Beirut Int'l Film Festival-Screening Schedule

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Marv

He is the greatest character in Sin City,
- He is this very strong person, whom cant be defeated or killed easily
- He is a loner, he does not belong to a gang or a community, it’s just him all alone.
- He is a killer looking for the fat big kill such as all the characters in the city, but he deals with it in a concise way, he knows its wrong but the options are lacking.
- He has respect for his revenge, he knows if it is vengeance then it should be real vengeance, he will do it his way no matter how ugly it is. You might consider he is a monster for the way he dealt with his vengeance, I do not think so even when he cut the guys hands & legs (not that I would do it or agree on it).You see there is no point of killing someone for revenge. Killing means this person is gone & will not be with us again, but there is no moral in that. Vengeance is about making someone understand what he/she committed towards you; I guess Marv did a great job in that.
- His emotions is the interesting part of him, he is willing to love like no other person, he met Goldy for one night & Goldy gave him one single thing, she looked behind his face. That is something we all need, not that we are monsters but that people see what is behind our madness, behind our looks, behind what we show because what we show might not always be our essence but it might be what we are used to do to protect ourselves from our fears. Goldy did that to Marv for one night & he was willing to give up all his life for this one thing, her love or the real him. We have people loving us everyday & we wont give that to them.

Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend

I watched this maybe 8 or 10 years ago
I couldn’t remember its name so i did a big search over the internet using all keywords available in order to find it
i always thought it was a manga but it seems its not, or it is because it has the manga label on the dvd cover but its not mentioned in any of the reviews
Still, i guess Manga would only be great if they are able to do such a Film

Legend of the Overfiend is usually avoided by Animated Film fans, its like asking for a pornographic movie at a DVD store, well too bad for all who didn’t watch it.

i have to confess, it is violent, sexual maybe even pornographic to a certain extent
Still it is amazing

its a of mix of images and ideas lifted from science fiction, fantasy, horror movies, and well... a bit of what you may consider soft- core porn (although I don’t understand how a cartoon can be a turn on or off)

The PLOT

In the Legend, There are unseen worlds which exist parallel to the human world. These are the worlds of the Makai, a race of demons, and the Jyujinkai, those who are half-human and half-beast.

There is an ancient prophecy, fortelling the appearance of a superbeing every 3000 years. He is called the CHOJIN, a god above all gods, the chosen one, the Overfiend. The Chojin will appear through the body of a human and, with his great power, he will unite the three worlds. He will create a new world, a world of peace and harmony. His time has now come. Ignorant humans- the truth shall now be revealed!"
Urotsukidoji is the story of Amano Jyaku from the world of the Jyujinkai and his three-hundred year quest to discover the Chojin. Accompanied by his sister Megumi and imp-servant Koroko he has searched the world of the Ninjinkai (humans) for centuries and now he believes he may have found what he has been looking for! But how can he be sure who the Chojin really is? And what will the Chojin's "perfect world" really be like?

As Amano is tormented by doubts and uncertainties one truth rises to light--before creation there must first be destruction!

so if you like The Pokemon type of animated films, dont watch it

Another Sin City Yeppppiiii

Ok
since im in my Sin City phase now,
Robert Rodriguez is giving us a Sin City 2 to be launched in 2007 and Sin City 3 in 2008
wait,
thats not all the big news

Angelina Jolie is in Sin City 2

Yepppiiiiiiii

Sin City

Last night I watched Sin City

I know its old now but I did not get the chance to watch it before, Once I only watched the last 15 minutes of it.

Its such a good film, although it has Quinton Tarantino in the Directors team (whom i hate) but i loved everything in the film.

you can feel the comics when you watch it, its perfectly done to make you feel you are turning the pages & not watching a film, the color vs. Black & white scenes (like when Marv meets Goldy) is so good that you can see how his emotions towards thing are. The mind talk all over the film with all the characters...everything is perfect

Best scene in the film: That is when Hartigan is in jail & you see his head & then the camera rises up to show the cage all the way to the top (you can download a desktop background of the scene which I m using on my laptop since last night)

Best character: That would definitely be Marv, Mickey Rork did an amazing job playing that role


I am definitely going to buy all the comics as soon as i find where they are selling them in Lebanon, any ideas?

Big Screen Quotes

Here are some of the most memorable (& meaningful) quots from movies I liked, feel free to suggest any
i will publish the list now & start adding to it whenever something comes to my mind

-"talking about music is like dancing about architecture" Angelina Jolie, Steve Martin

-"the saddest thing in life is a wasted talent" Robert Deniro from (A Bronx Tail)

-"Ernest Hemingway once wrote, The world is a fine place and worth fighting for. I agree with the second part" Morgan Freeman (se7en)

-"Remember; when in doubt, Fuck" Al Pachino (Scent of a Woman)

- "It was those who loved him most who died young. He was a rock they broke themselves against however much he tried to protect them" Legends of the Fall

Ayam Beirut Al Cinemaiya

I just recieved the Program, Here it is:

DONIA

last night I watched "Donia" the new egyptian film that has that has captured the pens of critiques all over the arab world,

I don’t like Arabic films, I never watched an Arabic film at the cinema before, ok maybe only once which was “The Destiny:AL Massier for Youssef Chahine)
But this film is really good
It’s a joint Egyptian/ French production that talks about Donia (Hanan Tork) who has is learning literature but at the same time she longs for being a belly dancer.

The Film was criticized for being a strike against Arab & Egyptian morality
I could not see this part at all; the film did not include any nudity or sexual scenes (at least not like the ones we see in 3adel Imam films), the film simply discussed the liberation of woman from the point of making a choice & having a say about their sexuality or at least how they deal with their bodies. It so interesting how we know that premarital sex is happening in almost 50% of each arab country (and I include gulf countries in that based on knowledge), woman are walking half naked all over the streets of Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan & Dubai, still we cant accept to discuss the idea of woman sexuality in the Arab world on the big screen.


The film has reminded me of a Palestinian film by Michele Khlaife (3ors Al Jalil: Al Jalil Wedding) which also didn’t go smoothly with Arab critiques.

I guess it is warth watching and in the cinema not on DVD because the film has the most amazing soundtrack.

Hope you enjoy