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Capone's Art-House Round-Up: SITA SINGS THE BLUES, LYMELIFE, and THE MERRY GENTLEMAN!!!

First by Galactic	May 1st, 2009 07:53:04 AM

Fuck.. I was hoping to be second... by Galactic	May 1st, 2009 07:53:43 AM

love sita sings the blues by movieManiac	May 1st, 2009 07:53:59 AM
its hilarious and totally worth the time investment. Plus its free!
i'll second that by LegoKenobi	May 1st, 2009 08:43:01 AM
sita sings the blues is awesome. and annette hanshaw's music is perfect.
I think Keaton is one of our most underrated by skimn	May 1st, 2009 09:02:36 AM
and overlooked actors, and it sounds like a lovely film. But a hitman with a conscience? Couldn't he have any other profession..any?
Gentleman Was Awful by BoomBoomRoom	May 1st, 2009 02:05:04 PM
I saw Merry Gentleman at Sundance last year. Its a boring, preening piece of crap that had the majority of the audience squirming in their seats. Sure, it's a character study -- but who cares about these worthless characters?
long island agonistes by duanejones	May 1st, 2009 02:39:28 PM
i gather you're no fan of hal hartley, then, or at least his early work. but _judy berlin_, with such marvelous performances by edie falco and madeline kahn (her last)? _love and death on long island_? not exactly coming-of-age stories, i guess, but plenty of growing up done out there in suffolk county. unless it's nassau. county. more art film reviews, every week? why, yes, please -- it's like you read my mind...
Sita by Paideia	May 3rd, 2009 04:51:54 PM
Frankly, I didn't like Sita. That is, for the first 25 minutes I loved. Then I realized that every single scene is the same. The tedium starts to build and the use of Hanshaw's fantastic music just becomes boring (which is perhaps the biggest crime of the film). Maybe if it had focused more on the actual story or employed a little variety in the song scenes it would have been a good film. I watched this as part of the Critics' Jury on Natfilm 2008 in Copenhagen. We almost uniformly hated this film. We ended up giving the award to Let the Right One In.
Sita Sings The Blues is THE SHIT!!!! by FeralAngel	May 4th, 2009 11:47:23 PM
Found clips of it online and fell in love immediately. Wonderful concept, wonderfully executed. Funny and poignant and with fantastic music. It breaks my heart to hear that the masters of her recordings have been destroyed. How crappy is that. I hope Sita wins an Oscar, it richly deserves to.

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