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<title><![CDATA[The Fifth Element]]></title>
<link>http://franzpatrick.com/2009/11/29/the-fifth-element/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 19:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Franz Patrick</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Fifth Element, The (1997) ★★★ / ★★★★ I didn&#8217;t know much about this movie when I decided to wat]]></description>
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Fifth Element, The (1997)<br />
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<p>I didn&#8217;t know much about this movie when I decided to watch it so my expectations were not that high. I thought it was going to be another one of those science fiction movies that deals with the apocalypse and so happens to take itself way too seriously. I couldn&#8217;t be anymore more wrong because &#8220;The Fifth Element,&#8221; written and directed by Luc Besson, was as funny and interesting as the vibrant colors that could be found in it throughout. Every 5,000 years, a strange power appears and tries to engulf life. It could be stopped by combining the powers of fire, water, wind, earth and the supposed &#8220;fifth element&#8221; for another five thousand years and the cycle continues. Bruce Willis stars as Korben Dallas, a taxi driver in futuristic New York who used to work for the military. He got sucked into the madness of intergalactic battle when Milla Jovovich&#8211;the fifth element, also known as the perfect being&#8211;literally dropped into his taxi. Their mission was to gather all the elements and save the planet from being obliterated into oblivion. Gary Oldman as the evil Zorg, Ian Holm as the priest, and Chris Tucker as the hilariously flamboyant DJ also star. I enjoyed this movie more than I expected to because its pace was quick; it didn&#8217;t dwell on the specifics on who&#8217;s who and what their intentions and motivations are. This film definitely reminded me of a hybrid between the &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; saga and the B movies of the 1950&#8217;s because it had that nice balance of imagination and humor. The only minor complaint I had was that sometimes it managed to distract itself from the story to make room for some of the more obvious funny moments. Tucker was the one who stole most of the scenes he was in because he was able to focus his manic personality into a character that had to be very enthusiastic about everything every time he was on his program. As for the visual and special effects, yes, they are sort of dated but I really didn&#8217;t care because I&#8217;m more concerned about the concept, how well a film builds on the story, and how it utilizes its characters. &#8220;The Fifth Element&#8221; is one of those movies that one can really enjoy if one doesn&#8217;t mind watching something over-the-top on a slow night.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[[ภ]าพแรก 2 หนังผจญภัยต่างลุค แต่ชื่อยาวทั้งคู่ ใน Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec และ Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader !!]]></title>
<link>http://sabusfilm.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/adele-blanc-sec-and-chronicles-of-narnia3/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sabus&#39;s FilM</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[เรื่องแรกเป็นภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างจากหนังสือการ์ตูนของฝรั่งเศส ของ Jacques Tardi เรื่อง Aventures Extrodi]]></description>
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<p><strong>เรื่องแรกเป็นภาพยนตร์ที่สร้างจากหนังสือการ์ตูนของฝรั่งเศส ของ <span style="color:#800000;">Jacques Tardi</span> เรื่อง <span style="color:#800000;">Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec</span> จากการกำกับของ <span style="color:#800000;">Luc Besson</span> ที่เป็นทั้งผู้กำกับและโปรดิวเซอร์ผู้อยู่เบื้องหลังหนังบู๊แอ๊คชั่นหลายต่อหลายเรื่องแม้กระทั่ง <span style="color:#800000;">องศ์บาก</span> จากบ้านเรา!!<!--more--></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Aventures Extrodinaire d’Adele Blanc-Sec</span> ภาพยนตร์ชื่อย๊าวยาว จะนำคุณย้อนยุคไปสู่ปี <span style="color:#800000;">1912</span> กับการผจญภัยของนักข่าวสาวสวย <span style="color:#800000;">Adele Blanc-Sec</span> (นำแสดงโดยนักแสดงสาวชื่อดังของฝรั่งเศส <span style="color:#800000;">Louise Bourgoin</span>) ในการเดินทางรอบโลกของเธอ ที่แสนหฤโหด เช่น โจรร้ายใจบาป นักวิทยาศาสตร์ผู้บ้าคลั่ง ลัทธิปีศาจ มัมมี่ปีศาจ แม้กระทั่งไข่นกยักษ์โบราณ ที่จะสร้างความสุดระทึกและลุ้นไปกับหญิงสาวใจกล้าหาญอย่างสนุกสนานหรรษาทีเดียว!!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>และแล้วก็มาถึงบทสุดท้ายของภาพยนตร์แฟนตาซีไตรภาค ของตำนาน Nania จากหนังสือขายดีของ <span style="color:#800000;">C.S. LEWIS</span> ที่มีชื่อตอนว่า <span style="color:#800000;">Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader</span> ชื่อไทย <span style="color:#800000;">อภินิหารตำนานแห่งนาร์เนีย 3 : ผจญภัยโพ้นทะเล</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>เรื่องราวมีอยู่ว่า ระหว่างปิดภาคเรียน <span style="color:#800000;">Edmund Pevensie</span> (<span style="color:#800000;">Skandar Keynes</span>) กับ <span style="color:#800000;">Lucy Pevensie</span> (<span style="color:#800000;">Georgie Henley</span>) จำต้องไปพักอยู่กับลูกพี่ลูกน้องชื่อ <span style="color:#800000;">Eustace Clarence Scrubb</span> (<span style="color:#800000;">Will Poulter</span>) ความเกเรของ <span style="color:#800000;">Eustace</span> ทำให้ <span style="color:#800000;">Edmund และ Lucy</span> แทบคลั่ง เด็กทั้งสองปลีกเวลาอยู่ตามลำพังในห้อง คุยกันเรื่อง <span style="color:#800000;">Nania</span> ดินแดนลึกลับส่วนตัวของพวกเขา พลางมองดูรูปภาพเรือลำหนึ่งซึ่งคล้ายเรือของ <span style="color:#800000;">Nania</span> ขณะที่ <span style="color:#800000;">Eustace</span> เข้ามาระรานเด็กทั้งสองในห้อง จู่ๆเรือในรูปภาพก็เริ่มโยนตัวขึ้นลงตามกระแสคลื่น ลมเริ่มพัดแรง แต่เป็นลมที่พัดออกมาจากรูปภาพ พริบตาเดียวกรอบรูปก็หายไป เด็กทั้งสามถูกคลื่นกวาดลงทะเล และตะเกียกตะกายขึ้นเรือลำนั้นได้อย่างปลอดภัย เด็กทั้งสามเข้าร่วมผจญภัยในเรือกับพระเจ้าแคสเปี้ยน ตามหาสหายทั้ง 7 ฅนของพระบิดาซึ่งสาบสูญไปในระหว่างการเดินทางแสวงหาแผ่นดินใหม่โพ้นทะเล มุ่งหน้าไปจนสุดทิศตะวันออก อันเป็นดินแดนแห่งอัสลานและที่สุดสิ้นแห่งโลก!!</strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color:#800000;">Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader</span> นี้เป็นการย้ายค่ายจาก <span style="color:#800000;">Disney </span>เป็นค่ายยักษ์ <span style="color:#800000;">20th Century Fox</span> กำกับโดย <span style="color:#800000;">Michael Apted</span> จาก <span style="color:#800000;">The World Is Not Enough</span> มานั่งเก้าอี้แทน <span style="color:#800000;">Andrew Adamson</span> จาก 2 ภาคแรก โดยโดดไปนั่งเก้าอี้โปรดิวเซอร์แทนในภาค 3 ภาพยนตร์มีกำหนดฉายในปีหน้า <span style="color:#ff0000;">10 ธันวาคม 2010</span> โน่น!!</strong></p>
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<p><strong>ที่มา :: <span style="color:#800000;">FirstShowing</span></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[KinoSilmä #50: Megalomaaninen Juhlajakso]]></title>
<link>http://kinosilma.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/kinosilma-50-megalomaaninen-juhlajakso/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kinosilma</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Lataa Ohjelma (MP3) Eeppisen mittaisessa juhlajaksossamme esitellään uusi tunnari, palkitaan komment]]></description>
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<p>Eeppisen mittaisessa juhlajaksossamme esitellään uusi tunnari, palkitaan kommentoijia ja ennen kaikkea käydään läpi panelistien Top 10 suosikkielokuvat kautta aikojen. Mittaa jaksolle tosiaan venähti melkein kolme ja puoli tuntia, mutta älkää säikähtäkö. Annamme tämän kuunteluun kuuntelijoille muutaman viikon kuunteluaikaa ennen uusia jaksoja ja podcastia voi kuunnella vapaavalintaisissa osioissa.</p>
<p>Juhan Top 10 elokuvat:<br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Times_(film)">Modern Times</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9lie">Amélie</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_(film)">Seven</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction_(film)">Pulp Fiction</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathless_(1960_film)">Á Bout de Souffle</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocalypse_Now">Apocalypse Now</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Strangelove">Dr. Strangelove</a><br />
- <a href="http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mies_vailla_menneisyytt%C3%A4">Mies Vailla Menneisyyttä</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Hall">Annie Hall</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_for_a_Dream">Requiem for a Dream</a></p>
<p>Henrikin Top 10 elokuvat:<br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WALL-E">WALL-E</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Dictator">The Great Dictator</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis_(film)">Metropolis</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibles">The Incredibles</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Quest">Galaxy Quest</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close_Encounters_of_the_Third_Kind">Close Encounters of the Third Kind</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Murder_Mystery">Manhattan Murder Mystery</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001:_A_Space_Odyssey_(film)">2001: A Space Odyssey</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Motion_Picture">Star Trek: The Motion Picture</a><br />
- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo">Finding Nemo</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le cinéma français vu par un Américain]]></title>
<link>http://vupar.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/le-cinema-francais-vu-par-un-americain/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>vupar</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La cinéphilie n&#8217;est plus ce qu&#8217;elle était. Le rayonnement du cinéma français non plus ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><span style="color:#800000;">La cinéphilie n&#8217;est plus ce qu&#8217;elle était. Le rayonnement du cinéma français non plus</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">&#8220;Il fut un temps, chacun autour de cette table le savait, où les films français n&#8217;avaient guère besoin d&#8217;aide aux Etats-Unis. Pendant les années 60, âge d&#8217;or de la nouvelle vague, les Américains se sont passionnés pour le travail de metteurs en scène comme François Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, Alain Resnais, Louis Malle, Eric Rohmer et Claude Chabrol. Si on voulait passer pour un cinéphile averti, il fallait absolument voir leurs films.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">Mais, bien que l&#8217;Hexagone continue à décrocher davantage de nominations aux oscars<strong> </strong>du meilleur film étranger que n&#8217;importe quel autre pays, cet âge d&#8217;or est bel et bien révolu – non seulement pour les films français, mais aussi pour l&#8217;ensemble de la production étrangère. Malgré des films phénomènes comme <em>Cinéma Paradiso, Le Facteur, Les Epices de la passion </em>et l&#8217;actuel succès de Roberto Benigni, <em>La vie est belle,</em> qui encaissent pour plus de 10 millions de dollars d&#8217;entrées dans ce pays, les films étrangers ne font en général plus recette ou ne sont plus aussi prisés qu&#8217;autrefois.</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;"><!--more--></span><span style="color:#000000;">Le naufrage du cinéma français aux Etats-Unis tient à de nombreuses raisons, souvent interdépendantes – qui vont de certaines tendances sociologiques, comme la concurrence accrue sur le temps libre des Américains, à des cas particuliers comme le fait que certains brillants cinéastes français (Luc Besson, Jean-Jacques Annaud, et plus récemment Mathieu Kassovitz) soient prêts à renoncer à leur langue maternelle pour travailler sur des projets en anglais. Mais tout le débat se ramène inévitablement à un ensemble de trois facteurs dont les effets cumulatifs s&#8217;avèrent dévastateurs.<br />
Tout d&#8217;abord, pour dire les choses avec le plus de délicatesse possible, le public du cinéma français vieillit et la cinéphilie n&#8217;est plus ce qu&#8217;elle était. <em>&#8220;Une coterie de nostalgiques entre deux âges&#8221;, </em>voilà ce que seraient devenus les défenseurs du cinéma français, selon un écrivain peu amène. En outre, les salles d&#8217;art et essai – et la critique cinématographique de qualité qui les accompagnait – sont aujourd&#8217;hui des espèces menacées. Aussi est-il de plus en plus difficile pour un film étranger de rester longtemps à l&#8217;affiche.<br />
Puis, le cinéma français a changé, le public américain aussi. La plupart des publics européens (à l&#8217;exception des Français) préfèrent que les films soient doublés. Or, traditionnellement, les Américains ne voulaient pas entendre parler de doublage. Ce qui est nouveau, c&#8217;est que cette attitude de rejet s&#8217;étend maintenant au sous-titrage. <em>&#8220;Si on veut toucher un large public avec un film, il n&#8217;est pas possible de le sous-titrer&#8221;, </em>reconnaît Toscan du Plantier, ajoutant avec une exaspération feinte : </span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>&#8220;Les jeunes lisent sur un écran d&#8217;ordinateur, mais ils ne veulent absolument pas lire au cinéma.&#8221;<br />
</em>Ensuite, le public américain qui allait traditionnellement voir les films français dans les années 60 a été cannibalisé par la croissance explosive du cinéma indépendant aux Etats-Unis. Dans les dernières décennies, pour voir des films avec de vrais personnages, qui ne soient pas mécaniques et simplistes, pour échapper en somme aux grosses machines hollywoodiennes, il n&#8217;y avait pas de salut hors des films étrangers. Mais, aujourd&#8217;hui, le public américain peut voir ce même genre de films sans avoir à lire des sous-titres ou à entendre des voix doublées. &#8220;Du temps du Code Hayes<strong> </strong>[qui réglementait la censure], les films français avaient le mérite de la sensualité,<strong> </strong>précise Haskell, </span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>le cinéma hexagonal avait pour réputation d&#8217;être plus adulte, plus raffiné, plus olé-olé. Ce n&#8217;est plus le cas aujourd&#8217;hui.&#8221;<br />
</em>Face à de tels obstacles, d&#8217;autres pays ont, à divers degrés, renoncé à essayer de pénétrer tant soit peu le très chauviniste marché américain. Mais les Français n&#8217;ont pas voulu tirer un trait sur l&#8217;avenir de leur cinéma, tant dans l&#8217;Hexagone qu&#8217;à l&#8217;étranger. Sans doute est-ce en grande partie parce que leur attitude envers le cinéma n&#8217;a rien à envier à la nôtre. <em>&#8220;Nous avons bien des points communs avec les Américains, et notamment le fait de prendre le cinéma très au sérieux en termes de pouvoir,</em> explique Toscan du Plantier. </span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>Nous sommes les seuls pays où les présidents, tant Bill Clinton que Jacques Chirac, jugent utile d&#8217;aborder la question du cinéma lors de leurs visites officielles. Nous voyons les choses de la même façon : c&#8217;est pour cela que nous nous battons.&#8221;<br />
</em>En revanche, les Français ont plus conscience que les Américains que le cinéma fait partie de leur patrimoine. <em>&#8220;La notion d&#8221;identité culturelle&#8217; a quelque chose de prétentieux en anglais, mais elle est lourde de sens et, pour les Français, le cinéma est l&#8217;une des expressions les plus importantes de l&#8217;identité culturelle&#8221;,</em> souligne le président d&#8217;Unifrance. Jack Lang, ancien ministre de la Culture et de la Communication, s&#8217;en est fait l&#8217;écho lorsqu&#8217;il a déclaré à un journaliste, à propos de la détermination de la France à pénétrer le marché américain : <em>&#8220;Il ne s&#8217;agit pas tant de gagner de l&#8217;argent que d&#8217;en retirer une satisfaction morale. Pour un réalisateur étranger, avoir son film à l&#8217;affiche aux Etats-Unis, c&#8217;est une sorte de consécration internationale.&#8221;</em> Et Toscan du Plantier de lancer, après qu&#8217;un <em>trade representative</em> lui eut lancé que la situation du cinéma avait pour contrepartie la question du fromage – nous mangeons le leur, ils dédaignent le nôtre –, </span><span style="color:#000000;"><em>&#8220;nos films sont aussi bons que nos fromages&#8221;.<br />
&#8220;Si c&#8217;est soit le grand Hollywood, soit la petite France, nous sommes fichus&#8221;, </em>poursuit-il, pragmatique. &#8220;Nous ne sommes pas de taille à affronter la puissance américaine ; les Etats-Unis contrôlent entre 75 et 80 % du marché mondial, Chine et Inde exceptées. Ce n&#8217;est pas l&#8217;Amérique contre la France, c&#8217;est Hollywood contre le reste du monde, y compris l&#8217;Amérique&#8230; Tout ce que nous voulons, c&#8217;est être les chefs de file d&#8217;un autre cinéma.&#8221; Et cela ne se limite pas à des déclarations d&#8217;intention. Aux Etats-Unis, la culture est si peu subventionnée que même les arts traditionnels sont réduits à la mendicité. La France, en revanche, fait preuve d&#8217;une prodigalité impressionnante envers le cinéma. Résultat, ce pays organise près de 200 festivals et ne se situe que derrière l&#8217;Inde et les Etats-Unis pour le nombre de films réalisés.<br />
Mais, comme on dit souvent à Los Angeles, l&#8217;argent est une chose, l&#8217;argent d&#8217;Hollywood en est une autre. En 1997, le coût moyen d&#8217;une production hollywoodienne dépassait 53 millions de dollars, tandis qu&#8217;une production française coûtait en moyenne 6,2 millions de dollars. De plus, les studios hollywoodiens dépensent régulièrement pour promouvoir leurs films des sommes qui dépassent l&#8217;ensemble des subventions françaises allouées au cinéma – de 22 millions de dollars l&#8217;année dernière. <em>&#8220;Si nous disposions de 50 millions de dollars pour le lancement d&#8217;un film, nous ne ferions pas de festivals ; les festivals, c&#8217;est bon pour les pauvres&#8221;, </em>note Toscan du Plantier. Pour contribuer à l&#8217;ouverture de marchés pour leurs productions, les Français ont lancé et financé des festivals florissants au Japon et en Australie (&#8230;)&#8221;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#000000;">Kenneth Turan &#8211; Los Angeles Times &#8211; 27/05/99</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Angel-A]]></title>
<link>http://blogdoheu.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/angel-a/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Angel-A Inspirado pela recente visita de Rie Rasmussen ao Rio para o lançamento de &#8220;Human Zoo]]></description>
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<p><strong>Angel-A</strong></p>
<p>Inspirado pela recente visita de Rie Rasmussen ao Rio para o lançamento de &#8220;<a href="http://blogdoheu.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/human-zoo/" target="_blank">Human Zoo</a>&#8220;, resolvi rever &#8220;Angel-A&#8221;, que vi no Festival do Rio de alguns anos atrás. O filme não passou nos cinemas daqui, mas o dvd já foi lançado &#8211; e o meu está autografado pela Rie!</p>
<p>André é um cara todo errado. Baixinho, feio, deficiente físico, deve dinheiro para todo mundo e só se mete em roubadas. Aí surge Angela, uma loira de 1,80m e corpo de modelo, que muda a sua vida.</p>
<p>O grande trunfo do filme é seu casal protagonista. Jamel Debbouze (que esteve em &#8220;O Fabuloso Destino de Amelie Poulan) está ótimo como o <em>looser</em> André. E Rie (que também fez &#8220;<a href="http://blogdoheu.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/femme-fatale/" target="_blank">Femme Fatale</a>&#8220;), linda como sempre, arrasa em seu curtíssimo vestidinho preto. É um casal completamente improvável, e a química entre os dois está perfeita.</p>
<p>&#8220;Angel-A&#8221; foi dirigido por Luc Besson em 2005. Besson passou seis anos sem dirigir nenhum filme (desde &#8220;Joana D&#8217;Arc&#8221;, de 99). Não sei o que o fez ficar tanto tempo sem se sentar na cadeira de diretor, mas, como fã de filmes como &#8220;Subway&#8221;, &#8220;Imensidão Azul&#8221;, &#8220;Nikita&#8221;, &#8220;O Profissional&#8221; e &#8220;O Quinto Elemento&#8221;, espero que ele não pare de novo!</p>
<p>A fotografia do filme, toda em p&#38;b, traz cenas belíssimas. E o astral do filme é ótimo. Besson abandonou o estilo &#8220;ação estilizada&#8221; que tem usado muito nos filmes que produz (como &#8220;Taxi&#8221; ou &#8220;<a href="http://blogdoheu.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/carga-explosiva-1-2-e-3/" target="_blank">Carga Explosiva</a>&#8220;), e fez um filme de pouca ação, poucos efeitos especiais e uma reflexão sobre o bem e o mal, sobre como o ser humanopode ser melhor.</p>
<p>Não é para qualquer um, não é para qualquer hora. Mas, no clima certo, é um ótimo filme!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard - International Trailer]]></title>
<link>http://liveforfilms.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/arthur-and-the-revenge-of-maltazard-international-trailer/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard is the sequel by Luc Besson to Arthur and the Invisibles.It is o]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Good Film Broadcasts, Week Of November 22nd, 2009]]></title>
<link>http://xonmus.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/good-film-broadcasts-week-of-november-22nd-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>xonmus</dc:creator>
<guid>http://xonmus.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/good-film-broadcasts-week-of-november-22nd-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I declare this week to be Tom Wilkinson Week, with three of his films making the list.  Check out al]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Foreign Review: District B13]]></title>
<link>http://moviesoothsayer.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/foreign-review-district-b13/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Action filmmaker and producer Luc Besson has always had an eye for action and having the ability to ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" title="db13a" src="http://dienanhso.net/online/images/upload/film/zing9x_com-4ac5bafaae504.jpg" alt="" width="303" height="417" />Action filmmaker and producer Luc Besson has always had an eye for action and having the ability to showcase it in a strange and unusual way. He honed the skills of Jet Li and Jason Statham with glorious success. He even turned his ex-lover Milla Jovovich into a female wrecking machine.</p>
<p>Now Besson hopes to find the next great action star in French sensation David Belle who founded a new form of martial arts called parkour. This new form is basically where the artist attempts to pass obstacles in the fastest and most direct manner possible by running, jumping, climbing, sliding, ducking and so forth.</p>
<p>Co-writer Luc Besson and director Pierre Morel sculpt out a story where an undercover cop (Cyril Raffaelli) must infiltrate one of the nastiest neighborhoods in 2010 Paris. The neighborhood is District 13.</p>
<p>The cop is joined by a convict (David Belle) who will guide him in his pursuit to find a neutron bomb somewhere in the district. But the convict also has an agenda all his own. Don’t they always.</p>
<p><img class="alignright" title="db13b" src="http://www.themoviebinge.com/images/stills/20060608districtb13.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="225" /></p>
<p>The film’s plot, setup, direction and cinematography leave a lot to be desired. But if they were all state of the art and amazing then I guess we wouldn’t really be able to see what Belle can do with his “parkour”.</p>
<p>The sequences where parkour is focused are amazing and the stunt work flawless. It kind of reminded me a lot of the better Jackie Chan movies. You know where you stop and say to yourself, how do they do that?</p>
<p>The acting in the film reminded me of old “Godzilla” movies or Power Rangers episodes because even though I saw the film with subtitles and in its original French it still looked like it was dubbed and the audio was horrendous.</p>
<p>A-class stunts + lame ass plot = rental. Or at least it does in my books.</p>
<p>1 out of 5</p>
<p>So Says the Soothsayer.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Shelf Life: The Professional]]></title>
<link>http://apluspress.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/shelf-life-the-professional/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:59:45 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Shelf Life: The Professional This week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Leon: The Professi]]></description>
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<p>This week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-professional/1128/main"><em>Leon: The  Professional</em></a> on Blu-ray, and because I have the best job in the world,  I got to watch it for this column. The truth is that this was a formative movie  for me, not only augmenting my budding cinephilia in terms of attention to and  interest in strongly visual filmmakers, but in understanding the technical and  artistic value of widescreen cinema. Before the film was released on widescreen  VHS and later, DVD, I watched the pan-and-scan version when it was first  released on video and almost got sick from the cropping and scanning of director  <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/luc-besson/1294296/main">Luc  Besson</a>&#8217;s balletic camerawork.</p>
<p>Thankfully, I never have to watch it  via that sort of butchered presentation again, and even if you don&#8217;t think the  movie is a masterpiece, at the very least, SPHE&#8217;s new Blu-ray offers a  gorgeously rich transfer that fully celebrates Besson&#8217;s cinematography. But even  though this is a film I&#8217;ve revisited several times since its original release in  1994, I was curious to see how well <em>The Professional</em> would hold up some  15 years later – which brings us to this week&#8217;s &#8220;Shelf  Life.&#8221;<strong><br />
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<p><strong>The Facts: </strong>Released on  November 18, 1994, <em>The Professional</em> (as it was called in the U.S.) was  Luc Besson&#8217;s Hollywood real Hollywood breakthrough after helming <em>La Femme  Nikita</em> and the French films <em>Subway</em> and <em>The Big Blue</em>.  Although it received zero nominations from stateside critics groups, the film  was nominated for seven Cesars (the French Academy Awards), including best  music, best actor for <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/jean-reno/1824998/main">Jean Reno</a>,  best director for Besson, and best picture. Ultimately the film only grossed  about $20 million domestically, but it still maintains a respectable 74% fresh  at Rotten Tomatoes. And of course, it introduced the world to <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/natalie-portman/1937784/main">Natalie  Portman</a>, whose performance as Mathilda is still one of the best in her  entire career.</p>
<p><strong>What Still Works: </strong>The relationship  between Reno&#8217;s Leon and Portman&#8217;s Mathilda cements the film&#8217;s more visceral  elements and truly elevates what could have been standard-fare (or even  superlative) action to something more substantial. Besson has always been more  of an intuitive and emotional filmmaker than an intellectual one – the them of  his follow-up, <a href="http://www.moviefone.com/movie/the-fifth-element/3936/main"><em>The Fifth  Element</em></a>, is unapologetically &#8220;love conquers evil&#8221; – but here he  perfectly balances the sentimentality of their budding bond with the harsh and  inescapable realities of what Leon does for a living.</p>
<p>Remarkably,  however, Besson creates one really fascinating scenario after the next, not only  as a set piece to thrill the pulse, but one after another that focuses and  utilizes the little character details that are introduced throughout the film.  For example, Leon&#8217;s ongoing fitness regimen comes into play when he&#8217;s suspended  over the doorway in a hotel room where he&#8217;s being attacked; or although Leon  develops a great sense of humanity through his interactions with Mathilda, he  also gains literacy, which helps him deal with Tony (<a href="http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/danny-aiello/1142447/main">Danny  Aiello</a>), much to Tony&#8217;s chagrin. At the same time, these little details  aren&#8217;t overstated, nor are the backgrounds and back stories of the characters,  so that when Tony mentions Leon&#8217;s troubled history with women, it conveys his  emotional immaturity without needing to provide a concrete description of how  and why he ended up in the states as a hitman for an Italian  bookie.</p>
<p><strong><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2009/11/pro3.jpg" border="1" alt="" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" />What  Doesn&#8217;t Work: </strong>Surprisingly little, although anyone who was already  troubled by the film&#8217;s vaguely romantic coupling of Leon and Mathilda will be no  more reassured 15 years later. Some of this is emphasized in the extended cut  (which with the release of this Blu-ray is for the first time available on the  same disc as the theatrical version), but in both, Besson doesn&#8217;t skirt the idea  that Mathilda has been forced to grow up faster than she might be ready for,  which is why she seems to be exploring her budding womanhood when she talks to  Leon – which produces appropriately outrageous results.</p>
<p>But the subtle  examination of this mentor/ parent-child/ romantic relationship is just one part  of the film, and the movie is fairly clear in suggesting that such a coupling  would be inappropriate – not the least of which because she often seems more  mature than he does – and rescues the film from turning into something other  than a redemption story for these two characters.</p>
<p><strong>What&#8217;s The  Verdict:</strong> As <em>Leon</em> or <em>The Professional</em>, Besson&#8217;s film  holds up beautifully, not only from a thematic and emotional standpoint but  technically: in every frame of film, you can see that Besson is a born  filmmaker, creating a fluidity and a beauty in his set pieces that emphasizes  both the energy of the sequence and its emotional foundations. Personally I  think that the two versions are equally good, if only because as interesting as  the sequences are of Mathilda and Leon actually doing jobs together, the  extended cut runs a little bit long and seems unnecessary in telling the core  story of Leon and Mathilda&#8217;s relationship with one another; but as a  quasi-irresponsible tale of a little girl who becomes a hitman or a hitman who  regains his humanity with the help of a little girl, <em>The Professional</em> is a truly fantastic film, and still one of my all-time favorites.</p>
<p><em>by</em> <strong><a href="/bloggers/todd-gilchrist/">Todd  Gilchrist</a></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Gaultier ]]></title>
<link>http://pormaopropria.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/jean-paul-gaultier/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jean-Paul Gaultier (24 de Abril de 1952) é um estilista francês, que começou, em 1970, como assisten]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://pormaopropria.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1258615926373gaultiergd.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1416" title="1258615926373gaultiergd" src="http://pormaopropria.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/1258615926373gaultiergd.jpg" alt="" width="510" height="358" /></a><strong>Jean-Paul Gaultier</strong> (<a title="24 de abril" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_de_abril">24 de Abril</a> de <a title="1952" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1952">1952</a>) é um <a title="Estilista" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estilista">estilista</a> <a title="França" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7a">francês</a>, que começou, em 1970, como assistente de <a title="Pierre Cardin" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Cardin">Pierre Cardin</a>. A sua primeira colecção com estilo irreverente foi lançada, em <a title="1981" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981">1981</a>.</p>
<p>Gaultier promoveu o uso de <a title="Saia" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saia">saias</a> para homens e <a title="Modelo (pessoa)" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modelo_(pessoa)">modelos</a> pouco convencionais (homens idosos, mulheres gordas, modelos <a title="Tatuagem" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatuagem">tatuadas</a> e com <a title="Piercing" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piercing">piercings</a>), o que lhe trouxe muita popularidade.</p>
<p>Gaultier criou também o <a title="Figurino" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figurino">figurino</a> de muitos <a title="Filme" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filme">filmes</a>: “<em><a title="The Fifth Element" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Element">O quinto elemento</a>”</em> de <a title="Luc Besson" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Besson">Luc Besson</a>; “<em><a title="Kika" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kika">Kika</a></em>” de <a title="Pedro Almodóvar" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Almod%C3%B3var">Pedro Almodóvar</a>; “<em><a title="The Cook the Thief His Wife &#38; Her Lover (página não existe)" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cook_the_Thief_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&#38;action=edit&#38;redlink=1">The Cook the Thief His Wife &#38; Her Lover</a></em>” de <a title="Peter Greenaway" href="http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Greenaway">Peter Greenaway</a>…</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Paris is Only in Black &amp; White]]></title>
<link>http://droolingisntpretty.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/jump-off-a-bridge-and-save-me/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Emmanent Entertainment</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Of course angels are leggy chain-smoking platinum blondes who wear LBD&#8217;s and pearls. Rie Rasmu]]></description>
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<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-904" title="angel a 1" src="http://droolingisntpretty.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/picture-25.png" alt="angel a 1" width="500" height="328" /><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-905" title="angel a 2" src="http://droolingisntpretty.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/picture-26.png" alt="angel a 2" width="500" height="380" />Rie Rasmussen and Jamel Debbouze in <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0473753/" target="_blank">Angel-A</a></em><em> </em> (Luc Besson, 2005)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'étendard sanglant est levé]]></title>
<link>http://vestigis.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/letendard-sanglant-est-leve/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Desfilada de la Croix-de-feu, l&#8217;organització ultranacionalista d&#8217;extrema dreta més impor]]></description>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="1">Desfilada de la Croix-de-feu, l&#8217;organització ultranacionalista d&#8217;extrema dreta més important de la França d&#8217;abans de la Segona Guerra Mundial. </font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Aquell qui no sap que fer el gat pentina: ara resulta que el govern francès ha anunciat que engegarà <strong>un gran “debat” sobre la identitat nacional</strong> que amenaça amb estendre’s durant mesos, servir-se d’una munió d’òrgans polítics, associacions i entitats patriòtiques, sostenir inacabables actes, col·loquis, xerrades i adoctrinaments generalitzats i fer-hi participar, tant sí com no, a tot Déu, començant per la quitxalla de les escoles. La cosa sona a una barreja bastant inquietant de Revolució Cultura Xinesa i programa de l’<em><strong>Action Française</strong></em>, però com es tracta d’un teatre molt ben teledirigit per l’establishment sarkozià, les conclusions són ja previsibles i ens podrem estalviar el seguiment de tot aquest feixuc numeret.</p>
<p>Sarkozy i el seu <strong>manefla del Ministeri d’Immigració</strong>, Luc Besson, que són els qui han muntat la paradeta,  encara han tingut la prudència de no demanar quins són <strong>els valors polítics</strong> que han impulsat l’acció dels governs francesos de, posem el cas, el darrer segle, així com el bagatge que deixen al darrera. Perquè tenint present el militarisme imperialista que dugué a l’esclat de la Primera Guerra Mundial, l’entusiasta col·laboracionisme amb nazis i japonesos convenientment aprimat pel maquillatge de la depuració,  el repertori d’atrocitats i tortures abans de marxar d’Algèria amb la cua entre les cames o el neocolonialisme rapinyaire bastant més que subsidiari del genocidi de Rwanda i de les carretades de morts de les guerres del Congo, podrien haver-ne sortit un xic escaldats. </font></p>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="1">Soldats francesos tutelant les milícies Interahamwe que participaren molt activament  en el genocidi de Rwanda. (Crèdit a PASCAL GUYOT/AFP/Getty Images)</font></p>
<p><font face="Tahoma" size="2">Però fins i tot si l’esforç se circumscrigués estrictament a destacar els veritables principis que han impulsat<strong> la construcció de la nació</strong> -vull dir si no es tractés només de fer un altre cop propaganda del triplet de sempre (<em>liberté, fraternité, egalité</em>) i afegir-hi  algun invent reaccionari de nou encuny- podrien quedar ben lluïts. Perquè, sense que en això es distingeixi gaire d&#8217;altres estats-nació tot i excel·lint-hi, França s’ha aixecat sobre la xenofòbia, el supremacisme, l’assimilació desconsiderada de la diferència i l’esclafament de les minories. El memorial de greuges és prou conegut, reiteratiu i fastigós com per a molestar-nos a repetir-lo. Basta repassar una mica els mètodes i justificacions amb els quals les autoritats republicanes <strong>han imposat durant tres segles la llengua francesa</strong> i privilegiat un centralisme cultural a ultrança per veure quina és la naturalesa excloent i racista d’aquesta mística identitat francesa.</p>
<p>De manera que, senyor Sarkozy, fóra bo que deixés tranquils els francesos ordinaris, que certament han sabut conservar uns valors terrenals i quotidians molt seriosos com el gust per la bona taula, la conversació amistosa i els plaers de la vida en general o certa tendència a protestar i revoltar-se quan indesitjables com vostè han aparegut amb les tisores de retallar drets conquerits amb moltes penes i treballs, i s’estigués de promocionar abstracta xavalla nacionalista que en el seu cas concret arrossega un passat criminal i vergonyós que més valdria començar a enterrar.<br />
Ara bé, si així i tot segueix endavant, no s’endugui cap ensurt si encabat tots estem encara una mica més farts de la seva retòrica bufada o si la marsellesa, la tricolor i tots els seus símbols opressors ens produeixen una mica més d’al·lèrgia que abans de començar. Seria la penitència que li escauria per gavanyar diners públics en remenar aquesta mena de materials tòxics.</font></p>
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<p><font face="Tahoma" size="1">Manifestació contra els retalls de les ja migrades subvencions estatals a les escoles bretones Diwan, enèsim intent jacobí de sabotatge d&#8217;un ensenyament públic i de franc en una llengua vehicular diferent del francès<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Leon/The Professional (1994)]]></title>
<link>http://ctcmr.com/2009/11/05/leonthe-professional-1994/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Aiden R</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ctcmr.com/2009/11/05/leonthe-professional-1994/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[VERDICT: 9/10 Badass Mentors One of the all-time great actions movies and arguably the second best t]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8CxFwLnVfik/SvGEfxwGhDI/AAAAAAAAAog/bD1isBv55Mw/s1600-h/professional_ver1.jpg"><img class="alignright" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8CxFwLnVfik/SvGEfxwGhDI/AAAAAAAAAog/bD1isBv55Mw/s320/professional_ver1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><strong>VERDICT:<br />
9/10 Badass Mentors</strong></p>
<p>One of the all-time great actions movies and arguably the second best thing Luc Besson has done for this fine planet, barely trailing behind <em>La Femme Nikita</em>.</p>
<p><em>The Professional</em> is about a hitman named Leon who takes a young girl named Mathilda under his wing after her entire family is murdered because her dad bumped some coke off a crooked cop, (nice one, pops). Naturally, the girl wants to get revenge on the said cop, one thing leads to another and she convinces her brand new surrogate dad to train her as a junior assassin and in return she helps him to break out of his reclusive shell. All the while, this jerk cop is tracking down the hitman-with-a-heart-of-gold because his crew is getting offed at an alarming rate by a mysterious Frenchman who&#8217;s damn good with a gun. Being that there aren&#8217;t too many people that fit into that category in NYC (I&#8217;m guessing), and not to mention that this little girl can ID the cop for whacking her family, Leon quickly finds himself in hot water.</p>
<p>The relationship between Leon and Mathilda gets a little strange at times &#8211; especially in the Director&#8217;s Cut &#8211; but everything else about this movie is the bomb.</p>
<p>Geez, where to begin.</p>
<p>How about we start off with the mastermind behind it all, writer and director Luc Besson. Even though it&#8217;s been over a decade since his last good effort came out (<em>The Fifth Element</em> in &#8216;97), when he&#8217;s on, this mofo is <em>on</em>. There are two things that Besson does really damn well as a film maker: 1) balance out serious action with lighthearted fun and, 2) pacing, pacing, pacing &#8211; something he probably does better than any other director I know of. The plot here constantly escalates from perfectly calm to flat-out warzone so smoothly that you&#8217;ll be too busy peeling the vice grip off your thigh to think about how the shit managed to hit the fan so fast without even seeing it coming.</p>
<p>Kinda hard to describe, but let me tell ya, folks, it&#8217;s a thing of beauty. Besson&#8217;s also whipped up a great script to boot with <em>great</em> characters and <em>great</em> dialogue for his cast to work with. And that bring me to the cast&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nationalenquirer.com/images/ne/209559/58953.jpg">Jean Reno</a> (who also played a hitman in the aforementioned<em> La Femme Nikita</em> &#8211; fun fact!) plays Leon, and for those who don&#8217;t know, Jean Reno is the freakin&#8217; man. This is a fantastic introduction to a fantastic actor who really deserves to no longer be recognized as &#8220;That guy from <em>Ronin</em> (awesome)/<em>The Pink Panther</em> (not awesome)/<em>Couples Retreat</em> (heard it was far from awesome), etc.&#8221; There aren&#8217;t a whole lot of movie hitmen I can think of that measure up to Leon, and a lot of that is due to Reno&#8217;s performance. Someday he&#8217;ll get his due, and that will be a glorious day.</p>
<p>This was also the breakout role for a young <a href="http://kinganyi.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/185829__professional_l.jpg">Natalie Portman</a> as Mathilda. I still think this is the best thing she&#8217;s ever done, which is kind of double-edged sword at this point, but since I&#8217;m talking about <em>The Professional</em> and not about Portman&#8217;s career, gonna give her the props she deserves. A very mature and demanding role for such a young kid and she totally pulls it off.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsA/125.gif">Danny Aiello</a> is also in this as Leon&#8217;s boss &#8211; for those of us who still remember Danny Aiello. What the hell happed to that guy? He used to be in everything. One of history&#8217;s mysteries.</p>
<p>But the star of the show, the psycho actor to end all psycho actors, is the one and only <a href="http://img.listal.com/image/464001/500full.jpg">Gary Oldman</a> as our crooked cop, Lt. Stansfield. Dude, Oldman&#8217;s one of the best in the biz and to say he takes this role to a whole &#8216;nother level is an understatement if there ever was one. Stansfield is one of the great movie villians, straight up evil, cold as a carcass, and loving every minute of it. After you see what Oldman does here, it should be no surprise why he&#8217;s become the go-to guy for all characters batshit crazy. Also has the best lines if that wasn&#8217;t enough.</p>
<p>Man, this movie just kicks so much ass. Seen it a bagillion times and it never gets old. Such a cool ride, the action scenes are out of sight, phenomenally well crafted &#8211; especially for an action movie &#8211; and it&#8217;ll blow you away, even if you&#8217;ve already seen it before. In a nutshell, if your looking for one brutally dope action movie, everyone would should just go ahead and watch <em>The Professional</em>.</p>
<p>&#8220;Everyone?&#8221;</p>
<p>That&#8217;s right&#8230;</p>
<p><strong><em>EEEEVVVEERRRYYYYYOONNNEEEEE!!!!</em></strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Licença poética para pecar.]]></title>
<link>http://esooutroblogue.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/licenca-poetica-para-pecar/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tibor Moricz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://esooutroblogue.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/licenca-poetica-para-pecar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[“&#8230; entrei no quarto com o coração desvairado e vi a menina adormecida, nua e desamparada na en]]></description>
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<p>“&#8230; entrei no quarto com o coração desvairado e vi a menina adormecida, nua e desamparada na enorme cama de aluguel, tal e como a sua mãe a havia parido. Jazia meio de lado, de cara para a porta, iluminada pelo lustre com uma luz intensa que não perdoava detalhe algum. Sentei-me para contemplá-la à beira da cama com um feitiço dos cinco sentidos. Era morena e morna. Tinha sido submetida a um regime de higiene e embelezamento que não descuidou nem os pelos incipientes de seu púbis.”</p>
<p><em>Memória de minhas putas tristes – Gabriel Garcia Marques</em></p>
<p>“Lolita, luz de minha vida, labareda em minha carne. Minha alma, minha lama. Lo-li-ta: a ponta da língua descendo em três saltos pelo céu da boca para tropeçar de leve, no terceiro, contra os dentes. Lo. Li. Ta.</p>
<p>Pela manhã ela era Lô, não mais que Lô, com seu metro e quarenta e sete de altura e calçando uma única meia soquete. Era Lola ao vestir os jeans desbotados. Era Dolly na escola. Era Dolores sobre a linha pontilhada. Mas em meus braços sempre foi Lolita.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov</em></p>
<p>“Agachei-me diante dela e voltei a tocá-la. Ela não esboçou nenhuma reação. Corri meus dedos pelas suas ancas estreitas. Acariciei suas coxas magras. Tateei suas costas que exibiam as costelas de maneira impudente.</p>
<p>Eu a queria. E naquele momento.</p>
<p>Arranquei os trapos que a cobriam. Ela recuou o que pôde, espremendo-se contra a parede. Dois pequenos montículos se sobressaíam onde um dia ela (se continuasse viva) teria peitos. A vulva mostrava pequenos e sedosos pelinhos que iam cobrindo a região. Agarrei-a pelas pernas e a arrastei para o meio do esconderijo, sobre folhas de papelão. Virei-a para ver suas nádegas. Brancas e exíguas. Espalmei-as. Apertei-as. Bati nelas. Avermelharam até parecer fogo.”</p>
<p><em>Fome – Tibor Moricz</em></p>
<p>Radicais afirmam: Crime. Pedofilia. Desvio. Insanidade. Desregramento. Doença.</p>
<p>Liberais contrapõem: Lirismo. Poesia. Paixão. Enlevo. Ficção.</p>
<p>E a ficção vence, sempre vence. Porque ela nunca estará agrilhoada nos convencionalismos sociais. Ela se expande para além da limitação imposta pelo medo.</p>
<p>No Imaginário, o que é real se transforma em mito. Num faz de conta inofensivo. Nela existem camadas de entendimento, formas de interpretação que permitem ignorar o fato pela ficção.</p>
<p>Nos livros, o amor entre adultos e menores de idade ou a tentativa desse amor, passa despercebida, confundida dentro de toda uma estrutura narrativa, amalgamada em cenários e ambientações que, de certa forma, dão uma espécie de licença poética para pecar.</p>
<p>Lembro-me de uma passagem específica do filme <em>Léon – O profissional</em> (1994 – Luc Besson), onde Matilda (Natalie Portman, então com 13 anos de idade), inquirida sobre o “pai” na portaria do prédio onde morava temporariamente com Léon (Jean Reno), respondeu que o homem com quem estava era o seu amante e não o seu pai (ele na verdade a abrigava e não tinham nenhuma relação licenciosa).</p>
<p>Inegável a carga de erotismo e lubricidade que a cena provocou, mesmo que não fosse essa a intenção primeira. Matilda fez a declaração com uma sensualidade infantil bastante convincente.</p>
<p>A exploração desse tema no cinema e na literatura não é ocasional e esporádica. Temos ainda <em>A casa das belas adormecidas</em> (Yasunari Kawabata), <em>Golpe de misericórdia</em> (Marguerite Yourcenar), <em>O imoralista</em> (André Gide) entre outros. Essas obras vão na contramão do que se prega e alardeia atualmente em nosso cotidiano.</p>
<p>Ninguém protesta. Nem denuncia as obras à polícia. Nem faz piquetes e quebra-quebra para que queimem todos os livros e todas as películas que insinuam esse amor profano e inaceitável (não falta muito para isso).</p>
<p>Existem mundos, na literatura e no cinema, bastante ligados ao nosso. Parelhos. Lado a lado, embora separados por um abismo que não nos permite ir de um lado a outro senão pela força da imaginação.</p>
<p>E essa imaginação ganha poderes inauditos do lado de lá do abismo. De tal forma que as pessoas do lado de cá a ignoram na mesma medida em que mergulham nela, vivendo realidades impossíveis de conceber aqui, e com garantia de impunidade.</p>
<p>A ficção é boa e é má. Boa quando nos arrebata ou quando nos ajuda a evoluir (ou como pessoas &#8211; sem panfletarismos -, ou como leitores). Má quando nos vicia.</p>
<p>Mas não há vício na boa literatura, a não ser para os fracos e já predispostos.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Francia y el debate por "la identidad nacional"]]></title>
<link>http://maitediaz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/francia-y-el-debate-por-la-identidad-nacional/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:53:40 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Maite Díaz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://maitediaz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/francia-y-el-debate-por-la-identidad-nacional/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[El ministro francés de Inmigración, Luc Besson, ha lanzado un debate sobre &#8220;la identidad nacio]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>El ministro francés de Inmigración, Luc Besson, ha lanzado un debate sobre &#8220;la identidad nacional&#8221;. El tema fue un punto importante y una promesa en la campaña electoral de Nicolàs Sarkozy. El debate se extenderà varios meses y terminarà con un coloquio el 4 de febrero del 2010. En la presentación, Luc Besson ha dicho que éste debate <em>&#8220;permitirà redefinir lo que conservamos del pasado porque somos herederos de un rico patrimonio que incluye nuestros valores de hoy: libertad-igualdad-fraternidad y también laicidad, igualdad entre el hombre y la mujer y la idea de lo que serà nuestro futuro&#8221;</em>. Para que no quede ningún espacio social excluído del debate, se ha estructurado desde las prefecturas de región y departamento y se han organizado intercambios con asociaciones de diferentes cultos religiosos y de extranjeros residentes en Francia.</p>
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<p>Las encuestas han dado como resultado un apoyo del 60% de los franceses. Para el Front National y su portavoz, la vicepresidenta Marine Le Pen, la inicitiva es una operación mediàtica que trata de ir al rescate de la baja popularidad de Nicolàs Sarkozy tras los últimos escàndalos políticos que han confrontado a miembros de su gobierno y a su hijo Jean Sarkozy. Según Marine Le Pen, Sarkozy trata de recuperar a los electores de extrema derecha que ganó en el 2007 durante la campaña por la presidencia. El ministro Luc Besson ha respondido rotundamente diciendo que el debate pertenece al <em>&#8220;pueblo francés&#8221;</em>. Martine Aubry secretaria del Partido Socialista no se ha pronunciado, pero la rival de Sarkozy, Ségolène Royal ha hecho un llamamiento a <em>&#8220;reconquistar los símbolos de la Nación&#8221;</em> y no rechazar el debate en torno a éstas ideas tan imprtantes para los franceses. Los ministros de izquierdas del gobierno de Sarkozy, Martin Hirsch, encargado de las Solidaridades, estima que en Francia no hay problemas de identidad, que éste es un debate político ciento por ciento. Bernard Kouchner, ministro de Asuntos Exteriores declaró desconfiar de los debates teóricos. Dominique de Villepin contundente ha dicho:<em>&#8220;No es necesario un gran debate sobre la República, sobre la identidad nacional. Sólo es necesario hacer efectivos nuestros principios : libertad, igualdad, fraternidad.&#8221; </em>Otros ven en ésta idea de Sarkozy de <em>&#8220;identidad nacional&#8221;</em> un concepto conservador, estrecho que no respeta la igualdad para todos y que podría derivar hacia ideas de un nacionalismo en el que el obrero, el joven, el extranjero constituyen un peligro a la sociedad. También se han recogido testimonios que cuestionan el velo islàmico o los horarios especiales para chicas en las piscinas; regulaciones de la vida pública que se realizan para complacer a comunidades que profesan la religión musulmana y que no aceptan el caràcter laico del espacio público en Francia.</p>
<p>El debate està abierto y se ha creado una plataforma en internet que recoge las propuestas y concepciones de los franceses sobre qué piensan ellos que significa: ser francés. Después de vivir diez años en Francia y siete en España, pienso que Francia es un gran país por su concepto republicano y ciudadano de país. Un país de leyes que protegen y de valores que dan confianza a los ciudadanos. LIBERTAD, IGUALDAD y FRATERNIDAD, los valores de la Revolución francesa devenidos valores republicanos, estàn visibles a la entrada de cada Alcaldía de cada barrio en las ciudades o en cada pequeña población. Esos valores son los que dan cohesión social a un territorio, a un país, independientemente de las identidades individuales que puedan diferenciarnos, como los orígenes, el lugar de nacimiento o la lengua que se habla en casa. La lengua de la República, la que permite que la sociedad francesa pueda funcionar en todo el territorio con eficiencia  administrativa, independiente de las diferencias regionales, estableciendo la justicia y la enseñanza laica y gratuita,  es un valor cultural y político fundamental en la sociedad.</p>
<p>Lo nacional, o la nación desde un punto de vista político contemporàneo tendría que ser un concepto abierto, dinàmico y en constante asimilación. Una idea de la transformación en la asimilación como valores generales y universales a compartir como República. La asimilación o la integración que, con las migraciones cada vez màs numerosas, debe ser un elemento fundacional del concepto de nación moderna en la organización y cohesión de la sociedad en torno a unos valores comunes. Francia hace màs de doscientos años los enunció y es necesario que esos valores se activen en la dinàmica de la sociedad.</p>
<p>©2009 Maite Díaz</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sequels to Arthur and the Invisibles]]></title>
<link>http://sffandom.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/sequels-to-arthur-and-the-invisibles/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Martinez</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sffandom.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/sequels-to-arthur-and-the-invisibles/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It seems that Luc Besson has all-but completed the first of two sequels to &#8220;Arthur and the Inv]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Il ciclo del tempo]]></title>
<link>http://semialvento.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/il-ciclo-del-tempo/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
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<guid>http://semialvento.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/il-ciclo-del-tempo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Salve amici, fra qualche giorno sarà il 31 ottobre, per molti questa data non dirà nulla per altri è]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="text-align:justify;">Salve amici, fra qualche giorno sarà il 31 ottobre, per molti questa data non dirà nulla per altri è soltanto la vigilia di Halloween o della ricorrenza di Ogni Santi, ma immagino pochi sapranno  invece  che per migliaia di anni e per molte culture primitive è stata una delle due date importanti nel ciclo del tempo e del succedersi delle stagioni sulla Terra, assai prima che l&#8217;uomo inventasse il calendario così come lo conosciamo oggi. Come tutte le feste pagane con il tempo è stata sopressa o sostituita da altre ricorrenze oppure semplicemente ne è stato cambiato nome&#8230; gli antichi Celti la chiamavano  Samhain. Segnava l’inizio dell’anno, la Natura entrava nella Stagione Scura, nel lungo periodo invernale: era il tempo per celebrare ciò che è sepolto nella terra.   Il calendario celtico si suddivideva in due semestri: uno “invernale”, collegato all’inizio della Metà Oscura dell’anno, e l’altro “estivo”, collegato all’inizio della Metà Chiara. Due date segnavano i punti di passaggio, Samhain (oggi 31 ottobre/1 Novembre) e Beltane (oggi 31 Aprile/1 Maggio) erano le porte di confine del Nosto Mondo che si aprivano per consentire  l&#8217;accesso a quello degli Spiriti, delle cose invisibili, mettendo  in contatto i due mondi…ed erano anche definite le Terre di Mezzo. Proprio come <strong>i semi</strong> attendono di trasformarsi in futuri raccolti, così  molte cose e anime si ritireranno attendendo di rientrare nel ciclo vitale e per noi che amiamo le molteplici forme della natura ed abbiamo una spiccata attrazione verso gli alberi ( dinnazi ad esemplari monumentali ogni volta restiamo affascinati e  senza parole, proprio il silenzio ci fa sentire ancor più vicini  a questi giganti) , quale data migliore se non Samhain è adatta per andare a rendere onore ed un saluto ad alcune delle più vetuste creature viventi della terra  in prossimità del loro letargo invernale? Sabato faremo visita ai nostri amici ultracentenari Faggi di Bene Vento (Sv) augurando loro buon riposo e lunga vita.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>Hindie</strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Ora vorremmo estendere anche a tutti voi un augurio di buona festa (qualsiasi voi andrete a festeggiare) e soprattutto invitarvi proprio in questa data a soffermarvi un minuto su queste immagini e magari augurare tutti insieme al nostro Pianeta Terra un po di &#8220;riposo</span>&#8220;</p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><a title="Home Yann Arthus Bertrand" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elofajwlbmo&#38;feature=player_embedded" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.ozap.com/012C000002044530-photo-home-yann-arthus-bertrand.jpg" alt="Home Yann Arthus Bertrand" width="219" height="175" /></a></div>
<div style="text-align:center;">Home Yann Arthus Bertrand</div>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">Home  è il film realizzato da Yann Arthus Bertrand e prodotto da Luc Besson sullo stato del nostro Pianeta. <a title="Home versione integrale in Inglese" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU&#38;feature=related">Qui la versione integrale in lingua inglese.</a><br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#0000ff;">ciao ciao<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Music Moment: Michael Bublé "Feeling Good" feat. va-voom orchestra and Bond girls! *with bonus NSFW Bridget Fonda because I can*]]></title>
<link>http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/music-moment-michael-buble-feeling-good-feat-va-voom-orchestra-and-bond-girls/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:29:51 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Michael Bublé &#8211; &#8220;Feeling Good&#8221; Official Music Video. Directed by Noble Jones. (Hot]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Michael Bublé &#8211; &#8220;Feeling Good&#8221; Official Music Video. Directed by Noble Jones.   (Hot ladytimes begin at :36, for the impatient.)</p>
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<blockquote>Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don&#8217;t you<br />
know<br />
Butterflies all havin&#8217; fun you know what I mean<br />
Sleep in peace when day is done<br />
And this old world is a new world<br />
And a bold world<br />
For me</p>
<p>Stars when you shine you know how I feel<br />
Scent of the pine you know how I feel<br />
Oh freedom is mine<br />
And I know how I feel</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a new dawn<br />
It&#8217;s a new day<br />
It&#8217;s a new life<br />
For me<br />
And I&#8217;m feeling good</B></p></blockquote>
<p>Normally I am not the world&#8217;s biggest Michael Bublé guy, but this is a great cover of a song originally composed for the musical <I>The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd</I> and memorably recorded by special fave Nina Simone.  That recording is especially great for me because they used it in 1993&#8217;s <I>Point of No Return</I>, remember, the action-thriller where Bridget Fonda played a cop-killing drug addict who is given the choice between the death penalty and being an assassin (happens <I>all</I> the time)?  I most certainly do because it was the first thing I&#8217;d ever seen her in, and when I found out that on top of being a strawberry blonde with a rabbity grill and country grin <I>à la</I> Jodie Foster, she was also a freaking Fonda to boot, I kind of flipped out.   </p>
<p><span title="Freckledy abs, even?  Jesus wept, Bridget Fonda, have a little mercy!"><A HREF="http://www.daddymonkeylives.com/ladies/fonda/fonda18.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.daddymonkeylives.com/ladies/fonda/fonda18.jpg"></A></span></p>
<p>But I&#8217;m much better now.  You know, playing it cool.  </p>
<p>The movie is directed by Luc Besson, director of <I>Nikita</I>, <I>The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc</I>, and <I>The 5th Element</I> all CRAMAZING films, and former husband of model citizen Milla Jovovich, and also features the lovely and talented Gabriel Byrne (I still &#60;3 Irish boys).  It&#39;s a can&#39;t-miss.  I&#39;m not even kidding.  </p>
<p><span title="What is he thinking, giving a ginger a gun that size"><A HREF="http://www.starz.com/titles/PointOfNoReturn/PublishingImages/point_of_no_return_1993_685x385.jpg"><IMG SRC="http://www.starz.com/titles/PointOfNoReturn/PublishingImages/point_of_no_return_1993_685x385.jpg"></A></span></p>
<p>Anyway, so love this song, which was the original purpose of this post.  Add that fact to the video&#8217;s Bond-spy-mod-squad vibe, and I&#8217;m actually all kinds of into this!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[From Paris with Love]]></title>
<link>http://itzstreaming.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/from-paris-with-love/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 07:09:27 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[From Paris With Love è una imminente 2010 film d&#8217;azione interpretato da John Travolta e Jonath]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>From Paris With Love è una imminente 2010 film d&#8217;azione interpretato da John Travolta e Jonathan Rhys Meyers e diretto da Pierre Morel. La sceneggiatura è stata co-scritto da Luc Besson. La colonna sonora è stata composta da David Buckley. Un trailer ufficiale del film è stata rilasciata il 18 settembre 2009.
<p>Leggi altre notizie su: &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/film/azione">Azione</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/luc-besson">Luc Besson</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/jonathan-rhys-meyers">Jonathan Rhys Meyers</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/john-travolta">John Travolta</a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Fifth Element (1997)]]></title>
<link>http://simbiote.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/the-fifth-element-1997/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[...yo quinto elemento, ser supremo... Directed: Luc Besson With: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 360px"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/b8XY80JT2_o2mOgXORmIOw?feat=embedwebsite"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_X1rGvXqfY7o/SuNhCln_1DI/AAAAAAAArpg/VeScOoZOLA0/s800/fifthelement.jpg" alt="" width="350" height="524" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">...yo quinto elemento, ser supremo...</p></div>
<p>Directed: Luc Besson<br />
With: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Milla Jovovich, Chris Tucker, etc..</p>
<p>Gary Oldman es un maestro, Milla Jovovich sale buenísima, Bruce Willis es el mas duro, a Chris Tucker te dan ganas de ahorcarlo y todo eso mezclado con una pizca de futuro (en realidad futuro a gusto) y una historia de ciencia ficción (con elegido y todo) y con toques de comedia.<br />
Puede que tome tiempo acostumbrarse al humor de la película, pero es entretenimiento puro y sin desperdicios.</p>
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<link>http://notbugs.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/gottedisco-med-lite-svensk-touch/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Ann Margret &#8211; Everybody Need Somebody Sometime Märks att de har lyssnat en hel del på Chic inn]]></description>
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<p>Ann Margret &#8211; Everybody Need Somebody Sometime</p>
<p>Märks att de har lyssnat en hel del på Chic innan de satte sig ner och spelade in den här lilla discobakelsen. Men jag måste säga att de har lyckats riktigt bra och fått till det rätta stuket med rytmgitarr modell Nile Rodgers och en pulserande bas á la Bernard Edwards. Samtidigt så är det lite klasskillnad om man jämför med herrarna Rodgers och Edwards skapelser, kan inte riktigt sätta fingret på vad det är men man kan ju helt klart säga att det är en Chic-wannabe-låt.</p>
<p>Hur som helst så gillar jag den här låten och blev väldigt glad när jag fick den som tips av <a href="http://www.youtube.com/" target="_blank">YouTube</a>. Vad jag kan se på <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> är att den här låten är den sista singeln hon släppt även om hon kommit med flera album sedan 1981 då denna pärlan kom ut. Har dock ingen koll på hur hennes senare alster låter men antar att det är lite mer showmusik. Annars så är hon ju väldigt mångsidig med ett ben i nöjesbranchens alla olika delar, musik, film, show etc.</p>
<p>Själv så minns jag och gillar hennes insats i den amerikanska versionen av Luc Bessons actionskapelse <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316732/" target="_blank">Taxi</a> från 2004 där hon spelar alkoholiserad mamma till en av huvudpersonerna. Kan rekommendera en titt på eftertexterna till den filmen då de visar lite olika outtakes, däribland ett väldigt kul där just Ann Margret är i fokus.</p>
<p>Tjillevippen</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Luc Besson vinner filmpris]]></title>
<link>http://stilakuten.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/luc-besson-vinner-filmpris/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:09:47 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Milla Jovovich som Leeloo i Luc Bessons The fifth element (1997). Kostymör: Jean-Paul Gaultier. Stoc]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Milla Jovovich som Leeloo i Luc Bessons The fifth element (1997). Kostymör: Jean-Paul Gaultier.</em></p>
<p>Stockholms filmfestival delar ut Årets Visionairy Award 2009 till filmregissören och producenten Luc Besson. En av mina favoriter bland Bessons filmer är sci-fi thrillern Det femte elementet, som utspelar sig i New York år 2263. Filmens kostymör Jean-Paul Gaultier ritade över 900(!) plagg för filmen och nominerades både till en Saturn Award och en César för bästa kostymdesign. Kläderna är inte helt olika dem den kontroversielle designern ofta visar i de egna kollektionerna (klänningar i bandage-stil och på killsidan t-shirts med bar rygg som Bruce Willis bär i filmen). Dock är de oftast lite mindre &#8220;mumie&#8221; och av rejälare tygstycken. Detta kan ju inte kallas en klänning?!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Arthur e la vendetta di Maltazard]]></title>
<link>http://itzstreaming.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/arthur-e-la-vendetta-di-maltazard/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>itzstreaming</dc:creator>
<guid>http://itzstreaming.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/arthur-e-la-vendetta-di-maltazard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Arthur e la vendetta di Maltazard è un film d&#8217;animazione in fase di post-produzione[1] che usc]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Arthur e la vendetta di Maltazard è un film d&#8217;animazione in fase di post-produzione[1] che uscirà nel dicembre 2009 diretto da Luc Besson, autore dell&#8217;omonimo romanzo, ispirato ad un&#8217;idea di Céline Garcia. Il film è il seguito di Arthur e il popolo dei Minimei dello stesso autore. In Italia il film uscirà l&#8217;8 gennaio 2010
<p>Leggi altre notizie su: &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/film/animazione">Animazione</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/film/fantastico">Fantastico</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/luc-besson">Luc Besson</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/madonna">Madonna</a> &#124; <a href="http://www.itz-streaming.com/tag/robert-de-niro">Robert De Niro</a> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Viaje en el tiempo de la ciencia ficción (parte 2)]]></title>
<link>http://nochedecine.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/viaje-en-el-tiempo-de-la-ciencia-ficcion-parte-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Noche de Cine</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nochedecine.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/viaje-en-el-tiempo-de-la-ciencia-ficcion-parte-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Por Quique Sanchís Continuemos con nuestro viaje fantástico sobre la ciencia ficción de hace algunas]]></description>
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<p>Continuemos con <a href="http://nochedecine.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/viaje-en-el-tiempo-de-la-ciencia-ficcion-parte-1/" target="_blank">nuestro viaje fantástico sobre la ciencia ficción de hace algunas semanas</a>, que os recuerdo, concluyó con la presentación en el final de la década de los 80 de dos robots tan dispares como exitosos: <a href="http://robocoparchive.com/" target="_blank">Robocop</a> (“ejem”) y el gran Terminator.</p>
<p>La década de los 90 significó el renacer de los efectos especiales de gran calidad y el bombazo de las empresas dedicadas a ellos, lo que supuso la gran comercialidad y espectacularidad de algunos de los filmes que se generaron.</p>
<p>A pesar de que pequeñas joyas nada comerciales se colaron en nuestros cines, como el caso de <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119177/" target="_blank">Gattaca</a></em> (1997), un thriller sobre la manipulación genética sin apenas efectos que tristemente no despertó mucho fervor en taquilla pero que debería ser repasado por los amantes del género y resituarla en el lugar que se merece, las mas recordadas de esta década son aquellas que generaron mas “dinerito” en taquilla. Tal es el caso de <em><a href="http://www.jurassicpark.com/maingate_flash.html" target="_blank">Jurassic Park</a></em> (1993), buena adaptación de la novela de <a href="http://www.crichton-official.com/" target="_blank">Michael Crichton</a>, mucho más técnica que la propia película, y que generó otras dos secuelas de “más de lo mismo” absolutamente olvidables; o la irrisoria “americanada” (pero con la que un servidor se lo pasó genial) llamada <em><a href="http://www.imdb.es/title/tt0116629/" target="_blank">Independence Day</a></em> (1998), que supuso la confirmación del estrellato de un tal <a href="http://www.willsmith.com/" target="_blank">Will Smith</a>.</p>
<p><!--more-->Mención especial en esta época merecen dos películas, tan taquilleras como diferentes.</p>
<p>Tener como protagonista a <a href="http://brucewillispl.com/" target="_blank">Bruce Willis</a> por aquel entonces significaba un éxito casi seguro, pero si además se incluye una belleza como <a href="http://www.millaj.com/" target="_blank">Milla Jovovich</a> y se añade un personaje absolutamente tronchante interpretado por un tal <a href="http://www.millaj.com/" target="_blank">Chris Tucker</a> (lástima que luego nos diéramos cuenta que a todos sus personajes los interpretaba igual) dieron como resultado en la cabeza de <a href="http://www.luc-besson.com/" target="_blank">Luc Besson</a> una película tan comercial como simple, pero francamente entretenida y cargada de imaginación que fue <em><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/" target="_blank">El quinto elemento</a></em>, que arrasó en las taquillas de todo el mundo.</p>
<p>La otra era mucho más compleja, con una trama de realidad virtual, guerra humano-máquinas y unos efectos especiales espectaculares e innovadores que surgió de la retorcida mente de unos hermanos llamados <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermanos_Wachowski" target="_blank">Wachowski</a>. <em><a href="http://whatisthematrix.warnerbros.com/" target="_blank">The Matrix</a></em> (1999), con <a href="http://keanu-reeves.net/" target="_blank">Keanu Reeves</a> a la cabeza, hizo que todo el planeta reconsiderase la posibilidad de estar viviendo una existencia que no era la “real” y, sobre todo, intentar emular  el efecto “bullet time” con el que <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(Matrix)" target="_blank">Neo</a> evitaba las balas de los agentes de Matrix. Ni lo uno ni lo otro acabó bien, je je. Desgraciadamente, la película no tenía un final cerrado y eso degeneró en otras dos películas que, personalmente, acabaron por hundir hasta el subsuelo el gran efecto que generó la primera.</p>
<p>La entrada en el siglo XXI ha supuesto la consolidación de los efectos especiales como esencia obligada para que una película de ciencia ficción triunfe en taquilla, pero también el nacimiento de un abanico inacabable de posibilidades para el género: desde la fantasía maravillosa de <a href="http://www.sociedadtolkien.org/" target="_blank">Tolkien</a> hecha imagen por <a href="http://http://thebastards.info/" target="_blank">Peter Jackson</a> en su trilogía de <em><a href="http://www.elsenordelosanillos.aurum.es/" target="_blank">El señor de los anillos</a></em> (gracias, gracias, gracias), hasta la explotación con irregulares consecuencias de los superhéroes <a href="http://marvel.com/" target="_blank">Marvel</a> y <a href="http://www.dccomics.com/dccomics/" target="_blank">DC</a>, pasando por los intentos de <a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Spielberg" target="_blank">Spielberg</a> de hacer historia con <em><a href="http://www.labutaca.net/films/11/minorityreport.htm" target="_blank">Minority Report</a></em> o <em><a href="http://www.labutaca.net/films/5/ai.htm" target="_blank">Inteligencia Artificial</a></em>, tan fallidos como vacíos. También se ha demostrado la falta de ideas que sigue viviendo Hollywood empeñado en el renacer de éxitos pasados: <em><a href="http://www.starwars.com/" target="_blank">Star Wars</a></em>, <em><a href="http://http://www.startrek.com/startrek/view/index.html" target="_blank">Star Trek</a></em>, <em><a href="http://www.transformersmovie.com/intl/es/" target="_blank">Transformers</a></em>… aunque su buen resultado en taquilla parece darles la razón.</p>
<p>Y luego, por fin, llegamos a esas pequeñas joyas que siguen haciendo del cine de ciencia ficción un género que sorprende y atrapa, sin tanta necesidad de que los efectos sean los protagonistas, si no basados en una buena historia que contar, y además, bien contada. Aquí entrarían maravillas como la misma <em><a href="http://www.disney.es/FilmesDisney/Wall-E/" target="_blank">Wall-E</a></em> (vale, sí, es una película por ordenador, es un efecto toda ella, pero es tan increíble que merece una mención especial), <em><a href="http://www.d-9.com/" target="_blank">Distrito 9</a></em>, que daba pie a este viaje, y la reciente ganadora del <a href="http://sitgesfilmfestival.com/cas/" target="_blank">Festival de Sitges</a>, <em><a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/moon/" target="_blank">Moon</a></em>.</p>
<p>Como se ve, el género sigue vivo y creando expectación y controversia, regalándonos grandes joyas en forma de pequeños filmes o grandes truños en forma de grandes superproducciones… Y este año aún nos falta el <em><a href="http://www2.avatarmovie.com/" target="_blank">Avatar</a></em> de <em><a href="http://www.amazingcameron.com/" target="_blank">Cameron</a></em>… ¿en qué lugar la situaremos? La respuesta,  el  18 de diciembre en los cines de todo el mundo.</p>
<p>Gracias por la compañía y hasta la próxima.</p>
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