This level of character background detail is why I love this movie.
(Well, y'know, among other things.)
04 September 2010
THE LITTLE THINGS: Eagle vs Shark (Taika Waititi, 2007)
This level of character background detail is why I love this movie.
(Well, y'know, among other things.)
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Thought I would leave a comment, as I've become a follower I quite liked Eagle vs. shark, was a touching offbeat movie.
ReplyDeleteI found your blog by adding "Freaks and geeks" to my blogger profile. Feel free to follow/comment on my blog any time , if you like.
Noticed you're doing a blog in fall 2010 about African/American cinema. I'm not black, but here are a few that come to mind: A Patch of blue (1965)(a fav of mine I just reviewed on my blog).
Also, Sounder, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, A Raisin in the Sun, Mississippi Burning, To kill a mocking bird, etc
Might be helpful?
Thanks for sharing "Melvin Goes to Dinner" on your profile, I've added it to my "to see list" ( :
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http://moviesandsongs365.blogspot.com/
"Melvin Goes to Dinner" is fantastic! I'd recommend also reading the play it's based on (Phyro-Giants!) but you'd have to take the time/money to buy it directly from Michael Blieden, so that's probably a bit too much work, and basically all the dialogue from the play made it into the screenplay anyway.
ReplyDeleteand actually the African American Cinema blog is for a class I'm taking (we have to post blog-things every week), but we do have to write a paper about a Black film, so I'll take those suggestions into consideration. though I'm thinking this 2009 Blaxploitation parody "Black Dynamite" that I have not seen but people were very enthused about it when it came out.
I think I’ll give the play 'Melvin Goes to Dinner' a miss, then, and just watch the movie, but could be hard to find.
ReplyDelete'12 Angry Men' is a classic, if you enjoy movies where they sit around chatting
Also, the more recent 'Roger Dodger', 'Talk radio', and 'Smoke'(with William Hurt), have great dialogue.
A number of director Richard Linklater’s films, like 'Tape', have great scripts/dialogue, I've recommended about half his work on my A-Z of recommendations list.
Good luck with the African/American project