Anny, Arni,
could I ask why you both disliked Dancer in the Dark? when i first saw it i
felt paralysed with fear & wonder. perhaps the best film i've ever seen.
incidentally i see Bjork as a BRILLIANT singing talent. i still recall the
night i first heard her album 'homogenic' (i think that's what it was
called). just sat there thinking, this is SO much better than anything going
around at the moment.
cheers
will
-----Original Message-----
From: Árni Ibsen <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Saturday, 15 November 2003 9:30
Subject: Re: Noi Albinoi (Noi the Albino)
>Dear Anny,
>
>
>on 11/14/03 9:56 PM, Anny Ballardini at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
>> Ah Arni, that Dancer in the Dark was a Blackout
>
>Indeed! For me too, and I did see it (twice to be sure).
>
>> I cannot remember Breaking Waves
>
>Who can remember it? It's only the film that made his NAME internationally.
>A few years back I was drinking one of his producer's exclusive cum
>expensive whisky in a hotel-room in Oslo, Norway, and he just kept shaking
>his head in disbelief at the amount of money they had managed to raise for
>'that film' (his words), Breaking Waves. He told us how they had been on a
>roll and by smooth talking simply raided one bank after another. So much
for
>ART!
>
>> I was surprised by the twist in this last one
>
>There was a twist?
>
>> We have here at the Museion - Eija-Liisa Ahtila, from Helsinki.
>
>Never heard of her/him. Sounds interesting. Care to elaborate?
>
>> I am not really pro Ahtila's work.
>> I wrote a long review for my newspaper and pointed out the
>> sour notes. We will see if they publish it. The instalment is superb
though,
>> three big screens and five different rooms
>
>> a remake of Ibsen's Dora is worth being shown
>
>Nora?
>
>> what is there _new_?
>
>Nothing's ever been new under the sun, Anny. It all relies on our attention
>to things.
>
>> If you go with rivers, not roads, the trip
>> takes longer and you weave and see a lot more.
>
>I, too, like Richard Hugo enormously! A formidable poet with a world of his
>very own.
>
>Best
>
>Árni
>
>
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