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Art-house / Independent Cinemas?
I went to see Indigenes (Days of Glory) recently. A superb film in French/Arabic with English subtitles about the Algerians who fought on behalf of France during WWII.
And it's just made me wonder, I've seen a link for listings for cinemas in Doha, and there are a few multiplex type places showing the usual Hollywood/Bollywood type films, but is there an independent/art-house cinema in Doha?
I mean the kind of cinema that doesn't necessarily show Hollywood/Bollywood but instead (or as well as) shows European, Latin American, Far-Eastern films.
Is there such a place in Doha?
And I have a query about the multiplexes as well.
Do Hollywood films get dubbed into Arabic? Or do they just screen the English language version? I'm guessing they go with the original, given the number of expatriates in the country? Or am I guessing incorrectly?
Thanks
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sl said
Serendipity ...I am very much interested in good art flims. can you recommend some title for me (in DVD format)to try at villigio.
browswerk said
last month latest Ken Loach movie shown on City Center... ...the wind that shakes Barley ...
thats all..others hollywood
Serendipity said
I'm sorry SL, I haven't yet ...I'm sorry SL, I haven't yet arrived in Qatar and so I don't know what titles they stock at Villagio, so I can't really recommend titles when I don't know whether you can buy them.
I don't really want to give a list of what I think are good films, only for you to be really annoyed because you can't get hold of any of them.
sl said
Serendipity ...Thanks. pl. contact me when u arrive here. may be you can buy some for me when u r coming over here. anyway thanks.
mojonojo said
no art house cinemas here, ...no art house cinemas here, all western films seem to be subtitled, but most are censored to ribbons, add to that the behaviour of viewers in the cinemas out here leads something to be desired. i bought a Video projector instead - i just cant deal with both the censoring and antisocial behavior
mojonojo said
personaly my recent faves ...personaly my recent faves are pans labyrinth, mon conell and l'enfant by the dardenne brothers
Serendipity said
You have a video projector ...You have a video projector you say?
Can I come along to a screening if I bring some popcorn?
:)
Serendipity said
Oh, I couldn't watch Pans ...Oh, I couldn't watch Pans Labyrinth. My friend is learning Spanish and wanted me to go to watch it with him, but I just couldn't. I'd seen those trailers with that 'thing' with eyes in its hands and that *totally* freaked me out.
Haven't seen the other two, but I'll look out for them now.
Here are a few of my favourites (independent/low budget/non-English language films):
* I like the Three Colours trilogy by the Polish bloke something-owksi? My favourite of those is Blue.
* La Haine. Fantastic.
* Lan Yu (a Chinese film, think a Chinese Brokeback Mountain but without the mountains and horses and cowboys, if you get my drift... don't want to offend anyone)
* Beijing Bicycle
* Wong Kai's In the Mood for Love - stunning cinematography, beautifully shot.
* Donnie Darko and also Garden State (US low budget)
* Snowcake - starring Sigourney Weaver as an austistic woman, with Alan Rickman, quite surreal in a strange, every day kind of way
* American Beauty - it was such a break away from the usual one dimensional story telling
* Little Miss Sunshine
* Sideways
* Amelie
* Buena Vista Social Club
* Le Nombril du Monde
* Life is Beautiful
* Havana Blues
Serendipity said
Mon conell? I can't find ...Mon conell? I can't find that one on imdb
Do you mean Mon Colonel?
http://www.imdb.com/...
off said
you've only got the internet ...you've only got the internet here as a source of indie stuff, be it films or music..
mojonojo said
>Can I come along to a ...>>Can I come along to a screening if I bring some popcorn?
sure, but only if its buttered ;) im in london atm stocking up on dvd's. just got the pedro almodovar collection!!!!!1111!!one!!!! (bad education, talk to her, about my mother, live flesh & tie me up tie me down) as well as dont look down and the assination of richard nixon!!
mojonojo said
Do you mean Mon Colonel? yes ...>Do you mean Mon Colonel?
yes my dodgy typing/spelling.
mojonojo said
i also have a surprisingly ...i also have a surprisingly large collection of film noir.
Serendipity said
Any titles you don't manage ...Any titles you don't manage to get hold of, let me know and I'll track them down and bring them out with me in a few weeks' time.
mojonojo said
hmm - ive gotten most ...hmm - ive gotten most things, but let me scratch my noggin.