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Other => Movie Talk => Topic started by: A pimp named Sarkozy on June 21, 2007, 05:33:19 PM
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http://www.goodbyebafana.com/trailer/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438859/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye_Bafana
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=goodbye+bafana&search=Search
Just checked this movie an hour ago from the film festival.I think the movie was released a month ago i think.
My question is
Why wasnt this movie promoted here in SA?i mean i dont think more than 50 peeps know about this flick here in SA,
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do this dudes EVER pick up african actors with proper accents to act the parts?
I f***in hate these movies man. use an african actor dumba**es...
Like in Primeval how are they gonna say shit happened in burundi but half the actors on there speaking SA dialects? :x :x
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oh yeah....seen this being promoted here a while back. Did not take notice coz of your point Msanii....the minute i seen amerikenz i shut it out. Might actually be good though.......
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do this dudes EVER pick up african actors with proper accents to act the parts?
I f***in hate these movies man. use an african actor dumba**es...
Like in Primeval how are they gonna say shit happened in burundi but half the actors on there speaking SA dialects? :x :x
Not to mention Leo DiCap in Blood Diamond with his Rhodesian accent..
I will watch but based on the trailer this is another hollywood f8ck up.
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YO GOD FATHER DONT U THINK MAYBE THE REASON WE DONT HAVE TOO MANY LEAD ROLES FOR OUR MOVIES IS BECOZ OUR ACTORS R NOT KNOWN & I SOMEHOW FEEL THEY R NOT GOOD ENOUGH LIKE OUR HIP HOP..... I HATE THE FACT THT MOVIES BOUT OUR LEADERS R DONE BY AMERICAN ACTORS...BUT WHO PUTS UP THE MONEY FOR THESE MOVIES... WHO THE f*** KNOWS OUR ACTORS EXCEPT US... BESIDES OUR OWN FILM MAKERS HAV BETTA STORIES TO TELL LIKE TSOTSI SO UP UNTIL OUR LAZY a**ES PUT MORE EFFORT THESE ROLES WILL STILL GO TO THE AMERICANS....
@MSANII IMAGINE CASH PLAYING A YOUNG NELSON MANDELA DO U THINK WITH HIS MODEL C ENGLISH THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET WILL RELATE TO HIM BEING FROM SA....NO.
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YO GOD FATHER DONT U THINK MAYBE THE REASON WE DONT HAVE TOO MANY LEAD ROLES FOR OUR MOVIES IS BECOZ OUR ACTORS R NOT KNOWN & I SOMEHOW FEEL THEY R NOT GOOD ENOUGH LIKE OUR HIP HOP..... I HATE THE FACT THT MOVIES BOUT OUR LEADERS R DONE BY AMERICAN ACTORS...BUT WHO PUTS UP THE MONEY FOR THESE MOVIES... WHO THE f*** KNOWS OUR ACTORS EXCEPT US... BESIDES OUR OWN FILM MAKERS HAV BETTA STORIES TO TELL LIKE TSOTSI SO UP UNTIL OUR LAZY a**ES PUT MORE EFFORT THESE ROLES WILL STILL GO TO THE AMERICANS....
*he sighs heavily*
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^^^^^^^ I feel your pain
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bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhhahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
CASH AS A YOUNG NELSON MANDELA!!! shit :lol:
thats f***in hilarious man! thats sum funny a** shit! :D
yo drama boy! i think i need to cut off ya cRACK supply!!!
hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! :D
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i cud pull a steve biko off tho! play him like the Pac character in Juice!
HOLLER AT YA BOY!!!!
im the modern day biko right now! :idea:
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bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaahahahhhahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!
CASH AS A YOUNG NELSON MANDELA!!! shit :lol:
thats f***in hilarious man! thats sum funny a** shit! :D
yo drama boy! i think i need to cut off ya cRACK supply!!!
hahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!! :D
THT MEANS YO PUNK a**ES MUST STOP MANUFACTURING THT CRACK & BESIDES I DONT WANT TO GO TO REHAB & BE FORCED TO LISTEN TO WACK MCEES LIKE ZULUBOY
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do this dudes EVER pick up african actors with proper accents to act the parts?
I f***in hate these movies man. use an african actor dumba**es...
Like in Primeval how are they gonna say shit happened in burundi but half the actors on there speaking SA dialects? :x :x
co sign .....
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Im waiting for jerusalem entjha to drop...
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I am f***in tired of American taking one-sided stories of Africa, where it's all the negative stuff; death, poverty, corruption, AIDS.....the list goes on and on. Can't they make a movie about the good stuff in Africa?
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Saw the flick the actor who played mandela,failed dismally on the voice and the accent part.
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the actor is Denzel once again.. from Biko to Mandela. accent very wack. Americans playing Africans is unjustifiable period.
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In Sarafinna the presence of Whoppi might not be satisfactorily justified but she created the good reception the film needed 2 succeed overseas.
CRY,BELOVED COUNTRY WITHOUT JAMES EARL JONES AND RICHARD HARRIS WOULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER FLOP OVERSEAS regardless of the line-up of local stars.
On the other hand,YOU DONT INVEST MONEY IN A VENTURE WITHOUT MONITORING ITS CHANCES OF SUCCESS,THaTS NOT 2 SAY THAT CASTING FOREIGNERS 2 PLAY LOCAL characters is necessarily good,becoz having Denzel Washington playing Steve Biko in Cry freedom did not go down well with me despite his dubbed Xhosa accent.
So instead of criticising Hollywood we should rather rally behind initiatives such as Jeremy Nathan's dv8 & build own industry.
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In South Africa,when it comes 2 movies, we put a lot of emphasis on the storytelling aspect,even going as far as veiling it in patriotism & fallin blind 2 the fact that after the final take the people in front of & behind the camera must eat Real talk.thos state of the art edit suites have 2 be paid for u know?
On top of that,millions of rands are needed 2 market these stories in order to cajole movie fanatics into budgeting 4 them & their partners 2 go 2 the cinema.
When it comes 2 local movie being promoted overseas,US/overseas Cinema goers would rather watch L Jackson or their hero in a Blue SAPS uniform than Zola or the way whos the SA action hero,i dont know.well f*** it.
and also they wouldnt want.Can we say they want their money's worth? OH! HELL NO! they want their own people.they love their comfort zones.
That is why i dare say that YIZO YIZO director Tebogo Mahlatsi was misleading the nation when he claimed in a magazine that "for him the apex of his filmaking career would not be when his films are judged by hollywood/international Film organisations but when they r critiqued by township people after screening at a community hall.
ALL LIES,LIAR
Our first experience of "bioscope" was foreign prints & for a filmaker 2 diss hollywood either implies psychological self-sabotage or the green eyed monster.
Mahlatsi is a typical ghetto brother who fails to see the broader picture.Money not pride or patriotism makes movies.Good movies make good money.
It was very difficult 2 understand the outburst caused by the arrival of L JACKSON & FRENCH actress Juliette Binoche to star in COUNTRY OF MY SKULL. (4 those of you lil ones who do not know the movie the movie is based on a novel about the Truth & Reconciliation)People in South Africa feel it should be the norm that when a South african story is filmed it should star local actors.besides In South Africa there is not a pool of good actors 2 choose from.