Comments for KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net An American expat living in Astana, Kazakhstan Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:07:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Shumenov is the Champion my friends by Controversial and Ambitious | KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net/2010/04/02/shumenov-is-the-champion/comment-page-1/#comment-3276 Controversial and Ambitious | KZBlog Tue, 31 Aug 2010 05:07:28 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=2342#comment-3276 [...] a rematch. Both the Spanish boxer and the interviewer seem to agree that Campillo clearly won the January fight, which was itself a rematch after a scandal in Kazakhstan last year. According to Campillo, [...] [...] a rematch. Both the Spanish boxer and the interviewer seem to agree that Campillo clearly won the January fight, which was itself a rematch after a scandal in Kazakhstan last year. According to Campillo, [...]

]]> Comment on Widgets by Kazakhstan Widget | KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net/widgets/comment-page-1/#comment-3273 Kazakhstan Widget | KZBlog Fri, 27 Aug 2010 12:11:13 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/#comment-3273 [...] Widgets [...] [...] Widgets [...]

]]> Comment on Kazakhstan Loves Opera by ChrisM http://www.kzblog.net/2010/04/14/kazakhstan-loves-opera/comment-page-1/#comment-3267 ChrisM Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:21:50 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=2592#comment-3267 I could be wrong, need to test on a different PC, but Opera Turbo is no longer working as a way to access blogger/blogspot blogs for me. Not sure when this changed :( I could be wrong, need to test on a different PC, but Opera Turbo is no longer working as a way to access blogger/blogspot blogs for me. Not sure when this changed :(

]]> Comment on Turkish Pirates by KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net/2010/08/13/turkish-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-3229 KZBlog Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:41:47 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=3261#comment-3229 Ah OK. I stand corrected! Ah OK. I stand corrected!

]]> Comment on Borat’s Repentance by KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net/2008/11/16/borats-repentance/comment-page-1/#comment-3228 KZBlog Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:41:19 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/1970/01/01/borats-repentence/#comment-3228 Interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Would have liked to have seen more comedy and less Kuralai is the most beautiful woman in the world. But glad to hear she was good to work with. I know of KELT, would love to see an Astana branch. Interesting. Thanks for sharing that. Would have liked to have seen more comedy and less Kuralai is the most beautiful woman in the world. But glad to hear she was good to work with. I know of KELT, would love to see an Astana branch.

]]> Comment on Guess Who’s Back? Back Again? by KZBlog http://www.kzblog.net/2010/08/10/guess-whos-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3227 KZBlog Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:38:46 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=3246#comment-3227 Thanks for the link, will check out the article. The film will definitely be interesting. There are definitely a lot of Russian jokes about Americans. One comedian, Durnin (I believe), bases almost his own act on mocking the US and Americans. Some of it is funny and relevant, and some of it is really satire of Russia or human nature in general. But some of it is just based on the idea Americans are stupid and ugly, like, "Today the government said they will simplify their forms. Even Americans will be able to understand them". c.f Polish jokes when I was young. So it will be fun to see how they go with it. Thanks for the link, will check out the article.

The film will definitely be interesting. There are definitely a lot of Russian jokes about Americans. One comedian, Durnin (I believe), bases almost his own act on mocking the US and Americans. Some of it is funny and relevant, and some of it is really satire of Russia or human nature in general. But some of it is just based on the idea Americans are stupid and ugly, like, “Today the government said they will simplify their forms. Even Americans will be able to understand them”. c.f Polish jokes when I was young. So it will be fun to see how they go with it.

]]> Comment on Guess Who’s Back? Back Again? by kzscreenwriter http://www.kzblog.net/2010/08/10/guess-whos-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3225 kzscreenwriter Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:42:46 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=3246#comment-3225 There is a story about Rakishev at Kazakhstan Pravda. It's in Russian. http://www.kazpravda.kz/c/1281075949/2010-08-06 The thing I find interesting is that he is getting a couple of Russian actors to play a couple of Americans. It's funny to be on the other side of that - where we usually watch Americans play Russians in Hollywood movies. But yeah, 2011, Borat is not high on the charts of cultural relevance anywhere in the western world. Not sure who the investors are on this one. There is a story about Rakishev at Kazakhstan Pravda. It’s in Russian.

http://www.kazpravda.kz/c/1281075949/2010-08-06

The thing I find interesting is that he is getting a couple of Russian actors to play a couple of Americans. It’s funny to be on the other side of that – where we usually watch Americans play Russians in Hollywood movies.

But yeah, 2011, Borat is not high on the charts of cultural relevance anywhere in the western world. Not sure who the investors are on this one.

]]> Comment on Borat’s Repentance by kzscreenwriter http://www.kzblog.net/2008/11/16/borats-repentance/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 kzscreenwriter Fri, 13 Aug 2010 06:38:11 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/1970/01/01/borats-repentence/#comment-3224 I was approached by the producer and director, who was hired by Kuralai to help make a film that she could take to the U.S. for the D.C. Fashion Week. They wanted to make an "answer" to Borat, to show people in the west that Borat wasn't true. I wanted to do something different, but they were paying the bills, so we made this film. My first idea was going to be more intrigue and comedy, involving the FBI and KNB and a super fan. It wasn't great, but I think it would have been fun to make. But, they wanted to go more the route you saw in the youtube vid. So, my rewritten idea was for a film that was under ten minutes, shot entirely like a Borat video (you don't see the cameras, etc) but in the filmmaking process it kept getting expanded by the director. I wish I had hired someone to videotape the process, because it was absolutely nuts - and not in a good way. Kuralai was great to work with - an interesting woman. I've been toying around with some other ideas for film, but full time work makes it hard. By the way, not sure if you are familiar with the Kazakhstan English Language Theater, but you might be interested in what we do. www.kelt.biz and keltatyrau.wordpress.com. Thanks! kzscreenwriter I was approached by the producer and director, who was hired by Kuralai to help make a film that she could take to the U.S. for the D.C. Fashion Week. They wanted to make an “answer” to Borat, to show people in the west that Borat wasn’t true. I wanted to do something different, but they were paying the bills, so we made this film.

My first idea was going to be more intrigue and comedy, involving the FBI and KNB and a super fan. It wasn’t great, but I think it would have been fun to make. But, they wanted to go more the route you saw in the youtube vid.

So, my rewritten idea was for a film that was under ten minutes, shot entirely like a Borat video (you don’t see the cameras, etc) but in the filmmaking process it kept getting expanded by the director. I wish I had hired someone to videotape the process, because it was absolutely nuts – and not in a good way.

Kuralai was great to work with – an interesting woman. I’ve been toying around with some other ideas for film, but full time work makes it hard.

By the way, not sure if you are familiar with the Kazakhstan English Language Theater, but you might be interested in what we do. http://www.kelt.biz and keltatyrau.wordpress.com.

Thanks!
kzscreenwriter

]]> Comment on Turkish Pirates by ChrisM http://www.kzblog.net/2010/08/13/turkish-pirates/comment-page-1/#comment-3223 ChrisM Fri, 13 Aug 2010 05:18:57 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=3261#comment-3223 http://www.unitedstatespolo.com/index_eng.html See, they do have an English language site, so it _must_ be kosher. They have both a Woman and Man collection! Oh, and a homapage apparently. Their favicon isn't exactly a million miles away from their inspiration, either. http://www.unitedstatespolo.com/index_eng.html
See, they do have an English language site, so it _must_ be kosher. They have both a Woman and Man collection! Oh, and a homapage apparently. Their favicon isn’t exactly a million miles away from their inspiration, either.

]]> Comment on Guess Who’s Back? Back Again? by upyernoz http://www.kzblog.net/2010/08/10/guess-whos-back/comment-page-1/#comment-3219 upyernoz Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:13:18 +0000 http://www.kzblog.net/?p=3246#comment-3219 rakishev is not listed in IMDB (neither is "my brother, borat"). which means it is quite likely that he has never made a film that was released commercially. rakishev is not listed in IMDB (neither is “my brother, borat”). which means it is quite likely that he has never made a film that was released commercially.

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