walle-3 Reviews

Full of Life (1956)

This is a feel good film.

[30 August 2003]

I have seen this film only a few times. The first time I turned it on after it had begun. The second time and all the times after, I looked for it. 1950's to the max. The conflict of the old and new ways, father and son. It is all here and told in a clear sweet story.

Born Yesterday (1950)

Great cast, good story,well done, no flat spots

[10/10 · 30 August 2003]

Every time I see this film I enjoy it all over again. Heck, I can just think about parts of it and I smile inside. It goes down as one of my all time favorites. Too bad the film makers of today thought they should or even could remake this film.

The Boy with Green Hair (1948)

This movie stayed with me since childhood.

[29 May 2000]

When I was little I saw this movie on tv. It made an impact that never left me. It is a "B" movie, but the message of cruelty to those that are different is an "A". I don't know if it would have had the same impact on me had I been an adult when I first saw it, but the message is still with me today. Sometimes I wish young kids today could see this movie, I wonder if it might make an impact on them also.

Genghis Blues (1999)

One of the best films I have ever seen.

[10/10 · 26 March 2000]

I first saw this film at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts and was unaware I was even going to see a film. I thought it was live Tuvan Music and was asking how long it was going to last and wondering if I would be asking to leave long before the show was over. My previous experience with throat-singing was an answering machine's intro to leave a message and my co-workers sometimes cd's in the office. At first I thought the film was an intro to the "live" show.... dah... the story got more and more interesting and soon I was captured by the "trueness of the adventure". No one had to leave the earth's gravity or dive to the bottom of the sea to go on this adventure, they first had to find one another and then find a unknown country in the middle of Asia, where they didn't speak the language, and had to depend on strangers to lead them in the right direction. This film is so "real" it could not have been "written" it had to be "lived"!

I am grateful that I had the opportunity to see this film and even more grateful that it is coming here to Maui where I can see it again, share it with others and stop "telling" folk they need to see this great film and have them give me the "look" when I try to explain the basic plot.

This time I will bring my tissues to wipe the tears of good feelings!

Mahalo.