LA PURITAINE (1986, Jacques Doillon, A+++++)

THINGS EXPERIENCED BETWEEN 10-31 DEC 2007

A.FILMS

1.LA PURITAINE (1986, Jacques Doillon, A+)

This is a film which fuses life and theater in a very interesting way. I don’t understand some parts of the film. It seems as if the girl used to be more conservative than her parents. Most films I saw portray conservative parents and free-spirited children, but this film is the opposite. Is it because in LA PURITAINE the girl belongs to the 1980’s generation and the parents belong to the 1960’s generation?

2.ONCE UPON A TOMORROW (2006, Sandrine Veysset, A+)
I saw it from a DVD I borrowed from someone.

3.RAINBOW SONG (2006, Naoto Kumazawa, A+)

4.ALICE’S HOUSE (2007, Chico Teixeira, Brazil, A+/A)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0984175/
I saw it from a DVD I borrowed from someone.
This film is in Robert Koehler’s favorite film list of 2007.
http://filmjourney.weblogger.com/

5.FEAST OF LOVE (2007, Robert Benton, A+/A)
I’m glad this film is in Andrew Sarris’ favorite film list of 2007. The reason why I don’t give this film A+ is because I don’t like something in the ending of this film. It’s the same thing which happens in the ending of PREMONITION (2007, Mennan Yapo, A)
http://www.observer.com/2008/juno-juno-juno-movie-delivered
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WZ21PMEyL._SS500_.jpg

6.I, ZOMBIE (1998, Andrew Parkinson, A+/A)
Many thanks to Filmsick who gave me this VCD. I think this film is very original. This film should be remade be Wong Kar-wai.

7.DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978, George A. Romero, A)
Many thanks to Filmsick who gave me this VCD.

8.COMEDY OF POWER (2006, Claude Chabrol, A)
Many thanks to Tete who gave me this DVD.

9.LOLA (2006, Javier Rebollo, A)
I saw it from a DVD I borrowed from someone.

10.A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983, Bob Clark, A)

11.A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1951, Brian Desmond-Hurst, A)
I like the atmosphere in some 1940’s films and some 1950’s films very much. Some scenes and special effects in this film reminds me of the ones in Jean Cocteau’s films. I prefer this film to SCROOGE (1970, Ronald Neame, A-)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FQ137NSPL._SS500_.jpg

12.I AM LEGEND (2007, Francis Lawrence, A)

13.THE WARLORDS (2007, Peter Chan, A/A-)

14.ALIEN VS. PREDATOR 2 (2007, The Brothers Strausse, B+)

I think the film lacks suspense or excitement, but I like the political aspects of this film very much. I also like the fact that some groups of people who usually survive in normal horror films, such as babies, little children, and pregnant women, don’t survive in this film. I think this kind of thing can reflect the real horror of the world we are living in, and may also reflect the horror of some ongoing wars.

15.ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE (2007, Shekhar Kapur, B+)
I like the queen Mary Stuart in this film very much.

16.NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS (2007, Jon Turteltaub, B+)
I like the balancing platform in this film very much. It seems like a very exciting game.

17.THE GOLDEN COMPASS (2007, Chris Weitz, B)

18.THE GOLDEN CUP: THE LEGACY (2007, Tshering Wangyel, B-)


I also saw the ending of KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS (1998, Michel Ocelot, A+). I once watched this film at Alliance Francaise a few years ago, when it was shown by DVD. Unfortunately, there was a problem with the DVD player, and the ending of the film couldn’t be shown at that time.



B. STAGE SHOWS

1.MUSIC IS MY WEAPON (2007, Hamer Salwala, A)

2.CHRISTMAS STORY (2007, Shogo Tanikawa, A)

3.WAI AFRAID (2007, Suwandee Jakraworawut, A)

4.MISS ACDC 2007 (A-)
I don’t like the nationalistic theme of this year.
http://www.missacdc.com/gellary.html


I also saw a lot of short films in December, but I will wrote about them later.


ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE makes me feel curios about some queens in the past. So I try to find some pictures of them online.

LADY JANE GRAY (played by Helena Bonham Carter in LADY JANE (1986, Trevor Nunn))
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WBSCCB48L._SS500_.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2340/2174757064_22bb9ec896_b.jpg

QUEEN MARY TUDOR (played by Kathy Burke in ELIZABETH)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2051/2174757048_2d09332b92_o.jpg

MARY OF GUISE (played by Fanny Ardant in ELIZABETH)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2197/2174757062_3e75969707_o.jpg

MARY STUART (played by Samantha Morton in ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/2174757060_01ee054503_o.jpg

INFANTA ISABELLA CLARA EUGENIA of Spain (played by Aimee King in ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/2174757040_aac7bf5b90_o.jpg

JUANA THE MAD QUEEN OF SPAIN (played by Pilar Lopez de Ayala in JUANA LA LOCA (2001, Vicente Aranda))

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2372/2174757042_7540896e5a_b.jpg


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This is my comment in SCREENOUT webboard:
http://www.xq28.org/zaa/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=79

ตอบคุณ J’ AR

ดิฉันไม่มีความรู้เรื่องหนังอินเดียค่ะ ได้ดูหนังอินเดียน้อยมากๆ เท่าที่เคยได้ดูหนังอินเดียก็เจอหนังเกย์แค่เรื่องเดียว ซึ่งก็คือ MY BROTHER NIKHIL (2005, Onir, A+) ที่มีเนื้อหาเกี่ยวกับโรคเอดส์ และดารานำชายสองคนก็หล่อน่ารักดี รวมทั้งเพลงประกอบก็ไพเราะเพราะพริ้งและติดหูมากๆ ดิฉันได้ดูหนังเรื่องนี้ในเทศกาลหนัง ไม่รู้เหมือนกันว่าจะหาดูได้อีกที่ไหน แต่คาดว่าอาจจะมีร้านดีวีดีแถวพาหุรัดที่มีหนังเรื่องนี้อยู่ก็ได้

ส่วนหนังอินเดียที่มีตัวประกอบเป็นเกย์นั้น เคยดูอยู่เรื่องเดียว ซึ่งก็คือ MANGO SOUFFLE (2002, Mahesh Dattani, B)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0355740/