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Quote: Griff @ May 15 2011, 1:30 AM BSTJust been to see Terence Rattigan's Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Sienna Miller and Sheridan Smith. Apart from a slightly dodgy ending it was bloody brilliant and a reminder of how theatre can move and engage you in a way that sitcoms about knob gags somehow can't.
Also, sitcoms about knob gags don't come with tiny binoculars and little tubs of ice cream. And with a sitcom about knob gags you can't "go round" the back of the TV afterwards and try to sleep with one of the more dysfunctional actresses.
Oh the theatre! I'm not in one right now but - by God - you can smell it!
Quote: Griff @ May 15 2011, 1:44 AM BSTTubs of ice cream though, who doesn't love those? Especially at £25.00 each or whatever they cost.
Though if you can spare the cash - around £10,000 per person - to sit in a box, I'd heartily recommend it. For sometimes they offer you as many complimentary out-of-date Cornettos and tiny cans of bitter lemon as you can physically manage to stuff down your face during the performance. 
(Patrons are reminded to please refrain from eating/drinking during the performance. 
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Quote: Griff @ May 15 2011, 1:30 AM BSTOh and Todd Solondz films are great. Welcome To The Dollhouse is compellingly painful like few films I have ever seen.
It's almost relentless, isn't it? As I said above, a wonderful performance from the actress playing Dawn.
I read somewhere that Todd Solondz's working title was Faggots And Retards - he was over-ruled by Harvey Weinstein. Although it somehow seems an appropriate title for this film, this is one of those occasions when the producer was probably right. The title as is captures the movie perfectly.
Quote: Griff @ May 15 2011, 1:30 AM BSTJust been to see Terence Rattigan's Flare Path at the Theatre Royal Haymarket with Sienna Miller and Sheridan Smith.
And how did Sheridan's tits cope with the demands of the large Haymarket stage? They must have found it rather daunting after the confines of a small television studio. I hope their performance was not dwarfed into timidity by their surroundings.
Funny Games. If you are of a nervous disposition, (as I am) don't watch it at night, alone. 
Quote: Griff @ May 15 2011, 10:29 AM BSTActually she was excellent, there was not a trace of BBC3 in her entire performance.
Cool. I hear she can be a fantastic actress when she's not constantly required to talk about her tits and fanny (as memory serves, there's relatively few minge gags in Rattigan).
Quote: JuliaR @ May 15 2011, 3:53 AM BSTFunny Games. If you are of a nervous disposition, (as I am) don't watch it at night, alone.
Which version? The Austrian original or the American remake?
Quote: chipolata @ May 15 2011, 10:45 AM BSTWhich version? The Austrian original or the American remake?
Isn't that the one where the director did a "shot for shot" re-make for the US version?
Quote: Tim Walker @ May 15 2011, 10:54 AM BSTIsn't that the one where the director did a "shot for shot" re-make for the US version?
I think so, yes. I believe Michael Hanneke thought the message was "so important" in the original that it needed to reach a wider audience. Pompous twerp.
Il Divo. Great film about Giulio Andreotti, the controversial Italian Prime Minister who may or may not have been in cahoots with the Mafia. Like an episode of Yes Minister directed by Martin Scorcese.
Just finished watching all twenty hours of the original version of 'The Killing'. Really gripping, slow burn stuff that keeps you guessing right up until the end. Brilliant cop drama!
Quote: chipolata @ May 15 2011, 10:45 AM BSTWhich version? The Austrian original or the American remake?
American remake.
Quote: Paddsy @ May 15 2011, 10:35 PM BSThttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQOk9zN2uE0&feature=channel_video_title
Give it a look
Quote: JuliaR @ May 15 2011, 10:02 PM BSTAmerican remake.
I've yet to see that, but I really liked the original.
Quote: chipolata @ May 15 2011, 11:05 AM BSTI think so, yes. I believe Michael Hanneke thought the message was "so important" in the original that it needed to reach a wider audience. Pompous twerp.
Yeah... and doing it shot-for-shot must have made the re-make less hassle to storyboard as well? Lazy pompous twerp.