eric khoo's be with me

[blurred]

has anyone seen it? i saw it and i loved it

 

[pinkbox]

favourite local film of all time.
i cried my eye balls out through out the whole movie.

 

[blurred]

yah man it was beautiful, it was sooo goood.

i loved the sercurity guard and jackie stories, not so hot on the blind woman.

tht shot outside borders on the steps, i have to say tht i reckon is my fav movie still ever.

i felt the same way after watching cinema paradiso

 

[pinkbox]

the old couple story was the best story ever told.
i want someone i can be in love with till i'm THAT old and wrinkly.

so sad. thinking about it makes me wanna cry.
the movie was so good.

 

[glissceule]

didn't like it at all.

 

[biopromax]

where to catch it?

 

[pinkbox]

it was in cinema's for a very short period of time.
you'll have to find the DVD now.

i'm trying to find it.

 

[biopromax]

no wonder i go search in youtube , only got MTV etc. HAHA

Thought it was a short film.

DVD HERE I COME!

 

[pujangga]

If you guys liked Be With Me, then you should watch 12 Storeys....it's my all-time favourite local movie. Eric Khoo has always been so poignant in his portrayal of the common man.

 

[pinkbox]

his first film was really equally good. Mee Pok Man.
there are really good local movies that depict the very essence of being singaporean. Not in a patriotic sense of course.

but in a more beautiful memorable familiar way.
if anyones interested, check out works by Guo Bao Kun and Royston Tan. they are really inspring artistes.

i really liked 15, Cut, and 4:30.

 

[ys]

Does anyone know where I can watch Be With Me?
Or purchase it?
Or whatever, just some way I can watch it?

I really hate how Singapore doesn't promote local films at all....
Unless it's those boring predictable ones that make money *cough*JackNeo*cough*

 

[AgingYouth]

You can check with Asian Film Archives, a local non-profit organisation which promotes not just Singapore films, but regional ones as well.

 

[JoshuaG]

The only part about this movie i liked was the opening sequence and the whole securityguard/beautiful lady story line....frankly I thought the movie was kind of directionless...I would have liked if he just kept to the three subplots that he had going...what the hell was with the blind lady arc.... :roll:

 

[pujangga]

Another way you can catch the movie is to buy it from LaserFlair...they have the combo deal, where Mee Pok Man, Twelve Storeys and Be With Me are packaged together.

 

[pinkbox]

cool. thanks pujangga, thanks willy.

 

[edder]

yay for Laserflair!

 

[shyamalan]

u guys can get the Be with me DVD at the arts house. Was there the last time i was there.

 

[rottenramone]

..

not a bad show, but the local film that left the deepest impression on me was perth by djinn

 

[soft]

i saw Be With Me on tv just a few days ago. dont remember which channel though.

the movie is more like a experimental arthouse film. there silent spot throughout the film, i think on purpose.

it is also interesting to see that alot of the shots were lock down. much to the feel of a still camera. again, on purpose.

the multi-story idea is interesting but the execution/substance is not as strong as i felt it could be.

i hope Eric Khoo will move out of this 'safe area' and work on something more commercial.

 

[edder]

sometimes I blame it on the censorship cuts that makes any movie incoherant. I dunno if these movies by Eric Khoo went thro the snips snips.