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"...in the history of film, surely there is no more powerful a performance..."

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sjb

In Reply to: RE: "Fires on the Plain:" the most searing depiction of war ever filmed. posted by tinear on July 07, 2008 at 15:37:25

But what's his hip to thigh to waist to chest ratio?

"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."

Edits: 07/07/08

Follow Ups:

What's a four-part ratio? - clarkjohnsen 08:42:55 07/09/08 (4)
36-24-36, for instance, is not a ratio.

I started watching it a couple weeks ago but decided to save it for... later...

The beginning at least was way overwrought.

Also I developed a slight distaste from its overt sympathy for the occupiers of another country, a country moreover that they had brutalized ("Bataan Death March") -- not that they hadn't done the same stuff to other members of their "co-prosperity sphere".

I do plan on returning some day, and the transfer was excellent.

clark
- Stick to links. "Sympathy?" "Overwrought?" (slight nodding of the head....) nt - tinear 13:11:45 07/09/08 (0)
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- Tin likes to include thighs (along with waist, hips bust) in his evaluation of actressess - sjb 08:46:50 07/09/08 (2)
  so I figured he must be an equal opportunity evaluator.
  
  Guess I was wrong.
  
  "You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."
  - Naughty. When a woman is cast in a role for her physical attributes, to - tinear 13:03:11 07/09/08 (0)
    neglect to mention them is puritanical. You choose your girlfriend(s) only for their conversation, of course? You think physical beauty is a unfair to consider in grading actors, in any roles? You would be convinced of a Roseanne Barr seducing 007 in his next outing? Woody Allen playing a romantic lead?
    In art, as in life, looks are important. To pretend otherwise is to appear naive of both.
  - Ah! Of course! Forgetful of me... nt - clarkjohnsen 09:34:42 07/09/08 (0)
    a
He wasn't cast for it. :-( - tinear 05:00:30 07/08/08 (0)
REALLY think lower body, though....

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