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october1983:
I'd like to recommend the film Black Cat, White Cat to you all. Based around the lives of a struggling Romani smuggler and his son living on the banks of the Danube in eastern Serbia, it is perhaps one of the funniest films I've seen in recent years. It's the perfect blend of absurd comedy that blends a mixture of brilliant wit, ingenious visual punchlines and perfectly executed slapstick with a cast of compelling and convincing characters. I might watch it again now, actually.
SilentJ:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 30 Dec 2007, 20:13 ---Season 5 of the Wire is due to start any day now. It will be the last season of the Wire. All four previous seasons are readily available on D.V.D. I will not give you people another chance.
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You know what's awesome? I found out recently that The Wire is written by the same guy who wrote both The Corner and Homicide: Life on the Street.
You know what else is awesome? They all take place in a city (Baltimore) that's like fifteen minutes away from me. Every time I've ever watched Homicide I look at the places they go to (Pimlico, Lexington Market, etc.) and I'm like "holy jesusfuck I know these places!"
Sadly I have not seen The Wire yet, which is why a torrent of season 1 is currently downloading.
OH MAN OH MAN I just remembered. Quite possibly the awesomest of all: my uncle has a cameo in one episode! Since I haven't seen the show at all I don't know if you'll be able to find it from my description, but in one episode two detectives are trying to get into somebody's apartment, but the door manager to the apartment building is just like "I'm sorry, I don't really have the authority to let you in, it's not part of my jurisdiction..." or something.
The door manager's my uncle.
OrigNES:
Nightwatch and Daywatch - Russian fantasy action films
They are based on a series of fantasy novels by Sergei Lukyanenko, both the books and the films have the balance of light and dark, and what happens when one becomes a bit greater than the other. The stories definately build up the characters and draw you in. Only downside to the films are they don't contain as much as the novels.
Trillian:
--- Quote from: Misconception on 30 Nov 2007, 17:31 ---For those that want to read more Neil Gaiman, we had a user on the forums a couple months back that created a QC Forums Gmail account and filled it full of some great e-books, including a ton of stuff by Gaiman. Just go to www.gmail.com, enter the username as 'qcforums' and password as 'pintsize' to reveal the glory. Then put 'Neil Gaiman' into the search bar and enjoy!
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...that is so fantastic. By the way, I agree with everyone that recommended Neil Gaiman. I am in love with that man.
My recommendation is for:
--- Quote from: Inside Flap Description ---Japan's most highly regarded novelist now vaults into the first ranks of international fiction writers with this heroically imaginative novel, which is at once a detective story, an account of a disintegrating marriage, and an excavation of the buried secrets of World War II.
In a Tokyo suburb a young man named Toru Okada searches for his wife's missing cat. Soon he finds himself looking for his wife as well in a netherworld that lies beneath the placid surface of Tokyo. As these searches intersect, Okada encounters a bizarre group of allies and antagonists: a psychic prostitute; a malevolent yet mediagenic politician; a cheerfully morbid sixteen-year-old-girl; and an aging war veteran who has been permanently changed by the hideous things he witnessed during Japan's forgotten campaign in Manchuria.
Gripping, prophetic, suffused with comedy and menace, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle is a tour de force equal in scope to the masterpieces of Mishima and Pynchon.
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This book is quite post-modern in structure. The plot design seems disjointed and can be confusing at times, but I really think that is what makes Murakami a genius. He gives you all of the pieces of the puzzle in a mixed up order but eloquently ties them all together to paint a beautiful portrait. The book is rather long, but, at least in my opinion, it is well worth it.
thehollow:
I'm aware that I'm incredibly late in hopping on the bandwagon, butafter watching all the episodes as well as the movie today, I need to add my recommendation for Firefly/Serenity. I've never been a fan of Whedon's other stuff, I thought Buffy was pretty lame, but this show is really good.
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