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AH yes – ’tis Friday and the weekend will shortly be upon us, complete
with all manner of frivolities and jollifications including the current
Quiz. DeeNesenolis@hotmail.com is the address, the closing date is this
coming Tuesday at 5pm, and the question ... what or where is Budibudi?
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SMASH pix – or if you are of an older generation, vintage gems from the
Silver Screen. We cannot recreate the local Lyric, Odeon or Hippodrome,
nor even the Rialto nor the Esquire. But we can point out interesting
older movies and tell you where or when they’re appearing on PNG
television. So with the weekend in mind, we offer the following.
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TONIGHT at 9.15 on the MGM channel: The Thomas Crown Affair. This film
is remembered for style, for all the camera tricks and settings and
acting mannerisms that summed up the sixties. It’s very easy to watch,
graced by Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway and it has an iconic theme, The
Windmills of your Mind, penned by Michel Legrand.
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BUT as a critic said at the time: “This film is stunning on the surface,
like a haute couture fashion model – and just as concave and
undernourished underneath.” It’s still worth your time; don’t miss the
famous sexy chess game.
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WELCOME September tomorrow with the “late” movie screening on 7 Central
at 12.25am Sunday, The Dancer Upstairs. This is an excellent film
released in 2002, a tense thriller involving an honest policeman caught
between terrorists and a ruthless government. It’s based firmly on the
true story of Abimael Guzman, the leader of the Shining Path rebels in
Peru, who was captured above a dance studio in Lima in 1992. Don’t miss
this one.
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QUIZZERS! No, you’re not forgotten, but we have to connect with a highly
diverse audience in the Column ... Richard La’a in Toowoomba was among
the early birds with this response to our Gemo island question: “Gemo
was famously known for being a leprosy colony where patients were
quarantined and treated. The colony was at the western end of the
island. Gemo is at latitude – 9.48056 and longitude 147.117.”
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MORE on Sunday – have a top weekend. Cheers!
– Dee Nesenolis
 
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