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trawl through the sci fi weekly section of the local video rental store i be lose hope of find any good movie i hadn not yet see . rent cypher be like a punt on a possibly very lame horse . my son be so jaded with current b science fiction that he hasn not bother see this yet . it must be note i do not see anything about cypher when it be release in australia . it must have be very quiet or i just miss it . well this be a really pleasant surprise . this be also no b movie . it not a blockbuster of the epic variety and doesn not try to be more a quiet movie that need to be see several time for it plot to be fully savour . the special effect be powerfully present when they be use my only complaint be the super helo be a leetle obviously cgi at first view and but they get it right at it 2nd appearance and and that aside everything else be top notch . in any case the affect be secondary . i would not give anything away about the plot . the plot structure have a russian doll aspect a little reminiscent of basic instinct ( though with very different content ) . just i will say that choose jeremy northam for the lead be a master stroke . the actor be bear in cambridge england and and his accent for this film hit the ear a a sort of extremely force new england dialect and it a tad off key . see the final twist of the plot and you will see why that be such a brilliant choice . and lucy liu be also just right with her will she kiss me will she shoot me edge . i rarely watch movie several time within day this be one of them . | 1pos
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we stumble upon the documentary and grey garden and last sunday and get suck in without warn . everyone who enter the room become transfixed on the television and the haunting image of edith and edie who seem to be live out their life in practically one room of a large filthy mansion on the beach and eat ice cream and corn on the cob ( which be cook on the bedside table ) and the cat urinate on edith bed and her unbelievable word and i thrive on it [ the smell ] . we have not see the beginning and wonder what we be watch and how these aristocratic woman manage to get in the position they be in . spellbinding . a must see . | 1pos
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i be speechless and devastate after my first viewing of this many part of grey garden be very funny and unbelievably surreal documentary of not and this really give fellini or david lynch a run for their money in the weirdsville sweepstakes . i keep focus on how these woman ( who be clinically way beyond eccentric ) reveal their own humanity in the most surprising of way and and i wonder whether their retreat from the world be prompt by something beyond the stuffiness of life in the unreal blue blood universe and perhaps some abuse and or perhaps simply a streak of defiance and rebellion that spiral out of their control and take on a life of it own . this might be one of the great ever film that come dangerously close to exploitation and without go completely over the edge a the edies do their thing and i keep noting thing like the empty gin bottle in the rubble strewn bedroom and cat urinate on the bed and racoon emerge from hole in the wall and and the final scene seem incredibly sad like a child birthday party go seriously wrong . very definitely worth see and seek out you will never forget it and but very disturbing . | 1pos
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one question that must be ask immediately be represent would this film have be make if the woman in it be not the aunt and cousin of jacqueline lee bouvier kennedy onassis . the answer be represent probably not . but and thankfully and they be ( or be ) the cousin and aunt of jackie . this documentary by the maysles brother on the existence ( one could hardly call it a life ) of edith b. beale and jr. and and her daughter edith bouvier beale ( edie ) and have the same appeal of a train wreck you do not want to look but you have to . big edith and little edie live in a once magnificent mansion in east hampton and new york and that be slowly decay around them . the once beautiful garden be now a jungle . magnificent oil paint lean against the wall ( with cat feces on the floor behind them ) and beautiful portrait of them a young woman vie for space on the wall next to cover of old magazine . live alone together for many year have break down many barrier between the two woman but erect others . clothing be seem to be optional . edie favorite costume be a pair of short with panty hose pull up over them and bit and piece of cloth wrap and pin around her torso and head . a edith say edie be still beautiful at 56. and indeed she be . there be time when she be almost luminescent and both woman show the beauty that once be there . there be a constant undercurrent of sexual tension . their eating habit be ( to be polite ) strange . ice cream spread on cracker . a dinner party for edith birthday of wonder bread sandwich serve on fine china with plastic utensil . time be irrelevant in their world while a edie say i do not have any clock . their relationship with men be oh so strange . edie feel like edith thwart any of her attempt at happiness . she say if you can not get a man to propose to you and you might as well be dead . to which edith reply i will take a dog any day . it be obvious that edith doesn not see her role in edie lack of male companionship . early in the film she state france fell but edie do not . sometimes it be difficult to hear exactly what be be say . both woman talk at the same time and constantly contradict each other . there be a strange relationship with animal throughout the film while edie feed the raccoon in the attic with wonder bread and cat food . the cat ( and there be many of them ) be everywhere . at one point edie declare the hallmark of aristocracy be responsibility . but they seem to be unable to take responsibility for themselves . this be a difficult film to watch but well worth the effort . | 1pos
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grey garden ( 1975 ) be the maysles brother bizarre documentary of jackie bouvier kennedy onassiseccentric aunt and first cousin who live like pig in a run down 28 room mansion on east hampton and long island . big edie bouvier beale and 78 and witty and dry and her daughter and little edie beale and 56 and ( emotionally about 13 ) a still beautiful woman who once have a promising future and live in isolation from the rest of the world except for their many cat and raccoon in the attic . they amuse themselves by bicker all day and listening to the radio or singing to each other ( they dont even own a television ) their fall from society be amaze to learn of and the viewer be draw to these two very special and although obviously and dysfunctional people . one of the good documentary ever make and still a cult classic today . | 1pos
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i find grey garden to be a gripping film and an amazingly intimatelook at too eccentric who basically have the right idea represent forgetsociety and live in a delapidated house with no heating and a hugebrood of cat and raccoon and persuing their own interest rathermundainly and all the while chatter at the camera . big edie and little edie be the two crazy that the mazles bros. have choose to document . they seem like character out of afellini film and only stranger and if that make any sense . old edie isalmost fully bedridden and a pile of paper and clothes and dirty dishesgrowing around her . little edie be even more interesting . sheprances around the house and always wear a baboushka likeheaddress around her head and completely cover her hair . wenever see her hair throughout the film and nor do we ever get a hintthat she still have much . at age fifty eight and though and she be stillbeautiful and full of life . in grey garden and we get the sense that both of these woman life have become much less than what they once be . littleedie be probably the sadder of the two . while her mother and in herearlier year and get marry and make a family and live luxuriously andeven make some recording ( the scene where and at 77 and she singsalong with a recording of tea for two she make decade ago isone of the film best scene ) and edie leave her promicing career a amodel to take care of her ail mother . at 58 and she still long tofind her prince charming . if anything little edie be still a little girl and full of dream of glamour and fame and and of domestic and romanticbliss and that have yet to be fulfil . highlight of the film include the opening moment and where littleedie explain her outfit to the camera and the tea for two sequence and the birthday party and the climactic argument and the grocery deliverscene and and the scene in the attic . the whole thing be incrediblycandid and unpretencious . and it make all the more remarcablesince it all real . i suggest see grey garden back to back with the kennethanger short puce moment . the criterion dvd be $ 35 . 00 and but it worth every penny . | 1pos
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hey now and yours truly and theatrex and find this while grub through video at the flea market and in almost new condition and and in read the back of the box saw that it be somewhat of a cult hit so of course it come home with me . what a strange film . the aunt and cousin of former first lady jacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis live in this decay 28 room house out on long island ( suffolk co. ) and share the house with raccoon and cat and flea ( eyow . ) and who know what else . suffolk co. be all over them at one point for living in filth and old jackie herself come by to set thing right . anyway and this be one strange pair and big edie and little edie . edie ( the daughter ) always wear something over her head and dance and sings and and give little aside to the camera that rarely make much sense . big edie ( the mother and age 79 ) apparently like to run around naked and and while we do get hint of what that might look like thankfully this be tastefully ( . ) do to the point where be mercifully spar from that . these woman talk and talk and talk and mostly about the past and and it doesn not make a whole lot of sense and except to them . they live in absolute filth and cat do their business wherever ( look and that cat go to the bathroom behind my portrait . ) and and one bedroom appear to be their center of operation . if i close my eye and listen to big edie voice it remind me very much of my own late aunt and who be from that area of the country and have that lawn guyland accent . one scene have little edie put on flea repellent and lovely and you can see all the cat scratch all the time so the place must have be infest . the box refers to these two woman a eccentric and and i would have to say in this case it be just a euphemism for wacked out of their gourd and but this film be not without it moment where you truly feel something for them . this be equal part creepy and sad and and disgusting and but i couldn not stop watch once i start . this be not my normal type of flick but i find it to be somewhat fascinating . it would not be for everybody though and guarantee . | 1pos
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i saw this film a couple of week ago and and it be stick in my head ever since . it star two spellbind character in what be unfortunately a mediocre documentary . to get the true story of the beales and i have to wade through all of the dvd bonus material and commentary and search the web . although the maysles and their fan ( not to mention edith and edie themselves ) bristle at the suggestion that this film be exploitative and this be exploitation in the true sense of the word . very little effort be every made to explain the beales or how they come to the condition they be in the maysles approach seem to be to just turn the camera on and wait for edith and edie to say something outrageous . the sound and even on the criterion re release be poor and difficult to follow . although i appreciate this film be make somewhat early in the history of documentary film and it ironic to compare it to geraldo rivera ( . ) far superior series on the sexual abuse of mentally retarded patient at willowbrook state school in staten island from 1972 and four year before grey garden be shoot . to paraphrase a review in the new yorker and there be many thing edith and edie need in their life and and a documentary wasn not one of them . a for edith and edie and the thing i keep think while watch the film be where the hell be their family . they be live in dangerous and unhealthy and unsafe condition . how be it that jackie o and marry to one of the rich men on earth ( or the wealthy bouvier family themselves ) couldn not afford to get edith and edie a decent home . or at the very least hire a part time housekeeper or caregiver to come in and keep an eye on them both . it shameful and a lasting disgrace to the entire bouvier family . although this review may sound negative i would strongly recommend grey garden to anyone who enjoy documentary . perhaps someday someone will come along and do a documentary about this documentary bringing in the rich backstory ( and afterstory ) of the beales and the whole subsection of hampton society in the 1970 . | 1pos
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this documentary follow the life of big and little edie beale and a mother and daughter and who live a recluse in their family mansion in east hampton and ny from the mid 50 through the late 70 . by the time the filmmaker find them and the mansion be fall apart and and the woman and one 78 and the other 56 and share a squalid room . the old edie beale be the aunt of jackie kennedy onassis and the younger be her first cousin . the woman be originally go to be evict from the house due to it decrepit condition and but jackie send them money for repair so they could keep living there . at time this movie can seem exploitative and a neither woman seem in the best of mental health and but at other time and the movie be hard to look away from . little edie blame her mother for her current state and and her mother fire back that edie be never go to be the success she think she be . little edie often seem trap in the past and focus on choice she make decade ago and and love show off picture from her youth and where she clearly be a beautiful debutante . her mother seem more resigned to her fate and to live out the rest of her life in terrible condition . there be definite hint of the glamorous life both woman once lead and from the picture that show a happy family and to the grand portrait of the old edie next to her bed . from what we see of the house and most of the room in it be empty and the wall be crack and fall apart and and little edie leaf food in the attic for the racoon to feast on . and of course there be numerous cat run around . at it heart and this documentary be incredibly sad . while neither woman seem particularly depress by their lot in life and the squalor they live in be utterly awful . it not particularly clear if there be even running water in the house and and you get the impression that they have essentially be abandon by their family . however and a a documentary and the film be a wonder to behold and and be highly recommended . | 1pos
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several year ago when i first watch grey garden i remember laugh and find it hilarious camp . year later i still laugh out loud when i watch it and but after many viewing i have come to see the beauty in the strange and twist relationship between the inseparable big edith bouvier beale and her daughter little edith bouvier beale . mother and daughter live together in their decaying 28 room east hampton mansion add a whole new meaning to the term shabby chic . with innumerable cat and raccoon and opossum a roommate this aunt and niece of jackie o. allow filmmaker albert and david maysles into their mansion to film them live life day to day . the result be a hilarious and beautiful and sad and move account of true love and anarchy rule . the relationship between big and little edie be a testament to the unbreakable bond of love . and their life an example of drive and determination and free will . this movie have more to recommend it than i can put down into word . it be a rare experience that you must see for yourself . | 1pos
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i take this out arbitrarily from the library the other night and have no idea of the film cult and influence and or that it be currently be stag a a musical . ( . ) most of the comment here be on target and it move and funny and sad and and yes and a tad exploitive despite the best intention of the filmmaker . the expanded chriterion edition be a must for anyone who love it when it come out . i think you can also see in little edie the fall of a class that sort of disappeared and you can hear it in old film of jackie o too while people just do not talk like that anymore . i think a a documentary and it would have be interest to get more information about how the home fell into disrepute and old edie at least still seem aware of what go on to a certain degree while couldn not she see the once spectacular home disintegrating . yet the film subject be the life the two woman have construct for themselves now and a real life tennesse williams one act . well worth your time . | 1pos
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this be why i so love this website . i saw this film in the 1980 on british television . over the year it be one i have wish i know more about a it have stay with me a one of the single most extraordinary thing i have ever see in my life . with barely a few key word to remember it by and i trace the film here and and much information and include the fact it about to become an off broadway musical . interestingly and unlike the previous comment maker and i do not remember find this film sad and or exploitative . on the contrary and the extraordinary relationship between the mother and daughter stuck in the mind a a testimony of great strength and honour and dignity . ironic you may think and consider the squalor of their life . maybe it because i live in britain and where fade grandeur have an establish language in the life of old money and where squalor be often tolerate a evidence of good breeding while i saw it a a rare and unique portrayal of enormous spirit and deep and profound humour and whose utterly fragile and delicately balance fabric give it poise and respect . in a way i be sorry to see it be discuss a a cult . over the year and a it fade in my mind and it shine the bright and above all others a a one off brilliant and outstanding televisual experience . it be such a deeply private expose and it seem odd to think of it become so public a to be a new york musical . but perhaps somewhere and the daughter will be amuse by such an outcome . it be she who will have the last laugh maybe . ( they make a musical out of her before you jackie o ) . | 1pos
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the daughter word be poetry represent i can not go on another year . i get to get to a hotel room . i lose my blue scarf in a sea of leaf . the marble faun be move in . he just give u a washing machine . that the deal . i be pulverize by this late thing . . raccoon and cat become a little bit bore for too long a time . . any little rat nest and mouse hole i would like good . and there be wisdom in the mother word represent . yes the pleasure be all mine . this little book will keep me straight and straight a a dye . always one must do everything correctly . where the hell do you come from . . bring me my little radio i have get to have some professional music . i be your mother . remember me . the mother or daughter relationship be draw in this magnificent film . this be a mother day film . | 1pos
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why should you watch this . there be certainly no reason why you shouldn not watch it . superbly and amusingly direct by albert and david maysles and grey garden be originally intend to be a film on the gentrification of east hampton and but it turn out to the brother that it would be more interesting to produce a study on the eccentric life of the two edith bouvier beales and the aunt and cousin of jacqueline kennedy onassis . their life be certainly an amuse one ( edith spend most of her day in bed singing opera and edie perform pirouette and majorette dance with their many cat and one be name ted z. kennedy ) the film be interest because it be both funny and sad edith die shortly after the film be release ( in february 1977 ) age 82 after experience some of the fame that she and edie receive after the film ( she dance and sing in a nightclub edie beale jr be bear in 1925 and be still live in miami beach . this film be both engage and spellbounding . | 1pos
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excellent film show the pathetic life of two nutty old lady . they couldn not live together and nor apart . babble constantly and sometimes at the same time and they hash and re hash the past while go on and on about what coulda shoulda woulda . i find myself laugh at time and but mostly i be take with how utterly sad and abandon these two woman be . see this one . | 1pos
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i only saw this recently but have be aware of it for a number of year and have always be intrigue by it title . it now belong to me a one of my very favourite film . it be hard to describe the incredible subject matter the maysles discover but everything in it work wonderfully . it have so many memorable image and moment where you feel you be encroach on a very private world . i fell in love with this film and with the character in it . it be a though the filmmaker have cast a spell of the audience and draw u into the strange world of the eccentric beales and a true aristocratic family . it have a tangible atmosphere and i find myself wish i could be there away from it all and cook my corn on the cob at my bedside table . it have an air of sadness that permeate throughout . a fall from greatness for this once esteem family . the money have go but their air and grace remain and as well a their beauty . it draw me in from the first frame and long after the film finish i find myself wonder about their fate . wonder that if i take a walk along east hampton beach i might still hear old edie voice in the night and see the silhouette of little edie dancing in the window behind the thick hanging creeper . unforgettable . | 1pos
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grey garden be shock and amuse and sad and mesmerize . i watch in amazement a ediths jr. and sr. bicker and perform while reminisce of their past . their existence in a dilapidated mansion and ( which they have not leave for more than fifteen year ) be both a comedy and a tragedy . this be a film you will not soon forget . | 1pos
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fascinate yet unsettling look at edith bouvier beale ( big edie ) and her daughter ( little edie ) aunt and first cousin to the late jacquelyn kennedy onasis . they live in a rodent infest and rundown mansion which be consider a health hazard by the city . it become quite clear very quickly that these two be well past eccentric . little edie seem to be the most off a she act with the mindset of a ten year old even though she be actually 53. the content be pretty much make up of two thing . the first be the conversation be little edie lambast big edie for drive away all her potential suitor and ruin her aspire career a writer and actress and and dancer . these discussion usually become very rhetorical and nonsensical and and often time amuse . the second part consist of long bout of attempt singing by both party . each of course think their singing be perfect and it only the other who sound bad . in one amazing scene big edie actually physically attack little edie with her cane just to get her to stop her warbling . very captivate yet one get the feeling that their be some serious exploitation go on here and the subject be just too far go to know it . the filmmaker seem to treat this like a freak show at the circus and come each day to record ( and chuckle ) at whatever bizarre behavior may come about . ultimately this be a sad picture a it show how the world have simply past these two by . their hope and dream as decay a the mansion they live in . despite their bickering these two need each other more than ever . for without the other there would be no refuge from the loneliness . most amazing line come from big edie whose many cat relieve themselves throughout her bedroom . her response to a complaint about the smell be simply unbelievable . | 1pos
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i know about but have never see grey garden and before i saw the broadway musical of the same name . friend caution me that if i have not see the movie and the musical would not make sense . it do and but it also prompt me to rent the movie . at first and i think it be a train wreck and full of strange and shriek character and and it be exceedingly hard to watch . but be able to stop it and digest it and go back to it make me realize why grey garden be consider to be a memorable documentary . both big edie and little edie be unforgettable and their utter lack of self consciousness be worth witness . both of them remain beautiful despite their encroaching age . they have a relationship that will chill any woman ( and undoubtedly some men ) and make you re examine your own dealing with your mother . in an era when reality television and cinema be commonplace and it fascinate to see the mayleses work from three decade ago and and realize what an impact the film must have have . i echo what other poster have say represent how be they allow to slip into such squalor by their family . but beyond that and how could two people live in the 1970s be able to escape reality in such a complete fashion . or be they simply consider too crazy to be help . i would highly recommend watch this with the commentary track and which give me additional insight into the film . | 1pos
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grey garden be enthral and crazy and you just couldn not really look away . it be so strange and and funny and sad and sick and . really no word can describe . the move grey garden be beyond bizarre . i find out about this film read my uncle john great big bathroom reader and by the bathroom reader institute and it be well worth the rental and bump to the top of my movie watch queue . this movie be about the nutty most eccentric people that may have ever be film . one should watch it for their favorite edie outfit and which i be sure include curtain . when i get old i almost wish to be just like big edie and thumb my nose at normalcy and society . | 1pos
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i first saw this movie in my play and playwright course at tulane . i be awe at how beautiful and raw this documentary be . it be a sincere look into the unedited reality of a life of solitude . the family be fascinate and i think it really show little edie at her core . a a side note my professor even tell me that throughout the filming and little edie become infatuated with one of the camera men . the beauty and i find and come from the naturalness of the family dysfunction . it be evident in the relationship between mother and daughter that neither could function in society alone and you begin to wish for little edie rehabilitation to society . in all and the film be grip in it aesthetic quality and it portrayal of surprising beauty . two thumb way up . | 1pos
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grey garden be a world unto itself . edith and little edie live in near total isolation and eat ice cream and liver pate in a makeshift kitchen in their ( apparently ) share bedroom . cat loll about while mother edith insult her daughter elocution . this be a tennessee williams play come to life and should inspire screenwriter and playwright and a the bizarre and overlap dialogue be 100 % real . the situation in the house remind me exactly of how my grandmother and her 50 ish daughter live for a decade ( other than that they be poor and clean ) . they would bicker all day and grandmother talk about her gloriously perfect past while her daughter continually blame her for missed opportunity with men and work and and self expression . this film be a must see for anyone write a mother or daughter relationship of this kind . it be sad and voyeuristic and but the filmmaker do an amazing job get the edies comfortable enough to expose themselves so recklessly . it be rare to see true life this way and all the more special consider the context remnant of a powerful family fade into nothingness in the skeleton of their own mansion . | 1pos
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little edie and big edie be character that anyone can feel compassion for . even though their house be filthy and this be somehow understandable consider their mental illness . on the message board a poster write that little edie have the cop skill of an eight year old . this remind me of when in the dramatized 2009 version and big edie say to little edie and if youre stuck and it only with yourself . these woman have everything while beauty and talent and intelligence and firm belief in their opinion and action . perhaps if little edie wasn not so hard on herself the first time thing do not work out and lose her hair and her job and and the love of her life and she would have make it . this somehow tie into what i believe be her mental illness represent her inability to pick herself up when time be hard and see that good time lie ahead . the world will never know what have happen if she do not listen to her mom plea and come home and edie . let me take care of you . yet these understandably insecure woman somehow manage to be brilliant and heartbreaking and and lovable and even in their extremely filthy home . these woman be extraordinary and and their interaction with each other bring humor and sadness . when edie have one of her emotional breakdown and dwell about what could have be and or about how she want to get out of her home because she feel like a little girl and one get the intense urge to hug her and tell her that everything will be okay . great documentary . positive . | 1pos
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when it first come out and this work by the meysels brother be much criticize and even judge to be exploitation . luckily and it be now hail a a masterpiece of documentary cinema and especially now that society have be expose to real exploitation in what be reality television and and the bad evolution of most direct cinema . really and at first and we must say that this isn not really direct cinema and it be more cinema verité . the difference between the two be very slight and but it mainly be the fact that in this documentary and we be make to feel the presence of the meysels brother and and they do interact with the character film . this a well make it clear that it be not exploitation . the meysels have be allow in the house and and they be include in what be a very eccentric situation of a very eccentric household . and both edith and edie just love the idea of be film . it would have be very disappointing have very be show only a voice of god narration and shallow interview . here and we be give a full portrait of the madness of the house and a madness that do seem to go down well with both edie and her mother edith . their house be a mess and litter and animal everywhere and fade color and furniture all over the house and and the constant fight that be constant interaction of reality . these two people have live with each other their whole life and and be not fight in front of the camera because they want the attention and but rather because they can not help talk to each other this way . they know each other too well to hide their inner feeling and there be no need . in the end and though and even a they blame each other for their life and they really love each other deeply . edie say she doesn not want her mother to die and because she love her very much and and edith say that she doesn not want edie to leave her because she doesn not want to be alone . but the most interesting aspect of the film be that regardless of their old age and the two woman can not help be girls . they can not help be one the singer and the other the dancer . exhibit all their artistic skill in front of their camera . when edie ask david meysels rhetorically where have you be all my life . she be really very happy that she finally get to show the whole world herself and her wonderful showgirls skill . a beautiful portrait of stylistic importance and a charm that be highly unlikely to be ever see again and the way only the meysels and few others could do . | 1pos
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i find it very intrigue that lee radziwill and jackie kennedy sister and the cousin of these woman and would encourage the maysles to make big edie and little edie the subject of a film . they certainly could be consider the skeleton in the family closet . the extra feature on the dvd include several contemporary fashion designer credit some of their idea to these oddball woman . i would say that anyone interested in fashion would find the discussion by these designer fascinate . ( i. e. be they nuts . or be i miss something . ) . this movie be hard to come by . netflix do not have it . facet do and though . | 1pos
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it interest how the train of research can flow . i start out look at an article about cristo the gate in central park . the article state that the maysles have be cristo filmographers for year . hmmm . then i get to look at their body of work . i believe one of them have pass on but the other be still film cristo and jean claude in their stage of creation . grey garden sound very interesting . video station and in boulder co and be the place to look for the obscure or offbeat and of course they have it in stock . dvd and vhs . edith and edie be woman live in the past and and oh what a glorious past it be . edith have be well off and bear a bouvier and marry well and have several wonderful relationship and become a singer when she be in her forty . her daughter edie have be a débutante and a fashion model and have many beau . she never marry and at some point in her thirty have come home to recuperate . she seem to have a nervous disorder of some kind . worry too much about thing . it be only a shadow of the world they live in though and because jackie o. come and spruce up the place so her aunt and cousin would not be evict . it be a 28 room mansion that be wear down and wear out . but and in the film you will notice fresh paint on the wall . if you look carefully at the newspaper clippings you see it be very much a dirty mess . the outfit edie come up with a very clever and creative . the viewer get the impression that edith like to go nude and but she doesn not in the movie . edith be really quite beautiful and you can see the shadow of her beauty still a she sing tea for two . edie too be a beauty in her day and quite attractive at 56. it be a good movie and though not for everyone . when the cat be urinate behind edith portait she state and at least someone be do what they want . | 1pos
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one of the best love story i have ever see . it be a bit like watch a train wreck in slow motion and but lovely nonetheless . big edie and little edie seem a bit like family member after watch this movie repeatedly and and be infinitely quotable represent it a goddamned beautiful day and now will you just shut up . the opening explanation of little edie costume only promise that the movie will live on forever and and so will big edie the world famous singer and little edie the world famous dancer . | 1pos
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i really can not remember who recommend this and but they say it be one of their favorite film . it be certainly a strange one like rubberneck at a highway accident . someone say that truth be strange than fiction and and the truth here be something to see . i really can not understand how a fictionalized account of this documentary be to be release this year . how can you improve on this . the aunt and cousin of jackie kennedy remove themselves from new york society and hide in the hampton . in the process they become recluse and what be best describe a crazy cat lady . they would have stay hide have not the city move to condemn the property for the filth and the subsequent rescue by jackie . this film be do after that rescue . all during and you couldn not help but think and how bad be it before . it a look at high society from the darker side and and it be utterly fascinating . | 1pos
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all i can say be and if you do not fall in love with big and little edie after watch this movie and then youre not human . even after watch it for the first time and i be hook . it be a mesmerize experience that be difficult to describe and a i be sure other fan will attest to . after watch it and you will cry to think that these two wonderful lady be no longer with u . at least we have grey garden to remember them . i think we all long to possess the fierce independence these two lady be grace with . although i have always admire jackie onassis kennedy and she do not stay in your heart the way big and little edie do . what a rare treat to have know such people while i only wish i have . | 1pos
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this show be so incredibly hilarious that i couldn not stop watch the marathon on comedy central tonight ( despite the fact that i have see all the episode previously ) . i have always regard silverman a a huge talent and this be finally a vehicle for that talent to be enjoy by a wide audience . i watch this show and i laugh a very large percentage of the time . i can not say that about many tv show . can you . this show be finally something new and interesting and ( most importantly ) funny . this be a show i will never miss and it be one i will buy on dvd as soon a it come out . you owe it to yourself to watch this show . i predict a long run for this series . and just to be clear and the people who be offend by this show just do not get it . perhaps they lack the intelligence to comprehend it . they should stop make fool of themselves by attack something they do not understand . anyone who use the word bigot in reference to silverman and or who claim that she only aim to shock . be way off the mark . she exactly the opposite while just google her and you will quickly see that she a huge proponent of civil right and etc . if you do not know that she ironically embrace all of these outrageous viewpoint and you do not get it . and if you do not get it and do the rest of u a favor and be quiet about it so we can all enjoy the hilarity . | 1pos
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this show probably would not appeal to everyone . sarah do what she want while she doesn not ask for permission and she doesn not apologize . this be a sitcom with zombie and robot dinosaur and fly car and and a team of wallet steal male cheerleader . the star of the show be not a hero and she be a spoiled and bigoted pervert . if you can not appreciate the offbeat humor it offer and the show probably isn not for you . everyone should at least give this show a chance . it bring together the comedic styling of sarah silverman and brian posehn ( the comedian of comedy ) and jay johnston ( mr. show ) and steve agee ( bobcat goldthwait stay ) and the creative energy of rob schrab and dan harmon ( heat vision and jack and monster house ) . it also showcases the best talent of the burgeon online community and channel101 . com . ( if youre into this show and keep an eye out for the department of acceptable medium on vh1 this march and it will be draw from the same talent pool . ) watch sarah silverman show . this kind of stuff be the future of entertainment . | 1pos
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for those who think it be strictly potty humor and immaturity and you be in fact the mindless one . while the show do contain it share of potty joke it also contain a lot of satirical material and poke fun at social problem and racial barrier and cliché and stereotype etc . you just need to read into some of her material a bit more to get it . what i also love be that not everything be a punchline . for those expect a formulated joke like friend ( i love friend fyi ) and you would not find it here . instead sarah us situation and other way to achieve her humour which be more realistic . we do not walk around in this world and have witty punchlines for everything say and which be in most comedy . instead the sarah silverman program make it more realistic in this sense . so do not take it a mindless humor because it be so much more than that . | 1pos
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i originally score sarah show with a nice fat 8 and but i have struggle a bit with her humor of late and a thin 7 be what settle in . i shall explain . you will either like sarah humor and or you would not . if you do not and i doubt anyone could persuade you . you folks know who you be and it perfectly fine and but then you know that too . move on and the first season give u fantastic bit about sarah and her friend and family and and her pursuit in life . in one memorable episode and she be pull over by officer jay whom she meet for the first time . do you know why i be stand here . he ask . because you get all c in high school . she quizzically reply . it seem to be a genuine question . that be funny stuff in my book . sarah can come at you from odd angle . in another episode and her affair with god be notably funny . god be petty and jealous add wonderfully to the joke . it be clever and it be a twisted view and but she would show u the truth in the humor and we laugh . then and come the second season . while still not without some new and inventive comedy and we seem to have slip somewhat into banal poop and fart joke and quite simply . i get some good laugh here and there and but much of it seem like filler while she and and the writer and struggle to foment some original material . sophomoric and tiresome be the feeling i have for the episode lately and but i have be gutting it out for the gem i do find ( the turtle ) and wait for her to turn it around . i be a fan of her jesus be magic routine and would like to think that i understand what she be capable of . let get back to that . | 1pos
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sarah silverman be like a totally manic zooey deschanel and i think i be in love already . yeah and if you love jesus be magic and you will love this . if you do not and what the heck be wrong with you . kudos to the comedy channel for shove this in my face . my life finally have meaning and and your car smell like fart be my kind of humor . i be a happy guy . the first episode have me laugh hysterically and i be hungrily look forward to next week . this be like grease meet south park . completely outrageous . sarah silverman be someone i could watch read the phone book . her delivery be precise and oh so funny . she never skip a beat . come to think of it and it not so much her choice of material . which be some really good stuff by the way and a it be the way she choose to deliver it . thank you and sarah silverman . thank you and comedy channel . | 1pos
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i think this show be screamingly funny . it not for every taste and and i be not go to elevate or denigrate the folk that do not get it . i be sure theyre wonderful bright people that operate at a different wavelength . but if you like it and you really like it . sarah play a self infatuate loser name sarah silverman who often find her self in homerian predicament ( that homerian a in homerian simpsonian ) . i remember sarah silverman from her brief gig on saturday night live in the early 90 . i like her immediately then and i go out of my way to check out anything she do . this show be choke on your food and wet your pant funny . therefore i always fast before watch it and wear adult diaper . check it out . | 1pos
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sarah silverman be a dangerous bitch . she beautiful and sexy and funny and talent and dark and demonic . i read the other comment on this show as well a the message board stuff and people just do not get it . nothing that appear on t. v. be an accident . too much money and time and work be put into the production of a t. v. show for there to be mistake . this show be stupid because sarah want it to be stupid . this show be juvenile because sarah want it to be juvenile . i think the joke be great and the theme show as well a the other musical number be wonderfully bizarre . it a lot like pee wee playhouse for maladjusted and slack twenty something glue sniffing and future pornstars of america from the valley . the cast be awesome . the scenario and action be well paced . i hope this show succeed since comedy central do not let david spade keep his show . who play sarah sister . she not in the cast listing on the show home page . i would love to see her stand up . do anyone know about her up come show date or dvd that may be float around out there . | 1pos
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big s isn not play with taboo or force an agenda like and say mencia or chapelle ( though i like them both ) . she state the obvious in subtle and near subliminal remark . her show would not change the world and nor be it meant to . but and along with the hilarious brian posehn and paget brewster ex boyfriend jay johnston of mr. show fame and this be one mean show with an appetite for destruction . my side be thoroughly wreck by the first episode . look and i love this woman and like her famed boyfriend and jimmy kimmel and she just deliver the line and let the viewer run with it . the best kind of comedy around . spoof anything and anyone and like mary poppins in the second episode when she sing to the fake bird on to quick hit commentary on society and college age existential nonsense . this one be highly recommended and but only for those who still have a funny bone ( and do not lose it in their most recent lippo suction treatment or boob job ) . | 1pos
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when i first saw this show and i think it look interesting . i watch it and saw how it revolve around sarah and like the character see the world . revolve around her . i get it and but wasn not laugh very much . onstage and in her show and she racist and crude and insensitive and hugely self center . i do not get her at first and and take it all at face value . then i get to see her movie and jesus be magic . i think that serve a a sarah silverman primer for me and explain to me just what language she speak . she like marilyn manson and work so hard to give u a faceful of horrible idea and image and but you eventually realise it isn not an assault and it a statement . and once you understand that and you find youre glad someone finally give it to you straight . i do not mean to suggest only smart people will understand and or that to hate this show be to prove your idiocy . while i like a lot of mart show and i still to this day do not see the humor of curb your enthusiasm . i get the impression that it good and but i just do not get it . many people will never get the sarah silverman program and but i be glad i eventually come around . the creator of this show do work hard and every episode be load not just with dialogue and plot and but with song and or dream sequence and production number . these people aren not put together something to fill a time slot and please advertiser and they appear to be on a mission to make the best show they can put together . if i be to predict the future of this show and i would say it will go the way of arrest development and freak and geek . it will get cancel before it time and live on in fan heart and on dvd . but take heart and ssp creator and your audience be out there and and we will be watch for as long a they let you make the show . | 1pos
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first and foremost i would like to say that i be a huge sarah silverman fan and and have other people say that and then rag on the pilot be beyond me . everything in the pilot be in typical sarah silverman form and maybe not directly funny and but the situation and the delivery be what count . if you like jesus be magic then i do not see how you wouldn not like this . it have that same flow and that same rhythm . true it only for the true fan and but if you be you will be please . again only for the true fan and there no way around that . if youre not use to her style then you wouldn not get why this be funny . however and it be and and i hope you think so too . | 1pos
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follow a sitcom plot be so mindlessly easy that have her character simultaneously operate both within and without the context the rest of the cast inhabit be the kind of experimentalism that sitcom could really use . the support character grind the show in a sitcom reality which provide a contextual counterpoint to sarah erratic persona which and beyond general insensitivity and have no specific recur trait for behavioural expectation to be base on and make her less a character than a canvas to be repaint in every episode if not scene . sarah ability to see everything from an outside perspective enable her to parody aspect of social behaviour that be subtle enough to usually go unnoticed . every time she speak it like a self contain 5 second skit . she overemotes a lot and demonstrate the countless thing a smile or change in vocal pitch can signify and but never stick with one idea long enough for you to get comfortable and form expectation that will be satisfy . this may be the most creative and original and experimental tv program ever . | 1pos
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the sarah silverman program be very similar to sarah own stand up while it so over the top with prejudice that you can not possibly take it to heart . the fact be and though and that while most all people will get it and it doesn not mean they will all appreciate it . it a very polarizing and one dimensional show and so if you do not like it after 10 minute and you may as well give up there . if you do like it after 10 minute and stay tune and because every episode thus far have be as good a the last . like all show and though and it be not perfect . personally i love the program and but there be some huge fault with it . racist song be funny and but get old a lot faster than silverman seem to realize a problem that i have with jesus be magic as well . it seem a if silverman give herself a quota for song per episode that doesn not need to exist . not to mention that while the lyric to the song she write be good and the music and well and isn not . another thing to keep in mind be that while this show will for some reason appeal to fan of monty python and upright citizen brigade and etc . and it be nothing like those show . i can watch monty python all day and but and as much a i like this show and i can not watch more than the half hour limit at a time . it get flat very fast . the repeat value for this show be low too the second time around an episode be fairly funny and and by the third time and in my opinion and it bore . still and that first time around be very and very funny . give it a shot . | 1pos
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don not listen to the prissy critic who be probably bitter gamers still sore from the roast silverman infamously give them at spike tv video game award a couple of month ago and the sarah silverman be wonderfully bizarre and surreal and immature and ridiculous and would fit rather nicely in a adult swim line up . if silverman tone down the juvenile doody joke and emphasize the darker and meaner undercurrent the show be so far just hint at and we could have one of the great cult comedy since the cancelled stranger with candy . but just from watch the pilot and it just solid and not outstanding and offbeat dark comedy or musical but with huge potential . silverman have create a hilarious child woman of a character a prettier and young and jewish american princess version of the late great jerri blank and the show feature one of the most unconventional and non stereotypical portrayal of a gay couple i have ever see on television . early review be suggest the next couple of episode surpass the pilot so i can not wait to see how this show unfold . | 1pos
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best show since seinfeld . she really really funny . her total self centeredness and the hulking gay stoner neighbor and the departure into song or cartoon and make this the fresh show on tv . one of the few show i make point of watch . the scene with the wise old black lady in the drugstore ( oh wait now that youre close you do look old turn face with finger and walk away lol ) and the cough syrup overdose and sleep with god and it all so funny or so stupid it just a lot of fun . the show weak point be her sister and the cop only because theyre too darn normal . i really can not wait until the next show and something i haven not felt for any show in a long time . | 1pos
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the sarah silverman program be . good than those other show . no laugh track and no painful joke and just a program . the sarah silverman program . if youre like me and and you love comedy and this be probably a show for you . sarah silverman bring out there funny and and right here funny to the table with ease . a mix of different style and which make for it own . this program isn not something you want to start a compare war with and see a how it have absolutely nothing to do with them ( other show ) . this show be it own entity and and i think most comedy head will like it just fine . go watch and see . | 1pos
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i have to vote this positive in the rare chance that she happen to see this review and take pity on me and whisk me to hollywood and involve me in her freaky or funny world . but in all seriousness and it be good . first episode be obviously find it foot and but it get that silverman weirdness run all the way through it . it not a laugh out loud sort of comedy and but that good thing and too much have a laughter track to it and and this wouldn not be right with cue when to laugh and it to the audience to hear their inner jester laugh at the absurdness of it all . i can easily see this a be the bizarro draw carey show with it weird character and incredibly strong central character . well worth a watch and look forward to the following episode . a very good chance from the usual comedy out there . p and sarah . call me . | 1pos
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i would give this show a ten out of ten if it be not for the fart joke . you people be so damn sensitive it be inane . so quick to point out the racism of the show and the joke and yet be also so quick to say ridiculously sexist and pig head crap like well and duh and some of these other show do these joke so much well because at least they have hot woman . so disgust . abortion joke be great because and really and who take abortion seriously anyways . at least i be not aboreson . i hear that reba mcentire and sarah silverman be team up to do a movie about sister take a road trip together . talk about a movie of the year . | 1pos
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the thought of sarah silverman have her own show worry me at first . the film she have appear in be not very funny and her humor be a bit off . however and i be very surprised to see her true color shine in this comedy central gem . i could possibly put her on par with the like of amy sedaris in stranger with candy sarah character be a true sociopath and very comparable to sedaris jerri blank . the one downfall of this show be it support cast . her sister character be good while funny at time and but ultimately mean not to steal sarah show . however and the rest of the cast be extremely sub par in comparison . i be glad and though and that comedy central have give sarah a chance to show her unique and crazy sense of self and humor . | 1pos
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this be definitely one of the best kung fu movie ever and and may be one of the best movie ever . it get a great plot that function like a puzzle and with lot of intrigue and suspense . this film be full of cat and mouse game and deception and with people hide their identity and their nature . the character in this film live and breath much more than your average kung fu movie character . they be all interesting and compelling and the movie do a good job at give them scene to show their personality and desire . the fight scene play out like little story and many of them be very original and exciting . it have cool training sequence and martial art skill that be so awesome they enter the realm of fantasy . there be 5 member of the poison clan each one with his own style that mimic the special skill of a venomous animal . the style of each of these character be fun to watch and you can see the technique they use in training apply during the film . when this happen and the director use quick cut back to the training scene to draw a parallel . these cut be accompany by music change and sound effect and the whole thing really work nicely . one thing about this movie that be very original be the way it treat death . the director chang cheh be obviously very concerned that the film not trivialize death . this make some of the scene in the movie much more effective . we actually care when people be kill in this film . this be because the camera linger on the horror of death even when the bad guy be kill . some of the sequence in this movie be truly gut wrenching . when character go in search of vengeance you really feel their anger and pain . at the same time and this be also a fun movie . it have all the typical thing you expect from a traditional kung fu film . there be bad dub and the character be willing to fight at the drop of a hat . some of the sound effect be hilarious and at time the behavior of the character be incredibly unrealistic . all this just add to the greatness of the film . and let not forget that this director be a visual stylist much more gifted than most of his contemporary . if you watch this movie closely you will notice that the technical prowess on display be virtuostic . everything go by so fast ( because of the quick cutting style and the rapid camera movement of the genre ) that it be easy to overlook how beautiful the movie really be . the lighting and composition be spectacular at time . the camera work and movement be extremely sophisticated along with very interest fast paced edit . in the scene that portray suspense and intrigue for example and imagine hitchcock move at about twice the speed . chang cheh be truly a master craftsman and artist who know his genre and be able to produce important material while work within it confine . he doesn not rattle the boat of the kung fu genre film and but in a subtle way his skill permeate every scene and every shot and they add greatly to the quality of the work . he be an important filmmaker who continue to influence many people . this be the real package a kung fu movie that delivers on every level . it art and it trash and it emotionally move and and it fun and it have a true sense of morality and but doesn not allow that morality to get in the way of deliver good action . i recommend it to everybody whether you be a fan of this genre or not . | 1pos
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the five deadly venom be a great kung fu action movie wrap in a whodunnit mystery . there be all the usual telltale sign of a kung fu flick represent great choreography and awful dubbing and different style of fighting and and a wide range of greatly exaggerated and often cheesey human emotion . however the plot certainly be good than average . it interesting and hold your attention throughout the non fight scene . occasionally it even able to fire up the audience and such a when x character receive horrible injustice . another thing i love about the five deadly venom be the beautiful simplicity of the movie moral and theme . just about everyone get what come to them . the cowardly and greedy and and corrupt lose out . the bad guy and consume by selfish greed be ultimately destroy by their own treachery and backstabbing . the good guy use teamwork and planning and and integrity to overcome the odds and come out on top . poison clan rock . | 1pos
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seldom do i ever encounter a film so completely fulfil that i must speak about it immediately . this movie be definitely some of the fine entertainment available and it be highly authentic . i happen to see the dubbed version but i be on my way right now to grab the dvd remaster with original chinese dialogue . still and the dubbing do not get in the way and sometimes provide some seriously funny humour represent poison clan rock the world . the story tell stay true to chinese method of intrigue and suspense and and inter personal relationship . you can expect twist and turn a the identity of the 5 venom be reveal and an expert pace . the martial art fight choreography be in a class of it own and must be see to be believe . it like watch real animal fight each other and but construe from their own arcane martial art form . such level of skill amongst the cast be unsurpassed in modern day cinema . the combination provide for a serious dose of old chinese culture and i recommend it solely on the basis of the film genuine intent to tell a martial art story and the mastery of it execution . . of course and if you just want to see people pummel each other and along with crude form of ancient chinese torture and be my guest . | 1pos
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for all the hoopla and respect and recognition this film get from kung fu historian and it still lack glaringly in a couple critical area represent action and fight scene . but i must say that the plot be probably the best and most original i have ever see in a martial art film . five deadly venom without a doubt be a must see and not only that and a movie you can watch again and again while but i also must say that after watch it you feel it could have be even well . it somehow leave you want something and you want more . the producer chang cheh set up the storyline beautifully for a potential masterpeice but doesn not follow through with give u more of the action we want . the fighting style in the movie really capture the viewer ( centipede and snake and scorpion and lizard and toad ) and they be show and but battle be noticeably short . the toad and snake style be particularly intriguing and should have be showcased much and much more and in fact the toad be kill off by the middle of the movie . interestingly enough with this movie and the absence of constant action or fight lead to development of a great plot and this be one of the few kung fu film where you be really interested in the storyline and care about the outcome . this movie have a dark and vicious tone to it and you be draw into the vibe . sinister weapon and torture tactic be use throughout the movie and add to the movie feel . to start off the movie and to introduce the poison clan producer chang cheh take u to a grimy dungeon . the end fight scene be certainly good but seem muffle and somehow you expect more . still though this movie be one of shaw brother best and be quite enjoyable . my overall impression of the movie would conclude with this represent the style the fighter use be merely show to u and not showcased in detail and sad thing be and the director have the good for something extraordinary right at his fingertip and do not expand on it . i be leave wonder what could have be with this movie and still one of the best though . positive on the scale . | 1pos
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most 70 ( and 80 ) kong kong martial art film barely function a movie while usually there be a few well plan fight sequence and but the plot be scrap pretty thin to fill in the gap between those node like porno film and really . but this one do several thing well . most overtly and there be the direction and choreography and which confine each combatant to a tyle it really base on chinese circus acrobatics and comedic theater and but the effect work . second and there be the language of the camera and which use some impressive technique ( even by today measure ) and change projection speed from real time time to slow motion and and from unfiltered to filtered view to depict story direction toward the past or toward the future . least overt and but most powerful and unexpected and be the construction . the winner of this contest be determine by who unfold the story . the master ( the writer ) set up a game where the lead character doesn not know who he seek and which be the same situation we viewer find ourselves in . one by one and he figure out who be who and at the same rate we find out who be who . it all follow a tragedy or noir arc . the end tends toward irony and a la the sting . much more clever stuff than what we usually get out of this genre . the five venom idea be the template for tarantino wouldeadly viper assassin from the kill bill volume . | 1pos
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well and i must say that this be one hell of a fun movie . despite the fact that the dubbing be pretty cheesy and and there be some odd moment where the film seem to turn dark blue for no apparent reason and i be not disappointed . the story be actually pretty interesting represent the last member of the poison clan must track down the other five member and discover who among them be use their skill for evil and and who be use them for good . the catch be that during training and all of the clan be mask and and all have since return to society in disguise and change their name . the fight be a joy to watch and a each member of the poison clan have a different fighting style represent toad ( my favorite ) and snake and scorpion and lizard and and centipede . the fight scene have the actor jump all over the place and and thankfully the camera stay plant and use a wide enough shot so you can clearly see all of the action . the one drawback to the movie be that the story tend to drag a bit in the first half up until the first fight sequence . but stick with it and and you would not be disappoint . | 1pos
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after review this intense martial art movie for the first time in nearly 18 year and i must say it do not lose any of it mysticism and nor any of it eye pop martial art action a i have remember from my youth . the story of a die martial art instructor send his unfinished pupil out to find the 5 past member of his poison clan and so they do not seek out a fortune which the master friend keep hidden . afraid that his last pupil do not have enough training and he instruct him to befriend one of the five venom so a to defeat the other four . i can not say enough about the choreography or the camera work . a fine film in it own right and quite possible one of the best martial art movie ever make . a classic . | 1pos
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be careful with this one . once you get yer mitt on it and it will change the way you look at kung fu flick . you will be yearn a plot from all of the kung fu film now and you will be want character depth and development and you will be crave mystery and unpredictability and you will demand dynamic camera work and incredible backdrop . sadly and you would not find all of these aspect together in one kung fu movie and except for five deadly venom . easily the best kung fu movie of all time and venom blend a rich plot and full of twist and turn and with colourful ( and develop ) character and along with some of the best camerawork to come out of the 70 . the success of someone like the film depend on the viewer ability to decipher which character be which and and who specialize in what venom . one be the centipede and two be the snake and three be the scorpion and four be the lizard and and five be the toad . each character have different trait and characteristic and strength and and weakness . therein lie the hook and we learn along with the student character and find out who these different men turn out to be . we be in his shoe ( so to speak ) and and we have to pick who we trust and and who we do not and just like he do . we learn along with him . not only be the plot and the character and and the camerawork great and it also fun to watch and which in my book make it more valuable than almost any other movie of it kind . it worth quite a few watch to pick up on everything that go on . venom be a lesson on what kung fu can really do . just do not expect many other kung fu film to live up to it gauntlet . | 1pos
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of all the kung fu film make through the 70 and 80 this be one that have develop a real cult follow . with the exception of all the film bruce lee star in this be a film that have stand the test of time and it due to the unique story . an age kung fu master tell his last pupil yang tieh ( sheng chiang ) about five pupil he have train in the past . all five wore mask and nobody have see the face of each other and they have all be train differently . their specialty in kung fu be the name they have adopt like lizard and snake and centipede and toad and scorpion . the master call them the poison clan and he do not know what have happen to them so he want tieh to find them and help the one that be do good to stop the others that be evil . an old man who be once a member of the poison clan have a map to where he have hide a lot of money and he seem to be a target . tieh do not know what they look like so he have to mingle in society and try and figure out who they be . tieh have discover that the snake be hung wen tung ( pai wei ) and along with tang sen kue ( feng lu ) who be the centipede they kill a family to find the map . a map be find by a mystery man who turn out to be the scorpion but know one know who he be . a local policeman name ho yung sin ( philip kwok ) investigate the murder along with his partner ma chow ( chien sun ) . sin have a friend call li ho ( meng lo ) who be the toad and they do know of each others identity . the snake bribe the local official to pin the murder on li ho and while he be in prison he be torture and kill . when sin find out he team up with tieh and together they go to combat tung and kue . this film be direct by cheh chang and he be a very special director when it come to these film . chang be not your run of the mill kung fu director and his film always have a special quality to them . while most martial art film deal with revenge chang do not use that a a central theme . even though there be some revenge go on later in this story this film be more complex than that . five men train by the same master in different way and wear mask . then they be all in the same area and not know who the other be . very unique story make this film different from all the others and most of chang story be in a class all by themselves . i wouldn not exactly put it in the same league a enter the dragon because bruce lee be a worldwide icon and the martial art he exhibit be more authentic look . this film still have some impossible feat like cling to side of wall and all the flip through the air but this film isn not necessarily about fight scene . it more about the intrigue of the story and the character that be involve . that alone make this different from all the other kung fu film . very well make with a unique story . | 1pos
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there no romance or other side plot to this movie and it action and intrigue all the way and make it a real man kung fu movie . an age master dispatch his last disciple yan tieh to stop his five former pupil who style represent five venomous animal centipede and snake and scorpion and lizard and the toad . despite the word venom in the title and none of these pupil us venom to kill their opponent . yan tieh tell by his teacher that he no match for the five former pupil and must find one he can form an alliance with to defeat the other four . how yan tieh and the others find each other be the intrigue to the story and with good kung fu action spread out throughout the story . recognize a a cult classic and this movie have already establish itself in the annals of kung fu action movie . it know well enough that other movie make reference to the five style depict in this story . it no artistic masterpiece and with the usual bad dubbing and and corny acting and but the movie be one of the best of it kind and because it so focus on the all the ingredient of kung fu action movie of it time and and give an extra concentrate dose of them . one movie you must watch if you be a kung fu movie fan . | 1pos
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in the world of old school kung fu movie and where revenge picture come a dime a dozen and it take a lot for a film to stand out and even more to make it a fan favorite after all these year . what be arguably chang cheh fine movie continue to hold influence over the hong kong movie industry and from the theme of loyalty and brotherhood and revenge a explore by john woo ( who get his start in the hk movie industry work for chang ) during the heyday of heroic bloodshed during the late 1980 and to more modern movie like a man call hero and which sport a character in a costume inspire by this film . the influence have also carry into other area a well and from music such a the wu tang clan and tv commercial for sprite and video game such a mortal kombat . so what make this movie so special . the plot on the surface be pretty simple . it deal with member of a rogue group know a the poison clan who be search for a treasure hide by their sifu . all of the member of the clan have extraordinary kung fu ability and denote by their animal style and or venom ( the lizard can climb wall and the scorpion have a deadly strike and etc . ) . the twist be that since the clan always wear mask and not all of them know who the others be . thus a simple plot become almost a suspense thriller . be not talk the usual suspect here and but it far above many other kung fu movie of the time . supposedly and golden harvest be not too happy with chang script like most of his movie and they felt it be too dark and violent and they actually want him to add broad comic relief to it . thankfully and chang stick to his gun and stay with his original script and which have since have become revere a one of the best for the film of it time and if not ever and complete an almost perfect dramatic arc and provide the perfect backbone for the extraordinary action sequence . but what really solidify the movie be the venoms themselves . chang cheh hit upon a magical formula with the cast not only do he gain talented martial artist ( whose move and compete without the aid of wire or other special effect and put most modern martial artist to shame ) but great actor as well . the formula prove so popular that chang usually have one or more of the venom in his late movie . get back to matter at hand and in most old school movie and the actor seem to play out cardboard cutout and but here the actor actually create character . it seem that everyone have a favorite venom ( mine be philip kwok best know to many a mad dog from hard boil a lizard ) and it be this personal connection to the character that the five deadly venom generates which make it a true classic of the genre . even if youre normally not a fan of old school movie and you need to check the five deadly venom out and if for nothing else to see where modern movie get their inspiration from . | 1pos
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one of the more enjoyable aspect of asian cinema ( or and indeed and most anything do outside these holy than thou united state ) be the permutation that crop up . in post world war two japanese manga ( comic ) and for instance and be to be find a veritable endless variety of subject and many of them handle in uniquely imaginative fashion . the same thing happens in genre film making and as well while though and again and i be refer to movie make outside the u . $ . ( where be just too sophisticated in our close mindedness to appreciate anything that isn not about or by u ) . would an american company and for instance and back not one but a series of movie feature a masked professional wrestler ( el santo ) or a werewolf ( paul naschy ) or a real life martial artist ( bruce lee ) . a for television represent forget it . while i still love the kung fu series that star the late david carradine and i have always felt that the americanized version of asian martial art be how to put it kindly a bit lack . to this very day and there hasn not be a pay per view channel to feature asian martial artist play asian martial artist in asia . ( there be lot of soft core porn masquerade a entertainment show and but the so called action channel and for instance and have yet to import or to produce a true martial art teleseries . ) before brother cadfile be investigate murder on the bbc and there be and of all thing and at least one kung fu movie that feature a group of martial artist more or less involve in a murder mystery represent the 5 deadly venom . in it own right as fascinating a any other genre base whodunit ( western and cop show and etc . ) and this martial art masterpiece stand out a a truly superior piece of work . it now available from dragon dynasty and the print be beautiful and the dvd commentary by bey logan be exactly the kind of intelligent and thoughtful analysis these gem truly deserve . if youre a martial art movie fan and rejoice represent one of the great movie genre of all time ( specifically and the martial art movie of the 1970s and early 1980s ) be get a long overdue second life ( and greatly appreciated second look ) on dvd . | 1pos
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a die kung fu master send out his last student in order to track down what happen to the previous five student who be member of the ban poison clan . he be to see if they be act for good and if not he his to stop them the master also want the student to find another member of the clan who run off with the clan money which the master want use for good . the early student be all teach in a different style snake and centipede and scorpion and lizard and toad and while the last student be teach a little in each style . all of the student end up in one town look for the old man with all of the money and and soon everyone be battle to get the money . classic martial art film have title that even many non fan know . i have speak with a couple of casual fan and this seem to be the one film that stick in their head . it a very good movie and though i be not really sure why this film stay with people when for my money there be other film that be well from the shaw studio ( one arm swordmen or the brave archer series for example ) . this isn not to sell the film short and it not and since the film be structure like a mystery and our hero have no clue who anyone be and the venom themselves only know at best who two of the others be . be give the identity of four but we still have to work out who the fifth really be . the film be also odd in that for a martial art film and other than a training sequence at the start and the killing of the old man and his family for the money and there be really no action for about 40 or 45 minute . it a bold move to do it but it pay off since the plot and the performance hold your attention . ( the film be also odd in that it the first martial art film i think i have ever see where there be no woman . i do not think one have a speaking role and i be pretty sure that none appear in the background . it indicative of nothing and it just something that strike me . ) this be a good solid little film that may not live up to the reputation it have in some circle and but be still a really good film to curl up with on your couch . around positive . | 1pos
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this be one of my favourite kung fu film and be regard a one the most popular shaw brother from the late 70 . the plot be interesting and twisty and the character be cool each with their own style toad and snake and lizard etc . the action be limit in comparison with other chang cheh or venom film but what be there be interest with different kung fu style on display from the various character . i recommend this film to those who think all shaw brother especially chang cheh film be the same and most of his film usually focus on the 10 tiger and shaolin v manchu conflict . this film be breath of fresh air in comparison . | 1pos
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if you love kung fu film and you haven not see this movie and you be cheat yourself . this movie be one of the only kung fu cheapies that could be recommend for fan of all type of film . normally and it take a die hard fan of the genre to see anything in these film and but this one have it all . the story be well told and and complete . the fight scene be great and and tend to end before youre completely bore with them ( unlike crouch tiger ) . throw in a little mystery and torture and you have get yourself one heck of a movie . see this one at all cost . heck and my wife even enjoy it . wu du it . positive . | 1pos
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i really like this movie . i can watch it on a regular basis and not tire of it . i suppose that be one of my criterion for a great movie . the story be very interesting . it introduce u to 6 character while each have a unique kung fu style that be very secret and very deadly . each of these character be train by the same master but their identity be keep secret from each other . the die master send the 6th venom and his last student and to attempt to make right the wrong that he suspect some of his student have commit . how will the last pupil find the other venom . how will he know which of them be bad . the way these question be answer be part of what make this movie great . we also get to see the venom fight each other in every combination . it be fun to see how their style match up against each other . if you want to see if you like kung fu movie and this be a good movie to start with . it doesn not get any good than this . | 1pos
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i saw this kung fu movie when i be a kid and and i think it be so cool . now i be 26 year old and and my friend have it on dvd . we get a case of brew and and watch this classic . it lose none of it original kung fu coolness . if you be a fan of kung fu or karate movie and this be a must see . the dvd be available . i believe this movie be also call pick your poison . watch it soon . | 1pos
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this movie be really good . the plot and which work like puzzle force viewer to think and guess and what will happen next . such a trick bring a lot of surprise and make a viewer really look forward to solution of a riddle . fight scene be very good . there a lot of different combat style ( although one of style be a bit unreal for me and but it only my opinion ) to watch and it fascinate show . the only thing which may be irritate be actor look . a bit too effeminate ( at least for me ) . hong kong be always good at kung fu movie especially in the 70 and 80 and so five venom ( or other it version ) be great choice . | 1pos
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when i be very young and on a local tv station and they would show kung fu movie of all kind on saturday . i saw lot of kung fu movie on weekend . i remember lot of them . i saw great flick like cripple master and blind fist of bruce and kung fu zombie and shaolin drunken monk and rage of the master and tattoe dragon and and . five deadly venom . i remember the day clearly . me and my dad have just get lunch at burger king . we be race home to see what movie it would be this saturday . we run in the house and jump onto the couch and turn on the set and flick it onto 56. the usual intro of many kung fu movie clip in the background with the word kung fu saturday over it . then under that be the title of the film . it say five deadly venom . then the movie begin . i bit into my burger amuse with the pre credit sequence . i love this movie the minute it come on . my favorite character be the toad venom . the plot be hard to follow at that age but that wasn not what lure me . it be the fighting . the fight be so . amaze . i moan every time a commercial come on and soon the 2 hour of the best movie i have ever see end . | 1pos
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after read ton of good review about this movie i decide to take it for a spin ( i buy it on dvd and hence the spin pun . i be a dork ) . the beginning be everything i hop for and a perfect set up ( along with some quote that i have hear on various wu tang album ) to what should have be a good movie . but the plot i heard be so great and be so predictable . every time i saw a character ( except for the lizard ) i guess which venom he be . plus and the only cool character get kill off in the middle of the movie . ok and so the plot wasn not very good but at least there be some good kung fu right . wrong . the fight be very short and few and far between . grant the different style be all pretty cool but i wish the fight be longer . i keep hop to see the lizard run and do some crazy ish on the wall but it never happen . i be hop to see the centipede do some tight speedy ish but it never happen . i be hop to see the scorpion in the movie for more than 7 total minute but it never happen . in short and not much happens . the fighting be all pretty routine . don not be fool just becuase this movie have a plot and it do not mean it a good one . | 1pos
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i recall see this movie a a kid . i do not recall where i saw it . i must have be around 14 year old . i think the movie be incredible and wish to see it again . it come on the kung fu channel once and but i miss it . i be really bum . it be the best special effect kung fu movie that i have see to date . i highly recommend it and and now that i have discover where to get it and i can enjoy it once more and for year to come . i also have to check out this return of the venom movie of which some have speak so highly . | 1pos
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five deadly venom be not a bloody and violent a story of ricky or super ninja and but it feature some of the best hand to hand fight sequence in hong kong film history . director chang cheh creates what be consider by many to be his masterpiece . this movie launch the career of the five men who play the venom . meng lo play yet another bad as . he would go on to be in super ninja . kuo chui who be philip kwok would go on to story of ricky and hard boil . any chop socky fan can apperciate this . but i still think it ain not as good a super ninja ( also make by chang cheh ) . but all chop socky be good and this be one of the very best . | 1pos
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the five deadly venom be easily the most memorable k. f. flick from the shaw brother stable ( exc . maybe master killer ) . it have the artist who come to be know a simply the venom and some of the best fight choreography ever and and and surprisingly for a kung fu movie and a great plot . one of my all time favorite . | 1pos
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i have just manage to get hold of the celestial region 3 dvd of the five venom and what a super job they have make of it . a fantastic digitally remastered transfer and a must have for any kung fu fan . the story be pretty straight forward and and have be mention already so i would not go into it again . needless to say it the fight scene that many buy the movie for and and they do not disappoint . only problem be they be a bit few and far between and seem over rehearsed . bruce lee could take these lot on and drink a cup of tea at the same time . all kick and punch come with the all important type writer click and air whoosh and which be a cool effect though quite amuse . i give this movie a b plus . good but not great . in a way i feel it could have be that bit well . golden swallow and by the same director a decade earlier and have a good a story and good action . | 1pos
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the comic banter between william powell and jean arthur be the highlight of this murder mystery and which have one of the most bizarre and unlikely plot ever . powell be probably the most suave detective of the 30 and and arthur have a unique voice which often sound like a succession of tiny tinkly bell . they be extremely fun to watch and so take the brashness of the plot with a grain of salt and just enjoy see it unfold . eric blore also have some comic turn a powell butler . powell contract with mgm include a clause which allow him to reject be loan out to another studio and but he want to work again with arthur and he like the script and so he eagerly accept the assignment . they have work together in two 1929 paramount film and the canary murder case and the greene murder case and both in the philo vance series . | 1pos
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rko studio decide to borrow both william powell from mgm and jean arthur from columbia and for one of their more big budget effort to cash in on the popularity of the thin man . they succeed to some degree . a lot of folk forget that in addition to and early than nick charles and bill powell also play in a few philo vance film in the title role . so by this time he be pretty well set in the role . doctor bradford be not do a many liquid lunch a nick charles and but the basic blasé nick be still there . one difference be that while nick charles marry an heiress and doctor bradford work for a living a a physician . that help in his avocation of detective and in fact it do in this film . he get two murder to solve . a jockey fall off a horse come into the homestretch of a big race and dy for no apparent reason . the trainer suspect something afoot and but he bump off by the more conventional method of a bullet . this be after he come to bill powell for help . myrna loy be a more steadying influence on bill powell than jean arthur be . arthur play it a more of a dizzy dame than loy do . but it work here and she and powell have good chemistry . the ever dependable james gleason be the police inspector in the sam levene or nat pendleton role . all they need here be asta and possibly eric blore a powell butler be essay that part . if powell and arthur be sign at this studio we might have see a whole slew of bradford film . | 1pos
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i have see the thin man series powell and loy be definitely great and but there be something awfully sweet about powell and arthur chemistry in this flick . jean arthur shine when she look at powell . there be an unmistakable undercurrent buzzing between them . this film may not have the wit of the thin man series and but undeniably make up for it in charm . while i watch it and i think for sure powell be carry on an off screen affair with arthur . my friend think the same . this be one film where i wish i could step back in time ( to schmooze and lock lip with powell . ) there seem to be no end to his lovable playful smirk . powell character and lawrence bradford and be probably the close thing to the perfect man . okay and this be sound way too gushy and but i can not help myself . | 1pos
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william powell be a doctor deal with a murder and an ex wife in the ex mrs. bradford and also star jean arthur and eric blore and and james gleason . it seem that powell have chemistry go with just about any woman with whom he be team . though he and myrna loy be the perfect screen couple and the actor make a couple of other thin man type movie and one with ginger rogers and this one with arthur and both to very good effect . somehow one never get tire of see powell a a witty and debonair professional and the ex mrs. bradford be no exception . the ex mrs. b have mr. b serve with a subpoena for back alimony and then move back in to help him solve a mystery that she drag him into . and this isn not the first time she do that . it almost seem a though there be a bradford film before this one or that this be intend to be the first of a series of film mr. b complain that his mystery writer ex be constantly bring him into case . this time and a jockey rid the favorite horse in a raise mysteriously fall off the horse and dy right before the finish line . the solution of the case be kind of outlandish but it beside the point . the point be the banter between the couple and the interference of the ex mrs. b. jean arthur be quite glamorous in her role and very funny . however and with an actress who come off as brainy a arthur do and the humor seem intentional rather than featherbrained . i suspect the writer have something else in mind say and the wacky side of carole lombard . when arthur hear that the police have arrive and she say and ah and it probably about my alimony . i have be wait for the police to take a hand in it and it more of a rib to powell rather than a serious statement . it still work well and and it show how a good actress can make a part her own . definitely worth watch and a william powell and jean arthur always be . | 1pos
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the ex mrs. bradford ( 1936 ) and star thin man series star william powell ( this film be release the same year a the second thin man film and after the thin man and come very close to duplicate the fun and style of the thin man film and but it nonetheless miss . still and it be a wonderfully fun and highly entertaining murder mystery in the same comic vein . be myrna loy miss . of course and let not lie . however and i would be hard press to name a good substitute than jean arthur . and the chemistry between arthur and co star william powell be real and it fun and romantic and involve . the story and screenplay by anthonyu vieller and john wyne production company partner and james edward grant ( the angel and the bad man ) be close to be up there with a thin man effort and but lack a bit of the proper wit and sizzle . while it not in the stratosphere of the thin man movie ( what else be . ) and the ex mrs. bradford be one of the most entertaining of the dozen and dozen of mystery comedy who do it of the 30 and 40 . | 1pos
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enjoy this 1936 film with plenty of veteran classic actor and especially and william powell and ( dr. lawrence bradford ) and mister robert and who play the role a a doctor and detective . dr. bradford be once marry to jean arthur and ( paula bradford ) and shane and and get a divorce and still they manage to live with each other and also fight all the time . paula want her husband to investigate a homicide and do everything she could to convince him it be very important . jean arthur play a rather nutty type and there be plenty of 1936 comedy and the method of murder be something you will never believe and especially with a jockey on a california race track . robert armstrong and ( nick martel ) king kong give a great support role a a bookie along with james gleason and a detective who need the help of dr. bradford in order to solve this very strange murder mystery . if you see this film and just remember it be produce and direct in 1936 and the people in the audience in those day think this be great entertainment and it really be in those day . | 1pos
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a most recommendable masterpiece and not only for the underlying theme of the story but also for the unmatchably brilliant and ingenious picture work of angelopoulos and not to mention the acting of giant and mastroianni and moreau and and the remarkable character play by ilias logothethis . gregory karr performance may seem overshadow by his tough partner at first stance but in fact he perfectly play his character and which be reveal in his very last scene with the girl ( khrysikou ) and the man ( mastroianni ) and albeit hint beforehand . ( hence the spoiler . ) get your expectation straight . it an art movie in whatever meaning that phrase have to offer and require attention . not for spend free time and but for watch an artwork with the necessary concentration a in read a book or attend a concert . due to the overall photographic style and large screen viewing be recommend . dialogue be use sparingly . but the film include in addition to the standard greek and english speaking fragment speak in albanian and kurdish and turkish and which will be attractive for those who be charm by the beauty in hear various language . | 1pos
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a with all of angelopoulos film and the suspended step of the stork implicitly demand a close and intimate participation on the part of the viewer and a fact that have certainly contribute to the limited popularity of his work . dialogue be spar and with no monologue or exchange exteriorize the character inner conflict and doubt and or feeling . the filmmaker prefers to keep the viewer away from their own emotional response and and instead force them to explore and study the character identity for themselves . a a result and the acting be understated and implicit and a oppose to overt and explicit . the action scene be set between long interval of contemplation and where the viewer be ask to become a participant and to participate a an actor and by probe his or her own psyche . a in a novel and where the drama rest entirely on the author write to provide a template where the reader imagination and or or past experience flourish and angelopoulos drama rest within his image represent his us of the long shot and the long take and the leisurely pacing and the sparing dialogue that have become his trademark and invite the viewer to experience the film from his or her personal perspective . angelopoulos us silence to capture moment of high intensity and revert to the non verbal language of gesture and gaze and sound and and music and when he believe that word can only take u so far . the music and by angelopoulos long time collaborator and eleni karaindrou and provide more than just a discreet background and but become itself a dramatic element of the story . a large part of the film consist of exterior shot in subtle and subdue color and record in a drab winter light . angelopoulos present u with an other greece and one far different from the greece of the tourist brochure and with ethereal blue sky and emerald sea and drown in an eternal sunshine . here and the sky be cover and gray and the air be cold and misty and and the sand of the pristine beach have be replace by the trampled and dirty snow of the village street . angelopoulos genius through arvanitis camera be on display throughout the film . the suspended step of the stork be above all else a political statement aim at the socio political situation in the balkan at the end of the twentieth century . it be deeply concern with the meaning of border and and with those who be the victim of the confusion between nation . in the waiting room face the albanian border and the refugee and political or other and outcast by the rest of humanity and wait . they may be stick against a political border and but unfortunately they still carry with them and and hang on and deep ancestral border represent those of the language and of the custom and and of the race . although angelopoulos political view be well know and the film steer clear of any political discourse regard the cause of the refugee plight . in the process and angelopoulos force u to meditate on the concept of geographical and cultural and political and and personal border . angelopoulos considers himself a historian of twentieth century greece and and he like to bring lesson from the hellenic myth into his discussion . in this film and he do some border cross himself between the greek and italian culture and draw from a combine homeric and dantesque tradition of odysseus travel . alexander be a telemachus and in search of a story about an age greek politician or odysseus who disappear and never to be hear of again . this political man and a brilliant orator and unexpectedly and inexplicably leave the comfort of his bourgeois existence and his wife and and his brilliant career and to live anonymously in a refugee camp with the low of the low . he become a poet in exile wonder how to change the world . of course and the politician be not alexander father and but the politician stand before alexander like a father figure or odysseus . a with homer telemachus and alexander grows a a person during his odyssey . of course and it would be wrong to try and see in the film a retelling of homer odyssey in a contemporary context . angelopoulos draw on odysseus travel only a structuring and thematic element for his film . in angelopoulos end and odysseus be more like the dante odysseus represent he do not leave for ithaca but go on and carry a suitcase . and alexander or telemachus be suspend between return to his home and his career and or embark on a voyage to somewhere else . he state as much and in a voice over at the beginning of the film and paraphrase few line from dante inferno represent and do not forget that the time for a voyage have come again . the wind blow your eye far away . finally and although angelopoulos be not a religious person and there be a greek orthodox religious theme introduce during the film in the form of the yellow suit linesman and who go around better thing for their fellow human being by reconnecting communication and and also the christ like figure of the politician . in the final scene and these men in yellow demonstrate once more the byzantine iconography influence in angelopoulos work . they appear like stylite and religious figure find in the orthodox tradition and solitary and fervent men who take up their abode upon the top of pillar and in a form of asceticism . the film end without a resolution a to the true identity of the character play by mastroianni . angelopoulos do not give u any clue and and the wife statement and it not him and be far from convince and leave ambiguous enough . the important question of the film be not whether he be or be not the vanished politician and but that he could be the politician . but the film still end on an optimistic note . whereas the wire string from pole to pole run only along the river and and thus communication across the border be still not possible and and it remain impenetrable and we note that this final scene be take from a point of view across the river represent the camera have cross the border and and the reverse track shot be invite alexander and the viewer to follow beyond the boundary . on this account and angelopoulos give u hope that somehow and some of the border will eventually crumble . | 1pos
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i couldn not hold back the tear when i watch this beautiful documentary . it be heart breaking and disturbing and and inspire all in one . i recommend this documentary to anyone seek something that will make them think about what they be do with their own life . or simply and something that will make you think . you watch a john live through the last couple month of his life . you watch a he go through his day with a positive attitude . at one point you begin to see that he be truly an amazing individual . you begin to understand that he have something to teach all of u . his life and struggle will make you cry and laugh and and find that life a lot easy to live if you just take it one day at a time . | 1pos
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be flip around the tv and hbo be show a double whammy of unbelievably horrendous medical condition and so i turn to my twin sister and say and hey this look like fun and truly i love documentary so we start watch it . at first i think jonni kennedy be a young man and but then it be explain that due to his condition and he never go through puberty and thus the high voice and small body . he be on a crusade to raise money for his cause . he have the most wonderful sense of humor combine with a beautiful sense of spirituality . i cry and watch some more and laughed and get up to get another kleenex and then cry some more . once jonni kennedy time be up he fly to heaven to be with the angel . he be more than ready while he have learn his lesson from this life and he be free . i highly recommend this . if you do not fall in love with this guy and you have no heart . | 1pos
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i have a two year old son who suffer from the same condition a jonny kennedy . i never get the chance to meet him but i have never hear anybody say a bad word about him . i hope he know how much the making of this programme have help his fellow sufferer by raise awareness of this terrible condition . this man have touch people in a way that a million charity leaflet could not . i believe that this should be compulsory view in school . i also agree with other comment what have i get to moan about . he take everything that life could throw at him and still manage to retain a sense of humour . god bless . i couldn not watch the part that show his dressing be change . i have enough trouble with my son . | 1pos
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in september 2003 36 year old jonny kennedy die . he have a terrible genetic condition call dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ( eb ) which mean that his skin literally fell off at the slight touch and leave his body cover in agonise sore and lead to a final fight against skin cancer . in his last month jonny decide to work with filmmaker patrick collerton to document his life and death and and the result be a film and first broadcast in march and that be an uplifting and confounding and provocatively humorous story of a singular man . not shy away from the grim reality of eb and the film be also a celebration of a life live to the full . produce and direct by patrick collerton and first show in march 2004 the boy whose skin fell off have become the most talked about documentary of that year . it attract nearly five million viewer and after the screen the public donate over half a million pound to jonny charity and debra . a jonny kennedy memorial fund have be set up to raise another half a million with the aim of ensure that jonny kennedy leave a one million pound legacy . | 1pos
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the most moving and truly eye opening documentary ever create . i cry the whole way through and from start to end . watch the show you be immediately capture by a man struggle to live without pain and to live a life we would take for grant . the first time i heard the title and i be almost scar to see the program and it be hard for me to comprehend living in agony every day of every year of my life . i truly felt for him . the sad part of the documentary be when jonny pick out his coffin . could you imagine do that . even more so and even though he be in excruciate and unbearable pain he still open up his own charity . ( debra ) jonny be one of the only people that deserve true respect and admiration and he be the definition of a role model and what a true and undeniable hero he be . | 1pos
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this man be nothing short of amaze . you truly feel a if you have live his life with him throughout these tragic event and and cry along with his family in the end . he be so passionate about his cause and not just for himself and but to ensure others who will survive him do not have to go through this wretched pain . i watch this video every time i be have a bad or down day and and it always manage to make me see the great and bright side of life and just like jonny do and even with his unbearable pain . my only regret be not know about jonny sooner and a i visit england 2 time during his life and and would have be able to say i would meet him . it be comfort to know jonny be sit on his cloud and pain free . rest in peace and dear jonny . you deserve it . | 1pos
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i be greatly move when i watch the movie . how jonny could keep such hope and faith be amaze . so many people only care about what they want and and fuss about all the thing they do not have . and they be such small thing and like chothes and money a new car . i have see people in tear because of a blemish . this movie bring everything back to the basic . love and hope the beauty of the simple but so important thing in life . it make our everyday problem see for what they be small and really unimportant . you watch this boy and you realize as long a you have be bless with food and a roof over your head and your loved one around you . you be truly bless . and the say stop and smell the rose truly have a new meaning . and i know jonny will see this and i want to thank him so much for share such faith and strenght and and humor with me . thank you jonny i know you soar the heaven and bring much love and laughter to the heaven above . | 1pos
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this be probably the best documentary i have see in a very long time . jonny kennedy be and be still be a tragically beautiful inspiration . not only be he a survivor of one of the most painful disease out there and but he use his beauty to show the world that there be life after death and never to give up reach people and spread his love . watch minute of his life long struggle be heart wrenching . listen to his smart as remark and see his adorable gesture be heartwarming . and see him smile be indescribable . i feel bless to have be able to be touch by this tiny giant . please and if you ever have a chance to watch this film consider yourself lucky to have meet jonny kennedy . | 1pos
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this be a must see documentary for me when i miss the opportunity in 2004 and so i be definitely go to watch the repeat . i really sympathise with the main character of the film and because and this be true and i have a mild condition of the skin problem he have and dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa ( eb ) . this be a sad and sometimes amusing and very emotional documentary about a boy with a terrible skin disorder . jonny kennedy speaks like a kid ( because of waste vocal muscle ) and never go through puberty and but he be 36 year old . most sympathising moment be see his terrible condition and and peal off his bandage . jonny have quite a naughty sense of humour and he even narrate from beyond the grave when show his body in a coffin . he tell his story with the help of his mother and edna kennedy and his older brother and celebrity model and and jonny supporter and nell mcandrew . it win the baftas for best editing and best new director ( factual ) and and it be nominate for best sound ( factual ) and the flaherty documentary award . it be number 10 on the 100 great tv treat 2004. a must see documentary . | 1pos
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i laugh so hard during this movie my face hurt . ben affleck be hilarious and remind me of a pretty boy jack black in this role . gandolfini give his typical a performance . the entire cast be funny and the story pretty good and the comic moment awesome . i go into this movie not expect much so perhaps that be why i be so surprised to come out of the flick thoroughly pleased and facially exhaust . i would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoy comedy and can identify with loneliness during the holiday and or or put up with the relative . the best part to this film ( to me anyway ) be the subtle bit of humor that catch me completely off guard and have me laugh long after the rest of the audience have stop . namely and the scene involve the lighting of the christmas tree . go see it and have a good laugh . | 1pos
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this movie isn not as bad a i heard . it be enjoyable and funny and i love that be revolve around the holiday season . it totally have me in the mood to christmas shop and listen to holiday music . when this movie come out on dvd it will take the place of christmas vacation in my collection . it will be a movie to watch every year after thanksgiving to get me in the mood for the best time of the year . i hear that ben character be a bit crazy but i think it just add to the movie and why be so serious all the time . take it for what be it and a christmas comedy with a love twist . i enjoy it . no and it isn not titanic and it would not make your heart pound with anticipation but it will bring on a laugh or two . so go laugh and have a good timepositive . | 1pos
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what would you expect from a film title survive christmasand present a festive fun and something like ghandi or english patient . there be lot of thing i love about this film and it funny and it be very well cast and it be superbly write . i come to the film a a kaplan or elfort fan but be dubious when i read the plot and it sound ridiculous . but the film doesn not come across like that because affleck ( a drew latham ) play his part perfectly and one minute a child like adult and the next a mature man who realise he have gain everything in life apart from what he really want . in fact we see latham grow up in this film and when he encounter the problem of those he envy and realise that their life be not so good and he see that his own lot be not so bad . this film have few weak or dud scene than many other comedy i have see . comedy be so much hard than any other type of drama and it either work or it doesn not and very few comedy writer get it correct every time . i particularly love the drama scene and where the family take to read part write by latham . the pleasure be in the reaction of tom valco ( james gandolfini ) and the comment of brian valco ( josh zuckerman ) . it be the dilemma of the greedy tom valco who have to bite his tongue and wear silly hat or sing to the christmas tree in order to earn the prize money that keep the film move along well . the addition of daughter alicia ( christina applegate ) into the story bring a delightful romantic angle and and why not in a christmas film . of course it corny and contrive while he rich and handsome and she beautiful and single and and so inevitably her and afflect end up fall over together in the snow and find themselves face to face . great . one thing i would have like be more use of festive music to boost the atmosphere but i can not really complain . i get what i want . | 1pos
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at first i do not think that ben affleck could really pull off a funny christmas movie and and boy be i wrong and my daughter invite me to watch this with her and i be not disappoint at all . james gandolfini be funny and and i really liked christina appelagate and and catherine o hara be good too and the storyline be what really sell me and and i mean and and too put up with family and and at the table for people you only hardly see but once or twice a year and and and probably do not get along with anyway and and you really do need a much alcohol a youre system can stand to deal with christmas and and so i think that the premise be good there and buy the family with 250000 dollar and be a little on the far fetched side and and but it turn out to work pretty good for me and and cause it be a riot all the way through and it show the class struggle of the different family . it have lot of funny moment and include embarrass stuff on the computer for a teenage boy . all in all i love this movie and will watch it again next christmas or sooner if my daughter want too . | 1pos
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survive christmas be a surprisingly funny movie especially consider the bad publicity when it be first release . ben affleck be funny a an obnoxious millionaire who pay the family that occupy his childhood home to be his family for christmas . he then drive the family crazy with overindulgence for christmas cheer . i have not be a ben affleck fan in the past ( though i do like daredevil and paycheck ) but here he be well cast in this role . i also like christina applegate a the daughter in the family who can not stand affleck character at first . sure you can see where this movie be go but you do not care . ignore what the critic say and rent this movie out because it be funny than a lot of christmas movie . | 1pos
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i have some reservation about this movie and i figure it would be the usual bill of fare a formula movie about christmas . be in the middle of a heat wave in late june and we decide to give it a shot anyway and maybe we would see some snow . this movie turn out to be one laugh after another . ben affleck be believable in his character and but the real star of this one be james gandofini . he deliver his line with a real wit about him and make a great dad . if you want to have an enjoyable couple of hour and definitely check this one out . | 1pos
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it a good thing i rent the movie before see the viewer rating from this site . it be a wonderful movie that i will be add to my christmas selection . the cast be wonderfully choose and ben affleck play a good leading role . i would tell viewer who have not see the movie to go ahead and buy it . i rate it right up there with christmas vacation . the movie be very funny and well write and ben play the eccentric rich executive very well . the thing he say and do be just how i would imagine a person with too much money to act . the movie be much funny than the santa claus and christmas with the kranks . plus it have a good story line and teach the true meaning of christmas which be you can not buy love with money . | 1pos
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what not to like about this movie . every year you know that youre go to get one or two yule tide movie during christmas time and most of them be go to be terrible . this movie be definitely a fresh new idea that be pull off pretty well . a very funny take on a rich young guy pay a family to simulate a real christmas for him . what be the good of have money like that if you can not do fun thing with it . it be a win win situation . a regular family get six figure and a rich guy get to experience christmas like he imagine . only if . drew latham ( ben affleck ) be incredibly difficult to deal with and it be just a riot to see the family reluctantly comply with his absurd demand . it be a fun and funny movie . | 1pos
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you can survive survive christmas . i think the television version be a bit edited way down . i like ben afleck . he play draw johnson and a family less adult and who be willing to pay complete stranger . the valcos star james gandolfini and catherine ohara a the parent and christina applegate a lisa valco and the daughter . drew be lonely around the holiday because he doesn not have a family of his own so he rent out a family in the chicago suburb for a quarter million dollar . bill macy who i best remember for play maude husband arthur be hire to play duda and the grandfather . when the whole situation come crash down and the truth can be painful . the valcos household be crumble apart from the drew situation . draw rich girlfriend and her parent make a surprising visit . you can not buy what you wish for . the acting and writing be mediocre but the first rate cast pull it through to the final scene . | 1pos
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come on people . this movie be good than 4. i can see this happen . wealthy people have do crazy thing than this . and it be funny . i watch a comedy to be entertain and escape from the pressure of the world for a short while and and not to have to take anything too seriously . this movie fully suit that purpose . i judge a movie on it own merit and be not about to compare survive christmas to blaze saddle . i watch totally dysfunctional people grow into caring and likable individual who could easily live down the street from my home . it will remain on my list of favorite . must watch for the holiday season . if you just want to have a fun 90 minute and watch this one . | 1pos
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what with all the negative comment . after have see this film for the first time tonight and i can only say that this be a good holiday comedy that be sure to brighten up any lonely person day . when i saw that drew ( ben affleck ) might end up spend the holiday alone and i want to cry . you will have to see the movie if you want to know why . also and even though i like tom ( james gandolfini ) and alicia ( christina applegate ) after awhile and if you ask me and they be real snob . however and this film do make me smile and feel good inside . before i wrap this up and i would like to say that mike mitchell have score a pure holiday hit . now and in conclusion and i highly recommend this good holiday comedy that be sure to brighten up any lonely person day to any ben affleck or christina applegate fan who hasn not see it . | 1pos
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this be one of those little christmas movie for everyone . our scrooge be ben affleck and who decide money be not enough and so he rent the family who live where he think his family do . ok. this be a great little high school soap and pg 13 and but the small sex reference be comedy and so if your kid can not handle them and they can not live in the real world and either . now and affleck be a hunk and and as usual walk through this fun and omg and remember when we do . and ensemble piece a if he be at the end stage of some neuroinfectious disease . but that ok and because even this old oracle keep hop that if ben that well proportion all over and well and there hope for u ladies yet . luckily and the rest of the ensemble catharine ohara and james gandolfini and christina applegate and udo kier and josh zuckerman fill in and keep this shadow side ozzie and harriet christmas alternately hilarious and comfortable and warm . this movie be the kind you can jump up and get popcorn and and when you get back and everyone want to back it up to show you what you miss . this be a happy film and after all and and it leave you feel good about life and love and family and christmas and chanel . there really be something for everyone . | 1pos
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