I'm so provincial. If Munch wasn't an intellectual snob, I wouldn't recognize the names of those movies, but I do, because he grabs hold of that two years of college and rides, damn it.(But I've not seen them, even though I'm not one of those "I don't like to read while I'm watching," people either. I've seen some French films.) Even though I've not seen the source material, a lot of Northern Exposure scenes *looked* homage-ish, if that makes any sense.
Gavin, ask yourself this question. What are you more afraid of, a giant murderous demon or me?
Lilah ,'Destiny'
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erikaj - May 03, 2006 8:36:57 am PDT #1642 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Frankenbuddha - May 03, 2006 8:38:46 am PDT #1643 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Love Amarcord, which was Levinson's inspiration for Diner, btw.
I think it was actually I VITELLONI that inspired DINER (late teen/early 20-something guys hanging out and trying to avoid growing up). AMARCORD has such a loose, open structure that I can't imagine it being used as a template that way (or even the way 8 1/2 gets used by other directors).
Damn, I'm getting all verklempt about the Brattle Theater struggling to stay afloat. I saw so many Fellini movies there (along with many other classics), and I'm not sure that even if they survive that they'll be able to program the way they used to.
DavidS - May 03, 2006 8:50:32 am PDT #1644 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think it was actually I VITELLONI that inspired DINER (late teen/early 20-something guys hanging out and trying to avoid growing up).
Yeah, I think you're right.
erikaj - May 03, 2006 8:55:50 am PDT #1645 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Could be both...Levinson's a major cineaste. (As many movies as I watch I doubt I've ever used that word before, ever. Feel that I should raise my pinkie in the air after typing it, even,)
Strega - May 03, 2006 8:57:26 am PDT #1646 of 10001
At Swim-Two-Birds which I'm rereading right now
"My correct name is Good Fairy, said the Good Fairy. I am a good fairy."
...Yeah, I got nothing on Fellini, but I love that book.
I can't think of any notable movie-watching incidents with my parents, though my dad certainly loved Peter Sellers. Oh, but because I think it's neat: back in the day my mom was friends with a girl whose father worked at Grauman's Chinese Theater. So she got to go to a lot of cool premieres. To this day, she gets really irate about the cuts Kubrick made to 2001 after it opened.
DavidS - May 03, 2006 8:58:53 am PDT #1647 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
"My correct name is Good Fairy, said the Good Fairy. I am a good fairy."
Heh. I love that section! The Pookha is so dapper and polite.
Frankenbuddha - May 03, 2006 9:03:42 am PDT #1648 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
AMARCORD is truly lovely though. I always flash on different things when I think back on it (rather appropriate that), from images that just permanently etch themselves in the memory, like the peacock in the snow, to sequences that are just hysterically funny, like the crazy uncle who refuses to come out of the tree and tries to make his family get him a woman. The visual punchline to that bit - the tiny nun who finally gets the man to behave - always makes me grin like a fool.
Hayden - May 03, 2006 9:51:32 am PDT #1649 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Roman Coppola's CQ plays the first Nico scene from La Dolce Vita from the main's character's perspective off to the side. Clever!
Kate P. - May 03, 2006 10:58:18 am PDT #1650 of 10001
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
As a young girl my father brought me to the cinema to see Cool Runnings. Nothing's quite the same after your father breaks down in tears watching a comedy movie in a room full of your ten year old peers.
?? Why did your dad cry? What am I not remembering about that movie?
§ ita § - May 03, 2006 12:10:45 pm PDT #1651 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My dad would've cried about the accents. Don't know how global an issue that is.