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Lol I've only seen one movie so far
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Same here lol and it was Devil's Rejects, crap movie, which was the one movie you saw so far?
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Lol I've only seen one movie so far
Same here lol and it was Devil's Rejects, crap movie, which was the one movie you saw so far?
Same one, and I voted for it.
ah ok lol
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Awards
Now to the awards received by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...
Among many, many others.
As for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it won...
Also among many others...
Now to the awards received by The Diving Bell and the Butterfly...
- BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (Ronald Harewood)
- Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director (Julian Schnabel)
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Director (Schnabel)
- Cannes Film Festival Vulcan Award (Janusz Kaminski)
- César Award for Best Actor (Mathieu Amalric)
- César Award for Best Editing (Juliette Welfling)
Among many, many others.
As for Hedwig and the Angry Inch, it won...
- Sundance Film Festival Audience and Directing Award
- GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film
- Berlin International Film Festival Best Feature (Teddy Award)
- Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for New Generation (John Cameron Mitchell)
Also among many others...
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I liked Hedwig but, very strangely, it is not a movie that I remember very well at all.
I have almost started Diving Bell like three times when it was on Netflix so it’s a weird blind spot. This should help me remedy that.
I have almost started Diving Bell like three times when it was on Netflix so it’s a weird blind spot. This should help me remedy that.
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Now that we've hit the first pit stop (90), here are some stats:
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"Film is a disease. When it infects your bloodstream it takes over as the number one hormone. It bosses the enzymes, directs the pineal gland, plays Iago to your psyche. As with heroin, the antidote to Film is more Film." - Frank Capra
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MF: Top Musicals
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MF: Top Noir Films
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MF: Top Films of 70s
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MF: Top Westerns
In a similar spirit, of these bottom ten only three previously appeared on the MoFo Top 100 of the Millennium List: Werckeister Harmonies (#59), Master & Commander: The Far Side of the World (#95), and Hedwig and the Angry Inch (#98).
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I want to tell a story about Hedwig. It's about the show, not the movie, but the two are intertwined for me. My wife and I were going to see the Broadway revival, and it was the first night for John Cameron Mitchell taking the role over again. Obviously, this was a big deal for Hedwig fans, and the theatre was buzzing with energy. Before the show we started chatting with the people around us. To our right was a guy who was there by himself--his wife had only agreed to let him spend the money to fly up from Atlanta where they lived and see the show if she could get a dog in exchange. In front of us was a guy who worked in construction and was there with his daughter. He told us one night he was asleep on the couch and when he woke up the movie was on, so he started watching it and was so hooked by it he got his daughter to watch it too. He also had a Hedwig Origin of Love symbol tattooed on the back of his neck. I've been to dozens (hundreds?) of shows but I've never talked with the people around me as much as on this occasion (and the show itself was the most raucous I've seen on Broadway).
A friend of mine once asked me what it was that made me such a fan of Hedwig, exactly? It's not an easy question to answer, because it feels something like trying to explain why you are in love with a person. Like Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." There are the obvious explanations, like the wonderful songs (I've been singing "Origin of Love" as a lullaby to my son since he was an infant) or JCM and Miriam Shor's performances, and those are part of it but not the whole. Part of it may simply be timing--when I first saw Hedwig (the show) at the Jane Street I was in my late 20s, still new to New York, and wide open to new experiences. And its expressions of the quest for identity and meaning and the possibilities of transformation connected with parts of me doing the same thing. I love how the show, and the movie, take a person who is bitter and wounded and turns them into a figure of rebirth and possibility.
But in the end I come back to that story of talking with people before the show. It's that kind of connection that gives something importance greater than it has by itself. It's been a beautiful gift.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was my #1.
A friend of mine once asked me what it was that made me such a fan of Hedwig, exactly? It's not an easy question to answer, because it feels something like trying to explain why you are in love with a person. Like Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." There are the obvious explanations, like the wonderful songs (I've been singing "Origin of Love" as a lullaby to my son since he was an infant) or JCM and Miriam Shor's performances, and those are part of it but not the whole. Part of it may simply be timing--when I first saw Hedwig (the show) at the Jane Street I was in my late 20s, still new to New York, and wide open to new experiences. And its expressions of the quest for identity and meaning and the possibilities of transformation connected with parts of me doing the same thing. I love how the show, and the movie, take a person who is bitter and wounded and turns them into a figure of rebirth and possibility.
But in the end I come back to that story of talking with people before the show. It's that kind of connection that gives something importance greater than it has by itself. It's been a beautiful gift.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was my #1.
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I haven't seen any, but I've heard great things about Hedwig and the Angry Inch. I'm not sure, but I think @Takoma11 has brought it up to me on a couple occasions (I might be wrong).
*Breathes a sigh of relief* I was really starting to worry that this wouldn't show up.
As those of you who know me know all too well, I HATE musicals. It's probably my least favorite genre of movies. But Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a huge exception. It's so funny and yet so moving and emotional. And the songs are absolutely wonderful. I love them so much I bought the soundtrack. I really can't praise this movie enough. I voted for it at #6 and never considered putting it any lower.
As those of you who know me know all too well, I HATE musicals. It's probably my least favorite genre of movies. But Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a huge exception. It's so funny and yet so moving and emotional. And the songs are absolutely wonderful. I love them so much I bought the soundtrack. I really can't praise this movie enough. I voted for it at #6 and never considered putting it any lower.
But I also think that the movie is genuinely funny and quotable. ("You can't put a bra in a dryer, IT WARPS!!!" or "In the late mid-80s I was in my early late-20s . . ."). Its themes about identity--and specifically gender-identity--are still really relevant and I love that it allows its lead character to be incredibly messy.
While Diving Bell and the Butterfly was really good, it did not make my ballot. Having worked for three years with someone--a child from Kindergarten to second grade--who had to use a communication board (looking at letters on a see-through plastic board to spell words), oof, they really capture the struggle to communicate.
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Seen neither.
I actually own Diving Bell, but only because I bought it like 15 years ago when I knew jack sh*t about film but liked the cover… so I popped it in and was like “the F is this poo” and shut it off after 15 minutes hahah
I actually own Diving Bell, but only because I bought it like 15 years ago when I knew jack sh*t about film but liked the cover… so I popped it in and was like “the F is this poo” and shut it off after 15 minutes hahah
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Both good films deserving of a spot on the list.
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"Don't be so gloomy. After all it's not that awful. Like the fella says, in Italy for 30 years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love - they had 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock."
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Both good films deserving of a spot on the list.
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Here's what I said about Hedwig in the 15th:
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
I basically hated this as could have been expected. I will say that I did like the performance of Hedwig by John Cameron Mitchell. He did a great job and his singing was actually pretty good. Then, that's about where I end the praise for the film. The rest of the characters I either disliked or had no opinion for. I didn't really care for the story at all. I wish we were to feel a little more sympathy for Hedwig, but I really don't. His relationships with Luther or Tommy didn't seem all that genuine to me. And that ending song was a real pain, that's the second film in a row where things completely crumble at the end. I don't have a lot more to say because I didn't care all that much about what was going on. Musicals are often a big hit or miss category, especially for me. This one ends up as a big strikeout.
I basically hated this as could have been expected. I will say that I did like the performance of Hedwig by John Cameron Mitchell. He did a great job and his singing was actually pretty good. Then, that's about where I end the praise for the film. The rest of the characters I either disliked or had no opinion for. I didn't really care for the story at all. I wish we were to feel a little more sympathy for Hedwig, but I really don't. His relationships with Luther or Tommy didn't seem all that genuine to me. And that ending song was a real pain, that's the second film in a row where things completely crumble at the end. I don't have a lot more to say because I didn't care all that much about what was going on. Musicals are often a big hit or miss category, especially for me. This one ends up as a big strikeout.
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Seen Hedwig twice thanks to Miss Vicky. It didn't get my vote here but most definitely will if we ever get to a musicals countdown.
I've always been interested in Diving Bell but I guess not enough to watch it on my own as of yet.
I've always been interested in Diving Bell but I guess not enough to watch it on my own as of yet.
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I want to tell a story about Hedwig. It's about the show, not the movie, but the two are intertwined for me. My wife and I were going to see the Broadway revival, and it was the first night for John Cameron Mitchell taking the role over again. Obviously, this was a big deal for Hedwig fans, and the theatre was buzzing with energy. Before the show we started chatting with the people around us. To our right was a guy who was there by himself--his wife had only agreed to let him spend the money to fly up from Atlanta where they lived and see the show if she could get a dog in exchange. In front of us was a guy who worked in construction and was there with his daughter. He told us one night he was asleep on the couch and when he woke up the movie was on, so he started watching it and was so hooked by it he got his daughter to watch it too. He also had a Hedwig Origin of Love symbol tattooed on the back of his neck. I've been to dozens (hundreds?) of shows but I've never talked with the people around me as much as on this occasion (and the show itself was the most raucous I've seen on Broadway).
A friend of mine once asked me what it was that made me such a fan of Hedwig, exactly? It's not an easy question to answer, because it feels something like trying to explain why you are in love with a person. Like Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." There are the obvious explanations, like the wonderful songs (I've been singing "Origin of Love" as a lullaby to my son since he was an infant) or JCM and Miriam Shor's performances, and those are part of it but not the whole. Part of it may simply be timing--when I first saw Hedwig (the show) at the Jane Street I was in my late 20s, still new to New York, and wide open to new experiences. And its expressions of the quest for identity and meaning and the possibilities of transformation connected with parts of me doing the same thing. I love how the show, and the movie, take a person who is bitter and wounded and turns them into a figure of rebirth and possibility.
But in the end I come back to that story of talking with people before the show. It's that kind of connection that gives something importance greater than it has by itself. It's been a beautiful gift.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was my #1.
A friend of mine once asked me what it was that made me such a fan of Hedwig, exactly? It's not an easy question to answer, because it feels something like trying to explain why you are in love with a person. Like Pascal said, "The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing." There are the obvious explanations, like the wonderful songs (I've been singing "Origin of Love" as a lullaby to my son since he was an infant) or JCM and Miriam Shor's performances, and those are part of it but not the whole. Part of it may simply be timing--when I first saw Hedwig (the show) at the Jane Street I was in my late 20s, still new to New York, and wide open to new experiences. And its expressions of the quest for identity and meaning and the possibilities of transformation connected with parts of me doing the same thing. I love how the show, and the movie, take a person who is bitter and wounded and turns them into a figure of rebirth and possibility.
But in the end I come back to that story of talking with people before the show. It's that kind of connection that gives something importance greater than it has by itself. It's been a beautiful gift.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was my #1.
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This is neither here nor there, but figured what with all the trivia flying about I should add it:
William H. Macy was in The Last Dragon.
Now kiss my Converse.
William H. Macy was in The Last Dragon.
Now kiss my Converse.
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I have very little to update. Only seen two more since the first films were revealed. I watched Mother for an HoF, and wasn't too impressed. The leading actress is brilliant and the film is technically solid, but it didn't really interest me. I've also seen (at least I'm quite sure of it) The Devil's Rejects but the devil details have been rejected by my brain. I don't think I liked it, either.
Of the others, Werckeister Harmonies is actually something I'm planning to watch one day. I just can't help the fact that in my brain there's a huge neon sign saying "Pretentious" over Tarr's head, and I haven't even seen a single film of his. Most of the other films I haven't even heard of, but they don't look like something I'd enjoy.
Seen: 4/11
Of the others, Werckeister Harmonies is actually something I'm planning to watch one day. I just can't help the fact that in my brain there's a huge neon sign saying "Pretentious" over Tarr's head, and I haven't even seen a single film of his. Most of the other films I haven't even heard of, but they don't look like something I'd enjoy.
Seen: 4/11
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