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I knew Tarantino was a fan of Miike, but now he has gone one step further to star in Miike's upcoming movie:
http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jun/12look.htm
I agree that Tarantino as an actor sucks, but I am just curious to see how he would fit in a Japanese movie. (heck, curious is an understatement. I am restless to see Miike's characterisation for T.)
One thing that I like about QT, is to hype 'Oriental' cinema. Not just his love for martial arts films (like how he promoted Yimou Zhang and Jet Li's 'Ying xiong'/ 'hero'). QT has also paid homage to great Japanese Animes, Manga and films with KB 1 and 2. I think his love for Miike was expected. Who wouldn't love the master of stylish gore and violence?Quote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
And Kannannn, did you notice the AK influence in miike? Even he wears spectacles always. :P Another AK coolers influence - Wong Kar wai ! :)
Yup :D. He is said to have supported 'Hostel' just because of the influence from 'Audition'. And KB 1 also paid homage to another movie - Battle Royale (the Japanese school girl fighter is a character from that film).Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
Yes :D, I noticed the coolers connection, but I don't get the influence. Is it the long shots?Quote:
Originally Posted by thilak4life
I meant about the 'coolers' influence alone. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kannannn
Legendary film director Ingmar Bergman dead
Academy Award-winning Swedish film director and dramatist Ingmar Bergman, died on Monday. He was 89.
Bergman died at his home on the isle of Faaroe, off Sweden's east coast, the Swedish Film Institute said in a statement.
In his lifetime, he directed more than 50 movies, wrote scripts for another dozen, and was responsible for 168 works for the stage, television and radio.
The Swedish film director whose depiction of anguished human relationships made him an icon of the art-house cinema and inspired followers including Woody Allen spent his final years in seclusion on the windswept Baltic island of Faaroe.
During a career spanning eight decades, Bergman developed a body of work known for austere drama with recurring themes such as art, faith and the meaning of life.
Bergman made his last film Saraband in 2003. It was greeted in a review by Time magazine as “the last roar from a legend”.
Three of Bergman's movies received Oscars for best foreign language film: The Virgin Spring (1960), about a 14th-century Swede who avenges the rape and death of his daughter; Through a Glass Darkly (1961), about a crumbling modern family; and his final film, Fanny and Alexander (1982), a story of terrifying adolescence.
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R I P :cry:
I haven't seen any of his films though :oops:
RIP Bergman :(
Another link http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...3F9B7767A3.htm
I've seen Virgin Spring, The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries.
Need to watch SS and WS again....
P.S: I think in the DVD commentary of Virgin Spring, i heard that critics like Goddard (he was a critic before he made films) were very critical of the movie. Wonder in what way exactly...
A sad loss for the world of cinema :( . Bergman had the rare talent of bringing to screen what he really intended. Besides being a great filmmaker, he was also a supporter of good cinema. He was the one who gave financial and moral support to Tarkovsky when he defected Soviet Union (Tarkovsky's last movie was in Swedish). A great talent and a great human being. Bergman, we will miss you :cry: .
It is a luxury to be understood - Ralph Waldo Emerson.
It was a luxury I never afforded Mr.Bergman.
RIP Ingmar :(