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Date Posted: 23:27:32 10/16/22 Sun
Author: LAwoman
Subject: Movie Monday! What did you see this weekend? I

didn't see any movies. I tortured myself watching the Dodgers. Oh, and if you have Showtime, I recommend the new Showtime vampire series Let the Right One In.

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[> Saw two really great movies on the plane coming back from Paris, -- skw123, 04:12:08 10/17/22 Mon [1]

Notre Dame is Burning, a dramatization of the 2019 fire in the famed cathedral. In French w/subtitles, no big stars, uses amazing special effects to take you inside the blaze. Very emotional film, scary and heart breaking. They're working to make repairs, but the damage is just so extensive. Great movie.
Also saw The Duke, a British comedy about the real life theft of a portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the Nat'l Gallery in 1961. An old, unemployed guy, angry about having to buy a license to watch tv, steals the portrait to make a point about social injustice. Helen Mirren plays his long-suffering wife. Hysterical.


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[> [> That Notre Dame film sounds good, though it's so sad that such -- LAwoman, 09:19:07 10/17/22 Mon [1]

an iconic place was so badly damaged. I remember how horrible the news footage was at the time.


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[> [> [> Sadly, it didn't need to be as bad as it was, -- skw123, 12:17:17 10/17/22 Mon [1]

The film pointed out old, bad wiring, smoking workmen, sparks from renovation work already in progress when the fire started. Faulty alarms, no communication, traffic blocking firetrucks, no water pressure, broken water pipes, bureaucracy. Every door needed several keys that few knew about, relics were hard to get to. They had given up on saving the cathedral, focusing on saving the art (paintings, sculptures, stained glass, relics etc) instead. A total nightmare. Amazingly, no one was injured at all, most artworks saved. The whole place is under scaffolding now, repairs underway, hoping for finish by '24 Olympics. Ain't gonna happen.


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[> [> [> [> I remember when it happened I was constantly looking for updates to see -- LAwoman, 09:20:58 10/18/22 Tue [1]

how much they were able to save and the condition of the cathedral. I have such fond memories of visiting Notre Dame when I was a teenager. I don't think I can watch that movie LOL! It sounds too sad and frustrating.


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[> [> [> [> [> At the end, they showed French people singing and really coming -- skw123, 15:15:01 10/18/22 Tue [1]

together over their loss. It did end on a positive note about the humanity that the cathedral represents. It's all good.


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