Los Angeles
Londoner
week and I will attend Film Production at UCLA for the next 2 years.
It's a pity George will be in Europe for Ocean's 11 for a while. I'm
still try to find directions for Walter Sanchez. If someone knows his
hairdresser address, let me know.
RL
Londoner
RL
Feesha
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Congrats of the visa and good luck at the school. Be as creative as you can
and don't let anyone try to shoot you down. When I went to film school I had
a professor who tried to wean out those that weren't true to the craft and
did all he can to those that tried their hardest.
Waldo will probably be with George during the filming of O12. George wont
do a project without him. Waldo's even listed on photo shoot credits. Other
than that, can't help you.
Feesha
Londoner
Thanks babe. Well, there is no way anyone let me down. When one spends
ten years of the life as I spent mine, and meets people as I met and
still are alive and kicking, there is nothing that can affect any
longer. Sucess or failure will be welcomed and my main project is to
re-start in America as I didn't more than a decade ago. Reinvent life
is a privilege and I'm aware of how luck I am, after this decade in
London. I'm prepare for all bad things, include the fact that nothing
can happen or if I have no talent for what I'm proposed. The only
thing I'm not prepare is for happiness and this can surprise me (the
same possibility of Clooney loving me!!!). Tonight, for the first time
in many, many years, I dream of being kissed (I can't remember the
details of the dream, what a pity).
When you get my age (39) and can't remember a love experience but only
amateurs ones, when you got rid off an obsession (I spent 6 years of
my life loving a rat) and still find the inocence back (becoming
interesting in a "celebrity" was my scape-goat that works for me),
then anything goes.
Anyway, I will go to the Jenerators shows in May where Miguel Ferre
plays.
If there is any vacation time between the UCLA session I would fly to
Como (I found an italian school in Milan that is so affordable).
London is just a short distance from LA (Brazil is my homeland, London
now is my third home since LA will become my second) and if there
isn't a war out there, I could tell you that I'm happy
RL
pepper
Last night I dreamt I was dating Liev Schreiber but had to break up with him
b/c of his terrible, self-destructive addiction to Bazooka Joe Bubblegum.
Seriously. Anyway, that is totally O/T but so weird I thought I'd blather on
about it anyway. I'm thoughtful like that ;-).
> When you get my age (39) and can't remember a love experience but only
> amateurs ones, when you got rid off an obsession (I spent 6 years of
> my life loving a rat) and still find the inocence back (becoming
> interesting in a "celebrity" was my scape-goat that works for me),
> then anything goes.
> Anyway, I will go to the Jenerators shows in May where Miguel Ferre
> plays.
> If there is any vacation time between the UCLA session I would fly to
> Como (I found an italian school in Milan that is so affordable).
> London is just a short distance from LA (Brazil is my homeland, London
> now is my third home since LA will become my second) and if there
> isn't a war out there, I could tell you that I'm happy
> RL
So apparently everyone except for me is going to Como these days. Hrumph.
Well that's fine. I'll just sit here and stare at corn all summer. That'll
be almost as interesting.
Postcards, people! Postcards and pictures of George!* If they happen to be
dirty, that's ok, my mailman already thinks I'm weird.
Happy travels Londoner,
pppr
*: kidding, I kid. Please nobody stalk George while you're over there.
That'll make it so much harder for me to stalk him later. (kidding again).
Feesha
In terms of reinventing a life, I know what you mean. I was just a step away
from joining the DGA (Directors Guild of America) when I hurt my ankle and
my back went out just after. It is now 4 1/2 years and three operations
later. I just finished a course to become a laboratory asst. New life, new
story. Hey, perhaps I could submit something to Section 8. Sounds like you
could give it a shot too. :) The world is a small place and surrounding
yourself with people you can be cool with is a deffinate plus. Good luck and
keep a sharp eye out for Clooney. Enjoy Ferrer's gigs. Anyone who played
with Keith Moon has to be damn good.
Feesha
Londoner
> In terms of reinventing a life, I know what you mean. I was just a step away
> from joining the DGA (Directors Guild of America) when I hurt my ankle and
> my back went out just after. It is now 4 1/2 years and three operations
> later. I just finished a course to become a laboratory asst. New life, new
> story. Hey, perhaps I could submit something to Section 8. Sounds like you
> could give it a shot too. :) The world is a small place and surrounding
> yourself with people you can be cool with is a deffinate plus. Good luck and
> keep a sharp eye out for Clooney. Enjoy Ferrer's gigs. Anyone who played
> with Keith Moon has to be damn good.
>
> Feesha
I can see I'm not the only one who has plans with Section 8. The
company has to produce regularly and it seems to me they have
everything but good writers there.
I spent the last 3 months watching tv series and special the news ones
are all terrible. It's not that they don't now to write, it is they
have nothing interetsting to write about since most writers seems to
be academic people and with few insights to bring out.
I have a close friend who is American and a writer too, so I hope I
can deal with my poor Englsih with his help.
Feesha, if in your new life you still have your old wishes, you MUST
keep trying them. If you can't direct, pehaps you can write and a good
script can get Clooney staring it (Clooney has still to find himself
good scripts or otherwise very soon he will be like so many stars that
once were the best and now are struggle to make good movies). You can
use your personal experience in this group to build a character and,
please, post about it.
Kisses
RL
Feesha
Ya know, using the group as a character, a flash just went off in my head. I
think you may have something here. If anything concrete comes along, I would
definitely post it.
As to the lack of anything good on the tube, unfortunately, you're right
about that. Not only on the tube, but on the big screen. All people seem to
be focusing on now are remakes (or in the case of O11, re-thinks). We need
more companies like Section8 and keep the indies alive and kicking.
Feesha
pepper
Yup, I'm on board the re-make hate. I understand WHY the trend exists, I
just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like The Pink Panther and
re-think them as Beyonce Knowles vehicles. *cry*.
Anywho, despite the glut of crap and nonsense, I've seen some great movies
this year ...My Architect, Kitchen Stories, Spring Summer Fall Winter
Spring, Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin, The Corperation, The
Triplets of Belleville, United States of Leland (only ok but Don Cheadle
:-)), Story of the Weeping Camel, Supersize Me, Down to the Bone (not for
everyone), and, I think I'm forgetting some..
Unfortunately most of these are foreign or documentaries ..so ladies, get
writing!
ps: I haven't seen Ladykillers, which is rare for me. Usually I'm knocking
old ladies aside to get to a Coen Bros movie, but this time ..ehh. Am I
missing anything?
IMTammyP
>just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like The Pink Panther and
>re-think them as Beyonce Knowles vehicles. *cry*.
>
>Anywho, despite the glut of crap and nonsense, I've seen some great movies
>this year ...My Architect, Kitchen Stories, Spring Summer Fall Winter
>Spring, Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin, The Corperation, The
>Triplets of Belleville, United States of Leland (only ok but Don Cheadle
>:-)), Story of the Weeping Camel, Supersize Me, Down to the Bone (not for
>everyone), and, I think I'm forgetting some..
>
>Unfortunately most of these are foreign or documentaries ..so ladies, get
>writing!
>
>
>ps: I haven't seen Ladykillers, which is rare for me. Usually I'm knocking
>old ladies aside to get to a Coen Bros movie, but this time ..ehh. Am I
>missing anything?>>
Yes, I have a lot of things on your list I need to see. Really, really liked
SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND...TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE grew on me over time.
Don't know that I could recommend it highly cuz it's so different but it was
enjoyable and I loved the music. GOODBYE LENIN is high on my must-see list. I
really was hyped about THE UNITED STATES OF LELAND but it's getting bad
reviews.
Here's some doc recommendations (big year for me and documentaries): STEVIE...I
can say nothing other than I was riveted by this film...very affected. POP &
ME...a friend introduced this one to me, it's not new--I was able to pick up a
copy of the DVD at Blockbuster for $6. Wonderful, worthwhile film. A father
and son go around the world talking to fathers and sons of many cultures about
the father-son bond. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS is an easy big thumbs up as was
SPELLBOUND even if they are on opposite ends of the charts in terms of what's
going on with children these days.
I caught a Rory Kennedy doc today on cable...BOY'S LIFE or A BOY'S LIFE
something like that. One that will infuriate every viewer...people that mess
with kids need to be put down and I don't care if it is the grandmother!
My biggest movie recommend so far this year has to be CITY OF GOD which is
coming out on video/DVD June 8th. Don't know if it can still be found in
theaters. So good!
Tammy
free the 3
Sue
>My biggest movie recommend so far this year has to be CITY OF GOD which is
>coming out on video/DVD June 8th.
Isn't this the one about Mormonism? Something
about a couple of young men on their "mission"?
If wrong, premise please? If correct, share more
details.
Purrrz,
Sue
IMTammyP
No, not sure which one you mean. CITY OF GOD is a movie centered around a
group of boys that grow into men in a dangerous Brazillian housing project.
Violence is seemingly everywhere, but the boys still have choices to make that
steer their futures. The timeline is from the 60s through the 80s.
Tammy
"Free the WM3!"
Sue
>No, not sure which one you mean. CITY OF GOD is a movie centered around a
>group of boys that grow into men in a dangerous Brazillian housing project.
Huh.... OK... I'm thinking another film... thanks.
But you go on record recommending THIS one, right?
Purrrz,
Sue
Sue
>I'm thinking another film... thanks.
I tracked it down... the one I was thinking of that
I thought you were referring to is called "God's
Army." Young Mormons doing their mission
in, of all places, Los Angeles.
It didn't make Sundance, but it did well at some other
festivals and got pretty good reviews, IIRC, in both the
LA & NY Times.
Mystery solved at any rate....
Purrrz,
Sue
Londoner
>> Unfortunately most of these are foreign or documentaries ..so ladies, get
> writing!
>
>
RL
Londoner
professional actors but people from the community (that today became
actors) is the Brazilian film that run for the Oscar 2 years ago as
the best foreigner film and did not win and now returned to the Oscar
in 4 categories (Miramax used a loop to try to get the deserved Oscar
for it). Since Central Station, direct by Walter Salles Jr, Brazilian
cinema has florish and there are dozen of dozen films that is a must
(unfortunatelly they won't make the American comercial circuit). But
the MUST SEEN this year is "Diary of the Motorcycle", direct by Walter
Salles Jr that get all the attention of the Sundance Festival. The
film from the best of the best Brazilian diresctor is this time in
spanish and cover the time in the life of Che Guevara, when he was a
medical student that left the school (first in a bike, second and
third time in a motocycle) leaving Argentina and crossed South America
before arrive in Cuba to participate of the Revolution (it's about the
young Che).
P.S. City of God is not about the Children of God that are a different
matter (Children of God is the religious fanatical that between other
things are involved in incest behaviour). City of God id about the
place of the same name, a housing project that exist today as a
suburbian in Rio (suburbian in Brazil has a different cotation than in
Europe or US, because here usually means poor places). It cover a time
where the bandits changed from the store's thieves into the what
become the crime today, all around traffic of drugs. What shocks in
the film is that what you see is not fiction but reality (since is
true history and also commom history) and people who are sensible to
violence should not see, special because the kids are with the guns in
their hands. Since it is not fiction, one can think that the world has
no more solution but one would be amazing how those films are
impacting reality in those places and so many projects come out of it,
in order to change the reality of thousands who live daily life facing
violence and poverty.
RL
The Outlaw Salome Wales
> From: "pepper" <islan...@mailblocks.com>
> ps: I haven't seen Ladykillers, which is rare for me. Usually I'm knocking
> old ladies aside to get to a Coen Bros movie, but this time ..ehh. Am I
> missing anything?
>
>
Lord, no. Don't see it. Don't bother. Don't waste your time or money. It's
horrible.
pepper
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>
> Here's some doc recommendations (big year for me and documentaries):
STEVIE...I
> can say nothing other than I was riveted by this film...very affected.
POP &
> ME...a friend introduced this one to me, it's not new--I was able to pick
up a
> copy of the DVD at Blockbuster for $6. Wonderful, worthwhile film. A
father
> and son go around the world talking to fathers and sons of many cultures
about
> the father-son bond. CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS is an easy big thumbs up as
was
> SPELLBOUND even if they are on opposite ends of the charts in terms of
what's
> going on with children these days.
>
> I caught a Rory Kennedy doc today on cable...BOY'S LIFE or A BOY'S LIFE
> something like that. One that will infuriate every viewer...people that
mess
> with kids need to be put down and I don't care if it is the grandmother!
>
> My biggest movie recommend so far this year has to be CITY OF GOD which is
> coming out on video/DVD June 8th. Don't know if it can still be found in
> theaters. So good!
>
> Tammy
> free the 3
Oh, *love* City of God! Love love!
Ok I've calmed down now, lol. But I can't believe I forgot to mention that
one. Brain fart. Thanks for the head's up on STEVIE and POP & ME, they seem
right up my alley. I keep hearing about A BOY'S LIFE and I keep missing it,
in theaters, on tv, even Netflix wouldn't send it to me (well, they tried
but it was lost in transport somewhere). This might be a good thing since I
have some anger managment issues when it comes stories about abused children
or animals. Still, I feel like I ought to see it.
In terms of older movies, I've decided to be a little bit in love with
Stellan Skarsgard lately (random I know) so we rented ABERDEEN. It's a
British movie (shot in Glasgow in 2000) by a Norwegian director, and while
there are aspects of it that bug me, I still recommend it as a warm,
thoughtful character study. My fawning adoration aside, I think Skarsgard
gives an amaazing performance here.
pepper
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I love int'l films and docs and I'm thrilled
they're getting more exposure in the States! I meant the "unfortunately" in
regards to what is being produced in the US right now. There are definately
some innovative American filmmakers out there, but they are too few and far
between, imo.
Can you recommend some good Brazilian movies? I'm recovering from knee
surgery and the DH has the flu so we're doing a lot of sitting around the
house at the moment. Good time to catch up on movies!
IMTammyP
Yes, CITY OF GOD is right up at the top of my list. So very good and the
acting will leave you reeling. It made me think: with all that is going on in
parts of this world, particularly the part this takes place in, there are still
people (without formal training or at least a setting condusive to formal
training) that can deliver performances like these. Truly flawless.
Yes, it's foreign...it's subtitled...it's violent. This is a place and time
where there is no room for error. It's also right up the alley for a lot of
the movie buffs on this NG. One thing a lot of us have in common is an
appreciation for more diverse projects. It doesn't have to be a Memorial Day
shoot-em-up extravaganza to be appreciated. Although some of those
extravaganzas are okay, too.
Tammy
"Free the WM3!"
Feesha
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becoming wary. I think the Coens may need to go back to the offbeat route.
Feesha
Feesha
> Yup, I'm on board the re-make hate. I understand WHY the trend exists, I
> just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like The Pink Panther and
> re-think them as Beyonce Knowles vehicles. *cry*.
>
Say what?!?! Beyonce in a Pink Panther movie? No 'f'in way. That's just
plain sacrilige. IMO.
> Anywho, despite the glut of crap and nonsense, I've seen some great movies
> this year ...My Architect, Kitchen Stories, Spring Summer Fall Winter
> Spring, Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Goodbye Lenin, The Corperation, The
> Triplets of Belleville, United States of Leland (only ok but Don Cheadle
> :-)), Story of the Weeping Camel, Supersize Me, Down to the Bone (not for
> everyone), and, I think I'm forgetting some..
>
The Triplets of Belleville looks like quite a hoot. I've heard that the
United States of Leland was just so-so. It's starting to get some commercial
air time here in NY.
Feesha
pepper
>
>
> > Yup, I'm on board the re-make hate. I understand WHY the
> >trend exists, I just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like
> >The Pink Panther and re-think them as Beyonce Knowles
> >vehicles. *cry*.
> >
>
> Say what?!?! Beyonce in a Pink Panther movie? No 'f'in way. That's just
> plain sacrilige. IMO.
I *KNOW*. And if that doesn't make you want to toilet-paper the studio
boss's house, this probably will ..it's being produced and directed by the
same people who brought you - wait for it - Just Married, Eurotrip and
Roadtrip (you know, that comic masterpeice featuring Tom Green doing gross
things).
That alone makes me want to love indies like United States of Leland even
when they suck. Leland IS only so-so, imo. There are some great performances
but overall it kind of falls into the no man's land between profound and
pretentious. I'd hate to discourage anyone from seeing it, since some ppl
really dig it, but I'd only give it one thumb up. Maybe a thumb and a
knuckle.
My award for least pretentious indie has to go to Spring Forward. Ned Beatty
is sweet genius in this movie! It's not in theaters anymore (1999), but a
great rental imo :-).
Feesha
> "Feesha" <FSta...@nyc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> >
> >
> > > Yup, I'm on board the re-make hate. I understand WHY the
> > >trend exists, I just don't like it. Esp when they take classics like
> > >The Pink Panther and re-think them as Beyonce Knowles
> > >vehicles. *cry*.
> > >
> >
> > Say what?!?! Beyonce in a Pink Panther movie? No 'f'in way. That's just
> > plain sacrilige. IMO.
>
>
> I *KNOW*. And if that doesn't make you want to toilet-paper the studio
> boss's house, this probably will ..it's being produced and directed by the
> same people who brought you - wait for it - Just Married, Eurotrip and
> Roadtrip (you know, that comic masterpeice featuring Tom Green doing gross
> things).
>
> That alone makes me want to love indies like United States of Leland even
> when they suck. Leland IS only so-so, imo. There are some great
performances
> but overall it kind of falls into the no man's land between profound and
> pretentious. I'd hate to discourage anyone from seeing it, since some ppl
> really dig it, but I'd only give it one thumb up. Maybe a thumb and a
> knuckle.
>
>
> >
"Thumb and a knuckle", very funny. I like that one.
Feesha