tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post5150844232891547429..comments2023-05-21T09:34:10.961-07:00Comments on Ganeida's Knot.: Movies.Ganeidahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17476109171650258810noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-30017121388262300722008-08-25T20:02:00.000-07:002008-08-25T20:02:00.000-07:00Hate to think what they made of it (g).The Kite Ru...Hate to think what they made of it (g).<BR/><BR/>The Kite Runner is good - harrowing and a useful insight into an area that's given a lot of publicity but little thoughtful social commentary in the form of literature, plays etc. (or maybe I simply don't get out enough). It's much better than Reading Lolita in Tehran, which is about a university lecturer who set up a reading group for some of her Muslim ex-students, reading Western lierature. Should have been fascinating but read like a literary thesis.<BR/><BR/>Siano<BR/><BR/>SianoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-25145380314052785432008-08-25T04:04:00.000-07:002008-08-25T04:04:00.000-07:00Yikes! My life as a Dog I *thought* was a childre...Yikes! My life as a Dog I *thought* was a children's film & left the boys to watch before church one Sunday morning!!! Never Again! <BR/><BR/>What was the book of the Kite Runner like?Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476109171650258810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-18848974573924227592008-08-25T02:05:00.000-07:002008-08-25T02:05:00.000-07:00Hmmm. Have read The Kite Runner, but not seen the ...Hmmm. Have read The Kite Runner, but not seen the movie. I almost left you a Swedish film (yes; with subtitles) named As it is in Heaven, which Ditz might have enjoyed as it involved conducting, violin-playing and singing. I liked it but not overly much -- still think the best Swedish movie I've seen is My life as a dog.<BR/><BR/>If you get the chance, see My father's castle and My mother's house (I think; both 80's movies and the titles are a bit blurry now): French, with subtitles. Georgeous scenery and gentle plots.<BR/><BR/>SianoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-9884118147652402642008-08-23T02:54:00.000-07:002008-08-23T02:54:00.000-07:00At her age it is a good thing to be aware of the G...<I>At her age it is a good thing to be aware of the Grace of God to be Australian & female rather than Afghani & female & to appreciate the freedoms we have, the right to schooling & worship, to be free from invasion & war & religious intolerance.</I><BR/><BR/>Yep ... that actually relates to some convos that Cindy and I have been having lately...discussions about being thankful for what she *has* and how *much* we really have if we looked beyond our little piece of the world here....molytailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998928076467405984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-43246738568643133252008-08-22T20:22:00.000-07:002008-08-22T20:22:00.000-07:00Moly, the Kite Runner was extremely thought provok...Moly, the Kite Runner was extremely thought provoking & I can see why it got banned in Afghanistan. For Lidy, who doesn't pay all that much attention to the news, it was eyeopening. She simply hadn't realised how awful the Taliban was. At her age it is a good thing to be aware of the Grace of God to be Australian & female rather than Afghani & female & to appreciate the freedoms we have, the right to schooling & worship, to be free from invasion & war & religious intolerance.Ganeidahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17476109171650258810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-84771799667550466642008-08-22T18:14:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:14:00.000-07:00Runner. An S sssssnuck in there. *grin*Runner. An S sssssnuck in there. *grin*molytailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998928076467405984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-91297892819895947002008-08-22T18:13:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:13:00.000-07:00(oh, my 'wow' was meant as in - it sounds like a v...(oh, my 'wow' was meant as in - it sounds like a very thought provoking movie...not wow for the afghan government banning it - that wasn't a surprise)molytailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998928076467405984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5562416362853862929.post-63780111437241647672008-08-22T18:11:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:11:00.000-07:00I went googling for The Kite Runners first and wow...I went googling for The Kite Runners first and wow...I read the wikipedia articles on both the film and the book...<BR/><BR/><I>The Afghan government has banned the film from movie theaters and DVD shops because of the rape scene and the ethnic tensions that the film highlights.</I><BR/><BR/>Another China connection for you - according to the article on the film, parts of it were actually filmed in Kashgar, China, because of it being dangerous to film in Afghanistan....molytailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00998928076467405984noreply@blogger.com