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Category Archives: Hollywood
Black Book (2007)
https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=3938 Israel 1956. Rachel, a Jew, rather unexpectedly meets an old friend at the kibbutz where is she working as a teacher. It brings back memories of her experiences in The Netherlands during the war, memories of betrayal.
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Tagged betrayal, jew, kibbutz, old friend, war memories
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Baghead (2007)
Four struggling actors retreat to a cabin in Big Bear, California in order to write a screenplay that will make them all stars. Problem is: What happens when their story idea
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Tagged bear california, big bear, horror flick, story idea, villain
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Ashes Of Time Redux
Ashes of Time Redux is inspired by Louis Cha’s novel The Eagle-Shooting Heroes. It centers on a man named Ouyang Feng (Leslie Cheung). Since the woman he loved rejected him, he has lived in the western desert, hiring skilled swordsmen … Continue reading
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Tagged ashes of time, contract killings, eagle shooting heroes, louis cha, western desert
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I Despise ‘The Dark Knight’
I’m not into comic books, even when they’re called "graphic novels." I’m not into super-heroes and movies based on them. I went to see "The Dark Knight" last week because Marc Gafni wanted to do a dialogue with me on … Continue reading
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Tagged graphic novels, leadership role, marc gafni, martin luther king, phd thesis, philosophical points
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Synecdoche, New York
From imdb.com: "Theater director Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman) is mounting a new play. Fresh off of a successful production of Death of a Salesman, he has traded in the suburban blue-hairs and regional theater of Schenectady for the cultured … Continue reading
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Tagged blue hairs, jennifer jason leigh, philip seymour hoffman, synecdoche new york, tom noonan, wife adele
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