The wee little train steaming across the map pretty much clued me into the joke. That and the licking of the straight razor. (thehthehthehtheh...)
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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beekaytee - Aug 27, 2004 12:32:10 pm PDT #3235 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Strega - Aug 27, 2004 12:33:38 pm PDT #3236 of 10001
There was a kerfluffle in the past about this very issue
Oooooh. Gotcha. Quickly moving on, then...
Dracula is astonishingly pretty. I always think he should have gone another half-step, eliminated the dialogue, and just made it a crazy baroque silent film. It's a terrible big-budget extravaganza, but an interesting art-house experiment. Er, in my head.
Sean K - Aug 27, 2004 2:31:16 pm PDT #3237 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Wow.
I just caught a quick preview/behind the scenes thing on HBO's upcoming Life and Death of Peter Sellers, and....
Wow.
Just.... wow.
In makeup and costume, Geoffrey Rush's resemblance to Peter Sellers was un-fucking-canny.
Maysa - Aug 27, 2004 3:03:41 pm PDT #3238 of 10001
Dracula is astonishingly pretty. I always think he should have gone another half-step, eliminated the dialogue, and just made it a crazy baroque silent film. It's a terrible big-budget extravaganza, but an interesting art-house experiment. Er, in my head.
I heard about a silent Dracula ballet movie that was made in Canada (I think) about a year or two ago. It sounded really cool, but I can't remember the title. Maybe someone around here has seen it?
Atropa - Aug 27, 2004 3:05:43 pm PDT #3239 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I heard about a silent Dracula ballet movie that was made in Canada (I think) about a year or two ago. It sounded really cool, but I can't remember the title. Maybe someone around here has seen it?
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I've seen a performance of the Dracula ballet, and it was gorgeous. If there is a movie of it, I must own it.
Maysa - Aug 27, 2004 3:11:34 pm PDT #3240 of 10001
Okay, I think it's called Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary directed by Guy Maddin and it is indeed a filmed version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's performance of Dracula turned into a silent film.
eta: I'm not sure it's for sale anywhere, though.
Hayden - Aug 27, 2004 3:16:05 pm PDT #3241 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's out on DVD.
DavidS - Aug 27, 2004 3:17:22 pm PDT #3242 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I heard about a silent Dracula ballet movie that was made in Canada (I think) about a year or two ago. It sounded really cool, but I can't remember the title. Maybe someone around here has seen it?
eeeeeeeeeeiieeeee!
Yeah, Guy Maddin did this. Haven't you seen his movies, Jilli? He did Tales From the Gimli Hospital which I'd expect to be current on the goth circuit.
Sean K - Aug 27, 2004 3:41:34 pm PDT #3243 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Is it just me, or is The Life Aquatic Wes Anderson doing Moby Dick?
Atropa - Aug 27, 2004 3:43:30 pm PDT #3244 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Yeah, Guy Maddin did this. Haven't you seen his movies, Jilli? He did Tales From the Gimli Hospital which I'd expect to be current on the goth circuit.
I've never heard of him before. It's entirely possible I have seen bits and pieces of his movies as backdrops at gothy clubs, however.
Okay, I think it's called Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary directed by Guy Maddin and it is indeed a filmed version of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet's performance of Dracula turned into a silent film.
It's out on DVD.
screeeeeeaaaaams, scampers off to Amazon