Monthly Archives: January 2004

Storytelling (USA, 2001)

Posted on January 22, 2004 by

Two stories from suburbia. The first, titled “Fiction” is about a white college girl who is hurt by his boyfriend’s harsh words and seeks solace in their African-American teacher’s arms. (The boyfriend’s anger comes from his self-loathing because of his … Continue reading →

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Supernova (USA, 2000)

Posted on January 21, 2004 by

Finally a real cheesy science fiction B-movie. It has all of it. HUmans transforming to scary monsters, mysterious unidentifiable foreign object, threat to the whole Earth, busty heroines going topless, lines like “I did what was necessary”, everybody dying except … Continue reading →

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George Orwell: Keep the Aspidistra Flying

Posted on January 21, 2004 by

Miutan elolvastam a konyvet tudtam meg, hogy erosen oneletrajzi ihletesu. Nagyon pontos jellemrajzot adott Orwell fiatalkori enjevel, amivel kivulrol tudtam azonosulni. A szinte teljesen penztelen nagy remenyu kolto-iro hadat uzent a penz szellemenek. Ennek megfeleloen a tartasa eros, a penztarcaja … Continue reading →

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Rang-e khoda (Color of Paradise, Iran, 1999)

Posted on January 21, 2004 by

Another great movie by director Majid Majidi (from who I have seen Baran last week.)Stylistcly it starts similarly: while the credits are running with bright letters on black background we hear something that we can identify only when the credits … Continue reading →

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Quiet American (USA, 2002)

Posted on January 20, 2004 by

I was not tuned to this movie a much a I could have been. I recognize the potential for moralizing about choices, about whether the Anmerican psyche can be generalized from this one individual. Frankly the movie, didn’t grab me … Continue reading →

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Teszt eredmenyek

Posted on January 20, 2004 by

Utoljara tavaly juniusban tettem kozze jatekos teszt eredmenyeket. Azota sem nyughattam. Ime a termes, melybol megtudjuk ki lenne az elnokom, milyen gondolkodo vagyok, mennyire tiszta a lelkem es mennyit er, melyik filmbe valo vagyok, melyik sci-fi regeny alak vagyok, melyik … Continue reading →

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Les rivieres pourpres (The Crimson Rivers, France, 2000)

Posted on January 20, 2004 by

For foreign movies I like to turn on the subtitles and listen to them in the original language, even if I don’t understand all of it. (4 year high school French down the drain …) As I was watching this … Continue reading →

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Barango botrany

Posted on January 19, 2004 by

2003 karacsony estejen Barango (Bajtai Zoltan) azt mondta reszegen a Tilos Radio biciklis musoraban, hogy “Kiirtanam az osszes keresztenyt”. Ket beszelgetotarsa, kollegaja azonnal elhatarolodott tole, es o maga is par perc mulva azt mondta, hogy nem ugy gondolta. Barangot a … Continue reading →

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Impostor (2002, USA)

Posted on January 19, 2004 by

Why does Hollywood insist on making the less powerful Philip K. Dick stories into movies? That’s what happened here too. Just like in BladeRunner the question is what makes us human? If you can clone the body perfectly, transfer memories, … Continue reading →

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Dayereh (The Circle , 2002, Iran)

Posted on January 19, 2004 by

Through the fate of four Iranian women we get to know a lot of the troubles of the existence of a generation. The camera moves from one to the next, regularly abandoning the previous women. But they are truly abandoned, … Continue reading →

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