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Originally Posted by shobana_in
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Andy Garcia?Quote:
Originally Posted by shobana_in
Andy Garcia, he is there in Ocean's series as well :P
So in O13, Al pacino and Andy Garcia back in a heist film.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
yeah andy garcia.
all the guys rocked in untouchables
andy garcia,sean connery,deniro
esp the scene where connery selects andy garcia...
how abt the "hollywood kamalhaasan" mel gibson
I have just seen BraveHeart and PoftC. And I guess HR and VirumaaNdi are much better than those :PQuote:
Originally Posted by shobana_in
i just mentioned him as kamalhaasan because of his all round abilityQuote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
production,direction,acting.
like clint eastwood
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Originally Posted by shobana_in
Like KH who chooses off-beat scripts, MG makes an off-beat film which is unique and different from other contemporaries - but I would be glad if he stops this history defying films with his own version to it. Like Nerd, I don't think he is better than KH.
OTOH, clint is a pretty good director. He is much better than MG :thumbsup: He is one of my fav actors as well :P
:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by shobana_in
I didn't like MDB, I liked LFTJ, "Unforgiven" was good. "Mystic River" was decent!
watch "Confidence" Andy Garcia was super in that...Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
hehe
:D
Sure I would. Already, thalai-ku mela vellam.. Kannannn sir sonna padangal oda "Confidence", "The lives of Others" and "The devil backbone" pakuraen. Thanks :)Quote:
Originally Posted by lancelot
as for Mel Gibson i think he is awesome... iv enjoyed some of his movies thoroughly specially "Braveheart" and "Apocalypto" :thumbsup:
but can he be compared to Clint Eastwood? NO WAY!!!
Clint is "the good the bad and the ugly" :yes:
hmmm.... i didnt come across a post about "The Devils Backbone"Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
anywayz...
the best thing about Guillermo del Toro (director of "The Devils Backbone" and "Pan's Labyrinth") is that he mixes fantasy with some other story... he has a very unique way of giving a fantasy movie. in "Pan's Labyrinth" it was War and Violence and the love of a mother an daughter...
in "The Devils Backbone" it was fantasy mixed with Horror and love...
i jus love the 2 movies... cannot wait to see what he comes up with next...
but the same dose not got to his English movies "Blade II" and "Hellboy" dont get me wrong... they were 2 very good movies... but they lack the magic he created in his Spanish movies...
he turns out to be one of my To Watch Directors in the Future
look out for "Hellboy II - The Golden Army" and "3993"
hehe
:D
lancelot,
I guess you recommend TDB in the other thread?
oh yes yes.. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
hehe
:D
Tarkovsky on Cinema.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENrzp_hZNxM
Tarkovsky on art in general. The man is deeply philosophical (as can be expected :D )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V27XlEDLdtE (Part I)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aedXnLpKBCw (Part II)
crajkumar_be, can you spot the similiarity between Tarkovsky's views in Part I and Stalker? :wink:
Found a clip of 'Mirror' in the 'related videos'. There is something about Tarkovsky and water (in this case rain). As usual beautiful cinematography..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBZsj8FPSbo
Mikka nandri hai Kannannn :ty:Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
Will watch the videos at home later today...
No one has mentioned about
Sydney Lumet
Sergio Leone :shock:
Steven Soderbergh
I knew Tarantino was a fan of Miike, but now he has gone one step further to star in Miike's upcoming movie:
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/12look.htm
I agree that Tarantino as an actor sucks, but I am just curious to see how he would fit in a Japanese movie. (heck, curious is an understatement. I am restless to see Miike's characterisation for T.)
One thing that I like about QT, is to hype 'Oriental' cinema. Not just his love for martial arts films (like how he promoted Yimou Zhang and Jet Li's 'Ying xiong'/ 'hero'). QT has also paid homage to great Japanese Animes, Manga and films with KB 1 and 2. I think his love for Miike was expected. Who wouldn't love the master of stylish gore and violence?Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
And Kannannn, did you notice the AK influence in miike? Even he wears spectacles always. :P Another AK coolers influence - Wong Kar wai ! :)
Yup :D. He is said to have supported 'Hostel' just because of the influence from 'Audition'. And KB 1 also paid homage to another movie - Battle Royale (the Japanese school girl fighter is a character from that film).Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
Yes :D, I noticed the coolers connection, but I don't get the influence. Is it the long shots?Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
I meant about the 'coolers' influence alone. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
Legendary film director Ingmar Bergman dead
Academy Award-winning Swedish film director and dramatist Ingmar Bergman, died on Monday. He was 89.
Bergman died at his home on the isle of Faaroe, off Sweden's east coast, the Swedish Film Institute said in a statement.
In his lifetime, he directed more than 50 movies, wrote scripts for another dozen, and was responsible for 168 works for the stage, television and radio.
The Swedish film director whose depiction of anguished human relationships made him an icon of the art-house cinema and inspired followers including Woody Allen spent his final years in seclusion on the windswept Baltic island of Faaroe.
During a career spanning eight decades, Bergman developed a body of work known for austere drama with recurring themes such as art, faith and the meaning of life.
Bergman made his last film Saraband in 2003. It was greeted in a review by Time magazine as “the last roar from a legend”.
Three of Bergman's movies received Oscars for best foreign language film: The Virgin Spring (1960), about a 14th-century Swede who avenges the rape and death of his daughter; Through a Glass Darkly (1961), about a crumbling modern family; and his final film, Fanny and Alexander (1982), a story of terrifying adolescence.
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R I P :cry:
I haven't seen any of his films though :oops:
RIP Bergman :(
Another link http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...3F9B7767A3.htm
I've seen Virgin Spring, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
Need to watch SS and WS again....
P.S: I think in the DVD commentary of Virgin Spring, i heard that critics like Goddard (he was a critic before he made films) were very critical of the movie. Wonder in what way exactly...
A sad loss for the world of cinema :( . Bergman had the rare talent of bringing to screen what he really intended. Besides being a great filmmaker, he was also a supporter of good cinema. He was the one who gave financial and moral support to Tarkovsky when he defected Soviet Union (Tarkovsky's last movie was in Swedish). A great talent and a great human being. Bergman, we will miss you :cry: .
It is a luxury to be understood - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
It was a luxury I never afforded Mr.Bergman.
RIP Ingmar :(
is he related to Ingrid bergman???Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
Ingrid is just an amazing actress.. my favourite..
Wiki saysQuote:
Originally Posted by Devar Magan
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Although they worked together, Bergman is not related to fellow Swedish director Ingmar Bergman
Just in case if you people didn't know. Antonioni is dead! :(
One genius on another: Woody Allen on Bergman (he also touches upon Antonioni) in Time
Manoj Night Shyamalan
I am just wondering nobody did not utter a single word about him just because of he is Indian? :sad: (tamilian?)
His Sixth Sense listed in 27th place in All-time box office collection in USA and 29th in Worldwide collection.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/
The sequence at the railway station (where Ness and Stone - Costner and Garcia respectively - nab Capone's bookkeeper) really sticks in the memory. Amazingly filmed scene - everything about it is perfect: the buildup (Ness waiting impatiently at the top of the staircase; big clock over the entrance ticking away), the action (lawmen and gunmen exchanging fire; baby's pram tripping down the stairway; Ness in pursuit, shooting away) and the breathtaking crescendo (Stone appearing from behind the pillar, throwing an extra revolver at Ness while continuing to shoot, then sliding to support the pram as it comes to a stop the end of the staircase...) :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nerd
Whole thing plays out in slow motion, overlapping frames with no BGM... mindblowing... :notworthy:
One of De Palma's best efforts visually - a level he never could surpass (even in supposedly more stylized flicks like MI)
Ramsri,
That scene was originally from Battleship Potemkin. I guess that scene should be the most copied scene ever. Soorasamharam la kooda andha scene-a vechirukkaanga :lol:
CR,
The scene could have been copied, but don't you think the 'stylish' execution from De Palma elevated it from the original BP, I just love that scene from The untouchables
Agreed!Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
Oh really?? Didnt know about the Soorsamharam bit...Quote:
Originally Posted by crajkumar_be
I knew the scene was copied by apna Bollywood in the monster hit Tezaab - Anil Kapoor and Suresh Oberoi replacing Kevin Costner and Andy Garcia :x, and a local cooperative bank (complete with 20-step staircase and all) taking the place of Chicago's Union Station :banghead:
Hey, and BTW - wasnt Soorsamharam a take on Peter Weir's Witness??
(Hesitate to use terms like "inspired" or "copied" out of respect for some of the stimulating discussions we've had on other threads :D)