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Turtles can fly [message #6896]

Wed, 24 May 2006 09:29

Eldragon
Messages: 93
Registered: May 2009

Viscount

This movie is about orphaned kurdistan refugies, in the refugie camps on the border with Iraq and Turkey. The events take place just days before an American invasion. The charismatic, steet-wise teenager is taking care of orphans by organizing them to collect land mines that will earn them money.
This film is almost perfect, and equaly heartbreaking and devastating that will stay with you for long time.

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Re: Turtles can fly [message #6897 is a reply to message #6896]

Wed, 24 May 2006 10:20

Manualblock
Messages: 4973
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (13th Degree)

I saw that movie and I thought it was a wonderfull film. The young girl was a particularly good actress. She communicated so well that much of the time you did not even need to read the sub-titles. The boy who did most of the organising was the perfect stock character of a hustler with a heart. I can't say enough about the importance of people trying and making the attempt to see this movie. It explains so many things on so many levels about a world we in America are completely oblivious of.
Good choice.

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Nobody knows [message #6898 is a reply to message #6896]

Wed, 24 May 2006 15:14

Eldragon
Messages: 93
Registered: May 2009

Viscount

is another, japanese heartwrenching movie about abandoned kids and twelve year old boy with whole world on his shoulders with the resposibility to take care of them.

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Re: Turtles can fly [message #6899 is a reply to message #6897]

Wed, 24 May 2006 15:40

Wayne Parham
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Registered: January 2001

Illuminati (33rd Degree)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll have to check that out!

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Grave of the Fireflies [Re: Turtles can fly] [message #6900 is a reply to message #6896]

Thu, 25 May 2006 09:37

lon
Messages: 760
Registered: May 2009

Illuminati (2nd Degree)

This Japanese anime is a classic: unforgettable in its
poignancy and execution. The film takes place after the
great destruction of the atomic bomb. It is about
the survival of a young boy and his toddler sister.

The dvd version contains an interview with the director
who survived that time.

To dismiss Grave of the Fireflies as a cartoon would miss
the point. Much of the work in animation by the Japanese
has to do with the restrictions placed on live action
drama by the American Marshall Plan during reconstruction
of the country.

I'm going to see if I can find out more about Turtles Can Fly
as well.

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