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The Film Thread
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Hi everyone!
I thought, as we have a music thread that we should have a film thread also. I thought that perhaps we could put down TCK films or just films that we have enjoyed and perhaps add some quotes as well?
I’ll start: I just saw The Kite Runner. It is a film of two boys Amir and Hassan in Afghanistan prior to the Russian invasion of the 70s. Hassan is the son of the servants and a Hazara. The two grow up like brothers until Amir and his father flee to America.
Years later, he hears that Hassan is dead and thatHassan has asked him to go and collect his son from Afghanistan and to keep him safe.
Several points that i found interesting were:
- Amir is, essentially a TCK and i liked that he remarks upon returning to Afghanistan:
“I feel like a tourist in my own country.” To which his driver replies; “You always were, you just never realised it then.”
- The son answers in English in America to his father even though the father speaks to him in his native tongue.
- Only occasionally does Amir answer his father in his native tongue and it is slow in coming as if he has partially forgotten.
- The father at times speaks in English to Amir.
I liked how the film makers have done that — someone who is not bi-lingual or has never lived in a country where the language spoken there is not their native one does not understand the consequences of language loss or acquisition of their children.
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December 15th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
Oh Isa always has great ideas for threads! Here’s another TCK movie…
“Lost in Translation”
I haven’t watched it but someone suggested it, here’s the synopsis:
Bob Harris is an American film actor, far past his prime. He visits Tokyo to appear in commercials, and he meets Charlotte, the young wife of a visiting photographer. Bored and weary, Bob and Charlotte make ideal if improbable traveling companions. Charlotte is looking for “her place in life,” and Bob is tolerating a mediocre stateside marriage. Both separately and together, they live the experience of the American in Tokyo. Bob and Charlotte suffer both confusion and hilarity due to the cultural and language differences between themselves and the Japanese. As the relationship between Bob and Charlotte deepens, they come to the realization that their visits to Japan, and one another, must soon end.
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December 16th, 2007 at 5:14 am
Oh Thanks Brice! You always make my posts seem much cooler than they are!
Do you think i shld to an introduction post?
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December 20th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
How about “The Terminal”? That’s a TCKish movie!
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December 20th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
It is about a man trapped in the JFK International Airport Terminal when he is denied entry into the United States and at the same time cannot return to his native country due to a revolution.
Viktor speaks slightly accented literary Bulgarian language when he is represented to use his Krakozhian mother tongue. When Viktor first arrives at the airport he speaks little to no English; however, within the time frame of the film, he learns to speak English by immersion and picking up Russian and English versions of a New York City tour guide and comparing the wording. He also learns meanings by watching news programs at the airport.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terminal
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December 21st, 2007 at 11:31 am
I love this movie
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December 24th, 2007 at 2:15 am
Isa! ooh yeah you should! Even Julie made one haha - we can then comment on your thread too, and I can give you a lolcat!
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January 1st, 2008 at 6:24 am
oh, I just loved this movie!
I mean, what could be better than having an airport as your home?!
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January 1st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Awesome movie… what about Memento?? Thats an awesome movie!..
its not terribly TCKish but speaks a lot about humans… The biggest message is about Lies but to go into it would give away the ending.. so… After you’ve watched it, we can discuss! haha
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January 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am
How about The Interpreter? Maybe someone else can post a link… it’s about a young woman who works as an interpreter for the UN. There’s intrigue, so I don’t want to give away too much of the plot, but she is a TCK and it’s a good movie.
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January 2nd, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I have seen this movie and I sort of didn’t get it…lol
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