Comments on Melbourne Film Blog: Transylvania

Many thanks for that interesting piece of informat...

2008-05-10T23:16:00.000+10:00

Many thanks for that interesting piece of information, Jim. I can confirm that while Dendy has sold its film distribution and screening businesses to Icon Films (that was recently in the news), Kino is NOT part of the deal and has reverted to independent ownership.

I don't think we'll see transgressive cinema anytime soon, but here's hoping. If I had the backing, I'd buy into the Kino

hi paul,apparently the kino dendy is now just the ...

2008-05-10T01:25:00.000+10:00

hi paul,

apparently the kino dendy is now just the kino cinemas again, operating as an independent cinema. They may start screening some of that transgressive cinema that you love, seeing that they have some more freedom now that dendy is out the picture. When i went in there the other day, the dendy part on most things has been blackened out.

-Jim.

ignore that "yet" towards the end. not sure why i ...

2008-04-28T23:09:00.000+10:00

ignore that "yet" towards the end. not sure why i typed it. :)

I remember seeing Gerry at the Lumiere. I liked th...

2008-04-28T23:07:00.000+10:00

I remember seeing Gerry at the Lumiere. I liked that cinema. It was like an old fashioned cinema that didn't update with the times, which I love, and how they played the really arthouse stuff. I remember seeing Kill Bill, Vol 1 there too (I'd already seen it, but my best friend had just turned 18 and it was literally the last cinema in Victoria screening it) and I ducked out to buy

Hi Paul... yes Rosetta was probably it and very ve...

2008-04-28T09:01:00.000+10:00

Hi Paul... yes Rosetta was probably it and very very bleak. We beg to differ on Baise Moi..that's fine. As a genre my personal "hate" is any film that runs backwards. Irreversible would be top of the list closely followed by the Guy Pearce film "Memento". I just cannot understand the format. The violence at the start of Irreversible was sickenng but perhaps in context and running from start to

John, I grew to love the grunge of the Lumiere. I...

2008-04-26T22:35:00.000+10:00

John, I grew to love the grunge of the Lumiere. It kind of suited the offbeat, obscure and challenging films they screened. I often lament its closure.

I think the film you're referring to is Rosetta, by the Dardenne brothers. A very bleak film that I found impressive. Personally, I hated Baise-moi, and is my equal worst film of all time (the other being Hard Candy).

I'd

Hi Paul, interesting to read you were a Lumiere fa...

2008-04-25T19:53:00.000+10:00

Hi Paul, interesting to read you were a Lumiere fan. Must admit I did like the location and perhaps the foyer. But the cinema itself was not really my cup of tea... it always felt a bit grungy to me. But some interesting films seen there... the Belgium one starting with an R..... Rosalie? And an all time favourite Baise Moi.

I'm suprised perhaps somewhere lke the Westgarth Palace in one