tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post6724999901888552067..comments2024-03-27T18:23:34.322+08:00Comments on WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE: The Look and Postcard at the 2012 HK International Film FestivalYTSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-44274462694242895672012-04-02T23:17:36.620+08:002012-04-02T23:17:36.620+08:00Hi ewaffle --
No worries re your making two sets ...Hi ewaffle --<br /><br />No worries re your making two sets of comments. Appreciate them both. <br /><br />I saw Kristin Scott Thomas last year in "Love Crime" with Ludivine Sagnier -- she had the kind of role there that suited her being comfortable speaking both French and English. A few years back, saw "A Very Long Engagement" and was taken aback to find Jodie Foster in YTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-22289601729905991392012-04-02T22:11:47.494+08:002012-04-02T22:11:47.494+08:00Sorry for the extra comment but I forgot to includ...Sorry for the extra comment but I forgot to include this in the one above. There are a number of English and American actresses who are as comfortable in French as in English: Kirsten Scott Thomas is one. Jodie Foster and Molly Ringwald both made movies in France and in undubbed French. <br /><br />Each of them lived (or in the case of Thomas, still live) in France.ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-60301553739140233542012-04-02T21:52:39.279+08:002012-04-02T21:52:39.279+08:00"The Look" hasn't been released on D..."The Look" hasn't been released on DVD in the US yet--I hope to see it as soon as it is available. <br /><br />"The Night Porter" is known more for the stills of Charlotte Rampling in a Nazi officer's hat, topless but with braces covering her breasts, than for the film itself, which is the way it should be since it is a prurient bit of Nazi kitsch although both ewafflehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339565669634286677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-85194552727753636632012-03-30T22:42:16.768+08:002012-03-30T22:42:16.768+08:00Hi again "eliza bennet" --
I agree abou...Hi again "eliza bennet" --<br /><br />I agree about film festivals being great in terms of being social as well as film viewing occasions/events. Still, I wish there were more friends attending this year's HKIFF...<br /><br />As for my reviews: migod, they aren't long enough for you as is?! ;OYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-11349966555342078852012-03-30T16:41:41.933+08:002012-03-30T16:41:41.933+08:00Films festivals are great not just for being able ...Films festivals are great not just for being able to watch a lot of films but also you get to meet others who like cinema as much as you do and discuss films.<br /><br />I'm so happy to read your blog since I do like to read your reviews (even though they are not full reviews, no complaints!)eliza bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01997101330508195099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-68850490039446515202012-03-29T23:17:27.474+08:002012-03-29T23:17:27.474+08:00Hi peppylady --
If you like movies -- and unconve...Hi peppylady --<br /><br />If you like movies -- and unconventional ones that don't have much chance of getting a general commercial release -- then film festivals are indeed the way to go... ;bYTSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09930487923185001591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3289278000277019122.post-25793219073280137762012-03-29T07:38:20.979+08:002012-03-29T07:38:20.979+08:00I've never been to a film festival but more an...I've never been to a film festival but more and more I keep thinking I should check one out.<br /><br />Coffee is on.peppylady (Dora)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01649272822470007714noreply@blogger.com