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charith666lk wrote:

Backstage wrote:

charith666lk wrote:YK, have you seen the film " One flew over cukoo's nest". Great one. It has dominated the 1976 academy awards,Golden globe and BAFTA with major awards.

I was barely 14 years old, I went and saw this at the Regal Cinema twice. I had read the book a year before and was fascinated with the film version. Jack Nicholson gave a stellar performance, but Louise Fletcher gave a chilling portrayal as the wicked head nurse with minimum facial expression, in a way that I never imagined reading the book. I cried at the end both times.

I later found out that the author Ken Keysey in the early 60's  had volunteered at a mental hospital when they were experimenting with LSD. When he tried tell the psychiatrist about what he was perceiving in an altered state of consciousness, the doctors ignored him and wrote off what he was trying to say as hallucinations. During this time at the hospital he wrote "Cuckoo's nest" which became a best seller. Keysey went on to become the leader of a group called the "merry pranksters" who did mass LSD experiments that became a part of the sixties counter culture core.  It is well documented in the book " The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test" by Tom Wolf. Allan Ginsburg,Jack Kerouac, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, Timothy Leary are all in the thick of it. Now I am going off topic so....

BS you had a excellent understanding of life as a 14 yr teenager.. What an amazing and unexpected ending..
I found this article in internet and worth to read it.
15 Things You Might Not Know About ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’

charith666lk wrote:Backstage how about the film "Perfume". I think it's a German film and one of my favorites.

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:As they chipped away at a wall inside a tunnel of the Clinton Correctional Facility last spring, David Sweat and Richard Matt had the Hollywood movie "The Shawshank Redemption" on their minds.

The film tells the story of convicted murderer Andy Dufresne, who spends nearly two decades using a rock hammer to dig a tunnel out of his cell. The parallels were not lost on Sweat and Matt, who were trying to make their own escape.

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CK wrote:Backstage how about the film "Perfume". I think it's a German film and one of my favorites.

CK wrote:

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:As they chipped away at a wall inside a tunnel of the Clinton Correctional Facility last spring, David Sweat and Richard Matt had the Hollywood movie "The Shawshank Redemption" on their minds.

The film tells the story of convicted murderer Andy Dufresne, who spends nearly two decades using a rock hammer to dig a tunnel out of his cell. The parallels were not lost on Sweat and Matt, who were trying to make their own escape.

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Thanks kith. " Shawshank Redemption" is a super film. Actually it is the no.1 film in the all time hit list in IMDb ratings. Good film to watch boys..

Backstage wrote:

CK wrote:Backstage how about the film "Perfume". I think it's a German film and one of my favorites.

Ck is aptly interested in perfume.

I think I saw this way back, isnt it about this guy who tries to distill the perfect smell with human ingredients ?

Backstage wrote:

CK wrote:

කිත්සිරි ද සිල්වා wrote:As they chipped away at a wall inside a tunnel of the Clinton Correctional Facility last spring, David Sweat and Richard Matt had the Hollywood movie "The Shawshank Redemption" on their minds.

The film tells the story of convicted murderer Andy Dufresne, who spends nearly two decades using a rock hammer to dig a tunnel out of his cell. The parallels were not lost on Sweat and Matt, who were trying to make their own escape.

Read more

Thanks kith. " Shawshank Redemption" is a super film. Actually it is the no.1 film in the all time hit list in IMDb ratings. Good film to watch boys..

Shawshank Redemption has been the biggest selling Video then DVD for a very long time. It is a very well produced/crafted film, a story well told and acted. I think it has a lot of ingredients that makes a film wholesome to watch, leaving the viewer "well fed" so as to speak. But I wouldn't categorize it among the best made.( which usually don't make it to the most viewed) Most of the truly great directors and their films are known only by film buffs, ie; Kurosawa, Fassbinder,Bertolucci, Satyaajit Ray,Herzog....

yellow knife wrote:CK... I only read physical books where I can re refer, keep notes...( we belong to old generation...)