Movies, Mom & Me

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    I've known about this movie and have wanted to see it since relatively soon after it came out. It was not available to English-speaking audiences, though, until 1998, and then very hard to find and very expensive to procure. It's still a bit pricey, but much more easily available, and quite a bit cheaper than it was "back then".
    Roger Ebert christened it one of his Great Movies in 2000. In 2018 a fellow movie critic from Roger's site published a tribute to the film's creator, Isao Takahata upon his death that year.
    Isao Takahata was a stunning animator and story teller. You've probably seen several of his productions listed in the tribute linked above. I am really looking forward to absorbing this movie of his.
    More later.
    I will, by the way, be adding an Actor/Role Table later. The movie has been released in at least three English dubbed/and-or subtitled versions and thus requires a bit of tweaking to my usual list, so, give me "a moment", please, to figure out the presentation and to determine which iteration I was able to procure. I won't definitely know which one I've got until I receive the movie, and it won't make it to me until August 5th.
    Update 072924:  The movie arrived today @ 1:45 p.m. via FedEx. Very securely packaged. I'm impressed, and I haven't yet played it. I'll be adding the Actor/Role table, in English, later today. Thank you, Amazon.co.jp!
    

  MOVIE CHARACTERS	Seita Yokokawa	Setsuko Yokokawa	Seita and Setsuko's Mother	Relative's Aunt	Aunt's Daughter	Doctor
  JAPANESE ACTORS	Tsutomu Tatsumi	Ayano Shiraishi	Yoshiko Shinohara	Akemi Yamaguchi	Kazumi Nozaki	Hiroshi Kawaguchi
  ENGLISH ACTORS 1998	J. Robert Spencer	Corinne Orr	Veronica Taylor	Amy Jones	Shannon Conley	Dan Green

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1998
    Directed by Isao Takahata.

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Alice Krige	Veronica Ghent	Layla Burns	Young Veronica	Kota Eberhardt	Desi Hatoum	Malcolm McDowell	Hathbourne
  John McCrea	Ansel	Rupert Everett	Tirador	Amy Manson	Lois	Jonathan Aris	Podrick Lochran
  Jack Greenlees	Owen	Daniel Lapaine	Keith	Olwen Fouéré	Jean	Joanna Bacon	Audrey

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2021
    Directed by Charlotte Colbert.

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Cillian Murphy	Robert Capa	Chris Evans	James Mace	Rose Byrne	Cassie	Michelle Yeoh	Corazon
  Cliff Curtis	Searle	Troy Garity	Harvey	Hiroyuki Sanada	Kaneda	Benedict Wong	Trey
  Chipo Chung	Voice of Icarus	Mark Strong	Pinbacker	Paloma Baeza	Capa's Sister	Kevin Hudson	Crew - Icarus I

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2007
    Directed by Danny Boyle.

Labels: adventure4, nuclear, science-fiction2, space-opera, survival

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Emelie Garbers	Mimarobe	Bianca Cruzeiro	Isagel	Arvin Kananian	Captain Chefone	Anneli Martini	The Astronomer

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2018
    Directed by Pella Kågerman, Hugo Lilja.

Labels: science-fiction2, space-opera, survival

# posted by gail @ 13:15    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  This movie is the most visually arresting movie I've ever seen. There are set pieces in this film that have stayed with me since my first viewing. It is also one of the most spiritually (that's right, I used "the word") unusual films I've ever seen.
    The film was released for general viewing the year my mother died. I didn't see it that year. By the time it arrived in theaters my mother had expressed her desire to never watch a movie in a theater again. Thus, I'm not sure when I saw the movie, although I know I saw it on some cable movie service. I also remember that, once I'd finished my first viewing, I immediately watched it again. I remember, too, that I was sorry that my Mom hadn't been around to see it. She may or may not have followed the story, but she would have been as enthralled by the imagery as I was and we would have had a satisfying movie watching afternoon, replete with home made popcorn (always a requirement when my Mom watched movies) and cup after cup of coffee. If nothing else, she would have considered it an elaborate, endearing and motivating travelogue (Mom was always up for travel).
    For me, it is simply a movie in which to luxuriate, especially visually, although the story is intriguing, as well. It's an undercurrent story about the confluence of images, adventure, imagination and desire and I can't help but wonder, at the end of every watching, what Alexandria is doing now. It's almost as though I consider that she might have become Wonder Woman, figuratively and literally.
    This is probably one of the most expensive single movies I've ever bought. It's been sitting on my Possibility Shelf forever, more than a decade, now. Today, I was notified it had dropped in price by $10. Suddenly, my hunger for the movie singed my mind, yet again, so, despite its still high sale price, I decided to snatch it up. It's been awhile since it's been available at my local library. They have only one copy in the system and it's been "in repair" for what seems like ages. Time to purchase it, no matter what the cost. As Roger Ebert said in his review of this movie (attached to the title of this post above), "There will never be another like it." I agree.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Lee Pace	Roy Walker/Black Bandit	Catinca Untaru	Alexandria/Bandit's daughter	Justine Waddell	Nurse/Sister Evelyn	Daniel Caltagirone	Sinclair/Governor Odious
  Marcus Wesley	Ice deliverer/Otta Benga	Robin Smith	One-legged Actor/Luigi	Jeetu Verma	Orange picker/Indian	Kim Uylenbroek	Doctor/Alexander the Great
  Leo Bill	Orderly/Charles Darwin	Emil Hoștină	Alexandria's father/Blue Bandit	Julian Bleach	Mystic/Orange picker	Ronald France	Otto/Old Man

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2006
    Directed by Tarsem Singh.

Labels: adventure4, fantasy4, spiritual2, survival

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    Leonardo DiCaprio won what is considered by the industry to be a long overdue Best Actor Oscar for his performance in this film. The film, in fact, garnered more than a few Oscars.
    Because of its Oscar wins, the film was written up at Roger Ebert, in full three times and in part by being mentioned in a few other wordy articles covering the 2015 Oscar wins.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Leonardo DiCaprio	Hugh Glass	Tom Hardy	John Fitzgerald	Domhnall Gleeson	Andrew Henry	Will Poulter	Jim Bridger
  Forrest Goodluck	Hawk	Paul Anderson	Anderson	Kristoffer Joner	Murphy	Duane Howard	Elk Dog
  Melaw Nakehk'o	Powaqa	Arthur Redcloud	Hikuc	Lukas Haas	Jones	Grace Dove	Hugh Glass's Wife

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2015
    Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu.

Labels: historical5, leonardo-dicaprio, period7, survival

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  James Caan	Frank	Tuesday Weld	Jessie	Willie Nelson	David "Okla"	James Belushi	Barry
  Robert Prosky	Leo	Tom Signorelli	Attaglia	Dennis Farina	Carl	Nick Nickeas	Nick

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1981
    Directed by Michael Mann.

Labels: Criterion6, gang-movie, survival, tuesday-weld, violence5

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    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2019
    Directed by Jeff Gibbs.

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# posted by gail @ 14:54    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Yes, I have seen this movie. In fact, I've seen it more than once and at least one of those viewings was with my mother, who was as transfixed as was I. I've had a touchy relationship with this movie, though, because my youngest sister noticed, when she was visiting after our mother died, that I had a copy of this movie sitting next to the dvd player and disparaged me for this choice, "You're watching that movie? Why?!?" Normally, I'm not intimidated by anyone questioning my life, my choices, or my life choices, but, you know, when the disparager is a sibling, well, sometimes the surprise and disappointment stab deep and personal, beyond a sibling's opinion of one of your specific choices. Thus, I put off obtaining this movie for a long, long time.
    I don't know, though, I guess the intimidation just finally wore away. I can't tell you what recently reminded me of this film, but it's been on my mind for maybe about a week. Today, I finally searched it out, found a spectacularly cheap price on it, checked internally for still existing nubs of intimidation, found none, and decided, this is it. It's time.
    It will arrive in a couple of days. That's when I'll rewatch it and finish writing it up, so, until then, this post is still under construction.
    Oh. And BTW. Along with Roger Ebert's review of this movie, which is linked to the title of this post, his site contains a thoughtful, provocative meditation by another site reviewer, Omer M. Mozaffar. Without giving away any of the surprises in his reaction, I'm telling you, if you enjoy this movie, you should read his article.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Tom Hanks	Chuck Noland	Helen Hunt	Kelly Frears Lovett	Nick Searcy	Stan	Chris Noth	Jerry Lovett
  Lari White	Bettina Peterson	Vince Martin	Pilot Albert Miller	Frederick W. Smith	Self/Founder of FedEx	Nan Martin	Kelly's Mother

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2000
    Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Labels: dramaF, philosophical, psychological2, survival, tom-hanks

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