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Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-10 16:36:05 +0000

huh?

Posted by pamsterdam on 2006-11-11 14:12:29 +0000

"Then, the doctor told me that BOTH my eyes were lazy! And that's why it was the best summer ever."

Posted by pchippy on 2006-11-11 10:07:26 +0000

I can eat fifty eggs.

Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-11 13:23:02 +0000

I am Manuel from Barcelona. I know nothing.

Posted by tgl on 2006-11-12 12:26:11 +0000

CHL passed through on the Netflix train a few weeks ago. My first viewing. Struck me as a very '60s (well, duh...) film. One big character study, the plot a means to xplore characters, not to tell a story. Who (or what) does the boss with no eyes represent? I took him as representing destiny, this force that acts without seeing and without a way to escape.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-11-13 16:11:47 +0000

While 'Shawshank Redemption' is in some ways a better film than CHL, I don't think Shawshank gets made w/o CHL. I did see Shawshank first, but it's so clear that the whole 'hope' thing is from CHL. Ultimately both films show that the human spirit cannot be suppressed, even in jail. And while it's nice to have Morgan Freeman hold your hand and narrate the story to you, CHL is quirkier, less formulaic, and 30 years older.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2006-11-13 16:12:27 +0000

"Why 50?" "Just seemed like a nice round number."

Posted by MF DU on 2006-11-16 12:32:21 +0000

So I'm From Barcelona is an actual band name now. No one should ever underestimate the awesome power and influence of Fawlty Towers. No one.