On the video playlist this week
Thursday, January 18, 2007
This week, I have the following films/shows on my video playlist:1 - 1984 (1984) Faithfully adapted from George Orwell's novel on a futuristic totalitarian society. Funny that he thought it was futuristic.
2- Sophie's Choice (1982) - The film I am really looking forward to seeing [i have read and heard so much about the book]. Meryl Streep's performance got her an Oscar.
I am looking for something to validate the existence of my own ghosts by exploring Sophie's nightmares ....
3- Sabah (2005) - Hmmm, what would life be without filmmakers who make the hijab the synonym of repression? I can't wait to watch this cute, Canadian, idealistic, semi-political romance [I know, i know...funny, though, anytime religion gets somewhere, no matter how innocent the work may be, it reeks politics and political "ideals"]
4- Little Mosque on the Prairie, episode 2 - I want to check out the second episode to see if the show gets better. It's great for non-Muslims and for me, there is some novelty to it, but so far, I have not found it to be impressive, except of course, for my wannabe-husband Zaib Shaikh, who funny enough, played a gay character in a movie [if only i could remember the title]
Labels: 1984, dvds, george orwell, little mosque on the prairie, mongrel media, movies, sabah, sophie's choice, videos
