Comments on: Film review – Tulpan (2008)

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:11:06 +0000

Thomas, of the three films, The Story of the Weeping Camel is easily the best. Though, now that you've seen Tulpan, maybe you won't be as impressed with it...

By: Thomas Caldwell

Thomas Caldwell — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 10:13:21 +0000

Hi Paul. Nope, I haven’t seen either but am aware of them both. I remember when The Story of the Weeping Camel came out as it became a running joke with my wife (girlfriend at the time) that no mater how hard we tried something always prevented us from seeing it. Either we arrived late, screenings were full or we just couldn’t bring ourselves to see something so worthy on that particular night! One day I’ll see it…

By: Paul Martin

Paul Martin — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:27:39 +0000

Thomas, have you seen The Story of the Weeping Camel or The Cave of the Yellow Dog? I pretty much agree with your comments and your rating, but having seen those earlier films, there was nothing new for me in this one.

By: Thomas Caldwell

Thomas Caldwell — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 10:25:15 +0000

I hate cinemas with sound bleeds. The Lumiere Cinemas in Melbourne were notorious for that. It really can ruin the film.

Hope you’re feeling better soon as there are lots of good film coming up that demand full health!

By: Kat

Kat — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:00:03 +0000

I saw this on the weekend, and I’m afraid to say the experience was ruined by the sound in the cinema (James St in Brisbane) which was entirely too loud. Even the ‘silent’ parts, with the wind blowing across the plains were ruined because they weren’t silent at all…not even atmospheric. Just too loud. Needless to say the child singing was actually quite unbearable. I’m sure there was something about this film that I ordinarily would have liked but it was too well hidden for me to find it amongst an impending disgusting head cold and horrendous sound.

Rant over.