Stealing

Casualnotice · Post by **Casualnotice** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 7:19 am

When you steal a speach, it's plagiarism. When you steal a joke, it's an homage.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:56 am

When you steal from one source, it's plagiarism.

When you steal from more than one, it's research.

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 12:55 pm

When you steel from Woody Allen, you get sued....

Thought I should cover my bum.

Casualnotice · Post by **Casualnotice** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 8:21 pm

anywherebuthere wrote:When you steel from Woody Allen, you get sued....

Thought I should cover my bum.

Why? Were you planning on marrying an over-rated film actress and have a hinky affair with her adopted teen-age daughter?

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 9:43 pm

When you steal from Woody Allen you're scraping the bottom of the barrel and should have gotten in line earlier...

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:24 am

OUCH

Come on guys, I consider Anny Hall required viewing during my movie nights.

Salad Hayes · Post by **Salad Hayes** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 1:10 am

Because you have stolen from Mr.Soze, Mr Siebels. That you did not know you stole from him is the only reason you are still alive, but he feels you owe him. You will repay your debt.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:21 am

Dunno who Anny Hall is...but for movie nights you can't go past Die Hard, or if you're in for an Australian flavour...Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior!

Casualnotice · Post by **Casualnotice** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:24 am

Heh...I kinda like the original MM, the American version with the badly-overdubbed "American" accents.

Anywherebuthere · Post by **Anywherebuthere** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:47 am

Geeze people....don't make me make a "required viewing list" along with the "required Listening list"

Casualnotice · Post by **Casualnotice** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 7:12 am

anywherebuthere wrote:Geeze people....don't make me make a "required viewing list" along with the "required Listening list"

Pfft...I saw most of Allen's original work while it was still in theaters and he was still something vaguely resembling good. Annie Hall had its moments, but Allen is really at his best when he's challenging the forms of film media and shaping them to his comedy ("Zelig", "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex...", "Purple Rose of Cairo"); his social commentary films generally end up whiny and narcissistic.

Now what would really be cool would be a version of Annie Hall where all the voices were badly over-dubbed to have Australian accents.

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:50 am

They dubbed Mad Max???

BASTARDS!

Casualnotice · Post by **Casualnotice** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 9:56 am

yeah, unfortunately Mad Max came out before the big "Aussies are so Kewl" fad in the 80's and the American Studio that picked up US distribution felt that they would reach a larger audience if <wildly exaggerated midwest accent> Ev-errrry Perrrsonnn Ssooowwwnnnddded Amerrricannn</wema>.

Cadete · Post by **Cadete** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 10:50 am

casualnotice wrote:
anywherebuthere wrote:Geeze people....don't make me make a "required viewing list" along with the "required Listening list"
Pfft...I saw most of Allen's original work while it was still in theaters and he was still something vaguely resembling good. Annie Hall had its moments, but Allen is really at his best when he's challenging the forms of film media and shaping them to his comedy ("Zelig", "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex...", "Purple Rose of Cairo"); his social commentary films generally end up whiny and narcissistic.

Now what would really be cool would be a version of Annie Hall where all the voices were badly over-dubbed to have Australian accents.

I can't say much about the majority of Allen's work, as I haven't seen it, just bits from films that I find on TV from time to time and his prose books.
I did see his last film, "Match Point", and although it is not a comedy in his usual style it is an amazing film, really got me interested in the characters and plot. I recommend it highly to anyone who manages to catch it on a theather.