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Post by nell on Dec 28, 2010 19:19:17 GMT
I'm coming to your house to watch it! Is that the dvd or the administering of medical treatment ?  |
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Post by kygal on Dec 28, 2010 22:38:12 GMT
LOL Nell. I will share my dvd but if Aurelio Zen was at my house I would not share him or let anyone watch me render whatever aid is needed!! Not that I am selfish or anything just trying to respect his privacy...haha!
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Post by rumantic on Dec 29, 2010 1:09:35 GMT
Sigh....ok, I guess it would just have to be for the dvd. It's ok, kygal, I don't share very well either.  |
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Post by PrairieGirl on Dec 29, 2010 2:30:06 GMT
Hi kygal and rumantic, preordered Zen and have a PAL/NTSC DVD that can be made region free too, now, same thing, just hoping everything works as advertised. I'm ordering A Man of No Importance to test it out.
I'm a graphic artist so I could just Photoshop Ruf back into shape, but kygal, that wouldn't be nearly as much fun as what you can do hands on!
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Post by rumantic on Dec 29, 2010 3:41:29 GMT
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Post by rumantic on Dec 29, 2010 3:42:52 GMT
BTW Prairiegirl...can you photoshop me back into shape too? I'm not as young as I used to be! LOL
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Post by rumantic on Dec 29, 2010 4:36:36 GMT
Another question...how did you preorder Zen on amazon? I'm searching for it, but it's not coming up with anything.
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Post by walt on Dec 29, 2010 10:08:40 GMT
You'll probably have to order it from amazon UK (not US or Germany)
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Post by kygal on Dec 29, 2010 11:41:13 GMT
As Walt said...ordered it on Amazon UK. Thanks for the earlier info PG...I kept that in mind when I ordered my dvd player. Hopefully it will work.
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Post by rumantic on Dec 29, 2010 16:48:05 GMT
Thanks....they've actually been making me work this morning (wtf?!?) but it's slowed down some now, so I'll check it out.
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Post by rueful on Dec 29, 2010 21:16:48 GMT
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Post by anyother on Dec 30, 2010 11:08:13 GMT
I can hardly wait. I started reading Zen, always good to do some advance research (= make the time go faster).
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Post by rumantic on Dec 30, 2010 15:08:21 GMT
Just pre-ordered Zen...I also ordered Charles II. My husband is going to think I lost my mind (more than he already does...)
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Post by nell on Jan 1, 2011 7:46:22 GMT
I found a nice Zen article this morning together with a new pic .............. Zen and the art of Sunday night television schedulingThe last day of the week used to mean falling alseep in fornt of Heartbeat, but Wallander, Sherlock and Downton Abbey have changed all that  Share Comments (1) Richard Vine The Guardian, Saturday 1 January 2011 Article history Now Zen, now Zen: Rufus Sewell in your next favourite brooding contintental crime saga. Photograph: Matt Holyoak Sex, death and corruption: Sunday nights are a long way from the cosy larks of Monarch Of The Glen. Instead of Doc Martin, Heartbeat or Foyle's (never-ending) War, we've had a run of smart dramas that feel like a quiet renaissance in the way we round off the TV week: Any Human Heart, Sherlock and Downton Abbey. It's like TV has ditched the warm cup of cocoa approach in favour of a stiff drink. Perhaps it's as simple as Sunday being the one night when you can count on being in, allowing you to wallow in decent drama. With every other night pretending it's the "new Friday", it's easier to turn down invitations and hibernate on a Sunday. What's been brilliant is finding shows that are also worth staying awake for. To take us through the first three Sundays of a dark and cold January 2011 we've got Zen, a series of feature-length dramas starring Rufus Sewell, based on Michael Dibdin's Aurelio Zen novels. It's a detective series very much in the mould of Kenneth Branagh's Wallander, another atmospheric Sunday night drama based on a popular series of novels. The series has been filmed on location in Italy but everyone speaks English, which gives it the same uncanny sense of familiarity that you had when watching the English version of Wallander for the first time. Zen looks great, with snappy 1960s-style zooms setting the tone; and the stories are as interested in exploring the wider society at large – Berlusconi's Italy – as they are in solving crimes. Rufus Sewell can match Branagh in the brooding cop stakes, but then turn on the charm with a raised eyebrow Kenneth Brannagh in Wallander. Photograph: BBC/LEFTBANK FILMS Where Wallander gave us a noir vision of modern Sweden – brutal murders, long dark nights, and a distinct lack of flatpack furniture – this is a slightly lighter proposition. Zen's Rome may be populated by corrupt officials, hitmen hiding out in the hills and twisty murder cases, but with a sharp-suited Sewell and glamorous Bond girl Caterina Murino (Casino Royale) flirting in the corridors of the police station, there's a sense of fun running through it all. Sewell can match Branagh in the brooding cop stakes, but then turn on the charm with a raised eyebrow. It's quickly established that detective Zen is one of the few honest cops in a police department that seems to be run on favours, backhanders and a policy of maintaining the status quo; a government official leans on Zen to re-open a high-profile murder case involving a millionaire and his guests in a remote villa when the prime suspect retracts his confession. But there's a massive caveat: they don't really want him to uncover anything new ("We are not having this conversation"). Zen's attitude to navigating this moral maze is to find a way to do the right thing – while making it look like he's acquiesced to the wrong thing. A witty double bluff. Here's the link to the actual article www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/jan/01/zen-bbc-sunday-drama |
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Post by anyother on Jan 1, 2011 9:33:47 GMT
Nice find, Nell. My favourite quote: "Rufus Sewell can match Branagh in the brooding cop stakes, but then turn on the charm with a raised eyebrow" I found a Zen interview on tv.com, don't know if it's been posted yet: www.tv.com/video/10511316/zen--rufus-sewell--interview |
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