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Cheri
May 19, 2009 22:14:08 GMT
Post by spindrift on May 19, 2009 22:14:08 GMT
a new movie starring Michelle Pfieffer...
I will see it on Thursday and report.
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 5:15:50 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 5:15:50 GMT
I can't get past it NOT being about Blair's wife ....
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 5:27:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 5:27:28 GMT
I gave that one a miss when it came out here. But I think it's supposed to be pretty good.
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 6:42:34 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 6:42:34 GMT
Stephen Frears, isn't it ?
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 6:53:14 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 6:53:14 GMT
Yes -- that's what almost made me go because I generally like what he does.
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 7:46:37 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 7:46:37 GMT
So, what prevented you ?
Was it that it's something about a sort of socialite set in Pareeee ?
That's about all I 'know' about it, and even that isn't very much based on fact..
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 8:03:48 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 8:03:48 GMT
No, it's just that I only manage to see about half of the films that interest me... and quite a few films interest me. Today is the day that films are released in France, and another 9 movies have come out, of which 6 elicit my curiosity. Obviously there is no way to keep up. (I see between 2 and 4 films a week on average.)
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 8:28:44 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 8:28:44 GMT
I would say that Weds is a strange day to release new films, as we release them mainly on Friday's here. This means 'opening night' is the start of the weekend, but in retrospect, it makes more sense to open a day or so earlier as you'll then get a crowd of those that want to be 'the first', and create more available space for those that attend the weekend (the majority of film-goers, I would imagine)
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 8:41:20 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 8:41:20 GMT
Yes, it seems to work well, but only France and Belgium do it on Wednesday to my knowledge. Real film geeks are thrilled by this, because it means that for the "simultaneous worldwide releases" they get to see the blockbusters two days before the United States.
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 9:21:05 GMT
Post by spindrift on May 20, 2009 9:21:05 GMT
There's nothing much else to see as I live in the provinces. The film seems to be about a beautiful older woman having an affair with a handsome young man...
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 10:05:53 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 10:05:53 GMT
We're lucky with our cinema. It's the only indepently owned cinema with dolby digital surround sound, and we have the luxury of 4 screens.... !
(mind you, screens 3 & 4 hold about 30 people each ..... )
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 11:05:38 GMT
Post by spindrift on May 20, 2009 11:05:38 GMT
Yes, you are lucky. I have a London friend who won't leave the capital. He's a film addict and seeks out esoteric-type movies. He'd really like to move to Yorkshire but is reluctrant to leave his chief entertainment.
He claims the best film of all time (for him) is 'Les Parapluies de Cherbourg' and urges me to see it. But where?
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 11:13:46 GMT
Post by gyro on May 20, 2009 11:13:46 GMT
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 11:14:22 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 20, 2009 11:14:22 GMT
A gay friend?
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Cheri
May 20, 2009 14:57:37 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on May 20, 2009 14:57:37 GMT
I keep telling you all ~~ if you live where you don't have access to art films, revival theatres, movies in your own language, etc. etc., use the internet! Here is the search engine I use: www.ovguide.com/ Once you use it often enough, you'll figure out which sites are reliable, which hosts are good and which not -- that sort of thing. Here is the hit list for Umbrellas of Cherbourg: search.ovguide.com/movies_tv.php?q=the+umbrellas+of+cherbourg. It seems to be mostly trailers, which is frequently the case with certain classic movies. However Netflicks gives one the opportunity to buy a viewing. I've never done this, as Netflicks is not available in Mexico. It's in the Yidio link, about half way down the page.
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Cheri
May 21, 2009 20:08:05 GMT
Post by auntieannie on May 21, 2009 20:08:05 GMT
for free reviews, descriptions of films, and (almost)ll you need to know about cinema... www.imdb.com I love picturehouse cinemas!
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Cheri
May 22, 2009 21:39:19 GMT
Post by spindrift on May 22, 2009 21:39:19 GMT
K - a gay friend? some say he is. I don't know. What is your point?
CHERI (without an 'e' - for it is a man's name)....
I saw CHERI last night (with a gay friend). It was well worth the effort of going. The film is based on the book of the same name written by Colette. The action takes place in PARIS during La Belle Epoque not long before World War 1. A beautiful courtesan (Michelle Pfeiffer - in her late forties/early fifties) takes on a bored and sated 19year old (Rupert Friend) unexpectedly becoming enraptured with him. They live together for 6 years until a marriage is arranged for him with an innocent young girl. I won't tell you the end of the story. The film is visually a sumptuous treat, the music is good and the storyline predictable but hey! it's a great movie.
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Cheri
May 22, 2009 21:53:09 GMT
Post by Deleted on May 22, 2009 21:53:09 GMT
K - a gay friend? some say he is. I don't know. What is your point? Just a cheap shot concerning anybody who would consider "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" to be the best movie of all time. You know that I am cheap, don't you?
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Cheri
May 22, 2009 22:21:35 GMT
Post by Jazz on May 22, 2009 22:21:35 GMT
I am anxiously waiting for Cheri and the two films about Coco Chanel to arrive in North America. I have read both Cheri and The Last of Cheri, the companion novel. Colette was brilliant and certainly she had 'a life fully and outrageously lived'. The first of her books I read was The Vagabond...about a stage performer in Paris in the 30's and with much drawn from Colette's own tumultuous life. It is excellent!
The 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' is a good film, but it is not on my personal list of great films.
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Cheri
May 23, 2009 3:29:26 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on May 23, 2009 3:29:26 GMT
This is making me crazy ......... it seems to me that a few years ago there was a movie with a similar plot except that it was from a much earlier period. Does that ring any bells?
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Cheri
Jun 4, 2009 17:17:53 GMT
Post by spindrift on Jun 4, 2009 17:17:53 GMT
Bixa - was it a film based on a Henry James story? Was it a story about a beautiful young woman, in love with an impecunious but goodlooking man, who turns down her one chance to marry into 'society', becomes the target of gossipmongers and ends up killing herself? I can't recall the name of this film.
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Cheri
Jun 4, 2009 17:23:24 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jun 4, 2009 17:23:24 GMT
Mmmmm, I don't think so, Spindrift. I recognize that plot, but not as part of a movie.
The one I'm thinking of is a period piece, and re-reading your description of Cheri, it could well be that movie.
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Cheri
Jun 4, 2009 17:38:15 GMT
Post by spindrift on Jun 4, 2009 17:38:15 GMT
Ahh...I've remembered that Michelle Pfeiffer starred in it and I've found the film. It was called 'The Age of Innocence'....
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Cheri
Jun 4, 2009 19:13:13 GMT
Post by spindrift on Jun 4, 2009 19:13:13 GMT
Bixa - please can you change the title of this thread to 'Cheri'?
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Cheri
Jun 4, 2009 22:22:28 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2009 22:22:28 GMT
The Age of Innocence was written by Edith Wharton.
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Cheri
Jun 19, 2009 3:04:50 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Jun 19, 2009 3:04:50 GMT
I finally remember what the other movie with a similar theme was! Well, didn't remember exactly -- more like fell across it accidentally: Dangerous Liaisons
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