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Tuesday 23 November 2010, 12:43
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives was the surprise winner of the Palme D'Or at this year's Cannes Film Festival. A mystical tale with something of the David Lynch about it, the film has received almost universal critical acclaim. So what chance do you think there is you'll see it in a cinema?
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Comment number 1.
Daragho23rd November 2010 - 17:29
Uncle Boonmee was released here in Dublin last Friday in two cinemas, The Irish Film Institute and The Lighthouse, both arthouse theatres. I traveled about 3 miles to see it, as I live close to the city centre.
For what it's worth, I thought it was really boring.
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Comment number 2.
Delbongo23rd November 2010 - 17:48
Hello Doc.
Answers are what I'm after.
I saw Pirahna 3D fairly recently, and I was pretty much blown away by it.
As a fan of the same kind of 1980's shlock that you profess to have a well-argued soft spot for, I walked out of the screening of that particular film fully confident in the knowledge that the following week's podcast would feature an "upset" of a positive review from your good self.
The film was well made, amusing and single-mindedly pandered to the kind of audience who I feel a great affinity with, and I was surprised to hear you (albeit flippantly) describe it as "trash" in a recent Kermode Uncut video podcast.
Bearing in mind that your comment followed a lengthy diatribe about how reprehensible it is to review movies without having seen them, I am left wanting a bit more information.
Would a brief review be out of the question?
That said, I would be more than satisfied with an apology and a promise to catch up with this terrific little shlocker on DVD as soon as possible.
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Touchfinder23rd November 2010 - 17:58
Sorry Delbongo, you're a bit misguided to repeatedly ask for this. Piranha 3-D is appalling and not worth wasting any more time and effort over. I'm gutted I spent £16 (2 tickets) on what wasn't even a good exploitation movie. Let's leave it there, shall we?
ON topic, I wanted to see the Illusionist but as I live in West Wales I had two chances. Slim and none. Chapter Arts in Cardiff may have showed a brief run but that's a 2 a half hour round trip for me.
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RussiansEatBambi6623rd November 2010 - 18:10
Well I'm a Midlander so if it ain't showing near me I simply pop down to London, grab a copy of TimeOut and find a place that is showing the movie -
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sholby23rd November 2010 - 18:28
@Touchfinder: maybe you needn't mourn the non-viewing of the Illusionist. After the miracle that was The Triplets of Belleville, I was in a cinema the minute Sylvain Chomet's new movie was out (I'm in Paris, so that was a while ago). But even though it's still wonderfully crafted, I regretfully found out that it wasn't really working. I found myself questioning the motives of the characters as well as those of the director. But then, I'm no fan of Tati either, so perhaps this explains that...
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