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Re: "One Week" - the film ...
^ that sounds great.
i really enjoyed one week. |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
I watched a Canadian film last night (!). The opening credits were rolling as I came in the house and I saw that it starred Arsinée Khanjian (and don't they all?) The film was called Sabah and it is, perhaps, the quintessential Toronto film. A family of Syrian-Canadians is living in comfortable disharmony when an unhypenated person enters their lives. Chaos ensues to a backdrop of streetcars, the CNN Tower and the flatiron building. The incongruity of there being a cradle Canadian, from Sudbury already, living in Toronto is milked heavily for what little humour the film contains. The plot id leaden, the outcome predictable, a crueler person might say that in itself reflects Toronto, but I'm feeling generous; ignore the cardboard cutout characters and their simple interactions, in the details the film well captures life in the city.
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Re: "One Week" - the film ...
I just the DVD second hand from blockbuster - OK I'm a cheap bastard! - and it was worth the money.
Damned with faint praise::rofl: Actually it was pretty good - not a "blockbuster" styule movie. More quiet and unassuming, but well paced, fairly humourous and gave a good pictorial view of Canada. I liked the guys riding across Canada on the Canadian Tire special bikes - stopping in at every town to replace them with new ones LOL. But there's got to be more than being Canadian than understanding "rrrrroll-up-the-rim-to-win!" |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by triumphguy
(Post 7812508)
I liked the guys riding across Canada on the Canadian Tire special bikes - stopping in at every town to replace them with new ones LOL. They were great, weren't they? But there's got to be more than being Canadian than understanding "rrrrroll-up-the-rim-to-win!" Like what ? :confused: :lol: |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 7812305)
I watched a Canadian film last night (!). The opening credits were rolling as I came in the house and I saw that it starred Arsinée Khanjian (and don't they all?) The film was called Sabah and it is, perhaps, the quintessential Toronto film. A family of Syrian-Canadians is living in comfortable disharmony when an unhypenated person enters their lives. Chaos ensues to a backdrop of streetcars, the CNN Tower and the flatiron building. The incongruity of there being a cradle Canadian, from Sudbury already, living in Toronto is milked heavily for what little humour the film contains. The plot id leaden, the outcome predictable, a crueler person might say that in itself reflects Toronto, but I'm feeling generous; ignore the cardboard cutout characters and their simple interactions, in the details the film well captures life in the city.
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Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 7812653)
That sounds a bit too "worthy" for me ...
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Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Went to a test screening last year at Atom Egoyan's bar on Queen West in Toronto. Afterwards had a few pints of Guinness with the director.
I enjoyed it, although i'm not certain how close to the one I saw the commercial release would be. Unashamedly Canadian. |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by dbd33
(Post 7812695)
Blimey, you're the one who's suggesting a slow moving low budget film with ethnic characters and humour requiring specific local cultural knowledge.
Your director sounds more serious and ambitious than mine ;) |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by ann m
(Post 7812707)
True :D
Your director sounds more serious and ambitious than mine ;) |
Re: "One Week" - the film ...
Originally Posted by Hobbess
(Post 7798722)
I'll add 2 more Canadian movies worth a watch:
Fubar...now there is classic movie about un-hypenated Canajuns. |
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