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Welcome to the Lemmingworks » Cinema is a new page I’ve set up on my blog.
I’ve been thinking about putting together a film series on the topic of children around the world, and present this at Ryerson for ECE students, and others who might be interested. SO I’m making up a list of films here, with annotations and links as I find them. Thoughts and comments appreciated.
1 - Alice in den Städten (Alice in the Cities) - Wenders, Dir.- German (1974)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0069687/
2 - Rabbit Proof Fence - Noyce, Dir. Australia (Aboriginal / English) (2002) http://imdb.com/title/tt0252444/
3 - La Cité des enfants perdus/City of Lost Children - Jeunet, Dir. - France (1995)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0112682/
4 - Io speriamo che me la cavo / Ciao, Professore! - Vertmuller, Dir. - Italian (1992)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107225/
5 - The Secret Garden - Holland, Dir. - US/UK (1993)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0108071/
6 - Luna Papa - Khudojnazarov, Dir. - [Russian language] Germany / Japan / Tajikistan / Uzbekistan / Austria / Switzerland / France / Russia (1999)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0170259/
7 - Kikujirô no natsu (Kikujiro), Takeshi, Dir. - Japanese (1999)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0199683/
8 - Zamani barayé masti asbha (Time for Drunken Horses) - Ghobadi, Dir. - Iran (Persian/Kurdish) (2000)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0259072/
9 - Istgah-Matrouk (The Deserted Station) - Raisian, Dir. - Iran (2002) -
http://imdb.com/title/tt0333645/
10 - The Incredibles - Bird, Dir. - USA (2004) http://imdb.com/title/tt0317705/
11 - The River - Renoir, Dir. - (English) France/India (1951) http://imdb.com/title/tt0043972/
12 - Natsu no niwa (The Friends) - Shinji Sômai, Dir. - Japan (1994) http://imdb.com/title/tt0110630/
13 - IP5: L’île aux pachydermes (IP5: The Island of Pachyderms) - Beineix, Dir. - French (1995) http://imdb.com/title/tt0104473/
14 - The Wooden Camera - Ntshaveni Wa Luruli, Dir. - France / UK / South Africa (English) (2003) http://imdb.com/title/tt0402590/
15 - Hideous Kinky - MacKinnon, Dir. - UK / France / Morocco (English / French / Arabic )(1998) http://imdb.com/title/tt0136244/
16 - Paddle to the Sea - Bill Mason, Dir. - Canada http://imdb.com/title/tt0060810/
17 - The Great Toy Robbery - Hale Dir. - Canada (1963) http://imdb.com/title/tt0223400/
18 - The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T. (Dr. Seuss) - Rowland, Dir. - US (1953) http://imdb.com/title/tt0045464/
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Date: 2006-07-26 02:05 pm (UTC)Salaam Bombay
http://imdb.com/title/tt0096028/
Born into Brothels
http://imdb.com/title/tt0388789/
My life as a Dog
http://imdb.com/title/tt0089606/
and there was about a little Afghan boy who gets smuggled to the UK with his cousin, but I can't remember the title & searches couldn't find it ... dang dang dang.... fairly recent too.
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Date: 2006-07-26 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-26 02:44 pm (UTC)In This World.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310154/
It's actually based on a real life 12 year old Afghan's story.
Now I am trying to remember the title of this wonderful fictional movie with great cinematography which I think was Italian. Dang. I had all this in Flailing in the Surf. Damned Hackers.
Oh and did you get that one where the boy dreamed of running the movie theatre in his town? That one is Italian. From the 1980s Dang... I'll get back to you. I suck at titles.
Another recent movie is The Cider House Rules (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124315/), but honestly the book was much much much better than the movie. Still though, it won all sorts of aclaim, so I thought I'd mention it.
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Date: 2006-07-26 03:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 12:22 am (UTC)It's just not worth the sweat atm since I don't have time to take on a sixth blog. Let alone to really work on that topic. but if that situation should change in the next 6 months, and it might, i'll definitely let you know.
xo J.
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Date: 2006-07-27 01:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 02:46 am (UTC)Cinema Paradiso (1989)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0095765/
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Date: 2006-07-26 02:53 pm (UTC)The Gravel Road
http://www.reelasian.com/festival/index.html (scroll down it showed on Fri Nov 25th click on the title and read the details there. they give more than the imdb... holy cow what an excellent film.)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0445283/
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Date: 2006-07-26 03:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-07-27 12:19 am (UTC)In the meantime
Baran
http://imdb.com/title/tt0233841/
It's about an Afghan refugee girl who dresses up like a boy so she can work on a construction site in Iran. one of the best films I've seen during the PhD.
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Date: 2006-07-27 01:17 am (UTC)Some Big Budget Hollywood Movies & one classic!
Date: 2006-07-27 03:00 am (UTC)Monsters Inc.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0198781/
(I admit it, I adore this movie)
The Empire of the Sun
http://imdb.com/title/tt0092965/
The Last Emperor
http://imdb.com/title/tt0093389/
The Mosquito Coast
http://imdb.com/title/tt0091557/
Good-bye Mr. Chips
http://imdb.com/title/tt0031385/
Seven Years in Tibet
http://imdb.com/title/tt0120102/
(hey, who doesn't want to see a movie about the Dalai Lama's ECE??!!, but the book was better)
Finding Neverland
http://imdb.com/title/tt0308644/
(I just had to get a Depp film in there!)
Yeah, so you can see how enthusiastic I am about your little project here.
Re: Some Big Budget Hollywood Movies & one classic!
Date: 2006-07-27 03:16 am (UTC)The Empire of the Sun might be good. I never saw it, but I'm a JG ballard fan.
Keep 'em coming...
Re: Some Big Budget Hollywood Movies & one classic!
Date: 2006-07-27 02:56 pm (UTC)Monsters Inc. Definitely fits in with your criteria, have you seen it? It's about the monsters in your closet.
I'll keep 'em comin' as I think of them, but today I'm on other things.
sorry to fill your inbox like this...
Date: 2006-07-27 03:14 am (UTC)http://imdb.com/title/tt0275491/
I'm not sure whether the 2 main characters' childhood memories sections the film would fit into your "ECE" theme, but Almodovar is one of my favourite directors and I had to squeeze him in. Plus, this is about very topical issue in the Catholic parts of the world -- sexual abuse of children (esp boys) by priests.
I'm trying to think of a good Chinese film on this theme because I feel certain that i've seen one, but can't bring it to mind atm. Stay tuned.
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Date: 2006-10-13 12:16 am (UTC)I found this entry in your journal via a Google search on "Natsu no Niwa," which I've been trying desperately to track down and purchase in subtitled DVD format.
Background: I'm a public librarian who runs an anime/manga discussion group for pre-teens and teens. I've been wanting to branch out into Japanese live-action films that are suitable for kids.
Do you, by any chance, have access to a copy of Natsu no Niwa somewhere in the depths of Ryerson (University?) or elsewhere? If so, do you know where it was acquired?
Now that I've flailed at you with my anxious query, I wanted to proffer some belated film suggestions of my own:
My Beautiful Girl Mari (Mari iyagi) (Korea, 2002) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0302758/
::points to icon::
Beautiful, wistful, fantastical child-perspective.
Au revoir, les enfants (France, 1987)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092593/
The memory of this story of WWII-era France still packs a punch for me, though I haven't seen it since the eighties.
When Beckham met Owen (Dong Pek Ham yu sheung O Wan) (Hong Kong, 2004)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461938/
Coming-of-age/coming-out story focused on soccer-mad best friends David and Michael, and a girl in their class, Winnie.
Billy Elliot
http://imdb.com/title/tt0249462/
During the 1984 miners' strike in Northern England, young Billy finds himself irresistibly drawn to the ballet classes held in the same gym as his boxing lessons.
The Devil's Backbone (El espinazo del diablo) (Spain, 2001)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0256009/
Grim but striking ghost story set at the end of the Spanish Civil War with young boys as some of the central characters.
Whale Rider (New Zealand, 2002)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0298228
Young Maori girl Pai has the guts and the knowledge to become the next chief of her village--but will her stern grandfather accept her?
Holes (USA, 2003)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0311289/
Based on a Newbery-winning children's novel; Born of unlucky stock and sentenced to hard labor in the desert, Stanley Yelnats comes across strands of his family's past and transforms his destiny.
Stand by Me (USA, 1986)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0092005/
(Most likely needs no introduction)
The Secret of Roan Inish (Ireland, 1994)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0111112/
Dispatched to live with her parents in Donegal, ten-year-old Fiona uncovers family mysteries that are nothing short of myth.
Not One Less (Yi ge dou bu neng shao) (China, 1999)
http://imdb.com/title/tt0209189/
13-year-old Minzhi, roped in as substitute teacher for the school in her village, is determined not to lose one of her ragged group of barely-younger-than-her students and pursues the class troublemaker to the city.
Several anime series/feature films might also fit the bill: Hikaru no Go, Whistle!, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro.
Just a few ideas.... There's so much good stuff out there!
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Date: 2006-10-13 12:26 pm (UTC)I'll ask my partner, who is a children's librarian with the Osborne Collection about "Natsu no Niwa". I know she wants a copy, but has been to lazy to search the japanese language sites to see if it is available. I saw "Natsu no Niwa" in the theatre in Japan when we were dating, thought it was all in Japanese, and I understood few of the words.
Have you seen Kikujio? (http://tinyurl.com/ylshm7) I'm not sure who's perspective it is, because in the end the child is the merely the child, the rest are the children.