#CODA film

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That’s a new one for me 😂 [x]

[ourlittlesister2015]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017), dir. Stephen Nomura Schible  

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FILMS WATCHED IN 2024 CODA (2021) Dir. Sian Heder

[2001hz]

'LIFE', 1999 Oppenheimer’s Aria Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017) Directed by Stephen Nomura Schible

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Can we talk about The Dying Swan moment in Coda? As someone who was once a very serious ballerina, I need to talk about the Dying Swan. Here's your context --

CHAKOTAY: Harry's clarinet solo was okay. I could have done without Tuvok's reading of Vulcan poetry. But the highlight of the evening was definitely Kathryn Janeway portraying the Dying Swan. JANEWAY: I learned that dance when I was six years old. I assure you, it was the hit of the Beginning Ballet class.

Have you seen The Dying Swan? It is dramatic.

Here, take a minute:

First of all, this dance is much too advanced for a six-year-old, even if they’re doing it in demi pointe. (Six-year-olds emphatically should not be in pointe shoes btw.) The dance is almost entirely bourees and arm movements done to very subtle musical cues, not the foundational ballet moves typically taught in Beginning Ballet.

This is a very vulnerable, dramatic dance that is effective because of its subtleties. The performer would need to embody that vulnerability in some way for a convincing performance. It's short, but it's a solo piece -- all eyes on you. I mean, it was choreographed for a prima ballerina, BUT THAT'S NOT MY POINT

Can you imagine our unflappable Captain Janeway willingly getting in front of her crew to do this ballet? I get that it’s thematically relevant to the plot of Coda, but since Janeway is only vulnerable in front of her crew when it means putting herself in harm’s way, it seems like a wild decision. She tends to hold herself apart from her crew, maintaining the professional distance of the captain. Further, when she does any creative pursuit, it is almost always in private, since her sister was the artist in the family and she was the scientist. As a captain, she commands Voyager in a much different way than she would as a dancer with this piece. I'm not saying she never shows vulnerability because she definitely does, but not necessarily in this way. Then when she talks about it with Chakotay, she just casually brushes it off with a laugh like no big deal.

There’s also the question of costume – would she have gone full tutu? Done it in her Starfleet uniform? An impeccable yet flow-y white suit? She does get into costume and command a performance in Bride of Chaotica!, but Coda is still kind of early days for our captain. Arachnia aligns more with what we know about Janeway's character.

Granted, it is Chakotay laying down these complements about her dancing ability and he is clearly biased. To be fair, Neelix does too before they leave in the shuttle. If she did this dance and performed it poorly or amazingly, I feel like the crew would look at her a bit differently afterwards.

Canonically she did The Dying Swan, but I certainly have trouble picturing it happening.

[abirdie]

Gael García Bernal in Rudo y Cursi (2008, dir. Carlos Cuarón)

(these gifs also feature Diego Luna and Jessica Mas)

Gifs are all 540px wide so you can click to see larger.

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Japanese B2 for Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017, dir. Stephen Nomura Schible)

designed by phimposter (me) / 2024.

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Okay, so I've only watched the 30th anniversary director's cut and it's possible that the theatrical version was way worse, but I don't understand why The Godfather Part 3 is so hated. Like, yeah, the first-cousin romance is skeevy as hell (but it's a mafia movie; I'm not expecting the characters to be morally upstanding), and Sofia Coppola is just kind of embarrassing when she's onscreen with all of these legendary actors, but it's not *bad* by any means, and I liked it better than part 2.

[sarahmargaret]

CODA (2021) dir. Siân Heder

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Outrage Coda

[ourlittlesister2015]

Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (2017), dir. Stephen Nomura Schible

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FILM: Leo Rossi, Frank Rossi, Jackie Rossi (CODA 2021) - Deaf

CODA is a 2021 coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Sian Heder. An English-language remake of the 2014 French-Belgian film La Famille Bélier, it stars Emilia Jones as Ruby Rossi, the child of deaf adults (CODA) and only hearing member of her family, who attempts to help her family's struggling fishing business while pursuing her aspirations to become a singer.

The movie uses deaf actors to play the deaf characters, who, along with Jones, communicate using American Sign Language. Eugenio Derbez, Troy Kotsur, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Daniel Durant (in his feature film debut), and Marlee Matlin are featured in supporting roles. [wiki] [imdb]

[iamlisteningto]

Ryuichi Sakamoto 坂本 龍一’s Coda

[zionistsinfilm]

When you buy or stream The L Word, Quantico, Children of a Lesser God, CODA, Switched At Birth, What the Bleep Do We Know!?, Hear No Evil, Through Deaf Eyes, The West Wing, you're giving money to zionists. Marlee Matlin is a zionist.

[gnougnouss]

Just thinking about how Americans spend millions of dollars recreating a foreign movie that worked perfectly well and US audiences could have just watched subbed/dubbed....something is wrong with them.

Millions of dollars. Because americans are so deeply uncurious about other countries. Wild.