Episode 96:
In which we discuss: Transsiberian, Elegy, a new top 5, DVD picks and plenty of off-kilter tangents.
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Show notes for Cinecast Episode #96
- Intro music: :00 – 2:44
- Opening B.S.: :19 – 5:13
- Andrew catches up with Man on Wire: 5:13 – 12:48
- Transsiberian: 12:49 – 31:00
- TIFF planning and next week’s show 31:01 – 33:18
- Elegy: 33:19 – 45:44
- Movies in limited release 45:45 – 47:23
- Top 5 Ben Kingsley movies: 47:24 – 1:00:58
– - exploring Kingsley and tangents on Sigourney Weaver, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and shit films - Kurt’s DVD pick: 1:06:50 – 1:19:41
– - tangents on neo-noir/throwback films, Undertow - Andrew’s DVD pick: 1:19:42 – 1:29:16
– - tangent on Vincent Cassell - Closing announcements/thoughts: 1:29:17 – 1:36:21
– - Romancing the Stone - Outro music: 1:33:50 – 1:38:09
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Transsiberian
Emily Mortimer
Eduardo Noriega
Thomas Kretschmann
Elegy
Great Chemistry:
Row Three posts:
Andrew’s review
Top 5 Sir Ben Kingsley films (not including Gandhi):
Andrew:
5) Sneakers
4) Schindler’s List
3) Death and the Maiden
2) Sexy Beast
1) Elegy
Kurt:
5) House of Sand and Fog
4) Suspect Zero
3) Without a Clue
2) Sexy Beast
1) Death and the Maiden
The rarity of the slow-burn adult thriller:
DVD Picks for Tuesday, August 19th
Kurt:
Redbelt (IMDb)
Andrew:
Brotherhood of the Wolf (director’s cut) (IMDb)
Vincent Cassel
See Also – Blueberry, Sheitan, Irreversible, Birthday Girl, Eastern Promises, La Haine, L’Appartement.
TIFF film: L’ennemi public n° 1
Other:
Alfonso Arau
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Forgot to mention that this director’s cut of Brotherhood of the Wolf has over 40 minutes of additional footage placed back into the movie. More cinematic beauty and more naked Belucci hopefully.
To clarify, neither of Coixet’s previous English language films are perfect but there’s a reason they’ve attracted the actors involved – namely excellent scripts. The one thing they both have in common are excellent performances. “My Life Without Me” is a surprisingly uplifting movie about death and yeah, it’s rattled with cliches but it’s well directed and the acting from Polley raises it well above average. “The Secret Life of Words” is much more depressing but it’s a completely unexpected, emotionally charged film about people stuck on an oil rig of all things. Again, excellent performances from Polley and Roth.
Still no “Transsiberian” here. *sigh*
Caught Transsiberian last night. I guess I liked it, but didn’t love it. The external/aerial shots of the train were big highlights. Mortimer is pretty great too. Harrelson was a strange character though.
Oddly enough, I liked the “building up” portions of the story a lot more than the more fast paced parts towards the end. But even these parts that I liked didn’t feel quite right for some reason. It was all just a bit unbelievable and frustrating. The characters didn’t really seem to behave like people in those situations would behave. Like they didn’t have much intelligence or something. Or they were just acting weird to act weird. Definitely a picture worth revisiting though.
Ben Kingsley speaks Russian?
Look forward to the Soylent Green movie club talk, I just saw that film this year for the first time and I loved it.