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Monthly Archives: October 2007
I’m heading over to the video store after work because Andy and I want to watch a horror movie tonight. Lord only knows what will be left to rent.
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3 things about TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE
Twilight Zone: The Movie [1983] 1. The segments more or less succeed or fail on their own terms, but I don’t think Rod Serling would have much use for any of them. Any notions of cosmic/poetic justice/irony are fairly tangental. 2. … Continue reading
Can I tell how you all how excited I am? The following items finally shipped to me today: –“Twin Peaks” Definitive Gold Box Set–“Twin Peaks: Season 2” soundtrack—O Lucky Man! 2-disc Special Edition DVD If luck be a lady, I’ll … Continue reading
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3 things about Gene Graham’s THE GODFATHER OF DISCO
The Godfather of Disco [2007] 1. Much overlap with the book I read on vacation, The Secret History of Disco. I’m glad I had read it before seeing this. 2. Tony Humphries looked/acted weird. 3. Ample Grace Jones photos but, … Continue reading
Film: Technology/Craft vs. Art/Originality
In a great piece I found a few days ago Steven Soderbergh writes, “I think editing on a micro-level has never been better, and editing on a macro-level has never been worse.” In other words, the flow of cuts from … Continue reading
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Anyone want to hang out at my apartment tomorrow? I need someone to be there in order to sign for a UPS package. ($#@%^&!! UPS)
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3 Things
Fresh Bait [1995] 1. The great thing Tavernier does in this movie is take a familiar, hackeyed plot and deglamorize it. Not in a Bressonian way, just in a matter-of-fact kind of way. And seeing it in this fresh light makes … Continue reading
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Gee, all I ever post about anymore is film. I’ve neglected to write about how happy, happy, HAPPY I am now that it’s finally autumn.
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Shadow of the Thin Man [1941] 1. I want “Whitey” Barrows’ apartment from this movie. Andy is welcome to live across the hall. 2. When Stella Adler and William Powell are together, she always steals the scene. No small feat. … Continue reading
Yours truly (that’s me) will be presenting the Medusa sequence from Clash of the Titans … hope to see some of you there! AN EVENING OF THE MACABREA collection of horrific shorts and clips on Halloween Eve Tuesday, October 30 … Continue reading
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