Dub Modal Posted July 8 Report Posted July 8 (edited) 1 hour ago, rostasi said: The song they're singing is "The Water Is Troubled" written by George Banton. Good find 👍 I dig it. Edited July 8 by Dub Modal Quote
l p Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 (edited) 21 hours ago, Dub Modal said: the movie Rockers i ran into this on firestick a couple of months ago. the local jamaican lingo is amazing. this may be the only movie (at least on firestick) that has a 2nd set of subtitles explaining the original subtitles. both subs are needed, and still are not enough to make it clear as to exactly what they're saying. looked for other jamaican 70's movies besides this, and the well known jimmy cliff 'the harder they come'. the only thing i could find is the seemingly silly 'Smile Orange' (1976). and that's it. 3 jamaican movies from the 70's. Edited July 9 by l p Quote
Dub Modal Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 30 minutes ago, l p said: i ran into this on firestick a couple of months ago. the local jamaican lingo is amazing. this may be the only movie (at least on firestick) that has a 2nd set of subtitles explaining the original subtitles. both subs are needed, and still are not enough to make it clear as to exactly what they're saying. looked for other jamaican 70's movies besides this, and the well known jimmy cliff 'the harder they come'. the only thing i could find is the seemingly silly 'Smile Orange' (1976). and that's it. 3 jamaican movies from the 70's. I re-watched this recently on Tubi and had the same issue with subtitles. When I first saw it decades ago, it was via VHS and the movie's subtitles were sufficient (but I'm also a native a English speaker), and I'm pretty sure those subtitles are baked into the movie itself. Unless one is fluent in Jamaican patois, it's difficult to completely understand otherwise. I plan on watching again and will turn the streaming platform's subtitles off because I thought they were distracting and unnecessary as well. I've seen The Harder they Come but not Smile Orange. Another one I highly recommend is Countryman, which I rank up there with Rockers, and slightly better than The Harder they Come: Quote
l p Posted July 9 Report Posted July 9 the thing is, we've all heard of jimmy cliff 'the harder they come'. but i've not heard of rockers until now. and it's a much better/more real jamaican movie. i bet it's their favorite 70's. Quote
Dub Modal Posted July 10 Report Posted July 10 (edited) 19 hours ago, l p said: the thing is, we've all heard of jimmy cliff 'the harder they come'. but i've not heard of rockers until now. and it's a much better/more real jamaican movie. i bet it's their favorite 70's. Indeed. Rockers captures that late 70s reggae vibe better than any other movie I've seen. That's likely due to it including so many legendary artists in the cast. The only other one that rivals Rockers for that vibe is the documentary The Land of Look Behind: Edited July 10 by Dub Modal Quote
jlhoots Posted July 11 Report Posted July 11 Finally watched the Ken Burns 2 part doc. American Buffalo. Liked it. Quote
rostasi Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 (edited) Bill Viola (1951-2024) [Alzheimer's] Edited July 13 by rostasi Quote
mjazzg Posted July 13 Report Posted July 13 3 hours ago, rostasi said: Bill Viola (1951-2024) [Alzheimer's] Just read the news,what a shame. Saw some great works over the years Quote
jazzbo Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 (edited) The tenth (series finale?) episode of EVIL Season 4. Wow. This was a fantastic series. Edited July 26 by jazzbo Quote
jlhoots Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: "Slow Horses" - Season 3 Season 4 coming soon!! Quote
mjazzg Posted July 26 Report Posted July 26 21 minutes ago, jlhoots said: Season 4 coming soon!! That's good news, I hadn't heard that Quote
soulpope Posted August 5 Report Posted August 5 On 7/26/2024 at 7:57 PM, HutchFan said: "Slow Horses" - Season 3 🧐🤓 .... Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted August 8 Report Posted August 8 I just ran across this film script from 1969, autographed by the cast. When issued the title was changed to The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County. I got it back then from Don "Red" Barry at a charity auction. I'd never seen the film, but found it on Youtube tonight. Quote
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