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Controversial Sept. 11 movie opens to applause at Venice festival
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| 5 September 2002
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/05/2002 11:28:34 AM PDT by Asmodeus
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09/05/2002 11:28:34 AM PDT
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Asmodeus
To: Asmodeus
When we encounter Euroweenies, we need to ask: Are you from the part of Europe whose ass we kicked or whose ass we saved? (Another Freeper whose name I don't remember came up with this a few weeks ago, and I've since adopted).
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posted on
09/05/2002 11:32:37 AM PDT
by
Peach
To: Asmodeus
Nuke Venice.
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posted on
09/05/2002 11:33:47 AM PDT
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Argus
To: Asmodeus
More on the French movie "11'09'01"
here.
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posted on
09/05/2002 11:35:47 AM PDT
by
Asmodeus
To: Asmodeus
many stars - including actresses Milla Jovovich, Julie Delpy, and Elizabeth Berkeley Stars? Who the he** are these people?
To: Asmodeus
At Thursday's screening, audience members applauded after each segment and at the end of the 135-minute film, the ANSA news agency reported. Applaud THIS.
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To: Peach; Asmodeus
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When we encounter Euroweenies, [They'll be the ones that smell like their EUrinals! -- AKA "their squalid socialist states"] we need to ask: Are you from those parts of Europe whose inhabitants' arses we have repeatedly kicked? -- Or whose arses we have repeatedly saved? >>
[Me too. Second time out, though, I dropped 'Anonymous's' aknowlegement]
To: Asmodeus
an exiled Chilean living in Britain who writes a letter to the families of the Sept. 11 victims, drawing their attention to the fact that in Chile on Sept. 11, 1973, a U.S.-supported coup d'etat ushered in an era of torture and death.What--that's when Pinochet saved Chile from the commies, right?
Chahine lectures the dead Marine on the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. The ghost is grateful for being enlightened.
And he's also still dead because of the savagery of Chahine's culture.
To: Peach
sickening
To: Asmodeus
The movie - which includes segments directed by Sean Penn... Mr. Madonna couldn't direct his way out of a paper bag. "The Thin Red Line" was nothing but recycled scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apocalypse Now" placed in random order.
This pretty much proves that the only way poor Mr. Madonna can get any respect as a director is to buy it.
To: Asmodeus
Gosh the French are getting more and more disgusting. Just proves that eating snails is bad for the brain.
To: Asmodeus
the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. meddling???
I do like the comparison though. Lets hope they have soon have more in common.
To: American in Israel
Now I know why I became allergic to shellfish (and that includes snails) 10 years ago. "Happy New Year". See you.
To: Asmodeus
the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. Now, I'll be the first to label our actions in many places in the world as "meddling", but dropping a bomb on the japs? Oh, please.....
To: Inspectorette
Stars? Who the he** are these people? Milla Jovovich, - an "actress-model", who is neither attractive nor talenetd in my opinion.
Julie Delpy, - A struggling actress who has never had a starring or co-starring role in a hit.
Elizabeth Berkeley - former teen actress from "Saved By the Bell" who thought that if she starred in a movie where she would be naked for half the running time, and the movie had the new "NC-17 rating", she would be an instant star. She was wrong, has never had another "box office" starring role, and the movie she did "Showgirls" is considered ultimate crap.
In short, nobody anyone gives a crap about.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
I'm giving you a standing "O" !!!
To: Asmodeus
Another controversial segment is by Egyptian director Youssef Chahine, who attacks U.S. foreign policy and features the ghost of a handsome U.S. Marine killed in a terrorist attack in Lebanon in 1983. Chahine lectures the dead Marine on the destruction that U.S. meddling in the world has wrought - from Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the current Middle East conflict. The ghost is grateful for being enlightened.I hope the "ghost's" family gets an injunction barring the movie from ever being screened in this country for profit as long as his image remains anywhere within this movie (assuming they used a real Marine and it's not computer-generated crap). You cannot take an individual and make him one of the stars of your movie unless he's either made himself a public figure beforehand, or he or his next of kin consent. Privacy rights trump sewer-dwelling scum "artistes'" rights.
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posted on
09/05/2002 1:04:36 PM PDT
by
Timesink
To: Peach
If I ever meet any of these "enemies" I swear (unless they can outrun me) there will be fireworks. :)
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posted on
09/05/2002 1:45:22 PM PDT
by
ohioman
To: E. Pluribus Unum
"The Thin Red Line" was nothing but recycled scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and "Apocalypse Now" placed in random order. It was'nt even that. It was another Hollywood "Mash" movie where untrue Vietnam-era anti-American cliches were draped over a WWII movie. I especially love the part when those mean Americans overran the peaceful Japanese who were praying.
"Thin Red Line" could have been a great movie, but Hollywood totally ruined it.
OTOH, I recently saw "We Were Soldiers" and it is the best Vietnam movie yet. Nicely put together, respectful, and moving.
To: KC_Conspirator
OTOH, I recently saw "We Were Soldiers" and it is the best Vietnam movie yet. It wouldn't have been if Mr. Madonna had had anything to do with it.
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