fan of the man or his music. Took me back to 91 when Nirvana played the Newcastle Mayfair club. Kurt didn't have any prentention about him then, he sat on an equipment case at the side of the stage smoking away whilst the support bands played and was largely left alone by the fans who all knew he was a wasn't an outgoing sort. Looking back on it I don't think even saw what was coming in terms of godlike status he attained even before his death.
Here's the gig... I was down the front and had to duck some flying guitars at the end. Not easy given I've always been a tall chap.
One for Grant... :)
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Now watching "The Fugitive"(1993) starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. Directed by Andrew Davis who did Under Siege the year before. Part of my Amazon Prime stream.
.....enjoyed The Fugitive; one of the better films Ford made...now -
- Ocean's Eleven (2001) directed by Steven Soderbergh who gave us Traffic and Erin Brockovich the year before.This stars George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts and Elliott Gould. part of my Prime content.
now "the four feathers" (1939) starring John Clements and Ralph Richardson. Imo the best of the versions, film wise, although it never really followed the book at all(they never do)....although I will forgive, as , although the book is one of my favs, it, in its form, wouldn't make an enjoyable film
Solaris (2002) Sci Fi Channel now. Also available as a + 1 hour.
Steven Soderbergh's version of Stanislaw Lem's haunting, moving and very weird story of an encounter with a truly alien intelligence that seems to be trying to understand humanity by manifesting the dead loved ones of the research station, in orbit round the planet Solaris, crew.
I am probably one of the few that prefer this version to the Russian film, in that its a more minimal stripped down examination of the horror and mystery of encountering a loved one who has died, and then been recreated, but for what purpose ? The film also deals in part with the pain of loss and trying to understand death by suicide.
There are a lot of questions left unanswered by this film but I guess any encounter with a totally alien personality would leave one perplexed.
Regards Neil
I have both versions. Each examines different aspects of the novel but of the two, my preference is for the Tarkovsky version; it's simply more beautiful to look at.Quote:
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