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The obsessives' guide to contemporary cinema via film discussion, news, reviews, features, nostalgia, movie music, soundtracks, DVDs and more.Interviews
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Review: 'A Burning Hot Summer' Is A Thundering Bore That Verges On Self-Parody
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- June 28, 2012 10:56 AM
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There are certain cliches associated with European cinema -- they're not necessarily always accurate but they do exist. Ask a layman -- a well educated, smart, nice person who might not be quite as subtitle-happy as you or I -- what they imagine they might see in, say, an average French film, and a number of things might come up. Characters who are constantly having extra-marital affairs, for instance. A vaguely homoerotic relationship between two friends. Unbroken four-to-five minute takes. Dialogue talking about 'the revolution.' An actress, perhaps Monica Bellucci, taking her clothes off within the first 45 seconds.
Venice '11 Review: 'Un été brûlant' Is A Thundering Bore That Verges On Self-Parody
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- September 2, 2011 2:04 AM
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- 0 Comments
There are certain cliches associated with European cinema -- they're not necessarily always accurate but they do exist. Ask a layman -- a well educated, smart, nice person who might not be quite as subtitle-happy as you or I -- what they imagine they might see in, say, an average French film, and a number of things might come up. Characters who are constantly having extra-marital affairs, for instance. A vaguely homoerotic relationship between two friends. Unbroken four-to-five minute takes. Dialogue talking about 'the revolution.' An actress, perhaps Monica Bellucci, taking her clothes off within the first 45 seconds.
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"Rango" is another film that replicated the anamorphic.
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It will be rated R. One of my teachers got to see an advanced screening. He said it was bloody
They are not cutting the shower scene. It's still there according to the trailer.
Guy was a goddamned legend. He'll be missed.
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"And while it's hard to fault a film for being exactly what it sets out to be and nothing
He was also in Geoffrey Fletcher's directorial debut that came out a few weeks ago: Violet
Ha! Hats off to you bro, that just made my day. In all seriousness, you are right. Even Lasseter
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