I Called It a River Kwai Knockoff
பிப்ரவரி 15, 2022 Lehan Edirisinghe
I work out, then spend the day dissecting films: what copies what, what lands emotionally, and what feels cheap. The conflict is study versus exhaustion, the stake is whether my own script improves, and the payoff is building taste through ruthless comparison.
Comparing Paradise Road to The Bridge on the River Kwai
3:30 p.m.
This is the exact same as Bridge over the River Kwai which was more successful because it filmed in Sri Lanka!
A Prisoner Assembly in The Bridge on the River Kwai
3:30 p.m.
(c)
There is an assembly of prisoners in BOTRK
Japanese Guards Beating Civilian Prisoners
3:30 p.m.
(g)
The Japanese beat up captured civilian prisoners
A Prisoner Killed to Frighten the Others
3:45 p.m.
How sad, they murdered a bad prisoner to scare the rest of the prisoners to obey rules.
Frances McDormand in Paradise Road and Nomadland
3:45 p.m.
(b)
Frances McDormand floats █████ much later in Nomadland!███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████
Frances McDormand’s Range, Voice and On-Camera Acting
5:00 p.m.
(c)
Frances is on the right. She is a good actress. I think she's a feminim, girl version of Willem Dafoe. Same strong jawline. She has good range, very talented. She has the Canadian, French type, happy, happy chirpy, innocent and cheerful accent in Fargo. I think here, it is a German voice.
What I learned, is that they are in character when shooting these movies. They say things, in character, when being filmed. The way they are captured, it is filmed for a final product movie for viewing. I think when acting, you gotta show a story happen.
Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine and an Angelic Appearance
5:00 p.m.
(d)
Cate Blanchett is on the left. I saw Blue Jasmine with Sandalal Priyantha Kumara Edirisinghe, former SLT and People's Bank CIO, in Singapore, in the theatre.
She was in Lord of the Rings, she looks like an angel, if there ever was one!
The Hot-Box Punishment in Two Prison Films
5:45 p.m.
Hot oven box punishment, same as bridge over river kwai punishment
Japanese Officers Speaking Oxford-Style English
5:45 p.m.
(b)
Some Japanese soldier officers, speak English, like from university of Oxford
Replacing the River Kwai Bridge With a Choir
6:00 p.m.
Instead of a bridge over the river kwai, they do a choir instead in paradise road!
How the Family Firm Edna Got Its Name
6:15 p.m.
(c)
Edna = name of our family firm. It's made from Ed from Edirisinghe and Na from Nalini, my grandma
Terah [תֶּרַח] + wife: Edna [עדנה]
Abraham [אַבְרָהָם] + wife: Sarah [שָׂרָה];
“We Built This City on Beer Glasses”
6:30 p.m.
"we built this city
on beer glasses"
Starship - We Built This City:
Comparing a Film Punishment to Dad’s Childhood Discipline
6:30 p.m.
(b)
Exact same punishment in River Kwai!
My dad punished me by making me kneel upstairs in the dark for a long time too.
For fighting with Milan or something.
The guy was punished for child abuse!
Much more serious penalty.
Calling Paradise Road a River Kwai Copy
7:15 p.m.
They copy the speech on a stool!
River Kwai knock off confirmed!
Savoy Cinemas, Seeing People as Animals and Emotional Control
7:45 p.m.
(b)
My family, or Lal's family, they were doing Savoy movie cinema theatres in Sri Lanka. I think that entire business has collapsed.
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I look at people like they are animals in my barn, I see myself as the Farmer, when I am with the cows, I say, moo moo moo, I say quack, quack to the ducks, I believe it is the only way.
I have a very charismatic superficial charm that I use to woo, entice and beckon you.
I have no sense of guilt. Or shame.
I have a strong, religious work ethic, an unlimited painthreshold, I know no hunger, I have total control of my emotions, I can cry at will.
I think it's quite dangerous, really.
If you read Sri Lanka's history, you will know my history, you will know my true nature.
Noticing More Copies of The Bridge on the River Kwai
8:00 p.m.
Oh would ya look at that?
They all copy Kwai Bridge movie.
Comparing Paradise Road to The Sleeping Dictionary
8:15 p.m.
They copy Sleeping Dictionary, which they filmed in Sri Lanka, with Chandran Rutnam!
Chandran, he was 'stuck in a rut' between rut and rat.
Rejecting Different Animal Noises for Different Groups
9:00 p.m.
I don't say moo moo moo to one group, then quack quack quack to another because IDGAF about them, like seriously for real
A Fictional Rosslyn Conversation About Email, Reputation and Online Content
2. Rosslyn! The 2nd Messiah (1997), p.34
"Lehan, the Mossad Director gets so many emails!"
"Che When Dre, Shibboleth, Seboleth, Shavendra"
"Thilanga won't listen to you"
"Lehan, stop destroying my reputation"
"Lehan, do something else"
"IDK what G-d wants because I can't talk to G-d"
"David Chichinadze, tell Jonathan, to tell Lehan, to remove all that ███████████ from his movie!"
Revising a Theory About the Sanjeeva and Dhammika Killings
Add:
If Thilanga was present at a meeting, but not a decider, of Baddegane Sanjeeva being killed by Dhammika
This means Anuruddha and Lohan, had been present too, and they have ordered Dhammika to kill Baddegane Sanjeeva
Thilanga, and also Lohan/ Anuruddha, would not have been able to convince Chaminda Udaya Kumara to kill Dhammika
This is because Chaminda claimed, albeit erroneously, or deceitfully, that he was avenging his family member Baddegane's death
This is likely false because he accepted that he had been paid Rs 20,000 or 25,000 LKR in exchange for shooting
The police could not establish that Chaminda was a relative, there was no proof
The fact that Anuruddha asked Dhammika to kill Baddegane is scary because Baddegane has successfully committed multiple murders on his orders--
There could have been a major falling out or dispute or infighting
Add:
Jagath, thinks mob is cool, Thilanga thought mob and Dhammika is cool, Lehan thinks mob is cool, Dilith thinks mob is cool, everyone loves The Godfather
Tell story of Jagath, visit to Sporting Star, with 3rd, b-stardo and blacksheep son: Lehan
Where the thugs meet n greet Lehan
Jagath laughs with Lehan
Welcome to the family biz
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Peaky Blinders - Wonderful Life:
Sharma’s Hotel Sale, Wealth and Failure to Help
All that Nahil Wijeysuriya would have to confirm, which he doesn't because it's public knowledge, matter of fact, is that Sharma got Rs 900 (year: 2005-9) cash selling Intercontinental Hotel to him and then Dhammika Perera, and that in full knowledge of our family's grief, and that Lal has "stolen the business", and Shanika was not doing anything and the kids were in serious trouble, despite his total responsibility for crashing onto a train that he claims he did not hear and despite having travelled through that exact spot multiple times and despite our family's requests for assistance over 17 plus years:
Decided to do nothing.
In 2013, Uma Kumar Sharma, even sold 8% of NTB bank, 18,923,104 shares, at Rs 59 LKR = Rs 1,116 million LKR.
Tatyana Lee Jayaratne, Dilith Jayaweera and Jalani Premadasa
12:15 a.m.
(b)
Tatyana Lee Jayaratne, Dilith Jayaweera and Jalani Jayawardene Premadasa!
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