tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post4101872093460469793..comments2024-03-22T12:27:50.002-07:00Comments on Die, Danger, Die, Die, Kill!: A Trip to the Moon (Egypt, 1959)Toddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-89033597728744205712010-02-23T03:43:53.942-08:002010-02-23T03:43:53.942-08:00Hi,
We've browsed through your reviews and...Hi, <br /> <br />We've browsed through your reviews and thought that they are really original and interesting! We would like to invite you to publish your reviews on 7tavern.com, which provides an alternative platform for promising movie reviewers to showcase their talents. In addition, you'll find a growing community of bloggers who share the same passion for excellent movies! Based on the merit of your reviews, we intend to offer you exclusive publishing privileges on our website! <br /> <br />Please feel free to contact us to discuss our proposal. =) <br /> <br />Cheers, <br />7tavern Team <br />admin@7tavern.com7tavern adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00025908313069504627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-83707875411805459012009-12-31T08:51:08.294-08:002009-12-31T08:51:08.294-08:00Of course, I meant Hong Kong Movie Database. And, ...Of course, I meant Hong <i>Kong</i> Movie Database. And, also, that link doesn't appear to work, so just paste the url into your browser.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-73345498786766030892009-12-31T08:49:16.126-08:002009-12-31T08:49:16.126-08:00Update: Durian Dave over at Soft Film informs me t...Update: Durian Dave over at Soft Film informs me that that Chinese space travel movie is actually called <i>Riots in Outer Space</i>. He also thoughtfully provided me with a link to that film's entry on the Honk Kong Movie Database site:<br /><a rel="nofollow">http://hkmdb.com/db/movies/view.mhtml?id=2940&display_set=eng</a>Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-70649765004582316872009-12-29T13:49:01.263-08:002009-12-29T13:49:01.263-08:00Thanks, Cam. Wow, it's all there, isn't it...Thanks, Cam. Wow, it's all there, isn't it? Robots, flying saucers, moonwalks, sexy space ladies, etc. I have no idea what the English title might be, but, in keeping with my convictions, I'll throw out "A Trip to the Moon" as a wild guess.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-69023099800616366692009-12-29T12:02:18.284-08:002009-12-29T12:02:18.284-08:00To fix above link, add .html to the end of the num...To fix above link, add .html to the end of the numbers.Cam Eleonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-46681051710699122542009-12-29T11:58:08.569-08:002009-12-29T11:58:08.569-08:00Very nice review. Looks like it could be worth a t...Very nice review. Looks like it could be worth a track down. <br /><br />You're probably right about most countries having a variant on this theme. Susie Arabia's blog has a 'review' of a 1959 Chinese take on the subject, though an English translation of the title has yet to surface. Ever hear of this one?:<br /><br />http://blog.livedoor.jp/susie_arabia/archives/51254852.htmlCam Eleonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-78118367113997018252009-12-23T03:10:41.379-08:002009-12-23T03:10:41.379-08:00Kinda sad to see a cinema that gave the world some...Kinda sad to see a cinema that gave the world someone as awesome as Omar Sharif being nearly destroyed by its own government.sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-6100243378051514672009-12-22T14:59:56.839-08:002009-12-22T14:59:56.839-08:00Sunil: Kung Fu films and dirty European movies are...Sunil: Kung Fu films and dirty European movies are a classic entry point into world cinema. Hey, it worked for me!<br /><br />And, yeah, that play does sound awesome. I think that James Cameron's next movie should feature flying effects that involve people standing on desk chairs out of frame like the styrofoam-winged girl in <i>Shaitani Dracula</i>. That would very satisfyingly bring things full circle, I think.<br /><br />Beth: Yes! Introducing American schoolchildren to the hard drinking comedy of Ismail Yasin is a branch of Egyptology that I could really get behind.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-52724749780407945152009-12-22T12:45:32.647-08:002009-12-22T12:45:32.647-08:00Thank you for the giant picture of Otto at the end...Thank you for the giant picture of Otto at the end. I wanted one as soon as I saw the first one.<br /><br />I spent most of this morning reading about ancient Egyptian cultural topics, and this is an awesome chaser. Let's see if I can find a way to work it into my children's activities in our Egypt gallery....Beth Loves Bollywoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540154833326987567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-73374610591572990612009-12-22T11:09:33.309-08:002009-12-22T11:09:33.309-08:00And I especially made the comment because I mental...And I especially made the comment because I mentally nodded in appreciation of the insight you gave me when you said, the special effects were never meant to be taken seriously. I have personally seen the fag end of a night long traditional play where they enacted Ravana flying thru' the air by having him stand on a bench. How awesome is that?sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-3553663558990490942009-12-22T10:50:58.255-08:002009-12-22T10:50:58.255-08:00Don't get me wrong, I just needed a handle to ...Don't get me wrong, I just needed a handle to frame a comment on. OF COURSE I want to float down the Nile and see some exotic Egyptian Snake charmers and belly dancers for a change. <br />I love the fact that you are so curious about the cultural offerings of different lands.<br />But for me and most south asians that curiosity is limited to the "blue" films from Europe and martial arts movies from hong kong. :)sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-85015540383035849642009-12-22T10:00:57.600-08:002009-12-22T10:00:57.600-08:00Sunil: Thanks for your insight. I want to say that...Sunil: Thanks for your insight. I want to say that there's no special reason why one should make a qualitative comparison between Indian and Egyptian films, but, looking back over this review, it would be hard for me to argue that I wasn't doing exactly that with my reference to this film's length. That's more reflective of my personal viewing habits than anything else -- of the fact that it comes as a nice and infrequent break when I don't have to set aside 2+ to 3 hours out of my day to watch a film (and India's not the only filmmaking country that lays those kind of a claims on my personal time; The Thai and Filipino peoples, for instance, are equally capable of reeling out a pretty exhausting cinematic narrative). <br /><br />But it's also reflective of the surprising extent to which watching <i>A Trip to the Moon</i> was as profoundly unchallenging as watching one of the 1950s B sci-fi movies I grew up watching on American TV. Experience has lead me to approach pop films from non-Western countries with the expectation that I will have to do at least a little recalibrating of my ingrained, Hollywood fed expectations of what a piece of filmed entertainment should be. When that turns out to be as much not the case as it was here, it's like a lazy and unexpected little vacation for my brain. Bollywood's still my girlfriend, though. <i>A Trip to the Moon</i> was just a one night fling!<br /><br />Prof; I got the DVD from Fine Art FIlm in the UK (http://fineartfilm.com/), but I see it's also available from some secondary sellers on Amazon.<br /><br />Samuel: Hear hear! And I should probably also mention that the drink of choice aboard this particular spaceship appeared to be Cognac.Toddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15890338576052689861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-47989577821385243852009-12-22T09:09:35.773-08:002009-12-22T09:09:35.773-08:00This is a wonderful discovery for exactly the reas...This is a wonderful discovery for exactly the reasons you mention, apart from the film's actual quality. It's a relic of a more civilized time when a booze cabinet was considered a necessity for space travel, and perhaps a more innocent time around the world as well.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-70563491176827732232009-12-21T23:17:58.082-08:002009-12-21T23:17:58.082-08:00A crisp 90 minutes? I maybe wrong but I think the ...A crisp 90 minutes? I maybe wrong but I think the reason, *our* movies are so long is simply because our traditional plays were meant to be played the *whole night*. The model was very simple - villagers comes to town to transact bazaar business (esp at harvest times), and instead of going back home by nightfall, or getting him to sleep the night in a strange bed(where in all possibility he will get robbed of his new money), tempt him to while the night hours with a nightlong play. When films first started, you don't want such a customer to feel completely cheated. :)sunilnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7118098779778491600.post-61603079709782843712009-12-21T22:49:57.336-08:002009-12-21T22:49:57.336-08:00so, i can get this from Amazon?...
the Egyptian A...so, i can get this from Amazon?...<br /><br />the Egyptian A&C meet Frankenstein you mention is available from Sinister Cinema, by the way. haven't seen it myself, but the clip on Youtube(if it's still there)looks pretty awesome.Prof. Grewbeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16132543249418576650noreply@blogger.com