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most inspirational film of the decade

searching for the sugarman?

best musical

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made me buy the CD

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    My girlfriend keeps telling me about it. Not the easiest show to find online....

    Youtube my man, most of the episodes (in full) are on there in reasonable quality.

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    Youtube my man, most of the episodes (in full) are on there in reasonable quality.

    i meant more for the fact of how it's named and what the majority of videos on the ineternet are about.... ;)

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    i meant more for the fact of how it's named and what the majority of videos on the ineternet are about.... ;)

    Ah yeah, there is that problem I suppose haha

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    Also saw Blue Jasmine last week, Woody Allen's latest one. Was excellent and Cate Blanchett will be hard done by if she doesn't get an Oscar nomination.

    I reckon she'll romp it home. Allen's leading ladies usually do alright come nomination time anyway.

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    I reckon she'll romp it home. Allen's leading ladies usually do alright come nomination time anyway.

    Never been a big fan of his but not seen alot of his stuff either. Is there a movie worth watching that really shows his talents?
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    Never been a big fan of his but not seen alot of his stuff either. Is there a movie worth watching that really shows his talents?

    They all show his talents... What's Up Tiger Lilly (his first?) - he acquired the rights to a Japanese gangster flick and dubbed his own dialogue over it. Sleeper is a great film with a screamingly funny Jewish tailor robot. Bananas, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Small Time Crooks, Manhattan etc etc... they are all good and each quite different. One of my favourites though, a black and white mystery with Mia Farrow and John Malkovich, Shadows and Fog... great.

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    If you like "dark" movies check out Bronson. Bit of an intense little flick about an English prisoner who has been in solitary for if I recall close to 20 years.

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    Just watched Spartacus (as mentioned above) last night.

    It was not as good as the first two seasons.

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    Saw 'Frances Ha' last night at the Nova in Carlton, pretty good! Not usually a fan of black and white films but this one was done pretty well.

    Bit of a chick flick but I was with the mrs, so it's slightly more acceptable...

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    A modern Black & White Film, I hope you scored big time with the wife

    Is this the film?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBn5dgXFMis

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    That's the one, it was surprisingly good. Pretty different from anything else I've seen.

    And it's the girlfriend, won't be married for a while yet!

    Oh then you would have got heaps of bonus points with the GF then.

    The Trailer looks good for a black and white show.

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    Saw 'Frances Ha' last night at the Nova in Carlton, pretty good! Not usually a fan of black and white films but this one was done pretty well.

    Bit of a chick flick but I was with the mrs, so it's slightly more acceptable...

    Love B&W when it's used well... Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Sin City (apart from the odd splash of colour), The Man Who Wasn't There, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and so on... and of course all of those early films such as Wages of Fear, Cape Fear, Casablanca, Psycho and many many more...plus one particularly good psychological thriller The Snake Pit.

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    Love B&W when it's used well... Eraserhead, Elephant Man, Sin City (apart from the odd splash of colour), The Man Who Wasn't There, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid and so on... and of course all of those early films such as Wages of Fear, Cape Fear, Casablanca, Psycho and many many more...plus one particularly good psychological thriller The Snake Pit.

    Some classic titles in there, must admit I haven't seen very many of them. Not usually a fan of black and white as it seems to test my attention span but maybe I've finally matured!

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    Loved Elephant Man when I saw it over 20 years ago.

    Off too watch the latest Robin Hood movie with Mr Crow. Hope it better then his Gladiator movie.

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    Loved Elephant Man when I saw it over 20 years ago.

    Off too watch the latest Robin Hood movie with Mr Crow. Hope it better then his Gladiator movie.

    robin hood mr crow hahahahahahahahahaha

    3rd worst movie of all time

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    robin hood mr crow hahahahahahahahahaha

    3rd worst movie of all time

    Well, that begs the question, what were the first and second worst? :-)

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    They all show his talents... What's Up Tiger Lilly (his first?) - he acquired the rights to a Japanese gangster flick and dubbed his own dialogue over it. Sleeper is a great film with a screamingly funny Jewish tailor robot. Bananas, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Small Time Crooks, Manhattan etc etc... they are all good and each quite different. One of my favourites though, a black and white mystery with Mia Farrow and John Malkovich, Shadows and Fog... great.

    Annie Hall takes the cake for me, although I also have a soft spot for Take the Money and Run.

    I'm currently re-reading The Complete Prose of Woody Allen, which takes in Without Feathers, Getting Even and Side Effects.

    If you're a Woody Allen fan, it's well worth a read. I actually find his writing funnier than his movies - as one reviewer notes on the blurb of this collection: "No 500-page book ever contained a laugh a line, but this one goes pretty close."

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    robin hood mr crow hahahahahahahahahaha

    3rd worst movie of all time

    LOL there was something missing in the movie so I never actually watch the end of it!

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    Never been a big fan of his but not seen alot of his stuff either. Is there a movie worth watching that really shows his talents?

    I was the same until I saw 'Hannah & Her Sisters'. I didn't get 'Annie Hall' the first two times I watched it. Wasn't for me. Haven't re-watched it since, but Hannah is just a brilliant film. 'Husbands & Wives' is the other classic. 'Love & Death' is awesome. 'Interiors' is dramatic, but if you like Bergman (as I do), you'll love it.

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    They all show his talents... What's Up Tiger Lilly (his first?) - he acquired the rights to a Japanese gangster flick and dubbed his own dialogue over it. Sleeper is a great film with a screamingly funny Jewish tailor robot. Bananas, Love and Death, Annie Hall, Small Time Crooks, Manhattan etc etc... they are all good and each quite different. One of my favourites though, a black and white mystery with Mia Farrow and John Malkovich, Shadows and Fog... great.

    Got 'What's Up Tiger Lilly' the other day. Will probably watch it over the weekend. I concur in a sense RE: the uniqueness. Particularly true of his early films. Whereas, films like 'Manhattan' and 'Husbands & Wives' carry strong similarities (falling for a woman that are way too young for the male character) and he's pretty much always divorcing someone or being divorced. 'Shadows & Fog' is a great little homage, but I found it a little dull and I'm a big fan of German Expressionism. 'Sleeper' is amazing though.

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    If you like "dark" movies check out Bronson. Bit of an intense little flick about an English prisoner who has been in solitary for if I recall close to 20 years.

    I like it, but I actually think we did it better with 'Chopper'. It has more style than 'Chopper' though. Very much trying to channel something out of Kubrick's 'A Clockwork Orange'.

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    Saw 'Frances Ha' last night at the Nova in Carlton, pretty good! Not usually a fan of black and white films but this one was done pretty well.

    Bit of a chick flick but I was with the mrs, so it's slightly more acceptable...

    'Frances Ha' is a bizarre film. The first half is like a poorly acted, scripted and shot student film. The second half brings into focus the neurotic, self-important mutterings of its middle/upper class director. It reminded me of a poorer version of GIRLS, which I find has similar flaws. "Oh, it's so tough being a middle class white kid. How ever will I afford my $4,000 per week apartment? Don't live there then, [censored]." :P End rant.

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