Me? Glad you asked.
47 Ronin, part 1.Released in japanese theatres one week before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a real piece of history; an historical drama intended for morale/propaganda purposes. The camera-work and cinematography are breath-taking.
A great story, to boot. Saddest part of japanese history was the perversion of their noble culture and traditions by militarist propagandists. This is why one can enjoy the film as a work of art, and yet see the violence done to the culture to make it. A wistful, sad sort of pleasure.
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What I watched, last night, was Tiger Joe, an Italian production from Margheriti, about these gun runners in wartorn Cambodia. It was decent.
~Ken
Now I am watching The Week We Went to War ep 2 from BBC 1.
Anyone remember "Voyage of the Mimi" back in the day?
So I'm with snuffegnugen and cstokes on this one. All hail uninterrupted 12 hour marathons of your favorite show :). I don't have much time to watch things other then when I'm taking a day off of everything to do nothing else.
BBC Proms 2009
Just got through watching an excellent film called "Sin Nombre" It's about some Honduran immigrants that try to make the journey north to the USA. Really shows a different side of the struggle than what you see here in Phoenix amongst all the Sheriff Joe Arpaio loving, anti-immigration nazis.
Being as its a Channel 4 production and not BBC makes it less likely, but we do get some of their productions.
Thanks for the offer though.