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* Yellow asterisk: funny (maybe).
* White asterisk:
expanded format.
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Blue asterisk: not mine.
No asterisk: it probably
sucks.
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OTHER CRAP:
Catch the deluxe
version of Other Crap in real time, with all the bells and whistles,
here.
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Bittersweet
Bittersweet (1995), or Suolaista Ja Makeaa stars Paiva Akonpelto in an award winning role as Anna, a woman who can't resist Lauri (Petri Hanttu), even though the two can't get along, and seem to only make love to make up after a fight. When the film starts, they are both university students. His best friend resents the time he spends with Anna, and her best friend doesn't approve of him, and is not thrilled to be her support system whenever her relationship is on the rocks. He graduates and becomes a doctor, and she runs out of student loan eligibility. Everyone but them can see that their relationship won't work. Will they find happiness together, or at all?
The story includes many symbols, unusual photography and lots of narration, but the performance by Paiva Akonpelto makes it well worth watching, as does her body, which she doesn't hesitate to show.
IMDb says 5.1, but with only 45 votes. It won awards for Best Actress and Best Sound Design in Finland. It is in Finish with English subtitles. For fans of foreign art fare and offbeat romantic comedies, this one is worth the effort.
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Pat's comments in yellow...
CLINTON AND GERSHON NOT AN ITEM
I Did NOT Have Sexual Relations With That Man! -
Actress Gina Gershon of "Bound" and “Showgirls" fame
is demanding a retraction from Vanity Fair over an
article in which they implied she was dating Bill
Clinton. She calls it an irresponsible lie, but the
magazine claims they didn't say that the two were
having sex and an apology is not warranted.
Meanwhile, Clinton's office issued an apology for his
language, saying that even though he was justifiably
upset at the article accusing him of being out of
control and filled with anger, he should not have
called the author "sleazy," “slimy,” "dishonest," and
"scumbag."
*He thinks those are four of the Seven Dwarfs.
*Certainly not "dishonest".
*He’s just really frustrated that he still hasn't had sex with Gina Gershon.
SUBWAY STRIPPER
Take The Hat Off! - Police in Bucharest, Romania, are
searching for an attractive young woman who has a
unique way of making money on the subway. Once the
car starts rolling, she plays Tom Jones' "You Can
Leave Your Hat On" on a boom box while stripping down
to a bra and G-string and dancing around one of the
poles that subway passengers hang on to. She then
dresses and passes the hat. She's been caught on cell
phone cameras, but police haven't identified her to
charge her with indecent exposure and public begging.
One passenger said he didn't think it was proper, with
all the kids who ride the subway, but he admitted, "I
can't say I didn't like the show."
*And subway ridership is up 50 percent.
*It was a pleasant change from all the naked guys he's seen on the subway.
*They’ll never catch her: by now, she’s made enough money to buy a Porsche.
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