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July 19, 2006
everything is illuminated
Wonderful! The film looks at where history lives and how that history is translated across generations and cultures; the history of a nation, a family, an individual. Other than wondering whether or not Elijah Wood's glasses gave him a headache, I was taken in by the story with its laughter, friendship, memories and, of course, seeing eye b--ch.
2 cent reviews | By charity | 08:46 PM
Comments
I loved all the Eastern Europeaness of it as well (and that I could pick out a few of the words). It was a beautiful film.
I also liked how much the story wasn't about Elijah Wood's character.
Two thumbs up.
Posted by: andy at July 19, 2006 09:38 PM
* you must read the book if you haven't, or at least read the first few pages. it captures the narrator in much more humor than the film did....
Posted by: jane. at July 19, 2006 11:43 PM
This sounds like a really good movie. I am super out of touch with the movie and television scene these days, so I'd never heard of it. I suppose if I'd actually heard of it, I'd know what a seeing eye bitch is. I want to watch it just so I can find that out.
Oh wait...a dog right?
Did you use the word bitch just to see how many people googling naughty words would end up at your blog?
Posted by: Jen at July 21, 2006 04:25 PM
Oh, so that's why my filter wouldn't let me access this page! Hmmm...
Posted by: RT at July 23, 2006 12:52 AM
oops! i didn't think that it would filter folks from viewing the blog. i'll fix that... :)
Posted by: charity at July 23, 2006 09:22 PM