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David
to wish impossible things
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Well go see the bloody film! It's great and it'll make you cry (if you can handle English subs and shaky cam). _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Skids wrote: | stui magpie wrote: | Just finished watching Last Vegas.
Enjoyed very much. |
Excellent show! Copule of beers and some chicken wings in Gold Class, most enjoyable and one of the better flicks I've seen recently.
How much of a dead ringer is Charlie for his old man always been obvious but wow |
Watched it on the plane, great movie
Ps. Charities brother, Emilio estevev is a much better actor! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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Dark Beanie
Joined: 06 Feb 2004 Location: A galaxy far, far away.
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Blue Jasmine - Cate Blanchet was great. _________________ If you are foolish enough to be contented, don't show it, but just grumble with the rest. - Jerome K Jerome |
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White House down
Channing Tatum (my heart be still, whoa white singlet time ) and Jamie fox,bloody grous, ok far fetched just a lot, but it's so good, cheered, laughed, screamed and laughed some more, and did I mention whaaaaaaaoooooo
Loved it!
It's an action flick by the way! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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David
to wish impossible things
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I watched Salo on Wednesday night. Real bundle of laughs, that one. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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swoop42
Whatcha gonna do when he comes for you?
Joined: 02 Aug 2008 Location: The 18
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David wrote: | I watched Salo on Wednesday night. Real bundle of laughs, that one. |
That movie is a pile of shit.
Literally! _________________ He's mad. He's bad. He's MaynHARD! |
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David
to wish impossible things
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I can't believe you've seen it!
I can't believe anyone has... _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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Bucks5
Nicky D - Parting the red sea
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I preferred Olympus has fallen over White House Down. _________________ How would Siri know when to answer "Hey Siri" unless it is listening in to everything you say? |
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The cover of the DVD puts me off, is it a drama?
We got millions of copies of that, hardly any sold! _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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John Wren
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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David wrote: | I can't believe you've seen it!
I can't believe anyone has... |
you saw it. _________________ Purveyor of sanctimonious twaddle. |
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David
to wish impossible things
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Twice, no less.
It's still pretty soul-destroying. _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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John Wren
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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David wrote: | Twice, no less.
It's still pretty soul-destroying. |
ummmm, why? _________________ Purveyor of sanctimonious twaddle. |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005 Location: In flagrante delicto
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John Wren wrote: | David wrote: | Twice, no less.
It's still pretty soul-destroying. |
ummmm, why? |
Having googled the movie cos I had NFI what this was about, I whole heartedly second the question.
Why? _________________ Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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David
to wish impossible things
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I've been a fan of the director, Pier Paolo Pasolini, since I was a teenager. Some of his films, like The Gospel According to St. Matthew (considered by many Christians to be the best "Jesus" film ever made), Mamma Roma and The Decameron are among the most beautiful and memorable movies I've ever seen. Salo, the last film he made before his death in 1975 (he was likely knocked off by the Italian secret service), is on a completely different plane—it's partially based on a Marquis de Sade text, partially based on real events in Fascist Italy. Upon its unbanning in 2010 (much to the chagrin of Liberal senators who had tried to keep it out of Australia for the better part of 20 years), it was rated R for "scenes of torture, degradation and sexual violence". That more or less sums up the film's narrative.
When I was 18, back when it was still banned in Australia, I borrowed an old videotape of Salo from a small Canberra video rental. I absolutely hated it and thought it was one of the most vile things I'd ever seen. However, I'd read more about the film in the intervening years and become curious about revisiting it, so managed to summon enough courage to see it when it showed at ACMI on Wednesday (along with Lola, who was watching it for the first time). I liked it more this time around as an artistic statement, but it's still pretty sickening. I wouldn't recommend it.
The film's long history with the Australian Classification Board can be found here:
http://www.refused-classification.com/censorship/films/salo-or-the-120-days-of-sodom-1975-1.html
On a somewhat unrelated note, here's a song about Pasolini's death:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJzTWk6bSw _________________ "Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train our character to be passive in its presence." – Julian Assange |
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David that the movie I meant the other day remember? You said what movie was that again! And no, I haven't watched it, just yuk _________________ You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either! |
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