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| 1031.1 | one of my favorite films | TNPUBS::MARCO | | Mon Feb 12 1996 17:40 | 23 |
| A "key" part in the movie is the function of the large coffee decanter that
seems to be the source of the magic along with the German woman that happens in
the movie. The German woman (cannot remember her name in the movie) and her
husband have a fight while touring the american west desert.
She gets out of the car, grabs a suitcase and ends up at the Baghdad cafe
where she transforms the place and the people. The yellow coffee decanter
is left by the side of the road, picked up by the husband of the woman who runs
the cafe/motel/truck stop. The coffee tastes better from the decanter and
everything good seems to happen with its appearance and the arrival of the
German tourist. As it happens, she grabbed the wrong suitcase and that is
why her clothes a re a little bizarre, she grabbed her husband's suitcase.
The German woman is played by Marianne Sagebrecht--a german actress who has
appeared in a number of both german and american films (I think directed by
Percy Adlon, butnot sure). The first I ever saw her in was SugarBabies. Then
came Baghdad Cafe and there was a third movie " [name] goes shopping. I seem to
not be able to remember names today!
Baghdad Cafe was made into a series, a very short lived one of several years
ago. Whoopie Goldbergdid a TV stint of it but I do not think she was in the
series. The series just could not capture the sense of magic and light
and fun that was in the movie. Too bad!
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| 1031.2 | didn't much like that one, if that's her | APLVEW::DEBRIAE | de gustibus non est disputandum | Mon Feb 12 1996 17:52 | 3 |
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"Rosalee Goes Shopping"???
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| 1031.3 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Mon Feb 12 1996 18:23 | 3 |
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Now THAT was a strange movie.
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| 1031.4 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Don't like my p_n? 1-800-328-7448 | Mon Feb 12 1996 19:00 | 3 |
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Was her name Marianne Saegebrecht?
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| 1031.5 | re .1 | SHRCTR::JMCNAMARA | | Mon Feb 12 1996 19:40 | 3 |
| Thanks so much ( I was wondering about the coffee in the decanter).
Now I must see the whole thing - I'll have to try the video store.
BTW - her name was Jasmin -
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| 1031.6 | Great Movie! | MKOTS1::PENNELLA | | Tue Feb 13 1996 19:00 | 5 |
| I also caught this movie a couple of weeks ago and I really enjoyed it!
Even though it was an American film it was still slightly odd enough to
be mistaken for a foreign film... without subtitles. I love to watch
foreign subtitled movies (Babettes Feast is my favorite), the stories
always seem like old fairy tales.
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| 1031.7 | re. 6 interesting thought | TNPUBS::MARCO | | Fri Feb 16 1996 16:16 | 3 |
| I never thought about it that way--it is like an old fairy tale. Wings of
Desire is another German film that evokes that kind of feeling--sort of special
and magical. Catch it if you get a chance, much like a lyric poem in celluloid.
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| 1031.8 | More like this one please! | ULYSSE::BUCKLEY | | Fri Mar 01 1996 09:35 | 13 |
| I saw this on video when I was giving blood the other day - a real shot
in the arm! (sorry)
I actually enjoyed the fact that there were no actors I knew. And I
know what you mean about it being as good as a "foreign" film - look
out for the most important frisbee throwing sequence on celluloid ...
I wonder what kind of budget this film had - makes you wonder if
quality of film is in inverse proportion to the budget ...? (I'm going
to post a note on Heat next!)
Wendy
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