OK, thanks for the reminder. :-) I ordered this movie (the original) on DVD, but have somehow never gotten around to watching it. My bad. Because today is a rainy day (surprise...this has been the rainiest summer in Holland in 100 years), I'll try to make up for my slackness by watching it. Thanks for the original recommendation, and I look forward to watching it.
--- In [email protected], merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote: > > Man on the Train > <http://www.joox.net/movies/2011/man-on-the-train-16821/> (2011) > <http://www.joox.net/movies/2011/> > http://www.joox.net/movies/2011/man-on-the-train-16821/ > > [Man on the Train] The Bottom > Linehttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/man-train-cannes-2011-review\ > -192311 > > > Erudite and earthy drama about a retired professor and a vagabond > criminal who bond. > Cast: > Donald Sutherland, Larry Mullen, Jr., Paula Boudreau, Graham Greene, > Kate O'Toole, Greg Byrk, Samuel Jephcott > Director: > Mary McGuckian > > > --- In [email protected], merudanda <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Certain is my agreement with Turque and other in this forum about > > English Language Remake of a sucessful European movie . Sunday, April > > 17, 2011 NYT announcement of "Man on the train"starring Donald > > Sutherland and Larry Mullen Jr. > > http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/442642/The-Man-on-the-Train/details > > http://tinyurl.com/3msafqa > > trigger [:D] (!) following "Train" of thought: > > "Of all the words of tongue or pen/the saddest are these/ > > It might have been." > > J. Gr. Whittier > > A simple aspirin (or mantra), a glass of water (or initiation) in a > > pharmacy(of life= or TMO); what can that lead to...? > > > > For all those on this forum who are bored with their current lives but > > are intrigued by the other's- a Buck vs turquoiseb vs curtisdeltablues > > etc? Everyone dreamt at least once to be someone else! Leconte makes > the > > dream true! "We all have two lives. The true one, the one we dreamed > of > > as a child and that we keep on living in a subterranean way and the > > false one, the one we live every day and leads us to the > > coffin""Nocturne Indien" (1989) > > L'homme du train (The Man on the Train) > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuKRTz6x5Ns > > > > Visit http://tinyurl.com/yyoce8j <http://tinyurl.com/yyoce8j> to > watch > > or download movie Man On The Train (l'homme Du Train), The online. > > > > > > "Man on the Train" doesn't tackle complex issues. It's a simple tale > of > > fate and friendship. > > Manesquier (Jean Rochefort), a refined, talkative, retired > > schoolteacher living in a small French town in the "bric-a-brac > "stuffed > > home of his deceased mother, is shrouded in the past, attaining his > > pleasure from old family paintings, poetry and the Schubert which > > somehow provides his musical life signature. His life is structured, > > with weekly tutoring and weekend dinners with the woman "he shares a > > chaste" > > Milan moves with the wind in his leather jacket, saying little, his > > presence accompanied by the music of westerns and trains, the look of > > the movie is split between the smoky blues of Halleday's Milan and > > the warmer autumnal colors of the more gentlemanly Manesquier. > > As a life of crime, Milan has always led an impulsive, unstable life. > > What he wants is Manesquier's stability. On the other hand, > > Manesquier has never known anything beyond habit, but with death > > scratching at his existence,-how close Rochefort's role in the film > > reflects his own battle with a life-threatening disease- he feels > > compelled to act on his desires and damn the consequences. A > > relationship of two strangers, one with poetry in his heart, one with > > guns in his pockets. Words and murderous weapons: the two primary > > anthropological inventions between man and the rest of the beasts. > > > > Some of many memorable scenes (spoiler included): > > Jean Rochefort plays the piano for Johnny Hallyday (one of France's > > best-known and most successful rock-and-rollers considered the French > > Elvis) and at the end of the piece asks him: "Are you musical?" > roughly > > the equivalent to Uma Thurman (as Mia Wallace) asking John Travolta > (as > > Vince Vega) "Do you dance?" in Pulp Fiction. > > "Were you a good teacher?" Milan asks. "In thirty years I didn't > molest > > a single pupil," the old fellow answers: a remark that stuns rather > than > > amuses never more than in a delightful scene in a bistro where > Rochefort > > decides to take on some bad-mannered troublemakers > > > > against Hallyday's advice only to find things turning out very > > differently from what both men expected. Even scenes you'd expect to > be > > played for comic disaster turn out quietly triumphant, such as > Hallyday > > teaching one of Rochefort's private lessons for him (The way he smokes > > Manesquier's pipe while explaining Balzac's "Eugenie Grandet" [:D] ) > > and actually turning out to be good at it despite never even > > reading the book under discussion > > (remind me of.....never mind [;)] ) > > > > There are no car chases, beer chugging contests or fantastic orgies. > > This is not a World War film. No bludgeons or 11-minute rape scenes. > No > > fancy camera angles or challenging viewpoints. Hallyday does not turn > a > > scene into a music video and Rochefort does not make cranky > > "grandpa" remarks about the good ole days about having respect > > for your elders. > > Just curious how will a soon English-Language Remake ,Donald > Sutherland > > as the professor, Larry Mullen Jr. as the thief ................ > > http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1646922/ > > survive later a comparison to this lovely, contemplative character > > study or will give us one of many more insight ? > > > > May be the right time to watch the original first or again but beware > > you need to have a good eye, pace, and respect for the characters. > > There can be nothing long-term here, but at least each of them can > > experience some of the life that he has always wished for but never > had: > > mutual envy turned into a positive force. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra0Ly95UJvc&NR=1 > > http://tinyurl.com/3crc5up > > Johnny Hallyday > > > <http://www.youtube.com/artist?a=GxdCwVVULXdMdn1r6rAKe4mBhKaHGq-T&featur\ > \ > > e=watch_video_title> : Je te promets! http://tinyurl.com/3myegyp > > > > http://www.curtisblues.com/ > > Curtis Blues Pre Delta War > > Blueshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUk7NexVhGk > > vs > > > > Spiritual Solitaire- Road Trip Mind by Uncle Tantra > > www.ramalila.net/RoadTripMind/ > > vs > > Buck > > My Dashing Darling (Mo Ghile > > Mear)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ojy1W6r8L0 > > > > > > vs > > > > > > etc... > > your turn [;;)] > > >
