Poll
Question:
Which movie should I see first?
Option 1: Sebastiane
votes: 1
Option 2: Caravaggio
votes: 1
Option 3: The Line of Beauty
votes: 1
Option 4: Shelter
votes: 1
Option 5: The Passion of Jaron
votes: 6
My Easter week Amazon DVD package has arrived. Now need to decide which movie to see first:
Sebastiane (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075177/)
Caravaggio (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090798/)
The Line of Beauty (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0494192/)
Shelter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0942384/)
The Passion of Jaron (http://www.jackinthebox.com/)
I think you should watch something about Jews. Like "Yentl". Homo.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 06, 2009, 05:27:02 AM
I think you should watch something about Jews. Like "Yentl". Homo.
Why? I thought religious or historical pieces are what Easter movie season is all about.
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 06, 2009, 05:27:02 AM
I think you should watch something about Jews. Like "Yentl". Homo.
Anatevka was on TV last weekend. :)
The Ten Commandments.
I suggest
Polish Pleasures (http://www.guidemag.com/magcontent/invokemagcontent.cfm?ID=124F6906-D0F2-492A-BB27775B92C7E259)
You guys are not being very: helpful.
OMG I just found out that Derek Jarman (director of both "Sebastiane" and "Caravaggio") also directed the video for "It's a Sin" by Pet Shop Boys (which, along with the video for "Always On My Mind) is my favourite video for their song.
It's a small world. :lol:
Derek Jarman's great. His Tilda Swinton collaborations are generally especially good. I recommend Caravaggio for its beautiful shooting and then his version of Benjamin Britten's 'War Requiem' (an incredible work) and, I think, Jubilee his brilliant punk reimagining of Elizabeth I.
I remember when I had a lecture on the Tempest our lecturer asking whether anyone had seen Derek Jarman's film adaptation. He described it as 'starting with the shipwreck, as is expected. In the course of the storm Ferdinand appears to have lost his clothes and seems to spend a lot of the film walking down the beach, towards the camera, in the nude. Indeed, one might almost describe it as a disproportionate amount of time.' Generally though he thought it was the best adaptation of 'a very difficult play'.
Don't watch Line of Beauty until you've read it. It's a huge disappointment.
I didn't realise Tilda Swinton starred in so many of his movies. She also played the She-Wolf in Edward II, it seems. It seems the movie is only available from the US Amazon in the Region 1 encoding, though, for some reason.
Quote from: Sheilbh on April 06, 2009, 10:53:05 AM
Don't watch Line of Beauty until you've read it. It's a huge disappointment.
Except for the guy who plays Antoine - he's gorgeous. Other than that - a borefest. I haven't read the novel.
G.
Jarman is almost as over-rated as Jaron.
I voted for Sebastiane, since it's worthwhile and the only one on the list I've seen.