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Post by julesd68 on May 18, 2024 13:24:40 GMT
A valiant effort Paul but I think "semi-classical" is a stretch! I've absolutely nothing against them, I just think it's misplaced and clogs up the booking system with sweaty little pop pickers who are more than catered for elsewhere. It was sold out within the hour and naturally the first concert to do so.
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Post by julesd68 on May 18, 2024 10:17:53 GMT
2 hours in the queue but tickets secured for four concerts.
Did you get anything Martin?
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Post by julesd68 on May 18, 2024 9:12:23 GMT
Frustrating much.
Huge queue on the Royal Albert Hall website due to punters trying to get tickets for Florence and the Machine.
This just does my head in.
It's meant to be a CLASSICAL MUSIC FESTIVAL!!
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Post by julesd68 on May 17, 2024 19:40:51 GMT
Maybe I could start a South Korean/Japanese cinema thread if there's any interest?
That's an excellent idea Tim, I would love it ...
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Post by julesd68 on May 17, 2024 15:14:23 GMT
Indeed Tim, I was glad that I saw the film without much in the way of background or expectation, save your recommendation. I think anyone with an enquiring mind who likes to get a glimpse into distant cultures will be very well rewarded by this film.
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Post by julesd68 on May 17, 2024 14:18:32 GMT
Thanks Steve!
I have ditched Audiobooks which I never use and have a £2 pm saving now.
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Post by julesd68 on May 17, 2024 10:12:34 GMT
Looking forward to a recital next week featuring the wonderful Egyptian soprano, Fatma Said.
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Post by julesd68 on May 17, 2024 10:08:27 GMT
"Burning" (2018) is a fascinating slow burn of a film set in South Korea, it really needs to be seen.
On the surface it's a "whodunnit" thriller that moves at a very sedate and considered pace but dig further down and it's an incredibly rich film that says a lot about modern society. What strikes me most is the way it shows the malaise of two opposite ends of South Korea - the seemingly indolent and intensely bored rich and a working class that works at a subsistence level. Male rage and a deeply rooted mysoginy both simmer throughout the film. The performances are just immaculate, you feel so drawn into these disparate lives. How is it that South Korea manages to produce such superior acting talent? I have no idea but I'll need to see this again for sure.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 19:18:00 GMT
I guess what I'm getting at is that I'm suspicious of music that needs a high end system to hook you, but of course a lot more detail can be revealed, heightening your enjoyment...
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 19:12:34 GMT
Thought of the day - great music should be great music on a MW radio or a high end system. I don't disagree, but great music reproduced really well simply escalates that enjoyment. Tell me I'm wrong. You're not wrong Martin!
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 18:21:06 GMT
Thought of the day - great music should be great music on a MW radio or a high end system.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 16:53:07 GMT
It's visual poetry Jules . . if you ever needed an example of film as art, Under the Skin is most definitely one. I'm a Glazer fan as you probably know. I always preferred David Soul back in the day ... Ok it's on the watchlist then ...
Have you seen Perfect Days? Might watch tonight...
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 16:37:04 GMT
So you liked it then Tim! I've only seen Sexy Beast and Zone of Interest ...
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 9:38:40 GMT
His first Sherlock Holmes was rather entertaining and stylish. Not Oscars material though ... I seem to remember Mark Kermode liked that one too - I think that's my problem with Guy's work, the 'stylish' bit. He has a very distinctive style which has got a bit old for me as he doesn't really do anything else.
Enys Men is a superb film Jules, was lucky enough to be at a screening of that with the man himself for a Q & A. Have you seen Bait?
After reading your post you might like La Chimera, which uses both 35 and 16mm Kodak stock and various aspect ratios - I loved it, really quirky with a vast array of eccentric, interesting characters. It's very Fellini ish in style and you have no real idea where the story's going, until you reach the destination. I liked it a lot and would see it again. I don't know either of those two films you mention so will investigate. Yes Guy Ritchie relies on a couple of camera techniques he first used in Lock Stock - ever since then they have become his "trademark". But I rather liked the atmosphere he created in Sherlock, it felt appropriate in a Victorian comic strip way ...
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 8:25:31 GMT
A delightful new tune from the estimable Charlotte Wessels.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 8:01:43 GMT
Unbelievable, Tim. Unbelievable. Thank you for watching it though. Johnny Quid is one of my favorite movie characters. Well you have to try these things, don't knock it till you try it as they say . . . but I think I'm done with Mr. Ritchie.
I still think he's made 2 good films though - I've seen 8 now but haven't really enjoyed anything after Lock Stock and Snatch. His first Sherlock Holmes was rather entertaining and stylish. Not Oscars material though ...
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 7:59:44 GMT
I think all you can do is to bring them up with an appreciation of good sound and the rest is down to them.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 7:57:35 GMT
You might want to look at using a reputable piano moving company who will have appropriate experience and insurance.
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Post by julesd68 on May 15, 2024 20:32:08 GMT
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Post by julesd68 on May 15, 2024 15:58:47 GMT
Enys Men is a remarkable 2022 film shot and directed by Mark Jenkin. It takes you inside the mind of a lone volunteer on a stone Cornish island whose daily observation of a rare flower coincides with disturbing visions of people from her own past and those of the island.
Beautifully shot and edited, this is a time capsule of a film which really got under my skin, I will attempt to explain why. It's shot on 16mm film and utilises all the nebulous qualities of the format including heavy grain at times and the negative is deliberately not entirely clean so you get all kinds of speckles and artefacts. The effect of this and the most studious use of production design contemporary to the 1970s was to plunge me back in time to my early and elusive childhood. I found this very moving and nostalgic, remembering my father, a privileged existence and sense of peace that I will never have again.
The daily experience of the woman on the island - starting her generator, making tea, talking on the radio, walking on the island, observing the flowers; all this is repeated multiple times so that it begins to take on a really hypnotic quality. This makes her repeated visions, from which she cannot escape, all the more powerful and haunting.
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