I think you mean Frank Capra, Hec.
D'oh. But yeah, Cassavetes and Seymour Cassell.
Well, a gathering is brie, mellow song stylings; shindig, dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of malt beverage, and hootenanny, well, it's chock full of hoot, just a little bit of nanny.
Oz ,'Beneath You'
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DavidS - Jul 23, 2005 7:48:57 am PDT #5961 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Mr. Broom - Jul 23, 2005 7:51:32 am PDT #5962 of 10002
"When I look at people that I would like to feel have been a mentor or an inspiring kind of archetype of what I'd love to see my career eventually be mentioned as a footnote for in the same paragraph, it would be, like, Bowie." ~Trent Reznor
Holy crap, the plot is the same as Parts: the Clonus Horror. I hadn't even thought of that film. MST3K did that one up right proper. Even now I can't see Peter Graves in anything without inserting as many, "...on 'Biography'!"s as possible.
Fiona - Jul 23, 2005 9:35:41 am PDT #5963 of 10002
Divine and John Waters.
Atropa - Jul 23, 2005 9:40:04 am PDT #5964 of 10002
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Have you noticed that there's a council of goths running Warner Brothers?
That's because we're everywhere, duh.
candyb - Jul 23, 2005 9:40:13 am PDT #5965 of 10002
John Woo and Chow Yun Fat
Wong Kar Wai and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
DavidS - Jul 23, 2005 9:40:52 am PDT #5966 of 10002
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Divine and John Waters.
Oooh, good one. And I think they did five or six movies.
Maysa - Jul 23, 2005 9:44:40 am PDT #5967 of 10002
Wong Kar Wai and Tony Leung Chiu Wai
I was just going to mention that pairing!
I saw 2046 the other night. Interesting movie, nowhere near as good as In the Mood for Love or Days of Being Wild, but really interesting all the same. I lost track of all the music cue, shot, and character moment call-backs to those earlier two films.
Polter-Cow - Jul 23, 2005 10:04:54 am PDT #5968 of 10002
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I just watched Do the Right Thing, and I really liked it. I loved the sense of community the film brought out and Sal's strong sense of commitment to the customers he'd fed for years. And for someone who was just recently crying out about wanting a strong narrative to anchor the story, I didn't mind the meandering, character-focused nature of the movie at all. The whole movie, you're waiting for something big to happen, and you can tell something's brewing, but Spike Lee doesn't make a big deal out of it, exactly. He doesn't crank up the foreboding music and ratchet up the tension in small increments. Because most of the tension isn't overt at all. For the most part, it seems like people are happy with how things are. But it just takes one spark to stir everyone up good.
I'm not entirely sure I understand why Mookie was that spark, though. He liked Sal; he always defended him. He knew it wasn't his fault Radio Rahim was killed. Da Mayor, too, the one who told him to do the right thing, was firmly against any sort of violence. So it was strange that he, of all people, ended up causing the riot.
dcp - Jul 23, 2005 2:06:47 pm PDT #5969 of 10002
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Saw Sahara at the $2 theater this afternoon. Great fun. As good or better than any of the James Bond movies, just as silly, and funnier, too.
Eddie - Jul 23, 2005 3:55:07 pm PDT #5970 of 10002
Your tag here.
Oh yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed Sahara. Great fun, great casting. I hope they make a couple more.