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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Are you ready for NaJoPoMo? It starts tomorrow. (US citizens, take note: you have one extra hour to prepare, as the clocks are going back tonight, as soon as the trick-or-treaters leave.)

My starter A-space will be at A87862242. It's also the archive page for the NaJoPoMo journal, which this year is called 'Freebie Film Tips #3'.

How startlingly original of me. smiley - rolleyes

However, I've got some good films and surprising short subjects lined up...something for everyone, promise. smiley - winkeye

smiley - dragon


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

First entry at A87862323

smiley - dragon


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

*note to self--watch today's clips when there's time*


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - ok Thanks for reading, Amy.

Today's entry: A87862396 - Freebie Film Tip #2: The Prophet, the Gold, and the Transylvanians


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

smiley - ok

I usually just read your descriptions (entertaining in themselves) because I rarely watch clips--a holdover from when I had a computer that couldn't handle video. But yesterday's clips sound like a must-watch.


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Thanks, Amy. smiley - smiley

I'm hoping the archive will mean that people have the links on tap for a rainy day, when they might be bored enough to want to watch them...

After all, that's mostly how I find the films. smiley - laugh


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coelacanth

I just clicked on a couple of parts of The Prophet... from the youtube link you added. The Close Caption subtitles are wonderfully eccentric! They are not very close to the English spoken, perhaps they're the on screen subtitles run through a translator. Do they bear any resemblance to the actual dialogue when it's in Romanian?
smiley - bluefish


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Ah, I see! smiley - eureka Those 'auto-generated' subtitles are, indeed, rare and wonderful, aren't they? smiley - rofl

The Romanian ones are actually good, but they're only translating the English dialogue, unfortunately...


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Today's entry: A87862585 - CSA: Confederate States of America.

A mockumentary. Plus some Joan Baez music.


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

This one, I've actually seen.


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Did you like it? smiley - bigeyes


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

I don't think we finished it--we stumbled upon it one night on Netflix when we were wanting brainless fluff, so 'twasn't quite what we were looking for smiley - laugh


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Staying to the end nets you two good things: the part where the imaginary Confederate Fauntroy gets his comeuppance, and the part where they show people that all those commercials were based on REAL products.

But you're right - if you were up for brainless fluff, you'd probably rather watch the Transylvanians. smiley - winkeye


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Today's tip: The Missiles of October - A87862648

Learn more than you ever wanted to know about the Cuban Missile Crisis, and sing along with Tom Lehrer.

smiley - dragon


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

[Amy P]


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

Today's tip: A87862684 - The Great Bank Robbery, Communist Style

Yes, somebody robbed the Romanian National Bank. But why? What could you do with 1.6 million lei?


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Icy North

Buy a whole week's supply of potatoes?


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

smiley - rofl Nah. Potatoes are local. A whole week's worth cost maybe 50 lei...I've shopped in that economy.

The thing about soft currencies was, you could easily afford the necessities - IF you could find them. Same as Greece in the old days: a dinner fit for a king cost a pittance. But you could not afford to buy, say, a tape player.


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Amy Pawloski, aka 'paper lady'--'Mufflewhump'?!? click here to find out... (ACE)

Ah, a mention of my notorious 6th cousin. I'll let you figure out who (though it should be simple, unlike an Icy quizsmiley - winkeye)


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Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor

You're related to Jesse James? smiley - bigeyes


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