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best on screen male chemistry about 3 years ago

Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church in Sideways
Robero Benigni, Giorgio Cantarini in La Vita e Bella
Elijah Wood, Sean Astin in The Lord of the Rings
Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi in Il Postino

Runner Up: Mathieu Amalric, Max von Sydow in The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, They have very few moments together, but when they are, you really believe these two are father and son.

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HOMAGES about 3 years ago

Hou Hsiao-Hsien with Cafe Lumiere (or Kohi Jiko as it is called in Japanese), his homeage to Yasuhiro Ozu, is the best homeage I’ve ever seen. He absorbs Ozu’s style and delivers something that feels both completely familiar and fresh for the late japanese director lovers. Respect and innovation ooze throughout all the movie.

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Last movie you saw and rate it about 3 years ago

The Diving Bell and The Butterfly – 4.5 out of 5

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Looking for the name of a japanese movie, very few details, possibly part of the good ol criterion collection about 3 years ago

Sounds like Last Life in the Universe, but that was a guy not a boy, or maybe, Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows). No idea really, you don’t have any other detail or memory?

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So what's the film that your friends loved and you thought was rubbish. about 3 years ago

The list is too long, so here are just the 2 most recent ones:

The Day the Earth Stood Still, the remake.
Watchmen
Any other world-disaster movie involving a guy and girl who are (kind of) in love (or eventually fall for each other and/or any of it’s variations) and eventually save the world

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Memorable/Favorite Film Deaths about 3 years ago

Sean Bean as Boromir on The Fellowship of the Ring
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis on Thelma and Louise
David Carradine in Kill Bill vol. 2

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Where are you from? about 3 years ago

Arequipa and Lima, Peru, I travel a lot between both cities.

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Recommend a Movie about 3 years ago

Tarnation

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Oldboy remake - Good idea or sacrilege about 3 years ago

OMG, someone please stop this from happening!! It will be wrong on so many levels. No only the casting, they will also make sure it gets PG rated, which means not only tweaking essential parts of the plot, but also making the action sequences less real. Hope it never happens.

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How do you watch long films? about 3 years ago

A dark room, espresso, cigarettes, a candy bar, a glass of water and a pair of headphones (it enhances the soundtrack)

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Best biographical movies about 3 years ago

The Elephant Man
Chaplin
Forrest Gump ;) (I kid, I kid)

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What films have great examples of ensemble acting? about 3 years ago

LOTR
The Breakfast Club

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which books are unfilmable? about 3 years ago

The Bitterbynde Trilogy by Cecilia Dart-Thornton

An extremely intricate new kind of fantasy, which for me, is among the very few who is able to pose a challenge against LOTR, however, the locations and characters are more diverse and most of the story is expressed through the emotions of the main characters.
The Silmarilion also would be extremely hard to adapt to film, since it’s mostly pure concept.

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What are your "Guilty Pleasure" films? about 3 years ago

Spanglish has something on me that I can not resist O_O

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Any good documentaries out there? about 3 years ago

Genghis Blues
and Tarnation of course

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what did you watch today? almost 3 years ago

Grave of the Fireflies

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Favorite Novel of Yours which is dying to made into Film almost 3 years ago

Haruki Murakami´s “Norwegian Wood”

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Most depressing film you have ever seen? almost 3 years ago

Grave of the Fireflies, Elephant Man and The End of Evangelion. Among the latest I´ve seen. Love all of them!

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Songs you strongly associate with certain films almost 3 years ago

This two found the weirdest way to connect in my mind:

David Gray’s “This Year’s Love” – The Girl Next Door
The Goo Goo Dolls “Iris” – Wings of Desire (1987)

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Favorite performances by child actors almost 3 years ago

Natalie Portman – Leon: The Professional
Giorgio Cantarini – La Vita é Bella
Ellen Page – Hard Candy
Leonardo di Caprio – What’s Eating Gilbert Grape
Enzo Staiola – The Bicycle Thief

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Astounding Debuts almost 3 years ago

400 Blows – Truffaut
El Mariachi – Robert Rodriguez
Eraser Head – David Lynch
Pepi, Luci, Bom y Otras Chicas del Montón – Almodovar
Muriel´s Wedding – Hogan
WoodShock – Richard Linklater
Tarnation – Jonathan Caouette
Mala Noche – Gus Van Sant
Genghis Blues – Roko Belic
What’s New Pussycat – Woody Allen

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Movie Gift Service over 2 years ago

Hi, I am looking for the exact same thing. Did you found a solution or a way to do it?

Thank you

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