Posts by andrew llewellyn
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He committed suicide in 2003 -- think it was April Fools, just to give it that extra bitter edge.
Yeah, I caught up on that yesterday. Oddly, I know of someone else who chose that day to top himself.
Fair enough, and Wong certainly is something of an acquired taste
I loved Days of Being Wild, ChungKing Express & In the Mood for Love (yet to see 2046). Ashes of Time left me cold though - maybe more happens in the new cut? :)
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Explicit and prolonged rape scenes or depictions of sadistic torture are OK in films that are subtitled and screen at the Film Festival, not so much at the multiplex...
Heh, there used to be an RFS classification for movies - Restricted to Film Societies.
That's where you go to see the real stuff! (Pre-pron days - and actually, not so real).
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All ther best.
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Well I'll be - the director's cut. The late Lesley cheung? What happened to him? (rhetorical q, I'll google him.)
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I saw Ashes of Time years ago (presume it's the same one - is it in the film festival again?). I confess I found it tedious.
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I've seen a lot of concern that he isn't actually taking responsibility for what he's done,
Heh, even Diana Wichtel took him to task on this count in her Listener TV review.
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You can just imagine his inner dialog seconds after he said "a personal jet'...
With apologies to Homer SImpson:
Inner Monologue: Don't say "Personal Jet". Don't say personal jet. If you say "personal jet" I'm outta here!
JK: "Personal Jet"
Inner Monologue: That's it! I'm outta here! (footsteps recede & door slams)
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Someone mentioned the new NBR column using the title "Helengrad" - my understanding is that this is David Farrar's weekly missive, is that right?
That is right. I quite like the term Helengrad :)
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Yikes! What would you pick to convey the right image of your boss? Something local, not too edgy, not too niche? What would it be?
Key: Absolute Power
Clarke: The Hollow Men -
I suppose we could equally speculate that she didn't report it for fear of another hiding.
But that would be making shit up.