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tetsuotheironboy:
Just had to endorse the guy who recommended the mighty boosh aswell as the person who reccommended peep show. They're the two best new british comedies since the golden era of spaced/black books
top peep show quotes...
Mark Corrigan: Yeah, so, er, Jeremy tells me you two watched a porno together. You know, I'd be into...
Toni: No, that was "The English Patient".
Jeremy Osborne: [masturbating while looking at a "Fantasy Figure Modeller" magazine]
[thinks]
Jeremy Osborne: I'm a dirty hobbit and she's a sexy elf so she might be... "Oh! You dirty hobbit. Take off my bodkin and my jerkin." "Oh, yeah... pixie ears. But that sword." What if she was a hobbit slayer? I'd just use my enchanted amulet. "Yeah. Yield to me, hobbit-slayer. You will touch my magic cock."
Mark Corrigan: [thinks] If he hangs himself over this I can stick an orange in his mouth and call it a fatal wanking accident.
Mark Corrigan: I've made a psycho call to the woman I love, kicked a dog to death, and I'm about to pepper spray an acquaintance... I mean, what's happened to me?
Super Hans: Tell you what, that crack is really more-ish.
Can't think of any better way to promote it than quoting some of the script.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: Moiche ---If on a winter's night a traveler, by Italo Calvino.
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<3 <3 <3
I love that book. It's incredibly beautiful.
And I'm not sure if anyone recommended it yet - if so, this is a second - but Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov is not only a compelling story, but basically Nabakov's love letter to the English language. If you like the syllables written on this forum, you'll love to see what Nabakov does with 'em.
EDIT.
--- Quote ---Movie: Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo
A brilliant story by the classic screenwriter/director. The way that Sanjuro behaves is brilliant, and just makes for a really good story. Also, there's some kickass fights.
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Is that the one where the one guy has a gun? And there's an old guy, and two warring gangs, and is Sanjuro the drifter caught in the middle?
redbeardjim:
I would recommend Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman because it is, quite possibly, the funniest book I have ever read. I was laughing out loud by the time I got to "APOCALYPTIC HORSEPERSONS" in the "Dramatis Personae" section at the beginning and rarely stopped after that.
Angels, demons, the Antichrist and his small lopeared Hellhound, Witchfinders, prophecies, DEATH, and the end of the world. And a small English village where everything is really kind of neat, and stays that way.
Funny stuff.
strawberrybumfluff:
Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas:
It is, without doubt, my favourite book of all time. For those of you who aren't familiar with Reinaldo Arenas (I can't say that I'm overly familiar with him either), he was a homosexual Cuban poet and writer during Castro's early reign. Being both homosexual and a "counter-revolutionary" poet, he wasn't exactly on Castro's Christmas list. Before Night Falls is his memoirs, written toward the end of his battle with AIDS. I can't really say much more without regurgitating the whole thing, but I promise you, there's something in it for everyone. If you haven't heard of Arenas, or know nothing about the situation in Cuba, don't let that put you off. I only bought the book because I didn't understand the film, but was intruiged by the subject matter, and I knew nothing about Cuba. If you've seen the film, and completely understood it, I will say this; though the film is great, it is not an accurate portrayal of how Arenas accounted his life in his memoirs, so I'd give it a bash if I were you.
If you've read it already, or if you are going to read it, feel free to PM me. I'm really interested as to what other people think of it. Because of the subject matter and content of it, I couldn't really have a serious conversation about it with any of my peers, so save me from repression!!
Yes... *cough*
Alegis:
a year or two ago I got introduced to a marvellous movie from Akira Kurosawa, and owe around ~10 dvds of his movies right now.
Shichinin no samurai (seven samurai)
Amazing, my favorite film. It may seem to be a slow movie as its +3h but not a second in the movie feels 'stretched' or boring. The characters and movement from some is funny but fits it. The story is that a vilage of farmers is about to become plundered by bandits, and they seek the help of samurai in the city to aid em in battle. The hungry samurai prepare the villagers for battle ...
Ikiru
Ikiru is about an old bureaucrat that at the end of his life rethins his job. He cares about the citizens and, while he is ill, oversees the development of a playground to replace a muddy lake. It's a touching story about what to do with your life, great acting.
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