i ub=nderstand.

by scary i mean, civil, and by civil i mean wierd and eerie...

Consider your seat saved for the Greenway show.

remember when you told me you were a 1989 spelling B champ?

is it a daytime show?

no, and we know the Mrs. ain't gonna let you out of the house[/whip cracking sound]

word

It looks like they moved it back a week.

quote:

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One Week Only!
Starts Friday, May 9 at the Greenway Theatre
Newly Restored Uncut 35mm Print with New Subtitles!



A desperate 16th century village hires seven samurai to protect it from marauders in this crown jewel of Japanese cinema. No other film seamlessly weaves philosophy and entertainment, delicate human emotions and relentless action. Breathtaking, agile and overflowing with a delightfully self-mocking sense of humor, Seven Samurai is Akira Kurosawa's most well known film and inspired the U.S. remake The Magnificent Seven. Toshiro Mifune and Takashi Shimura star. Official Web Site

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http://www.landmarktheaters.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=9268

That's cool. I wasn't super "up" on seeing a 207 minute movie on a Monday night, anyway.

I can't wait to see the joyous face on DG

The link for the theater.

http://www.landmarktheaters.com/market/Houston/GreenwayTheatre.htm

And joyous it will be, bro.

Joyous it will be.

are y'all gonna hold hands once the lights go out?

Nah, just the occasional awkwardly furtive glances.

quote:

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annual home for opening night of the Houston Gay and Lesbian Film Festival

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ironic? yay or nay?

i just read this entire thread

And you feel?

invigorated?

Excellent, then.

Okay, I had a pic here of Mr. Burns doing the "Excellent, Smithers," but the site doesn't allow remote hosting. Oh well.

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So are we going on the 9th? I couldn't find show times; I assume they'll be available next week sometime.

I'm good for that there 9th date.

Stuff from the movie.







Dude should have known, it wasn't a tie.





Remember that shot in The Phantom Menace where the droid armies tanks come over the hill? It's not a coincidence.

Screen captures off dvd's always seem to distort. They come out 720x480, when they should be 640x480. I don't know why.

Worry not, I fixed them.

is it ok if i have the 300th post?

the ol' bunch of enimies coming over the hill bit. You never see that in movies.

You didn't see it before Seven Samurai.

DG, could you give me some usless fact or observations other than what you've already provided/I already knew about kurosawa and his movies, i'm going to need them to wow a film buff friend of mine this weekend...

DG, aquatint yourself w/ the works of John Ford and then consider that statement.

John Ford came onto the set of one of Kurosawa's movies with a bunch of Army officials during the occupation. He asked an assistant if he could meet the director. Kurosawa, just told that an American wanted to meet him, demurred, as he was too busy. A few days later he found out that he had snubbed his hero - he was sore regretful.

They didn't meet in person for another 10 years or so and Ford gave him a hat, similar to his own. Kurosawa, from that point on, was almost always seen in that hat or one very similar.

And it's not just enemies over a hill - it's enemies over the hill and pan down towards the heroes. Michael Jeck told me it was the first use of that shot, and I believe him.

i prefer trivia snippets to anecdotes, but i can use that

Kurosawa's older brother was a very successful movie theater MC during the silent era. They would talk along with the film - good ones were pretty well known celebrities. But talkies came along and his career died, so he committed suicide.

I watched The Searchers on TBS a couple of weeks ago, and noticed another classic Lucas rip off. Martin dropping off the big boulder overlooking Scar's village - to try and rescue Natalie Woods was copied verbatim in the Anakin rescuing mom from the Sandpeople shot.

so he took it from Ford, I don't know about the pan down but all the Indians on the ridge shot was in Stagecoach circa '39

But they just stood there, like in all of those Mighty Mouse cartoons.

Kurosawa's was a much more dynamic shot.

So, is seeing a movie with a guy who has mini-samurai swords that pop out of his knuckles gonna bide me over until next week?

What happened to Master of Disguise?