Currently watching on Netflix
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We watched dvd’s, but it is on Netflix here.
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Netflix is dropping some shows in June, and adding others. I’m not sure which of these to-be-ditched shows are available in Argentina, but you might want to have a look, in case there are any you might want to watch before they disappear.
Here is the chronological list for June adios:
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The Distinguished Citizen
(2016)Overview
After refusing big and prestigious awards all over the world, Mr. Mantovani, Literature Nobel Prize winner, accepts an invitation to visit his hometown in Argentina, which has been the inspiration for all of his books. It turns out that accepting this invitation is the worse idea of his life. Expect the unexpected when you have used real people as characters in your novels! Read moreGenres
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Thanks Rice, I'll keep an eye open.
Last night we watched The Distinguished Citizen (El Ciudadano Ilustre) about a successful Argentine author living in Spain who hasn't returned to his home-town of Salas in BA province for over forty years. He returns but with unexpected consequences.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's immediately relatable if you know small town culture. Excellent direction too, without a dull moment.
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We watched it recently, as well. Enjoyable!
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Thanks Rice, I'll keep an eye open.
Last night we watched The Distinguished Citizen (El Ciudadano Ilustre) about a successful Argentine author living in Spain who hasn't returned to his home-town of Salas in BA province for over forty years. He returns but with unexpected consequences.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and it's immediately relatable if you know small town culture. Excellent direction too, without a dull moment.
Will watch this - sounds good!
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Very good piece, Splinter, and right on the mark.
It’s all about resolution: a ten-point scale allows more precision than a three-pointer (assuming we stay with whole numbers and not long decimal strings). The one advantage of the Fahrenheit temperature scale over Celsius is that: the difference between 72 and 74 is quite noticeable to most; in Celsius it’s 22 and 23 - harder to “feel” the difference without using the first decimal to increase the resolution.
Netflix’ policy of reducing a five-point scale to one with only two should make the mouthbreathers happier, but it’s no gift to those who prefer to use their brains rather than their thumbs.
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The Vietnam War
(2017)Overview
An immersive 360-degree narrative telling the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. Featuring testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants and civilians from both the winning and losing sides. Read moreGenres
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I'm currently watching The Vietnam War, a ten part, 18 hour documentary which covers the war as it unfolded, from the beginning of the French involvement in 1887, a very important aspect in the tragedy that we all came to know about in the 60s and 70s.
This Ken Burns documentary has taken 10 years to make and boy does it show me how ignorant I've been about the hows and the whys. An eye opener in so many ways and although I'm still only half way through, the one word that springs from the screen at every moment is why?
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Ken Burns does excellent work. We started watching his Vietnam documentary when it originally aired on Public Television, but weren't able to see all the segments. Glad to know it is on Netflix.
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I've been about the hows and the whys. An eye opener in so many ways and although I'm still only half way through, the one word that springs from the screen at every moment is why?
That was my question back then, too. That stupidity created fissures and poisoned segments of US society that have never healed.
I won’t be watching. Hated it the first time around and have no desire to relive it.
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That was my question back then, too. That stupidity created fissures and poisoned segments of US society that have never healed.
I won’t be watching. Hated it the first time around and have no desire to relive it.
I share your loathing, but because I was so young and so ignorant of world history and events at that time, I was caught up in hating the war without fully understanding all that led to it. I need to watch from start to finish, as awful as it will be.
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I share your loathing, but because I was so young and so ignorant of world history and events at that time, I was caught up in hating the war without fully understanding all that led to it. I need to watch from start to finish, as awful as it will be.
This is precisely why I'm watching it, brutal though it may be, but not as brutal as having been there. The lies, the quagmire of being trapped in an un-winnable war and the treatment of the veterans. What were were they thinking?
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This is precisely why I'm watching it, brutal though it may be, but not as brutal as having been there. The lies, the quagmire of being trapped in an un-winnable war and the treatment of the veterans. What were were they thinking?
What were they thinking, indeed. And how could that willingness to leap into a quagmire have been repeated 40 years later?
Before watching Vietnam, I need escape from our recent history and our current willingness to dismantle our own democracy. That escape arrived a few weeks ago, in the form of BBC's "Death in Paradise" series on Netflix. Although each episode is a murder investigation, the treatment is lighthearted, thus it is a self-described 'Crime Caper' is set in the Caribbean.
With cold weather's arrival in Argentina, watching this can be not only escapism but a chance to vicariously enjoy living in a shack on the nice, warm beach.
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Well I finally finished the 10 part, almost two hour per episode marathon and I felt profoundly moved by the entire experience, not least the veterans from North, South and the US. I made me question where the hell was I during that time and why didn't I take any notice?
Clearly, I can now see why so many Americans don't want to talk about the war, yet I'm glad to have been re-educated on the subject by such a remarkable and titanic documentary.
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Grand Hotel
(2011)Overview
Grand Hotel is a Spanish drama television series directed by Carlos Sedes and starring Yon Gonzalez and Amaia Salamanca. It first aired on Antena 3 in Spain on 11 October 2011 and on Sky Arts 1 in the UK on 18 November 2012. The series, filmed at the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, is set in an early 20th century aristocratic hotel during the reign of King Alfonso XIII and is centered on the mysteries that involve the owner family and the hotel servants. Grand Hotel has received critical acclaim… Read moreGenres
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Struggling through Gran Hotel, dios mio!
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Condolences!
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There are no television channels that broadcast these shows in Argentina ? Star channels make a lot of them available in India
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Condolences!
My summation would be:
Amateur dramatics does Agatha Christie in an opulent hotel by the sea in Galicia, where two inept slueths, one from upstairs and one from downstairs, become lovers, but spend most of their time acting out their servant and mistress roles, thus dampening the sexual tension somewhat.
The two principal families involved, lurch from one whodunnit to another, some involving bare knuckle fights where the protagonists knock ten bells out of one another and leave the tavern in the same perfect condition that they arrived in.
I really want something to happen now that we're almost at the end. I think I've suffered enough in this shimmering, soft focus and clinical charade.
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Thank for the excellent summary. You’ve saved me several hours of boredom or agony.
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