TSAJFS: 06/02/2011 The Fighter/Exit Through The Gift Shop/I Am Love

Starting from the Clapham Picturehouse - with a noisy truck - this week, Jo and Simon have both watched David O. Russells Oscar-Nominated The Fighter starring Christian Bale, Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams and Melissa Leo. this is followed by the usual news and film discussion.

The final two films discussed are the Oscar-Nominated documentary Exit Through The Giftshop and the critically-successful I Am Love starring Tilda Swinton.

Links

Facebook-er of the week is Dan Gudgeon, Jo's Bruv, who is currently fighting the wars in Korea.

Twitter-er of the week is the Barbican Centre, whereby they discuss the cinema's that are opening in 2012.

Blog of the week is Reviews By Tom, by Tom Clift, a recent fan on facebook and a writer for Row Three. Not to mention his podcasting fun that he has been a part of with Nick Jobe and others.

Music

All music is from The Fighter soundtrack - well, all the songs feature in The Fighter but not all of them are on the soundtrack. The song at the start is, whilst the song at the end is Ben Harper's

Remember - you can always email The Simon and Jo Film Show directly using this email: simonandjoshow@gmail.com

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A-Z #26: Borat: Cultural Learnings ...

You can pick up hundreds of DVD's for a buck each - it doesn't matter. Its never about quantity, its about quality. A-Z is my way of going through my collection, from A-Z, and justifying why I own the films...

#26 - Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Why did I buy it?

Originally purchased for Sarah. I can't remember vividly the celebratory reason, but - as a present - I had Borat on DVD and two-tickets to see Bruno given to her on the same day. I remember we were training to be teachers at the time in Reading at the very least. We ventured out into the night to watch Bruno - which, though inferior, had a couple of plus points - and, when we got home, we immediately watched Borat. This confirmed the supriority of Borat.

Why do I still own it?

It really is the next step-up from mockumentary TV-series like The Office and documentaries like American Movie. Borat is harmless and yet so offensive - something likeable despite such a ignorant views on others. I'd like to think that people could talk him round about his anti-Jew stance. The thing is, and this is what is innovative about this film, is that it blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction. We know Borat himself is a role ... but is everyone else? Maybe the students 'revealing' the Pamela Anderson video in the van (who, consequently, sued the filmmakers for defamation of character) were real - but the Jewish Guest house? Two completely innocent guesthouse owners mocked and, potentially, their hosue damaged... I think that must have been false. How did they set-up the section whereby Borat virtually destroyed everything in the shop? They may have paid the owner in reality for everything broken - but did the owner know in advance? So, he must've played a role then - acting out his 'shock' at what happened? Whether moral or immoral, it truly blurred this fact or fiction element to a documentary paving the way for I'm Still Here and Exit Through the Giftshop.

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The Simon and Jo Film Show: 07/03/2010

This week we begin under Waterloo Bridge on Leak Street - an authorised Graffiti area - where Banksy is screening his debut film: Exit Through The Gift Shop.

We then discuss the new releases and Top 5 UK Box office alongside reviewing Barbarella and Clint Eastwood's 1992 Western Best Picture Unforgiven.

To finish we place bets on the winners at the Oscars and consider the trailers for The Runaways, After. Life and - what looks like - a landmark Disney Documentary Waking Sleeping Beauty.

Blogs Mentioned:
The letter-guessing game from hell on Blog Cabins
Mad Hatter and his blogs and podcasts on The Dark of the Matinee

Music is from Barbarella.

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