Thursday, July 18, 2024
Grave of the Fireflies
- Commentary: Under construction.
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.
Labels: animated, survival, war3
Atonement
- Commentary: Under construction.
My Florida Sister enthusiastically recommended this movie to me when it first came out, or thereabouts. She's not "into" movies the way I am, so when she recommends one to me, I sit up and take notice. At the time, though, my mother and I were negotiating what turned out to be her last year of life. Many situations were cropping up, including a diagnosis of lung cancer, setting up and carrying out a long term hospice situation for her here at home, and, you know, living day-to-day while squeezing as much joy and good feelings out of every single moment. I kept the movie on my mind's back burner, but, even after my mother died, I, well, kind of forgot about it, despite my sister's frequent insistence that I needed to watch it.
Fast forward to a little over a week ago, when I was preparing a list for that famous, site wide sale that is held every year in July. Oddly, I was reminded of the movie because it came up in a list of movies I frequently access with the intent to purchase. But, I hadn't, yet. Well, this year, I added it to my I'm-going-to-get-this-and-watch-it list. And, now, it is on it's way to me and should be arriving next week. I'm very excited and will watch it the day it arrives. That is my promise to the movie, myself and My Florida Sister. And of course, I'll write about it as soon as I've digested it, which may involve a couple of back-to-back watchings.
And then, I'll call My Florida Sister.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role James McAvoy Robbie Turner Keira Knightley Cecilia Tallis Saoirse Ronan Briony Romola Garai Briony Tallis Vanessa Redgrave Older Briony Brenda Blethyn Grace Turner Juno Temple Lola Quincey Benedict Cumberbatch Paul Marshall Patrick Kennedy Leon Tallis Harriet Walter Emily Tallis Peter Wight Police Inspector Daniel Mays Tommy Nettle Nonso Anozie Frank Mace Gina McKee Sister Drummond Jérémie Renier Luc Cornet Michelle Duncan Fiona Maguire
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2007
Directed by Joe Wright.
The Chosen - A Story of the First Christmas
- Commentary: Under construction.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Aaron Himelstein Simon Sara Anne Mary Raj Bond Joseph
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
Release Date: 2017
Directed by Dallas Jenkins.
Labels: jesus-dvds
The Chosen - Season Four
- Commentary: Under construction.
More later.
I think what I'll be doing in regard to cast lists, considering that there are so many cast members and they float from episode to episode and season to season, is list 12 actors/roles per season, not differentiate the seasons in which they appear (many appear in multiple seasons and parts) and try, in that way, to acknowledge as many actors as I can. If you feel an urgent need to know exactly who is playing exactly whom, check out the episode end credits, assuming that you are watching this series on TV. Otherwise, well, good luck.Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Bryan Brigham Multiple Roles Philip Shahbaz Rabbi Akiva Demetrios Troy Lazarus Ric Sarabia Shammai Jacqueline Torres Elisheva Catherine Lidstone Mary Damon Carney Julius Shayan Sobhian Big James Raj Bond Joseph Sara Anne Young Mary Leticia Magaña Dasha Tom Connolly Leander
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
Release Date: 2024
Directed by Dallas Jenkins.
Labels: jesus-dvds
The Chosen - Season Three
- Commentary: Under construction.
More later.
I think what I'll be doing in regard to cast lists, considering that there are so many cast members and they float from episode to episode and season to season, is list 12 actors/roles per season, not differentiate the seasons in which they appear (many appear in multiple seasons and parts) and try, in that way, to acknowledge as many actors as I can. If you feel an urgent need to know exactly who is playing exactly whom, check out the episode end credits, assuming that you are watching this series on TV. Otherwise, well, good luck.Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Luke Dimyan Judas Iscariot Ivan Jasso Yussif Amber Shana Williams Tamar Elijah Alexander Atticus Aemilius Pulcher Reza Diako Philip David Amito John the Baptizer Anne Beyer Shula Aalok Mehta Barnaby Nina Leon Mary Salome Alessandro Colla Jairus Wasim No'mani Yanni Amanda Felix Pregnant Woman
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
Release Date: 2022
Directed by Dallas Jenkins.
Labels: jesus-dvds
The Chosen - Season Two
- Commentary: Under construction.
More later.
I think what I'll be doing in regard to cast lists, considering that there are so many cast members and they float from episode to episode and season to season, is list 12 actors/roles per season, not differentiate the seasons in which they appear (many appear in multiple seasons and parts) and try, in that way, to acknowledge as many actors as I can. If you feel an urgent need to know exactly who is playing exactly whom, check out the episode end credits, assuming that you are watching this series on TV. Otherwise, well, good luck.Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Kian Kavousi Big James Brandon Potter Quintus Kirk B. R. Woller Gaius Giavani Cairo Thaddeus Jordan Walker Ross Little James Abe Bueno-Jallad Big James Joey Vahedi Thomas Yasmine Al-Bustami Ramah Vanessa Benavente Mary Yoshi Barrigas Philip Austin Reed Alleman Nathanael Alaa Safi Simon Z
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
Release Date: 2021
Directed by Dallas Jenkins.
Labels: jesus-dvds
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
The Chosen - Season One
- Commentary: Under construction.
That's right, a Jesus TV series, one that I'm sure my mother would have loved to have seen. I saw a few of the episodes of the first season a few years ago and enjoyed them. That's why I lately purchased as many of the seasons as are available when I spotted them on sale.
Four seasons have been released. There are plans, I understand, to produce at least one and, possibly, two more seasons, I'm not clear on how far the creator/director plans to take this. None of the four seasons available at this time cover the death of Jesus, that is my (possibly faulty) understanding, so at least one more season will be produced, I'm sure.
Given the fact that I am not Christian, have never really been sure that there is a god and, if I have to describe my spirituality I generally cop to being an agnostic, why am I so "into" "Jesus" movies? Well, my mom was the granddaughter of a fire-and-brimstone circuit riding Methodist minister, the niece of several Methodist elders and a church organist and a deaconess, so she had a keen interest in the religion in which she was raised and a roving, active curiosity about god things. And, yes, she took us all to Sunday School and church, but, didn't preach to us. Thus, as we matured and our minds became more discerning, she loved discussing all things god (and God) and spirituality with us, as well as contemplating and wondering out loud about the lives and thoughts of the biblical characters. It was an interesting and pleasant habit that I continued on my own after her death.
Anyway, when I found the first four seasons of this series on sale, I snatched them up. I'm hoping that each of us does, indeed, continue our lives after our deaths here and continue to have access to this weird world into which we were born ... and that Mom is peeking over my shoulder, or, perhaps, simply existing spiritually in the living room, enjoying the series with me. Bring your spiritual coffee and cigarettes with you, Mom, I'll brew you a cup, get you an ashtray and we'll spend some entertaining evenings doing, once again, what we did many years ago, this time with brand new material!
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Shahar Isaac Simon Peter Jonathan Roumie Jesus Elizabeth Tabish Mary Magdalene Paras Patel Matthew Noah James Andrew Janis Dardaris Zohara Lara Silva Eden Shaan Sharma Shmuel Nick Shakoour Zebedee George H. Xanthis John Shayan Sobhian Big James Erick Avari Nicodemus
I think what I'll be doing in regard to cast lists, considering that there are so many cast members and they float from episode to episode and season to season, is list 12 actors/roles per season, not differentiate the seasons in which they appear (many appear in multiple seasons and parts) and try, in that way, to acknowledge as many actors as I can. If you feel an urgent need to know exactly who is playing exactly whom, check out the episode end credits, assuming that you are watching this series on TV. Otherwise, well, good luck.
Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the series.
Release Date: 2019
Directed by Dallas Jenkins.
Labels: jesus-dvds
