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I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
Afgncaap5 Posted Jan 22, 2004
If it's not too late, I'd like to recommend two classics:
1) Metropolis-A silent sci-fi film that needs no introduction for a hard-core cinephile. It's got a futuristic world of haves and have-nots, robots, social commentary,....and you can get two versions that I know of, one with constant machine noises in the background, and one with rock music playing beneath the scenes! Either way, it's a really interesting watch, and I believe that it's been released on both VHS and DVD 'round the globe (though I could be grossly mistaken).
2) Blake Edwards' "The Great Race"-This is - by far - my favorite movie of all time (though I've found that a lot of people hate it for some reason). This comedy mixes classic silent-film traditions and stereotypes (the hero only wears white while the villain only wears black, etc.), it pays tribute to many, many classic films (Laurence Of Arabia, The Prisoner Of Zenda, etc.), and it's directed/written by Blake Edwards! What more could you want?
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
Afgncaap5 Posted Jan 22, 2004
Oh, and for the record: if I'm ever first to the new forum, I'll ignore the list entirely.
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
FG Posted Jan 22, 2004
Is that how we're doing this? Whoever creates the new film forum first picks the movie?
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
Z Posted Jan 22, 2004
I thought it was whoever posts to the forum I made - bearing in mind I won't ever pick the movie..
I don't want to be bossy and evil of course... hope I'm not doing, but I just don't want to get involved in endless discussion about what film we'll watch next, rather than actually discussing films.
D'y get my point..
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Jan 22, 2004
Pay attention, double-o - I mean FG... it says so in the entry that this thread belongs to:
After a month we'll move to a new thred, and the first person to that thread chooses another film
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Titania (gone for lunch) Posted Jan 22, 2004
Oh - and besides - others seem to have understood it perfectly - see <./>F1715952?thread=365102&skip=6&show=1</.>
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at FG and then 
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I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
FG Posted Jan 22, 2004
*throws a 
at Ti*
Why bother paying attention when I know you're just going to come along and explain it to me again? 
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
Afgncaap5 Posted Jan 22, 2004
I say that we should pick a horrible movie and discuss just why it failed.
Like Town And Country....
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J Posted Jan 22, 2004
I don't mean to interrupt the chaos, but I'll join.
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Coniraya Posted Jan 22, 2004
Hello Jodan, just jump in 
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Town and Country? Never heard of it, did it make it to this side of the pond, I wonder?
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Z Posted Jan 22, 2004
Nice to see you here Jodan..
Remember if it's a film that most of us can't get hold of then we might need to have a change of film...
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Courtesy38 Posted Jan 22, 2004
Town and Country
Oh and welcom Jodan.
Courtesy
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Hypatia Posted Jan 22, 2004
We have a 
grooming salon called Town and Country and a barber shop called Towne and Country.
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JD Posted Jan 22, 2004
Not to slosh the water out of the collective tub, but I'm jumping in too. 
Back on topic: One of the reasons I love Dr. Zhivago so much is it's tremendous musical score. Lara's Theme is perhaps one of the most well-known pieces of music ever recorded, and rightly so if you ask me.
- JD
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Z Posted Jan 22, 2004
Hi nice of you to drop in..
Our on topic thread is currently over here - I'm glad you like Dr Zhivago no one's brought up the music yet...
F1715952?thread=365489
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FG Posted Jan 23, 2004
Oh lord. Town and Country. No, no, no, no, no, no.
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
FG Posted Jan 23, 2004
BTW, welcome JD and Jodan! I hope you will stick around for February's film...whatever it ends up being...
I call the first meeting of the film club to Order! *bangs Hammer*
dasilva Posted Jan 23, 2004
I better make it official then, I'm joining up 
Dr.Z - fantastic film
Music by Jean Michel Jarre's dad
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Z Posted Feb 1, 2004
Some of the more astute of you may have noticed that tomorrow is the first of Feburary. May I remind you that I shall be posting a new thread to the film club.
The first person to post to said thread, other than me, will get to choose the next film.
I shall be starting the thread when I get back from the airfield tomorrow, so about midday GMT if it's raining, later if it's not. Oh unless A's on the computer. Which he may be. Though he should be reading Electra in the oringal greek instead. But then I should be reading about radiothearpy treatment for bladder cancer, or new treatments for metastsis of colon cancer in the liver.
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Afgncaap5 Posted Feb 1, 2004
Darn. I was hoping that this was the new thread announcement and that I would've been first.
And I'll miss it tomorrow, for sure.
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