Saturday, March 24, 2007

Cross one

Ok, so that's one off my long term to-do list. Watched The Never Ending Story with my daughter.

6 comments:

  1. Excellent! These sort of experiences last a lifetime. I can remember very clearly the films my grandfather took me to see.

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  2. Nice! How old is she? I'd seen the movie when I was eight with a couple our locality friends on our new VHS... the enchantment still lives on.. i still know some of the scenes and the theme song by heart! :) But somehow, I didn't enjoy part II as much. Maybe I was older.

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  3. She'll be four this June.

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  4. Was pointed to some nice movie lists today

    You've probably seen them already but here they are anyway

    In decreasing order of importance:
    http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/topten/poll/list.php?list=voters&votertype=director
    http://www.filmsite.org/
    http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,listyear_20,00.html
    http://www.imdb.com/chart/top

    Also

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satyajit_Ray#Critical_and_popular_response
    "Superlative praise has often been heaped on his work by many, including Akira Kurosawa, who declared, "Not to have seen the cinema of Ray means existing in the world without seeing the sun or the moon.""

    http://www.satyajitray.org/about_ray/critics_on_ray.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathless_%281960_film%29
    Jean-Luc Godard's first feature-length film
    Breathless shocked contemporary audiences with its bold visual style and editing—much of which broke the rules of classical Hollywood cinema. Most notable of its innovations were jolting jump cuts and hand-held camera.
    (I have this one if you want it)

    So much to see, so little time :)

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  5. gosh, i find b'days such exciting affairs. never mind if it ain't mine and i don't care if it makes me sound like i'm ten. you have a great day and a fantastic year to follow :-).

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