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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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Another juventino?
Seriously. My first thought when I read that: there goes Pessotto again! :frown:

It's by M. Night Shyamalan. So probably not.
:lol:

well let's be honest, if it was your (everyone here) car, you would be concerned about the car too, I would!
Say, Snoopster -- I finally saw a movie I'm guessing you're well aware of (other than it being banned in Turkey): Atom Egoyan's Ararat. Did you see it?
 

Snoop

Sabet is a nasty virgin
Oct 2, 2001
28,186
Seriously. My first thought when I read that: there goes Pessotto again! :frown:



:lol:



Say, Snoopster -- I finally saw a movie I'm guessing you're well aware of (other than it being banned in Turkey): Atom Egoyan's Ararat. Did you see it?
No I didn't but I heard about it, another Armenian movie about Genocide? we fuckers breath and eat genocide :D

was it good?
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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No I didn't but I heard about it, another Armenian movie about Genocide? we fuckers breath and eat genocide :D

was it good?
Yeah. It's a Canadian production (Egoyan and all) and had an all-star Armenian cast: Eric Begosian, Charles Azvenour, etc. I liked it. It was a pretty intellectually heavy movie. Egoyan gets off a little easy by telling the genocide story as a film within the film, which allows him to distance himself a little from coming right out and saying "this is how things were". And I do like how they wove in a little of the story of the Armenian modernist painter, Gorky.

Most people would probably be bored to tears, as it was a bit culturally highbrow. But I thought it was very well made.
 

Snoop

Sabet is a nasty virgin
Oct 2, 2001
28,186
Yeah. It's a Canadian production (Egoyan and all) and had an all-star Armenian cast: Eric Begosian, Charles Azvenour, etc. I liked it. It was a pretty intellectually heavy movie. Egoyan gets off a little easy by telling the genocide story as a film within the film, which allows him to distance himself a little from coming right out and saying "this is how things were". And I do like how they wove in a little of the story of the Armenian modernist painter, Gorky.

Most people would probably be bored to tears, as it was a bit culturally highbrow. But I thought it was very well made.
I heard about the praises and all, but I avoided it because it is another one for Genocide..

It was absolutely a massive tragedy, probably worse than the holocaust (well we don't have a strong media or connection to make a huge drama about it like Jews could), worse because we were destroyed and couldn't stand again (population is small, huge loss). But we just can't spend years and years talking and living it. For that these kinds of movies pull me away. I think I have it, will watch it soon and see what you are talking about.
 

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L'autista
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Sep 23, 2003
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I heard about the praises and all, but I avoided it because it is another one for Genocide..

It was absolutely a massive tragedy, probably worse than the holocaust (well we don't have a strong media or connection to make a huge drama about it like Jews could), worse because we were destroyed and couldn't stand again (population is small, huge loss). But we just can't spend years and years talking and living it. For that these kinds of movies pull me away. I think I have it, will watch it soon and see what you are talking about.
Parts of the movie pretty much underscored what you said. The whole, "that was then, but we need to celebrate the fact that we're alive now".
 

Kate

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Parts of the movie pretty much underscored what you said. The whole, "that was then, but we need to celebrate the fact that we're alive now".
I have it as well and had been meaning to watch it but never got around to it. I will dig it out again soon and have a look :)
 

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