movies
Christian Science Monitor's movie guide is a great source of new releases and gives decent reviews.
We watched The Emporer's Club the other night. About a teacher (Kevin Kline) of ancient Greek and Roman history at a preppy boys' school in New England...and basically it's about how the teacher finds meaning and virtue in being a teacher. The characters and plot, though, don't have time to develop, so it ends up being kind of a washed out Dead Poets' Society kind of thing.
Another recently watched film that was really terrific, was a Japanese film Afterlife. About people when they die, they a week to choose their favorite memory from their life, a panel recreates that memory for them on film, and that is what they are left with for eternity. Very interesting.
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good call on the "emperor's club." i noticed that at blockbuster the other day and thought it looked like a "dead poets society" knockoff. and i think "afterlife" is one of my favorite asian films. glad that you enjoyed it.
did you catch "the gospel according to neo" over at csmonitor.com? http://search.csmonitor.com/2003/0509/p16s01-almo.html the article is skippable, but the glossary is pretty interesting.
Posted by: andy | May 26, 2003 9:48 AM
No...I didn't catch that article...thanks for lead.
You should catch Beijing Bicycle, too. Another great Asian film.
Posted by: Jeannette | May 26, 2003 5:15 PM