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Post by bonanzadriver on Mar 26, 2020 0:14:19 GMT -5
I noticed this evening that Father The Flame was available on Amazon Prime to rent for $3.99
Just finished it.
I know there's been quite a bit of controversy surrounding this film, but I gotta tell ya... I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The production quality was fantastic.
If you haven't done so already, I would encourage anyone here to watch it. You will be better for it. I know I am.
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Post by sperrytops on Mar 26, 2020 12:14:59 GMT -5
I have AP so I'll gp look for it. Nice to know.
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rmb
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Post by rmb on Mar 26, 2020 14:28:57 GMT -5
There is controversy around it? I thought it was terrific!
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Post by jeffd on Jul 13, 2020 13:54:31 GMT -5
I don't know about or missed all the controversy. I can imagine, I suppose, that those who are against smoking pipes would be against this movie.
I watched this last night while cleaning my pipes. I cleaned some 30 pipes watching this movie. It is really great.
While we all smoke for our own reasons, it is good to be aware that by smoking a pipe we are participating in a very old and venerable tradition. Even when smoking alone, we are smoking with countless thousand elders, long passed on, going back many crazy many years. We are also sharing with each other, in the present, fellow pipe smokers around the world, with whom our experience is shared, as is our reasons for smoking, our satisfaction, and our devotion to the paraphernalia of it all.
Some call this a hobby. I sometimes feel that kind of trivializes what we are part of, what we are continuing, what traditions will not be abandoned on our watch.
Collecting PEZ candy containers - that's a hobby.
Nick Lyons said that there are two kinds of fishing books - instructional and devotional. This movie is devotional.
I apologize to those of you that collect PEZ candy containers. I meant no disrespect.
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Post by lestrout on Jul 15, 2020 14:42:37 GMT -5
Yo jeff - good one, re devotional. This is indeed a wonderful movie - very high production values. It has fascinating story lines, about real people with tons of humanity. A lot of history too. This movie is really about living, and life.
hp
les
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chasingembers
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Favorite Pipe: My Growing J. Everett Collection, Fifteen Day Bruce Weaver Set, Meerschaums, Oguz Simsek Skulls
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Post by chasingembers on Jul 15, 2020 15:48:23 GMT -5
Poured money into the project for several years in donations and licensed products, each year with the promise that it would come out the next year. After eight years of waiting, it is released and "The Room" is no longer the worst movie I've ever seen.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 15, 2020 16:33:05 GMT -5
Wife and I liked it. She said "why don't you have one of his pipes"! 😳
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 15, 2020 18:34:18 GMT -5
Still to see it but it's on my list. Thanks for the reminder.
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 16, 2020 17:04:52 GMT -5
I think my wife and I are going to watch this tonight.
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Post by trailboss on Jul 16, 2020 17:33:45 GMT -5
I enjoyed it, we had a showing at the pipe club and everyone seemed to like it.
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Post by Gandalf on Jul 16, 2020 20:15:47 GMT -5
Watched it.
The wife and I bother enjoyed it.
Would love to see a documentary like this about pipe smoking - the history, tradition, changes over time, the brotherhood .....
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Post by calabash on Jul 18, 2020 7:19:05 GMT -5
Just watched it. Pretty good.
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Post by kxg on Jul 20, 2020 18:31:53 GMT -5
Wife and I liked it. She said "why don't you have one of his pipes"! 😳 Sounds like an opportunity! |
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 20, 2020 18:38:07 GMT -5
Wife and I liked it. She said "why don't you have one of his pipes"! 😳 Sounds like an opportunity! Nope. We just spent a quarter of the price of one of his pipes on furniture and had to charge it. When I was still working they were half as much and still too much. |
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Post by joeman on Jul 21, 2020 11:09:50 GMT -5
Took a long time, but I received the Father the Flame DVD as a gift and finally watched it as well. I thought it was very well done. Would love to see a sequel with even more pipe makers, brand inclusion (I know that's no so easy) and process.
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Post by kxg on Jul 21, 2020 11:13:58 GMT -5
Sounds like an opportunity! Nope. We just spent a quarter of the price of one of his pipes on furniture and had to charge it. When I was still working they were half as much and still too much. And, it's hard to sit on a pipe; painful at least. I'm also guessing they don't smoke appreciably better than any other quality artisan pipe. But like you, I will continue to guess, as I won't be buying. |
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Post by jeffd on Jul 21, 2020 11:18:57 GMT -5
Watched it. The wife and I bother enjoyed it. Would love to see a documentary like this about pipe smoking - the history, tradition, changes over time, the brotherhood ..... Yea that would be awesome. If done in the same devotional style it would be great. |
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Post by mattm on Aug 30, 2020 19:03:04 GMT -5
I watched it last night. It was great.
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Post by searockfan1 on Oct 27, 2021 1:13:26 GMT -5
I enjoyed it. Would like to see one about all the best pipes from around the world.
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rastewart
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Post by rastewart on Dec 10, 2021 15:09:28 GMT -5
This is the first I've heard of it. Two surprises: first, that this gentleman is in Michigan, so not so very far away relatively speaking (I learned to appreciate Michigan when one of my daughters went to college there); second, that it's available through the library consortium where I work. So I might try to get hold of it and watch it after the holidays.
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Post by Ronv69 on Dec 10, 2021 21:21:32 GMT -5
Good movie. Even my wife liked it.
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Post by trailboss on Dec 10, 2021 21:36:03 GMT -5
Thanks for the reminder… a pipe club member borrowed my copy and has had it for over a year… time to return it.
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