tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post924450119046102322..comments2023-08-01T03:43:16.312-07:00Comments on The Daily Scorch: Cinema of Cruelty IMrs Boyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04747278401077565354noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-18145168238444515782008-09-15T07:22:00.000-07:002008-09-15T07:22:00.000-07:00Gentlemen and Boyo, I am pleased that you find Gor...Gentlemen and Boyo, <BR/><BR/>I am pleased that you find Gorod Zero appealing. It is a fine film, and speaks truth to the powerless.<BR/><BR/>I am happy to confirm that the blight of Dzhordzh Formbi has passed from the Land of the Soviets. They have suffered enough.Mrs Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04747278401077565354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-1008479136473139592008-09-11T03:15:00.000-07:002008-09-11T03:15:00.000-07:00Hence the title of his famous hit, "I'm Lenin on a...Hence the title of his famous hit, "I'm Lenin on a lamppost..."Gyppo Byardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823690986571629011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-7458665142050957992008-09-10T05:56:00.000-07:002008-09-10T05:56:00.000-07:00He could appeal to the great Russian affection for...He could appeal to the great Russian affection for "holy fools", MC. Apparantly George Formby was enormously popular there and was awarded the Stalin Prize in 1944.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-87924194879948632212008-09-09T18:56:00.000-07:002008-09-09T18:56:00.000-07:00I have been called many things, but never an imagi...I have been called many things, but never an imaginary cybershade by a Ukrainian lady. Things must be looking up.<BR/><BR/>I liked the look of Gorod Zero, despite not understanding a word. The Bolshevik who doesn't say anything would make a fine Inspector Clouseau for Russian audiences. No pinching my idea now.M C Wardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09915316267943374795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-65951912664971439882008-09-08T06:52:00.000-07:002008-09-08T06:52:00.000-07:00True, Gyppo. I like the film too, but it lacks the...True, Gyppo. I like the film too, but it lacks the paradoxically light Gothic density of the novel. Mrs Boyo gave a copy of the book to her parents the other day, in the hope that Cold Comfort might provide an alternative model to the Soviet-era collective farms of Ukraine.No Good Boyohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05859104068516964533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-42046571540846563662008-09-08T02:41:00.000-07:002008-09-08T02:41:00.000-07:00To my frank surprise, I've seen two of these - Col...To my frank surprise, I've seen two of these - Cold Comfort Farm and the Bunuel. I have a friend who theorises that Cold Comfort Farm contains every human character type possible, and that therefore everyone can be categorised as one or another of the denizens of Mockuncle Hill. She (being a busty mezzo of flexible morals) classifies herself as Agony Beetle; I would unquestionably be the innapropriately flippant farmhand Mark Dolour (who suggests that Agony Beetle forms a jazzband with her illegitimate children and urges her to keep reproducing until they have enough for a cricket team). I was therefore mildly disappointed to find that Mark dolour was written out of the screenplay...Gyppo Byardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823690986571629011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2682207550919196905.post-58141079428417733382008-09-04T20:32:00.000-07:002008-09-04T20:32:00.000-07:00…One of Boyo's imaginary cybershades, I forget whi...<I>…One of Boyo's imaginary cybershades, I forget which…</I> You see, MC, I <A HREF="http://notesfromtheteflgraveyard.blogspot.com/2008/09/somechance-film-festival.html" REL="nofollow">told you </A> she’d bring us down to earth!<BR/><BR/>Was there a film made of Cold Comfort Farm? I loved the book. L'Année Dernière à Marienbad looks like a French film about ennui and perfect haircuts, and is none the worse for that. Gorod Zero looks <I><B>very</B></I> interesting – I’ve always regretted not seeing more Russian films as I admire Eisenstein and what I’ve seen of Tarkovsky. Ditto Buñuel – I’m fascinated by the ideas in his early Surrealist films – and this one looks like it going to get interesting. A suitably invigorating selection, Mrs Boyo; I’m looking forward to the next installment.Gadjo Dilohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08998278830936531990noreply@blogger.com