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[baleanoptera]

Some of the answers to the Top Five Meme, the rest will come shortly.

Comments

[the_grynne]

Bergen.

Is that were you are? I made a friend from Bergen while I was in Shanghai. Small world.

I'm rather fond of the Omar and Ronaldo lovestory

Oh, me too.

[baleanoptera]

Bergen is indeed the place. And the world is small isn't it? Small, yet big and incomprehensible at the same time. I quite like that.

As for Omar and Ronaldo, I just love it when couples are so in tune that they don't necessarily need words. Don't get me wrong, banter is fine - yet sometimes silence is more important.

[applegnat]

This gives me very happy flashbacks to all the film posts you've made. Absolute pleasure.

[baleanoptera]

Aww, so nice to hear. And I should get around to finishing and actually posting some of those film posts floating around on my computer.

[alexandral]

There are so many things I agree with in this post!!!!!!!!!

Also - YAY! You have watched and liked "Come and see". Imagine that I watched this film at the tender age of 14 , totally without any prior pre-warnings. It haunted my sleep for at least a week.

[baleanoptera]

Yay!

And I really liked "Come and See" (yet I'm hesitant to say loved it, because the nature of the film seems the opposite of love in a way). Thank you so much for recommending it.

And watching that film at 14 must have been horrifying. You have my sympathies.

[dianora77]

Is Come and See the translation of Klimov's Idi i smotri?
I also love a Czech WWII movie called Diamonds of the Night. Just as impressive and harrowing as Come and See.

[dianora77]

P.S. On the subject of movie nostalgia, I thought I'd add that I've always preferred High Society to Philadelphia Story, mainly because it was the first version I saw and it's so bubbly and sweet, and I love it when Grace Kelly gets drunk at the party and sings "I'm sensational".

[baleanoptera]

Would you believe I've never seen "High Society"? I must do something about that. Right now though I'm in the middle of this John Ford/western thing, so lots of open landscapes and ambiguous masculinity.

[baleanoptera]

Yes, I would be "Idi i smotri". It's one of those films where you can say it was absolutely fascinating, yet awful to watch - without it being a contradiction.

And thank you so much for the recommendations. I love getting tips from my f-list. Best way to watch films if you ask me. ;)

[arathesane]

Oh, great lists, they're are some films on here that I've never seen. Must check them out.

And I adore The Philadelphia Story. I love all of the characters and the various relationships in it!

[baleanoptera]

You even have a "Philadelphia Story" icon! I'm a bit envious at that! But it is such a great film isn't it? It just manages the balancing act between bitter-sweet, funny and satirical so well.