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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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 Posted - 01/23/2008 : 10:01:43
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Originally posted by Randall
Ali: I just got back from a FSLC screening of THE BAND'S VISIT, which I adored. [They'll be showing us THE COUNTERFEITERS next month.] What exactly was the controversy? That Arabs and Israelis could coexist? Please, somebody from the Mideast fill me in...I honestly don't know.
Totally agree about Band ... it's wonderful! I'm really remiss with my reviews, but thought it was an excellent example of man's inherent decency. With so much emphasis these days on polarizing people, ideas, here's a refrehsingly positive light. Can't recall the name of the actors playing the cafe-lady and bandleader, but I thought both were remarkable. I originally nominated them both for BAFTAs but I think not enough members had seen it, so it never made the long-short-list. It would have been so easy for this to have slipped into mushy sentimentality, but it's clean, and witty, and pure, and true. 
PS, Ali -- nice blog, even if I don't agree with everything you write 
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randall
"I like to watch."
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Posted - 01/23/2008 : 11:24:17
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Originally posted by Randall
Ali: I just got back from a FSLC screening of THE BAND'S VISIT, which I adored. [They'll be showing us THE COUNTERFEITERS next month.] What exactly was the controversy? That Arabs and Israelis could coexist? Please, somebody from the Mideast fill me in...I honestly don't know.
I haven't seen The Band's Visit yet, but the controversy is that more than 50% of the dialogue is in English, and therefore it cannot be considered for the Best Foreign Language Film category. This is clearly a rule that can and should be bent to reflect the reality of the world we live in in which English is a common language that different cultures communicate through.
Amazing. Think I'll go start a thread so we can talk about it when we all see it. You'll be interested to know that, because of the heavily accented actors in both camps, the English dialogue was subtitled! |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 01/23/2008 : 12:43:57
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| And speaking about Foreign Language films, Israel has a contender for the Oscar this year - Beaufort, and boy is that one amazing film! |
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Oscar Nominations
