COM O MESTRE JAIME COSTA!!!!

JAIME COSTA DA CANOA "ESPERANÇA" DA MARINHA DO TEJO E DO ESTALEIRO DE SARILHOS PEQUENOS TAL COMO APARECEU E VOLTARÁ A APARECER NO PROGRAMA «INICIATIVA» NA RTP2 REALIZADO PELA DUVIDEO!!!

A propósito do mais recente filme de Michael Moore

«Já calcularam o número de indivíduos que é forçoso condenar à miséria, ao trabalho desproporcionado, à desmoralização, à infâmia, à ignorância crapulosa, à desgraça invencível, à penúria absoluta, para produzir um rico?» Almeida Garrett (1799-1854), escritor e político português.

YOU GOT TO MOVE IT MOVE IT!!!

Click [HERE] to enter the official site of this fabulous movie!...

On Lisbon Theatres

Another fabulous poster of the fabulous movie I've recently watched in Lisbon!... Please note that the first three musics now playing at Rádio Atlântico Azul are from its soundtrack. My favourite is the second one, a duet of Pierce Brosnan with Merryl Streep!... Awsome!!!...

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One of the fabulous posters of the fabulous ["MAMMA MIA"] I've recently watched on a Lisbon Theatre!... I've also posted the trailer at [Atlântico Azul * Extras]!!! I HAVE NEVER LAUGHED SO MUCH IN MY LIFE AND MY BELLY IS STILL ACHING WITH PAIN!!!... Everything is GREAT about this movie and the soundtrack is SUPERB!!!...

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Another scene from «Tropa de Elite» («Elite Squad»). * Mais uma cena do filme «Tropa de Elite». Da esquerda para a direita:

• Capitão Nascimento (Wagner Moura), um agente da polícia honesto, corajoso e determinado, que pretende deixar o BOPE com a certeza de que terá um substituto digno;
• Aspirante Neto Gouveia (Caio Junqueira), um jovem idealista e impulsivo, que decidiu ingressar na PM, mas desiludiu-se com a corporação após testemunhar a incompetência e a corrupção por parte dos colegas. Ao tentar ajudar um oficial do seu batalhão que havia sido levado para uma armadilha por outros agentes policiais, Neto conhece o Capitão Roberto Nascimento e decide ingressar na BOPE. Leva consigo o seu melhor amigo;
• Aspirante André Matias (André Ramiro): de origens humildes, conseguiu matricular-se no curso de Direito de uma das melhores faculdades do Rio de Janeiro. Demonstra ser um aluno aplicado, mas não concorda com tudo o que os professores e colegas lhe dizem, especialmente quando as aulas vão de encontro à sua vocação como polícia..

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This extraordinary film now playing at last on Lisbon Theaters, «Tropa de Elite» (the «Elite Squad») is about BOPE - Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (Special Police Operations Battalion), the elite group of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). It was awarded with the best movie award of the Berlin International Film Festival, the Golden Bear. You should not miss this movie.

For more information, click [HERE].

Mais informações [AQUI].

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I've recently watched this film and LOVED it! For more information, go to the official site [HERE]!!...

A história começa no ano de 2700, com o planeta soterrado pelo lixo da Humanidade desde meados de 2000. Sem alternativas, os humanos partiram há 700 anos num cruzeiro galáctico de luxo organizado pela mega-multinacional "Buy ‘n Large" (BnL) a bordo da «Axiom» e criaram robots para recolher o lixo que os seres humanos espalharam pela Terra. A ideia inicial seria regressar 5 anos depois. Porém, nunca mais regressaram. Os robots pertenciam à classe WALL·E (Waste Allocation Load Lifters - Earth-Class), mas não suportaram as condições precárias em que se encontrava o planeta e deixaram de funcionar. Sobreviveu apenas um único exemplar desses robots, o WALL·E, protagonista desta história, que vagueia pelo planeta a cumprir a tarefa para a qual foi programado, apenas acompanhado por uma barata de estimação. Durante 700 anos o WALL·E trabalha sozinho, coleccionando inúmeros artefactos humanos que vai encontrando durante a limpeza, entre eles um cubo mágico, um aparelho de VHS e o seu filme favorito, o “Hello, Dolly!”. Certo dia desce dos céus uma nave espacial e o WALL·E recebe a visita de EVA (Examinadora de Vegetação Alienígena), uma nova espécie de robot, enviada ao planeta para cumprir uma rápida missão. E mais não conto!...

Mais informações no site oficial [AQUI]!!!

TABARLY

Image downloaded from the official site of the Film (click [HERE] for the trailor), as we were kindly informed by an anonymous visitor who signed as "G." and to whom I thank. Click on the image to better view the poster.

Yorkshire Airlines

This hilarious video is now an annex to Atlântico Azul. You may watch it [HERE]. * Este hilariante video está agora em anexo ao Atlântico Azul. Podem vê-lo [AQUI].

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ON LISBON THEATERS (8)

THE SECRET OF THE GRAINE - O SEGREDO DE UM CUZCUS

Mais um excelente filme a não perder. Podia perfeitamente passar-se no Talaminho. Ou em Alhos Vedros. Ou - pior ainda - na Rocha do Conde de Óbidos.

«Abdellatif Kechiche impressed the Festival in 2004 with his memorable L'Esquive, also a major success in France, about a teenage production of Marivaux on a multi-racial housing estate. His new film is an expansive ensemble comedy-drama filmed in the southern French port of Sète, and centred on a North African dockside community. In his sixties, Monsieur Beiji is tired of a life of toil in a shipyard, and wants to realise his long-cherished dream, opening a floating restaurant specialising in fish-and-couscous dishes (hence the grain and the mullet of the French title). But the ship is still to be renovated, and local dignitaries to be persuaded that the venture has a future. And then there are Beiji's friends and family - including the new woman in his life, his ex-wife and a host of neighbours - who have their own parts to play in the success or failure of his dream.

A richly characterised sprawl of a film, The Secret of the Grain is an affectionate, intimate portrait of a port, a community and a culture, and confirms Kechiche as one of the new filmmakers with the keenest eye for the cultural complexity of 21st century France.»

By Jonathan Romney

«Sète, le port. Monsieur Beiji, la soixantaine fatiguée, se traîne sur le chantier naval du port dans un emploi devenu pénible au fil des années. Père de famille divorcé, s'attachant à rester proche des siens malgré une histoire familiale de ruptures et de tensions que l'on sent prêtes à se raviver, et que les difficultés financières ne font qu'exacerber, il traverse une période délicate de sa vie où tout semble contribuer à lui faire éprouver un sentiment d'inutilité. Une impression d'échec qui lui pèse depuis quelque temps, et dont il ne songe qu'à sortir en créant sa propre affaire : un restaurant. Seulement, rien n'est moins sûr, car son salaire insuffisant et irrégulier est loin de lui offrir les moyens de son ambition. Ce qui ne l'empêche pas d'en rêver, d'en parler, en famille notamment. Une famille qui va peu à peu se souder autour d'un projet, devenu pour tous le symbole d'une quête de vie meilleure. Grâce à leur sens de la débrouille et aux efforts déployés, leur rêve va bientôt voir le jour. Ou presque...»

More information [HERE].

On Lisbon Theaters!!!... (7)

Forget anything I've said until now regarding movies!!...

FORGET IT!

THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE EVER MADE IN THE HISTORY OF CINEMA!!!... You must watch it immediately and buy the DVD and buy the Soundtrack and buy a ticket to Lebanon right away!!!

It's called «Sukkar banat» («Caramel»), written and directed by Nadine Labaki, who also plays one of the main roles (Layal, who works at a beauty salon in Beirut along with three other women).

It is basically a romantic comedy centered on the daily lives of five Lebanese women living in Beirut (Nadine's very own Beirut, as she writes at the end of the movie), but it could actually take place in a beauty salon at the old part of Lisbon's downtown...

Each character in the movie has a problem (just like any other women in the World):

1. Layal has a sick and unbalanced relationship with a married man (the things she did for Love, I guess all girls have done it, eventually, in one way or another...);
2. Nisrine, who is no more a virgin, will soon be married to a Muslim;
3. Rima is lesbian;
4. Jamal is worried about getting old;
5. Rose, a tailor woman with a shop next to the salon, is an old lady who devoted her whole life to take care of her older sister, Lili, having found her first love...

It is spoken in Arabic and a bit of French, something I had never EVER seen or heard before and sounds really great!!!... The soundtrack, by Khaled Mouzanar, is OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD, so it is now playing at Radio Atlantico Azul!!!... Ah... What a great movie!...

On Lisbon Theatres (at last)

(All photos downloaded from the Internet)

These images depict a movie I’ve recently watched in Lisbon, «Coeurs», also known as «Private Fears in Public Places» and «Corações», another spectacular film by Alain Resnais and a prizewinner at Venice Film Festival (2006). The characters exert an influence on each other’s destiny though they neither know one another nor ever meet. It is a choral film that is both dark and full of wit, like all the work of this most original French film-maker who blends daring experimentation with form, with humour and profundity. You shouldn't miss it…

On Lisbon's Theatres - «No Country for Old Men»

I only watched this movie yesterday. Now I'm confused: I LOVED Michael Clayton. Then I saw «There will be blood» and got ADDICTED TO IT!!! But this one... another amazing film from two amazing directors with amazing performances by Javier Bardem and Tommy Lee Jones and all the other amazing actors... Wow!... Não percam este filme!!! Um pouco «pesado», mas afinal o que o não é nesta Vida? Ah! E não percam o «Haverá Sangue» pois é de facto imperdível!!! Bom fim-de-semana!!!

Are you sure it's the same person?

Têm a certeza de que é a mesma pessoa??

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«There Will Be Blood» is a movie now playing on Lisbon theaters, but that I have not seen yet. In his ruthless pursuit of wealth, misanthropic oilman Daniel Plainview tricks a local farmer into signing away his valuable drilling rights and rejects his own son, H.W., when the boy loses his hearing in an accident. As he becomes increasingly isolated and unstable, Daniel places his trust in a vagrant claiming to be his half-brother, and finds his position unsettled by H.W.'s return and the growing popularity of the farmer's son, now an evangelical preacher. This film had the following 8 Oscar Nominations (click to view at the official site):

1. [Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role]
2. [Achievement in Art Direction]
3. [Achievement in Cinematography]
4. [Achievement in Directing]
5. [Achievement in Film Editing]
6. [Best Motion Picture of the Year]
7. [Achievement in Sound Editing]
8. [Adapted Screenplay]

Daniel Day-Lewis conquistou o Oscar de melhor actor na 80.ª cerimónia que decorreu na noite de domingo no Kodak Theatre, em Hollywood. Os nomeados eram:

• George Clooney - «Michael Clayton» - Um dos meus preferidos, a par de Viggo Mortensen;
• Daniel Day-Lewis – «There will be blood» («Haverá Sangue»);
• Tommy Lee Jones – «No vale de Elah»;
• Viggo Mortensen – «Eastern Promises» («Promessas Perigosas»);
• Johnny Depp - «Swenney Todd».

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On Lisbon Theaters (1)

A NÃO PERDER.

So many photos, so little space...

Criei o blogue dos [Filmes do Atlântico Azul], destinado exclusivamente à colocação de slideshows, tendo em vista minimizar os problemas de tempo de abertura com que alguns dos leitores se vêm deparando quando acedem ao Atlântico Azul. Espero que gostem!... You may find the archive of slideshows of this blog at [Blue Films]. I hope you enjoy them!...