Graeme Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Has this film been shown in Aberdeen? Is it going to be? Surely of some interest to Mogwai fans if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 13, 2006 Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 I haven't seen it listed. I would think it will be shown somewhere. I'd guess the Belmont if anywhere? Do Mogwai do the whole soundtrack? I love football and I love Zidane but I don't know if I could maintain an interest through the whole film, I've read some really bad reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted October 13, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2006 Do Mogwai do the whole soundtrack? I think so.I love football and I love Zidane but I don't know if I could maintain an interest through the whole film, I've read some really bad reviews.I thought that as well but have only read good reviews. And some interesting arguements about whether it's Cinema or Art. There's bound to be some great sweating if nothing else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulscoconutass Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 The Belmont had it on a few weeks back if I remember correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cynic Posted October 14, 2006 Report Share Posted October 14, 2006 Zinidine in i Deen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Donald Posted October 16, 2006 Report Share Posted October 16, 2006 The Belmont had it on a few weeks back if I remember correctly.No, we haven't had it yet. We are showing it at some point in the near future - should be in the next brochure. If I remember I'll post it up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 No, we haven't had it yet. We are showing it at some point in the near future - should be in the next brochure. If I remember I'll post it up here.You had it on one Sunday morning if I remember correctly - a free showing for an offer through The Sunday Times. It's out on DVD in January - http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1131899/Zidane_A_21st_Century_Portrait/Product.htmlMogwai soundtrack is out on the 30th Oct - tracklisting is.....Black SpiderTerrific Speech 2Wake Up And Go BerserkTerrific Speech 17:25 Half TimeI Do Have WeaponsTime And A HalfIt Would Have Happened AnywayBlack Spider 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 You had it on one Sunday morning if I remember correctly - a free showing for an offer through The Sunday Times. Yep, as a cheapskate I normally lap up these free screenings, but this film looked really, really boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted October 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I see it's now listed at the Belmont from 3rd Nov. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am excited by the prospect of seeing this film. I think I might have to go to London though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 I am excited by the prospect of seeing this film. I think I might have to go to London though.Don't go all the way to London to see it, it's coming out on DVD in January. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Don't go all the way to London to see it, it's coming out on DVD in January.This isn't something like Star Wars or 2001 that you can enjoy on a telly. This is a guy kicking a football for an hour and a half, you have to see it on the big screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 This isn't something like Star Wars or 2001 that you can enjoy on a telly. This is a guy kicking a football for an hour and a half, you have to see it on the big screen. Mind you, for true authenticity, you had to be at the actual game!I was lucky enough to see Zidane against Scotland a few years back (a jammy 5-0 win to them). I'd rate him as "nae shite". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Mind you, for true authenticity, you had to be at the actual game!I was lucky enough to see Zidane against Scotland a few years back (a jammy 5-0 win to them). I'd rate him as "nae shite".Vogts' first game in charge I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Vogts' first game in charge I believe.Indeed it was. We should have sacked him on the spot and saved ourselves 2 years of decay! I had a complimentary ticket to see the Real V's Leverkusen final at Hampden when Zizu scored that beautiful volley........and a couple of days before......snapped my knee ligaments and couldn't go. I also missed Bad Religion that week for the same reason :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
french_disko Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Indeed it was. We should have sacked him on the spot and saved ourselves 2 years of decay! I had a complimentary ticket to see the Real V's Leverkusen final at Hampden when Zizu scored that beautiful volley........and a couple of days before......snapped my knee ligaments and couldn't go. I also missed Bad Religion that week for the same reason :-(When you some to write your autobiography I'd label the chapter describing that weeks events as "My Shite Week". Still, every cloud has a silver lining - you did manage to miss Bad Religion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 [quote name=french_disko;553292Still' date=' every cloud has a silver lining - you did manage to miss Bad Religion.One man's silver lining is another's darkest cloud. ?( Anyway, back to Zidane, anyone actually seen the film? and when is "Dempsey" being made? Flaming Katy have a soundtrack ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DustyDeviada Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Anyway, back to Zidane, anyone actually seen the film? Review from Mark Kermode:Other alarmingly anomalous lowlights of this year's Cannes 'Film' Festival included Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait, a conceptual art installation posing as a movie in which cameras lovingly track the now infamous head-butting footballer around the pitch for the duration of a Villareal versus Real Madrid match. Zidane is co-directed by Scottish artist Douglas Gordon, whose previous indulgences include screening a slowed-down version of Hitchcock's best-known film under the banner 24 Hour Psycho, and projecting The Exorcist and The Song of Bernadette simultaneously on to the same screen for the pretentiously entitled Between Darkness and Light (After William Blake). Both exercises illustrated a profound lack of understanding of their pillaged cinematic sources. But at least Douglas committed these follies in art galleries, where Zidane also belongs, along with the recently released artporn compilation Destricted, which is far more at home at Tate Modern than in the multiplexes. From Friday, Zidane will also be cluttering up selected UK cinemas, thanks to a growing trend that is gradually eroding the discipline of 'film-making' under the glib banner of 'diversity'.http://arts.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1879500,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bluesxman Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Review from Mark Kermode:http://arts.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1879500,00.htmlSee Kermode is bound to be pissy arsed cos he messed with The Exorcist, Kermode's favourite film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 See Kermode is bound to be pissy arsed cos he messed with The Exorcist, Kermode's favourite film. .....and he doesn't like football! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 This isn't something like Star Wars or 2001 that you can enjoy on a telly. This is a guy kicking a football for an hour and a half, you have to see it on the big screen. Exactly (although I'm not sure about that winking face)... and it's only a 100 minute / 11 return bus ride from Oxford. And it is... the inimitable... Monsieur Zidane... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Exactly (although I'm not sure about that winking face)... and it's only a 100 minute / 11 return bus ride from Oxford. And it is... the inimitable... Monsieur Zidane...Ah, I thocht abody on this site bade in toon! A flight from Aberdeen to London would be excessive..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted October 17, 2006 Report Share Posted October 17, 2006 Ah, I thocht abody on this site bade in toon! A flight from Aberdeen to London would be excessive.....Haha, unfortunately not.. If I were at home I would just hightail it to the Belmont... every night for a week! (possibly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Donald Posted October 22, 2006 Report Share Posted October 22, 2006 The Belmont will be showing Zidane from the 3rd of November for a week. Don't have the times just now though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Amy* Posted November 8, 2006 Report Share Posted November 8, 2006 Anyone been to see it then? I went this afternoon and I must say I was pretty disappointed. I mean, I love Zidane as much as the next guy but this was really quite dull and boring, the music didn't compliment it that much, and it just lacked in any spark at all. I'm not entirely sure what Gordon was going for with it, maybe if I "got it" I could've enjoyed it more. Six people left during the film and to make things worse, these four French guys were having conversations at spoeaking volume throughout, with one of their watches bleeping every fucking five minutes.Anyone who doesn't like football would take nothing from it, and those who do, I presume have been disappointed also. It's not like the game was that spectacular in the first place, and even though that's not the subject, I just found it hard to read deep into it. The little bits of commentary Zidane included was interesting enough, some more of that wouldn't have gone a miss.So, overall, 3/10. Nice cinematography and, errrr, Zidane's face. Those were the saving Graces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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