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I thought that our Steve said that SCHINDLER'S LIST was his most personal film?
Imo, his most personal (i.e. autobiographical) film is E.T.
He only directed EMPIRE OF THE SUN because Lean passed.
EMPIRE OF THE SUN sure is up there with the best of the best.
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Has the wokerati no shame?
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Yes, Sweep.
NTTD is "a 30-year-old fine, indifferently blended... with an overdose of bon bois."
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Thank you for this, @Bayesian. I admire your honesty.
At the end of the day, it's horses for courses. You like NTTD, and I don't. I think that there is room enough for both opinions.
2 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said:... has there ever been a more 'close, but no cigar' actor when it comes to Bond than Cavill?
Don't you mean: "Close, but no Delectados"?
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Geez, Louise! That fake trailer is better than the whole of NO TIME TO DIE
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"Get off my bed!"
"Sit!"
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I've tried to sign up, but the menu isn't functioning.
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SE7EN is among Shore's finest scores. I don't have the C&C, so I'm so glad that I have the iso, on DVD.
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What?! You mean he's not singing along with Seth MacFarlane?
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6 hours ago, Holko said:
Ok. Even then, this holy americana sound is mostly really not my thing.
"Holy Americana, Batman!"
While I don't think that SAVING PRIVATE RYAN is up there with, say, PATTON, or THE GRAND ILLUSION, or ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT as a great war film, it is a great film, and it deserved to be named Best Picture at the 1999 Oscars, instead of that Shakespeare bollocks.
The score is among JW's most restrained works. It would be so easy to score the battle scenes, but SS and JW were wise to go in the opposite direction.
If I had my way, 'Hymn To The Fallen' would be played at every Remembrance Day service, the world over.
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14 hours ago, Andy said:
Me, singing along to Parade of the Slave Children:
Er... that would be 'Slave Children's Crusade'
Is the film getting a cinema rerelease?
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4 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said:
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On 25/03/2024 at 2:31 PM, bollemanneke said:
Mozart's Paris symphony. Even Adam Fischer only makes this one sound mildly interesting.
1 hour ago, bollemanneke said:Tchaikovsky 5, Karajan, EMI. Yet another wholly unnecessay recording. Brass flubs abound, sonics are awful. Worse than his previous DG recording, so why on earth bother?
On 07/04/2024 at 2:33 PM, bollemanneke said:Bach, English suite 4, Schiff. We have now reached the inevitable point where it all becomes unmusical showing-off on a keyboard.
Why do you do it to yourself?
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I got up early, this morning (as you do) and I turned on BBC Radio 3 (as you do), and I heard something called O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM, by someone called Morten Lauridsen.
It reminded me of music by Gavin Bryars - JESUS' BLOOD NEVER FAILED ME YET; THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC - which I love, by the way.
Has anyone else heard of this composer?
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Who are the other two people?
Actually, scratch that! It's up to JW to know who they are, not me.
Sorry I asked.
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It is North's best.
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Berlin? Twice in... what... two years?
And when was the last time you were in London, Mr. Williams?
I'll tell you: July 4th, 1998 (!). I know, I was there!
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True, but Cruise has had his fair share of unsuccessful (or should I say: unprofitable?) films.
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I see where you're going with this, Alex.
Yes, he was, but, more than that, he was a f***ing great actor.
Is John Malkovich a star? Is Michael Fassbender a star? Is James McAvoy a star?
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@Thor, I'm assuming that you have heard Davis' score for the restoration of the 1927 NAPOLEON?
Thoughts?
Next James Bond actor after Daniel Craig?
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Yeah. In THUNDERBALL, Fleming talks about a good spaghetti Bolognese that Bond had, in Brighton.
Nowadays, food and drink are hardly mentioned, except for the Vesper.