tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76893428512483724442024-03-05T11:18:17.640+01:00Die Zettelwirtschaft.!nichts vergessenB.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.comBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-29466697337245967732014-01-01T14:45:00.000+01:002014-01-01T14:45:00.030+01:00All along it was a fever.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The – my – best of 2013 in music, tested and assembled with a little more care <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.com/2012/12/best-of-2012-music.html">than last year</a>.<br />
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01. Program - Waiting<br />
02. Baths - Miasma Sky<br />
03. Deptford Goth - Feel Real<br />
04. Sigur Rós - Ísjaki<br />
05. Daughter - Youth<br />
06. Austra - Home<br />
07. Young Galaxy - Talk To Her<br />
08. Eleanor Friedberger - Other Boys<br />
09. Low - Stay (Rihanna cover)<br />
10. The Great Park - The Royal Canal<br />
11. Low - Just Make It Stop<br />
12. Rhye - The Fall<br />
13. Pat Jordache - O.M.O.<br />
14. Dawnshape - Either This<br />
15. Parenthetical Girls - Curtains<br />
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-4670094592610685642013-11-25T21:50:00.003+01:002013-11-25T21:51:08.900+01:00Composition in Red, Blue & Mellow.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/das_ben/11055550313" title="Composition in Red, Blue & Mellow. by B., on Flickr"><img src="//farm6.staticflickr.com/5483/11055550313_5e90dd2e44_c.jpg" width="800" height="535" alt="Composition in Red, Blue & Mellow."></a>B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-6801931362041351582013-09-27T13:08:00.000+02:002013-09-27T13:08:35.675+02:00Brave little boat, part II.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/das_ben/9964245424/" title="Brave little boat II. by das_ben, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3686/9964245424_6513c2f2ef_c.jpg" width="800" height="535" alt="Brave little boat II."></a>B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-5528716671310165882013-09-21T19:44:00.000+02:002013-09-21T19:44:00.279+02:00Brave little boat, part. I.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/das_ben/9858226434/" title="Brave little boat I. by das_ben, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3781/9858226434_890042ea9e_c.jpg" width="535" height="800" alt="Brave little boat I."></a>B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-74250713494716539922013-07-24T11:17:00.001+02:002013-07-24T11:18:54.546+02:00Bla, bla, blood. Or: "Only God Forgives", a review.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ryan Gosling has finally completed his transition to a star of silent movies. After "<a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/12/best-of-2012-movies.html">Drive</a>", also by director Nicolas Winding Refn, and "The Place Beyond The Pines" he's perfected his shtick by getting rid of other distractions that might be considered elements of acting, including the movement of muscles situated above his neck. (Those below, however, once again get a decent work-out.) But he's in good company here, as his co-stars also are given physical pain as the only visible emotion to work with. Everything else is left to the viewer to imagine, at best, or at worst alluded to. Alluded to by heavy-handed (or to the point: bloody-handed, cut-off-handed, looked-at-handed) symbolism straight out of film school and fixed glazes and glares that stare down the viewer, practically daring him_her to extract some meaning. (Hint: The boy's had a rough childhood and his mom's had a hand in it.) All these prolonged ocular showdowns leave plenty of runtime for the characters to stay silent and lifeless. Why the mysterious head of a police gang takes it up to enact god-like retribution (foregoing <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/reference">the movie</a> title's forgiveness) is left as open as to why women are reduced to be either manipulative dicks (the boy's mother) or prostitutes (the boy's companion and all others). When people do speak, they manage to say very little that's not already an immediate given (except for the boy's mother, who calls the boy's companion a "cum dumpster", because she's classy like that).<br /><br /><iframe width="640" height="360" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/Q9ziAWl9AEA?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br />Throughout, the film is beautifully set in scene, although each and every shot looks alike (and like Kubrick, except for the out-of-place Lynchean karaoke pieces). While that may fit to the movie's de-li-be-rate pace, it bores increasingly, and by the tenth static take of a hallway whose sides are perfect mirror images of each other one starts to yearn for a little motion to break the monotony. Well-swept and clean-cut is also the movie's neon version of Bangkok, from which people and noise and traffic and real life are notably absent. The only grime one gets to see are innards and blood, and of that so much that suspicions arise Winding Refn weighed up the missing dirt with gore. As in the last third of the otherwise in every way superior "Drive", in which Gosling also starred as a somewhat uncommunicative alpha male, the excessive violence is heavy in style but low in substance. Much of it happens on-screen in a most celebratory fashion, and when it doesn't, vivid sound effects of parting flesh and dripping blood carry the point home without subtlety. Literally sickening, it recalls Gaspar Noé, an impression confirmed by the tribute paid to him in the closing credits. <br /><br />Nicolas Winding Refn seems set on a course that will not offer anything new in the future. His fans will continue to enjoy the stylized blend of artful (and artificial) pacing, photography and a driving soundtrack (once again excellent) while his critics will take issue with bland characters and the seeming pornography of the violence depicted. However, Ryan Gosling has earlier ("Half Nelson", "Blue Valentine") shown to be capable of more and it's up to him to branch back out and to avoid being type-cast forever. <b>4/10
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Near Svyatogorsk, Ukraine.
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-6812003671241636952013-06-06T23:19:00.003+02:002013-06-06T23:19:40.098+02:00Above, the stars.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Brighten up your night, literally, by subscribing to <a href="http://spotthestation.nasa.gov/">NASA's Spot The Station Alert</a>. You will be notified whenever the International Space Station passes above your location during the night, as well as of her trajectory and the duration of visibility.<br />
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I just spent two magical minutes seeing the station for the very first time after waiting for months for a clear sky in a night that suits me. Let me stress that those two minutes made up for all the waiting, and more.</div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-9497511817355092162013-04-27T19:01:00.004+02:002013-04-27T19:01:52.388+02:00Nikolai Zakablucnii Grigorievici.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nikolai Grigorievici was taken to Germany to work as a forced laborer when he still was a small child. Head on over to "<a href="http://lastprisonengl.blogspot.com/2013/04/nikolai-zakablucnii-grigorievici.html">Last Prisoner Story</a>" to read his account of life in camps and different places of work, as well as what become of him after the war.</div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-75812575413133631152013-04-21T23:32:00.000+02:002013-04-21T23:32:18.934+02:00Tatiana Samilovna Griliskaia.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tatiana Griliskaia was sixteen when during World War II she was taken to Germany to work as a forced laborer. She survived hunger, hardships and bombings, managing to return to Ukraine after the war and rebuild. Head on over to "<a href="http://lastprisonengl.blogspot.com/2013/04/tatiana-samilovna-griliskaia.html">Last Prisoner Story</a>" to read her story.</div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-9359318283252692722013-04-18T15:28:00.001+02:002013-04-18T15:28:04.540+02:00Rules of survival for Eastern Ukraine.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
#1. Never pass up an okay restroom.<br />
#2. There are positive aspects to everything, even bus rides. (Mostly related to matters of arrival.)<br />
#3. Learn Russian.<br />
#4. Embrace showers as a place of worship.<br />
#5. Every meal could be your last before more potatoes with mushrooms.<br />
#6. Don't eat it if you might as well feed it.<br />
#7. Solvent solves it.</div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-53869151205221014762013-03-24T12:53:00.001+01:002013-03-24T12:53:44.799+01:00Buffy The Bunny Slayer.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-75665344297799045892013-03-12T16:06:00.002+01:002013-03-12T16:07:13.780+01:00No, there's never enough.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-21444228640923029592013-01-17T18:51:00.001+01:002013-01-17T18:51:55.640+01:00Tenderness.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-13557200491027653252013-01-10T19:24:00.001+01:002013-01-17T18:52:18.879+01:00Re: Transitions.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-27452092424478688042013-01-09T00:05:00.001+01:002013-01-17T18:52:10.018+01:00Buffy The Vampire Slayer.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-83085173531311833862012-12-31T17:07:00.000+01:002012-12-31T17:08:43.579+01:00Best of 2012 - The music.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
As <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2011/12/best-of-2011-music.html">last year</a>, here are some of <b>my favourite tracks of the past months</b>, in no particular order:<br />
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Xiu Xiu - Born To Suffer (official video)<br />
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Julia Stone - It's All Okay (Active Child remix) (no video)<br />
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The Walkmen - Southern Heart (live) (no video)<br />
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Father John Misty - Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings (official video)<br />
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Breton - Edward The Confessor (official video)<br />
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B.J. The Chicago Kid feat. Kendrick Lamar - His Pain (no video)<br />
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Grimes - Oblivion (official video)<br />
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<b>Very notable mentions:</b><br /><br />
Andy Shauf - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/andyshauf/youre-out-wasting">You're Out Wasting</a><br />
Why? - <a href="http://youtu.be/47u8kSRusfE">Strawberries</a><br />
Breakfast - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/wearebreakfast/sweetest-song">Sweetest Song</a><br />
Emily Wells - <a href="https://soundcloud.com/emilywells/emily-wells-passenger-kid">Passenger (Kid Koala remix)</a><br />
A. David MacKinnon - <a href="http://adavidmackinnon.bandcamp.com/track/the-past-is-a-foreign-country">The Past Is A Foreign Country</a><br />
</div>B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-77162218177138515202012-12-30T15:15:00.001+01:002012-12-30T15:15:51.574+01:00Best of 2012 - The movies.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Once again, a brief look at the movies of the past year, which in fact is going to be briefer than <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2011/12/best-of-2011-movies.html">last time</a> - not least because they just haven't been as good (this is especially true if you consider that three of my top five movies have already been released earlier outside Germany). Due to my prolonged stay this year in two developing countries where cinema culture is concerned - Germany and Thailand -, I haven't yet seen some of the films to look promising. We're not talking "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903624/">The Hobbit</a>" here, but rather "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443272/">Lincoln</a>", the new "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1707386/">Les Misérables</a>", "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454876/">Life Of Pi</a>", "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/">The Master</a>", "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2125435/">Beasts Of The Southern Wild</a>" and of course Tarantino's latest effort "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/">Django Unchained</a>", which I'm getting uncharacteristically excited about.<br />
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That's why this list isn't close to being any kind of complete and
subject to change, as are the ratings. It is, however, in order of
preference. The rules: eligible for this list are all movies that were
released in Germany this year, which in some cases is earlier than in
other countries, and in most cases, later. Fuck you, dubbing culture. Secondly, only full length
feature films (meaning no short movies) are considered. Ratings for
movies are always given on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">IMDb</a>'s 1-10
scale, where 1 is an utter and unbelievable abomination, 5 sub-average,
6 slightly above average, 7 good, 8 very good, 9 excellent and 10 a
masterpiece.<br />
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<b>1. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/">Moonrise Kingdom</a></b>. Our parents' parents were wrong and Wes Anderson knows it. (I don't like
the reading of the movie as our parents being wrong as well, not
necessarily because they aren't, but because if they are, where does it
stop and where does it leave us?) Also, I <i>still</i> like quirky movies. <b>10/10</b><br />
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<b>2. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1723811/">Shame</a></b>. Provocative in theme and execution, "Shame" tells the story of an
ambitious young businessman who is addicted to sex. When his unstable
sister visits, his world carefully constructed around his secret
fractures. They share a tormented relationship, and what exactly is
causing the tension between them is alluded to, but we're not presented a
resolution. The long shots are only the most apparent aspect of the
visual style that Steve McQueen already successfully used in "Hunger"
and reprises here. That doesn't come as a surprise, since he's relying
on the same crew for his second feature. We also meet Michael Fassbender
again, whose performance is so crucial for understanding his haunted
character. New is Carey Mulligan in perhaps her most difficult role yet,
because it's a break from the quiet and considerate young women she
usually plays. Also features an excellent score. <span style="font-weight: bold;">9/10</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br />
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<b>3. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780504/">Drive</a></b>.
Everything has been said already about "Drive", but just let me stress
how excited the camera work made me: When it literally takes a drive
through the supermarket, following Carey Mulligan around shopping, we're
taken shotgun and in a scene normally without tension, all the pressure
and direction set up by the action scenes and the driving music (I
admit to maybe overdoing the theme) before, is kept up. It doesn't
matter that characters don't matter, we're preoccupied with the visuals
and the style - although, and this is the problem, at one point the film
gets sidetracked by itself. After the initial change in tone more
violence becomes just that: more violence, with little artistic value. <span style="font-weight: bold;">8/10</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">4. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1337051/">Poliţist, Adjectiv</a> (Police, Adjective)</b></span>. See full review <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/05/filmrezension-politist-adjectiv-police.html">here</a>.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <span style="font-weight: bold;">8/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">5. <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1954701/">Oh Boy</a></span></span>. This funny little tale of an aging boy loser without perspective strikes a little too close to home to ignore. It goes for the easy laughs, then for the harder ones, hitting you when you wouldn't expect it, and <i>then some</i>. Beneath, it's somber in tone, increasingly so towards the ending, which in its final break seems perhaps even too dark. Tom Schilling is terrific in this, as is almost the whole supporting cast, each in their own way (and there are a lot). An unexpected gem.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 8/10</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><b>Honourable mentions</b> </span></span>(no order in these ones): "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817291/">Vaterlandsverräter</a>" (8/10 - this would have made my top five, but technically, it was released in 2011), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2071620/">The Flat</a>" (8/10), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2178941/">Barbara</a>" (8/10), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1745686/">Die Wand</a>" (8/10), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2084148/">Work Hard - Play Hard</a>" (8/10), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033575/">The Descendants</a>" (8/10), and "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1996310/">Lore</a>" (8/10).<br />
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<b>Biggest letdowns</b> (movies I went into expecting much and went out severely disappointed): "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1345836/">The Dark Knight Rises</a>" (5/10, see full review <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/08/film-review-dark-knight-rises.html">here</a>), "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675434/">Intouchables</a>" (5/10, what <i>is</i> everyone about?) & "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024648/">Argo</a>" (7/10, it's fine, really, but far far far from what reviewers and audiences make it sound like).</div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-14341359876601510072012-12-13T14:56:00.002+01:002012-12-13T14:56:42.782+01:00Murder.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-17194350134978435292012-11-18T23:05:00.000+01:002012-11-18T23:05:32.714+01:00Über Jörg Fauser.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
"Fauser sah auf den ersten Blick aus wie ein Bankangestellter, das stimmt, aber auf den zweiten Blick sah er aus wie ein Bankangestellter, der abends ins Casino geht, und auf den dritten Blick ging er abends ins Casino mit dem Geld seiner Bank."<br />
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(Helmut Krausser über <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.com/2010/03/fauser.html">Jörg Fauser</a>)<br />
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-40082159656854722172012-11-11T15:08:00.000+01:002012-11-11T15:08:18.158+01:00A month of movies: October.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This is the month in which movies we expect much from, such as "Was Bleibt" (<a href="http://youtu.be/3slY10-Re2Q">trailer</a>) or "Gnade" (<a href="http://youtu.be/z-ohUoVG4Y0">German trailer</a>), disappoint, while others, we're talking "Parada" (<a href="http://youtu.be/8GQmIRQBdLg">trailer</a>) and "Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows" (DVD release) now, surprise in the opposite way. And then there's Moonrise Kingdom (<a href="http://youtu.be/7N8wkVA4_8s">trailer</a>), which you need to see, preferably repeatedly. Also do not miss out on "Vaterlandsverräter" (<a href="http://youtu.be/w8udb5L0O8s">German trailer</a>), and perhaps "Periferic" (<a href="http://youtu.be/nmeJXiBKYaI">trailer</a>), but do give "360" (<a href="http://youtu.be/0ALH13vknLQ">trailer</a>) a pass. And that is all.
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The short -</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Go and see:</span> Moonrise Kingdom.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Well worth watching:</span> Vaterlandsverräter.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Also deserving a chance:</span> Parada (The Parade) & Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows (DVD).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Average:</span> Periferic (Outbound) & Was Bleibt (Home For The Weekend).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you want to see Germans driving SUVs through Northern Norway:</span> Gnade (Mercy).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you prefer a romanticized India to the real one:</span> Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (DVD).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">If you prefer Transformers to Terminator I & II:</span> Terminator Salvation (DVD).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Forget about:</span> 360.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The long -</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: 78%;">The
rules: Only movies seen at cinemas during the month referred to in the
post title and recent DVD releases (which will be noted as such) are
eligible. This excludes films seen on video or television. Also excluded
are movies from festivals, which may or may not get treated in separate
posts. Premieres and previews, however, are fine. The reviews are
listed in alphabetical order. Finally, ratings are given on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">IMDB</a>'s
1-10 scale. These rules, likely to be broken at the discretion of yours
truly, solely exist because no rules are fun, and we cannot have that
here, now can we?</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1680045/">360</a></b>. A dire film, and we're talking the "it's kinda like 'Crash', only worse"-sort of dire. All of it appears as if director Fernando Meirelles deliberately wanted to make a movie that that mattered as little as scripted reality TV, which is a format that would have been sufficiently suited to a premise that remains a sketch: People around the world do things, sometimes badly, and sometimes they change how they do things and sometimes that nets them somewhat better results. Perhaps Meirelles just didn't give a shit. No care was spent on the characters, who are so flat that you wouldn't go out on a limb saying they fit very well to the script - which is nothing but bland, and - unusual for a movie like this - not even trying to be clever. While several times the director clearly wants to challenge our expectations, that's just what it is: an attempt easily called. Announcing it with big yellow letters and a computer-generated voice-over might have been a little less obvious. The fact that one of these scenes is without effort read as an apologetic "women make men take advantage of them" (to be true, I don't see how it could really be read any other way) doesn't exactly improve things. <b>4/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2179055/">Gnade</a> (Mercy)</b>. Add another notch to the "dösig-doofe deutsche Dramen"-column. This one's claim to difference is it's setting - way up north in Norway's Hammerfest, promising beautiful scenery and dramatic lighting. And that's all there is, really, because the script disappoints by putting words in Birgit Minichmayr's and Jürgen Vogel's mouths that weren't really there. Especially the former's character undergoes a transformation that's hard to buy. Between the awful dialogues, there's a lot of driving around and a little sex and the expected amount of meaningful looks exchanged. Also and finally, why is it that child actors from Britain, the US, France and other countries manage at least and excel at best, when in German movies they keep failing to produce lines that are not horribly stilted? <b>5/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1748122/">Moonrise Kingdom</a></b>. Our parents' parents were wrong and Wes Anderson knows it. (I don't like the reading of the movie as our parents being wrong as well, not necessarily because they aren't, but because if they are, where does it stop and where does it leave us?) <b>10/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1784575/">Parada</a> (The Parade)</b>. The premise is quickly told: Belgrade's LGBT community realizes their plans to hold a pride parade in a largely homophobic environment are doomed if they can't provide for security, so the organizers enlist the help of a weary and prejudiced veteran of the Balkan wars. "Parada" doesn't play with stereotypes of gays, corrupt officials or nationalist hooligans but instead simply uses them, in a manner far removed from subtlety. What sounds like the recipe for yet another disastrous major Hollywood comedy turns out to work well when brewed in the Serbia of today, and spiced up with political in-jokes (that are genuinely funny) as well as serious commentary. At its heart lies an earnest message, which the movie is making no bones about, and here's hoping its resounding success in its home country means the persons concerned got it. <b>7/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646221/">Periferic</a> (Outbound)</b>. It's a classic set-up: A woman, presented the chance to escape from her prison (in this, literally), has to face her past and previous mistakes to succeed, while no one will give her a break. For a film that rides the Romanian New Wave, this seems uninnovative, and the story's commutability belies its setting. What puts it apart enough to still warrant a view - while not ever reaching the quality of "4 Luni, 3 Saptamâni Și 2 Zile" or "<a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/05/filmrezension-politist-adjectiv-police.html">Poliţist, Adjectiv</a>" - is how the director passes on obvious choices for atmosphere, such as depicting Bukarest in a bleak grey with constant rain. His city is painted in white and yellow and orange, under a beautiful summer sun, yet it's as desolate as ever. <b>6/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1515091/">Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows</a></b> (DVD release). A furious start sets the pace for this new action movie set in a semi-steampunk Victorian London, an expectedly martial Germany and a fantastic, in the original sense of the word, version of Switzerland. The excellent art design deserves emphasis, as does the fact that slow-motion is (mostly) used wisely, if a little too much, to benefit the well-choreographed fights. This makes the film a surprisingly enjoyable one; however, bearing not much resemblance to Sherlock Holmes as we know him from literature. If you can get past that, and the sorry excuse of a plot, you get a stylish action movie that compares well to most of its contemporaries, as well as its predecessor. <b>7/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/">Terminator Salvation</a></b> (DVD release). The franchise takes another beating in its fourth big screen installment when the director - out of contempt or doubt in the material - veers it dangerously close into "Transformers" territory. It's exposition galore, and modular Terminators, and an awful amount of shades of brown. Avoid, if you're not obsessive compulsive about film series, like I am. <b>5/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1412386/">The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel</a></b> (DVD release). What's the word for orientalism applied to India? If there is none, perhaps this movie's title will do, for it is a sickeningly sweet account of elderly British people recolonizing the subcontinent, but <i>in a nice way</i>. Then there's sentiment, smiles and bright colors, and - its only saving grace - quite a bit of wit. The playful banter between acting greats Judi Dench, Tom Wilkinsom or Bill Nighy (whose abilities aren't seriously tested by the script) makes up for a lot, but, on its own, not a good movie. <b>5/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1817291/">Vaterlandsverräter</a></b>. A portrait of Paul Gratzik, a writer from the GDR who first worked as an "unofficial agent" for state security, denouncing colleagues and friends, then, breaking with the Stasi, becomes a surveillance target himself and unable to publish as before. This documentary shines on two accounts: One, the insight given into the methods of the Stasi by confronting victims with their files as well as an interview with Gratzik's former contact and case officer, whose political convictions have not changed in the past two decades; two, the nature of the writer, who now grumbles and mumbles his way through life, guarded but not unwilling to review his past mistakes. <b>8/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2180587/">Was Bleibt</a> (Home For The Weekend)</b>. Hans-Christian Schmid is one of the better filmmakers from Germany, but neither "Storm", his first international production that recently attracted some attention across Europe, nor "Was Bleibt" manage to live up to the quality of his earlier works. For the latter, this is largely the script's fault. Instead of strictly focusing on his truly interesting lead character, a woman who spent decades "leading a life of quiet desperation" behind her husband and family (and giving all to keep it together), Schmid ambles through describing the problems of every family member, which in comparison are so small and uninteresting that they cannot, and should not, play more than a supporting role. The time spent on them leads to a lot of the dialogue, especially between the two brothers, turning out overly contrived. Eventually, when the woman literally disappears from the movie, we lose interest in everything but the immediate images of the search for her, which are beautifully shot. <b>6/10</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">Previous months of movies: <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/01/month-of-movies-january.html">January</a>, February (no post), <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/04/month-of-movies-march.html">March</a>, <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/05/month-of-movies-april.html">April</a>, <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.com/2012/06/month-of-movies-may.html">May</a>, June (no post), July (no post), <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/09/a-month-of-movies-august.html">August</a>, <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/10/a-month-of-movies-september.html">September</a>.</span></div>
B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-34054769904329608892012-10-28T22:04:00.001+01:002012-10-29T00:22:50.142+01:00Haew Suwat.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09929921686405438574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7689342851248372444.post-18508074057224463392012-10-23T19:03:00.000+02:002012-11-19T17:11:57.993+01:00The facts are these, part II.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
4. Thais have an incredibly sweet tooth.
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5. Traffic in Bangkok is heavy, and it's dominated by motor vehicles to a point where bicycles and pedestrians are excluded from having a good chance to survive. Motorbikes will utilize the little sidewalks that exist. But then again, it's understandable as even the physical exertion from walking will result in a sweat within minutes.
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6. There be <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_monitor">dragons</a> in Lumpini Park.
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7. The King is great, or you're <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A8se_majest%C3%A9_in_Thailand">sent to prison</a>.
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8. A lot of Thai people don't like whites, but would like to be white. Make sense of <i>that</i>, will you. (Typically, the first time you visit a street or a resort frequented by whites you'll understand the aversion against them. As for all the ads, pop music and films that feature Thais bleached to a degree that makes you think about investing big-time into the chemical industry, it can probably be explained by Western cultural imperialism, indirectly leaking into the country by way of Korea and Japan.)</div>
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Let's make this quick: Please, by all means, do yourself a favour and ignore <i>Ted</i> (<a href="http://youtu.be/Nt_OSznnGkY">trailer</a>) even if you like Seth MacFarlane's other productions, watch <i>On The Road</i> (<a href="http://youtu.be/DZhM-AcCzNU">trailer</a>) if you liked the novel (but don't expect a revelation), trust your senses about <i>End Of Watch</i>'s <a href="http://youtu.be/mf2K9GzgiF0">trailer</a> and of course, see <i>Take Shelter</i> (<a href="http://youtu.be/I5U4TtYpKIc">trailer</a>).
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The short -</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Go and see:</span> /<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Well worth watching:</span> Take Shelter (DVD).<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Average:</span> On The Road.<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Forget about:</span> End Of Watch, Ted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The long -</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span style="font-size: 78%;">The
rules: Only movies seen at cinemas during the month referred to in the
post title and recent DVD releases (which will be noted as such) are
eligible. This excludes films seen on video or television. Also excluded
are movies from festivals, which may or may not get treated in separate
posts. Premieres and previews, however, are fine. The reviews are
listed in alphabetical order. Finally, ratings are given on <a href="http://www.imdb.com/">IMDB</a>'s
1-10 scale. These rules, likely to be broken at the discretion of yours
truly, solely exist because no rules are fun, and we cannot have that
here, now can we?</span><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1855199/">End Of Watch</a></b>. What starts off as an annoying example of standard action movie fare closes on a surprisingly somber note. While the change of tone in <i>End Of Watch</i>'s final chapter is hinted at a couple of times before, the intensity of it still makes an impact. Unfortunately, by the time we reach the finale we have sat through one and a half painful hours of male bonding, crude humour, a blasting soundtrack and an amount of <i>fucks</i> we no longer give any about. The police buddy-buddy movie has been done to death and death may add interest here, but it does too late. <b>4/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337692/">On The Road</a></b>. While collages of moving Instagram moments, as road movies today tend to be, and this one is may not be especially exciting, they're easy on the eyes and not going to offend anyone. And really, <i>On The Road</i>'s worst fault is its occasional length, when the beloved heroes of Beat go off on another night of binge drinking. Then again, that's just a sign of the movie staying close and true to the source material, at least in content. In style, however, it doesn't really, with each episode clearly cut and divided from the next, offering a breather where the novel famous for its flow would not. Garrett Hedlund delivers a very convincing performance as the headstrong Dean and Kristen Stewart shows she can hold up her own as his on-off love interest Marylou, while Sam Riley seems a little out of place and perhaps miscast as Sal Paradise, Kerouac's alter ego. <b>6/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1675192/">Take Shelter</a></b> (DVD release). A working-class man who is striving for the ideal of the American Dream sees everything he's attained endangered by a threat. This classic setup in <i>Take Shelter</i> is complicated by a sense of doubt and questioning of perceptions - and this is where the film is ingenious - on behalf of both the main character and the viewer. For the largest part, we are as unsure about what we're witnessing as he is, and the self-doubt and fear we read on his face becomes frighteningly contagious. Whenever we are being let in on what was kept from us before, we don't receive a clearer view of things or reassurance, but instead the addition of another layer of uncertainty, making us further regress into territory we fear to tread just like he does. Michael Shannon is the star of this foray into a clouded mind, showing why he is widely considered to be one of the best contemporary actors in America. The film's second star are the sound effects, which manage to amplify the vague feeling of threat underlying and underlining each scene. Sadly, the movie finally yields to the demands of having a resolution, thus losing its chance to go out on a really strong note. While reading an ambiguity, which the director claims to have intended, into it is possible, taking it literally seems a much more obvious choice. <b>8/10</b><br />
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<b><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637725/">Ted</a></b>. Trash sans redeeming qualities. <b>2/10</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">Previous months of movies: <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/01/month-of-movies-january.html">January</a>, February (no post), <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/04/month-of-movies-march.html">March</a>, <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/05/month-of-movies-april.html">April</a>, <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.com/2012/06/month-of-movies-may.html">May</a>, June (no post), July (no post), <a href="http://nichtsvergessen.blogspot.de/2012/09/a-month-of-movies-august.html">August</a>.</span></div>
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