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PASSING STRANGE... the greatest musical i have ever seen and the new SPIKE LEE film of it which i am now addicted to 
okay, so i am going to sound incredibly uber-geeky, but fuck it... i saw this show 5 times on broadway, and have been eagerly anticipating the release of spike lee's filmed version. the movie is only playing for a few days more on a single screen here in nyc HOWEVER it is available now on pay-per-view, and i can not recommend it enough. in 2 weeks i have gone to see the movie 5 times in the theatre, and taken everyone i can to see it with me. i have not yet watched it on pay-per-view because i want to see it on the big screen as many times as i can, and the PPV will make me lazy about going to see it. this is the most incredible musical i have ever seen, and spike's film captures the three final performances (one of which i was at) beautifully welcome to the real... [Edited 9/3/09 23:19pm] [Edited 9/8/09 8:12am] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Thanks so much for this, Chris. It's just in time to screen at the Toronto International Film Fest. I wonder if it'll be a late add.  Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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I saw this... easily one of the best musicals I've ever seen in my life. I didn't know that Spike already completed filming for this...I need to check my local arthouse theatres and the local film festivals to see what their plans are for it!!!!Thanks for the heads up!  | |
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It looks amazing!!!
I'm still planning a trip to NYC. We should catch a show! 
Would be great to hang out again anyways! :wooy:  | |
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OMG! I hope it at least comes to San Francisco.
Thanks C!!!! MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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Imago said: It looks amazing!!!
I'm still planning a trip to NYC. We should catch a show!
Would be great to hang out again anyways! :wooy: I was planning to see it too. Is it still on Broadway? I had no idea Spike was doing this. Looking forward to seeing it.  | |
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Lammastide said: Thanks so much for this, Chris. It's just in time to screen at the Toronto International Film Fest. I wonder if it'll be a late add.
if it is, run your ass to see it. if not... it's 5.99 on my PPV Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Ottensen said: I saw this... easily one of the best musicals I've ever seen in my life. I didn't know that Spike already completed filming for this...I need to check my local arthouse theatres and the local film festivals to see what their plans are for it!!!!Thanks for the heads up!
spike filmed the last 3 performances. i was at the very last one which was INCREDIBLE. the improv section of "alright" before intermission went on for 12 minutes... no lie. we were all dancing in the aisles, screaming, singing, and jumping on our chairs. they even pulled eisa who played the mother role and the understudies on stage for it. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Imago said: It looks amazing!!!
I'm still planning a trip to NYC. We should catch a show!
Would be great to hang out again anyways! :wooy: PPV it... and please do get your ass to the big apple. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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MIGUELGOMEZ said: OMG! I hope it at least comes to San Francisco.
Thanks C!!!! check your PPV, it's probably already there. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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SCNDLS said: Imago said: It looks amazing!!!
I'm still planning a trip to NYC. We should catch a show!
Would be great to hang out again anyways! :wooy: I was planning to see it too. Is it still on Broadway? I had no idea Spike was doing this. Looking forward to seeing it. sadly, no. the show only ran about 6 months. after it lost the tony to "in the heights" (because white audiences connect more to latin people in silly drivel about winning the lottery than black people creating incredible art  ) it closed pretty quickly.
however, the experience of spike's film is almost as good as seeing it live, and sometimes better than. [Edited 9/4/09 15:57pm] Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said: Lammastide said: Thanks so much for this, Chris. It's just in time to screen at the Toronto International Film Fest. I wonder if it'll be a late add.
if it is, run your ass to see it. if not... it's 5.99 on my PPV I'll totally pay the $5.99, but I like to throw a bit more money at Spike's projects and see them on the big screen. [Edited 9/4/09 16:17pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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from the view...
whoopi is also a huge fan and came several times. NOTE: this is a medley, and trying to lift anything from this show out of context doesnt work well. it's like trying to cut a few inches out of a tapestry and thinking it will work. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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Lammastide said: cborgman said: if it is, run your ass to see it. if not... it's 5.99 on my PPV I'll totally pay the $5.99, but I like to throw a bit more money at Spike's projects see them on the big screen. as do i. have you seen the 20th anniversary edition of do the right thing yet? as much as i hate when they double dip, and the criterion dvd release years ago was awesome, it's so worht it to have it on bluray. Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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slightly better version of the medley from the tony awards:
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cborgman said: Lammastide said: I'll totally pay the $5.99, but I like to throw a bit more money at Spike's projects see them on the big screen. as do i. have you seen the 20th anniversary edition of do the right thing yet? as much as i hate when they double dip, and the criterion dvd release years ago was awesome, it's so worht it to have it on bluray. I've not seen it yet, but I definitely will check it out. Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
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OOOOHH!!! HOLY SHIT!!
WATCH THIS ONE! it has some actual clips from the movie integrated amongst the interviews!!! check out; "music is the frieght train in which god travels" at 2:32 "amsterdam" at 4:20 "we just had sex" at 6:23 "arlington hill" and mr. franklin's INCREDIBLE monologue at 8:22 "merci beacoup, m. godart" at 10:24 Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Acton | |
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cborgman said:
okay, so i am going to sound incredibly uber-geeky, but fuck it... i saw this show 5 times on broadway, and have been eagerly anticipating the release of spike lee's filmed version. the movie is only playing for a few days more on a single screen here in nyc HOWEVER it is available now on pay-per-view, and i can not recommend it enough. in 2 weeks i have gone to see the movie 5 times in the theatre, and taken everyone i can to see it with me. i have not yet watched it on pay-per-view because i want to see it on the big screen as many times as i can, and the PPV will make me lazy about going to see it. this is the most incredible musical i have ever seen, and spike's film captures the three final performances (one of which i was at) beautifully welcome to the real... [Edited 9/3/09 23:19pm] [Edited 9/8/09 8:12am] I saw the movie "Passing Stange" last week while in NYC...I'm still humming songs like Arlington Hill, Keys and We just had sex. I purchased the Soundtrack CD at the IFC movie theater and can stop playing it. I will purchase the DVD when ever it comes out. Excellent Musical!!!! Check out the movie!!! Felipe | |
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