tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post3848287615355617144..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Jeonju Days 2 & 3: Jiri Menzel, and Tony Rayns' naughty bitsNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-25935496867385884342008-01-12T03:45:00.000-05:002008-01-12T03:45:00.000-05:00In vino veritas? Maybe. But then I was having my f...In vino veritas? Maybe. But then I was having my first cigarette in years, and it gave me quite a buzz, so there's that to consider.<BR/><BR/>I'll take your word re: Candian wines. Actually, I don't know good wine from grape juice, but I'm willing to learn.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-70829124292241432522008-01-11T18:02:00.000-05:002008-01-11T18:02:00.000-05:00But doesn't wine bring the truth out? :) Regardles...But doesn't wine bring the truth out? :) Regardless of any errors, I quite enjoyed what you wrote.<BR/><BR/>If I ever meet you in person, I will make sure to bring the wine :) There is some great <A HREF="http://okanagan.com/wine/" REL="nofollow">Canadian wine </A>which is worth trying.Sachinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227932224402555942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-34846930074493679172008-01-11T04:10:00.000-05:002008-01-11T04:10:00.000-05:00Mind you, what Tony said was said around eleven at...Mind you, what Tony said was said around eleven at night, if I remember right, and god knows how many cigarettes and glasses of wine. So details may be told (or reported) erroneously.Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-74334749990776967912008-01-08T14:14:00.000-05:002008-01-08T14:14:00.000-05:00I also wanted to say that I loved your conversatio...I also wanted to say that I loved your conversation with Tony Rayns. I do agree with what Tony said about French cinema. I have been believing that not only for French but Western European cinema for a few years now. But my assumptions have been based on the film submissions I was seeing coming in from those countries for our film festival. The quality of movies (features only) was much richer from Eastern Europe than those from Western Europe. I do realize that my judgement was based on a limited sampling where I was looking at the works of new film-makers or independent films.<BR/><BR/>And about India. Yeah that is a decent assessment about things from Tony. Nothing will change, despite so many efforts by Indian film-makers to offer different films. And the West may rave about Johnny To & other Hong Kong gangster movies, but Bollywood's gritty gang movies have been largely ignored. Not sure why. I remember how some people at VIFF were awed at the voting rigging scenes shown in Mendoza's <I>Slingshot</I>. They talked about it as though they had never seen such a thing on film. But this aspect (about money changing hands in slums for votes) has been covered for years even by average Bollywood film. Can't blame the audience though because these Indian/Bolly movies never get shown at film festivals and are always confined to Indian areas in North America/U.K.<BR/><BR/>Although I am curious about that 70% Korean market share number. India's number would be much higher than that. Only the big cities like Delhi, Mumbai have multiplexes which show Hollywood films. But if you go to other smaller cities, they are dominated by local Bollywood films. I would put that market share to 90%. Which explains why Hollywood is partnering with Bollywood recently to produce Bollywood films because it has realized that it can't compete with the local song and dance stuff.<BR/><BR/>One more thing about Korean cinema. I believe the example that Tony might have used for that low budget historical drama was <I>The King and the Clown</I>. Before this movie's show at VIFF 2006, you could tell that Tony was choked up talking about this Korean film. He said something along the lines of that he always liked it when a film with a low budget 'wiped the floor' with big budget movies (or something along those lines). He went on to say that <I>The King and the Clown</I> broke records when it came out and its hold was overtaken by <I>The Host</I>.<BR/><BR/>Ok, I have said enough :)Sachinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13227932224402555942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-1394529463653970632007-05-09T14:01:00.000-04:002007-05-09T14:01:00.000-04:00Thanks, adam! Glad to know someone else's reading....Thanks, adam! Glad to know someone else's reading...Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-17300881550837668312007-05-09T10:25:00.000-04:002007-05-09T10:25:00.000-04:00Just so you know you're more read than you realize...Just so you know you're more read than you realized, I've read your book too and greatly enjoyed it. Stumbled on it at that bookstore near the theatre in the Rockwell Mall. It made my night-owl work stints in Makati more tolerable reading it during work breaks at 24-hour Starbucks and ChowKings. I particularly enjoyed your interesting takes on films by Joyce Bernal (whom I ran into at Greenbelt's Cafe Breton one night). You've made me quite anxious to see many more Filipino films because of your commentary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-73022821378651745602007-04-29T07:32:00.000-04:002007-04-29T07:32:00.000-04:00I'm getting my fifteen seconds of fame (it's gotte...I'm getting my fifteen seconds of fame (it's gotten shorter, thanks to attention spans).Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-23572467619322829232007-04-28T12:33:00.000-04:002007-04-28T12:33:00.000-04:00Clearly then, you are a big deal. Very nice.I'm as...Clearly then, you are a big deal. Very nice.<BR/><BR/>I'm ashamed to admit I've never seen "Closely Watched Trains," much less any of the other films/filmmakers mentioed above. <BR/><BR/>On the other hand, you've unknowingly written the ending to a monster movie I'd definitely pay to see.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com