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Glad to see you made the connection. Iโm bus Kenny from Below Sea Level. Still living in a bus. Iโm the only surviving man. Would love to answer your questions
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Wow, so wonderful to hear from you. I saw Rosi’s documentary a few weeks ago and was moved by it. Thank you so much for sharing.
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Curious, are you goint to review The Golden Fortress twice?
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If I’m lazy, maybe even not!
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You better watch Revenge fast. leaving Netflix end of the month.
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Yes that’s why it’s on my list. But I can check whether it will be renewed.
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i suggest do a director retrospective of Shinya Tsukamoto, whose beautiful films included Testuo: the Iron Man, Testuo : The Body Hammer, the remake of Fires on the Plains, Tokyo Fist and my favourite: Gemini and A Snake of June.
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I’ve a few of those in my collection but yet to see. If the God of Randomisation picks any, I’ll watch them!
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hello mr tan! can you please review ET? itโs my most favourite movie ever.
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When I revisit it at some point, I surely will. As you can imagine my initials are similarly ET, it’s definitely one of my all-time favourites!
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Are you catching the classic anime Ghost in the Shell at this year JFF?
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I’ve my own copy but if you are going, thanks for supporting our JFF! We hope to continue to do it every year.
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Not catching anything this year at the Singapore International Film Festival?
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Nope I’m giving it a miss this year due to health and work. But I’ll catch some of them at a later time.
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