One more note about Once Upon A Time In The West: although the movie is about ~3 hours long, the script (by Leone, Bertolucci, and Dario Argento) was (notoriously) only 15 pages long.
My work's illegal, but at least it's honest.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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Hayden - Jun 12, 2006 9:31:35 am PDT #2239 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
beekaytee - Jun 12, 2006 9:37:17 am PDT #2240 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
George Clooney did a remake for TV a few years ago, which didn't hold my attention.
Oh yeah - wasn't that the live TV show?
I loved that version. And I was so glad to see the message available to Joe Sixpak...who probably didn't watch...but still.
t /anti-nuclear activist bias
Volans - Jun 12, 2006 10:12:18 am PDT #2241 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Ha! I just sent that article to my nephew, as the final shot of The Searchers kicked off our multi-year fight about symbolism in art. (He maintains that I read too much into these things; I maintain that movies don't just happen by accident).
(Most movies, anyway).
Frankenbuddha - Jun 12, 2006 10:40:25 am PDT #2242 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
He maintains that I read too much into these things
Yeah, see, when I first saw the movie when I was in Junior High (my dad was a big western fan, so I saw a lot of John Wayne movies growing up), even then I knew that final shot was saying a lot more than just what was on the surface of the scene. So I'm going with very much NOT accidental.
Aims - Jun 12, 2006 10:43:41 am PDT #2243 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Joe and I watched "Lemony Snicket" yesterday and I really enjoyed it. At one point, I said (of Sunny), "I want that little girl." Joe replied, "We have that little girl."
JZ - Jun 12, 2006 10:45:15 am PDT #2244 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
At one point, I said (of Sunny), "I want that little girl." Joe replied, "We have that little girl."
As long as I get the older girl. I called dibs on her ages ago.
Polter-Cow - Jun 12, 2006 10:45:50 am PDT #2245 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I should watch The Searchers so I know what the hell you guys are talking about.
This is funny given the recent conversation in here:
BENDIS: That’s cool. Allan will be very happy. Favorite movie of all time?
WHEDON: My favorite movie for a long time was a dead heat between “The Bad and the Beautiful” and “Once Upon a Time in the West.” But the upstart winner is “The Matrix.”
And just for kicks:
BENDIS: Yeah, I’m completely alone. And you know how I know I’m completely alone? Not on DVD yet. So what’s the last great movie you’ve seen?
WHEDON: Okay, I did see some unexpected greatness in “Kong.” Amidst the hoke and the bloat was some transcendent movie making. It was like the “The Legend of 1900”: a great, lean flick trapped in a three-hour fat suit. But no, I do have a recent great, and it”s not, I don’t think it’s coincidence that the last great movie I watched wasn’t a movie. I’m way late to the game, but I have really good excuses. But I just watched the miniseries opener of “Battlestar Galactica” and I loved the toes off that bitch. I’m not positive what that phrase means. But tension, drama, humanity, and—alien spaceships. I was pretty floored. That’s my call.
Atropa - Jun 12, 2006 10:45:58 am PDT #2246 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
At one point, I said (of Sunny), "I want that little girl." Joe replied, "We have that little girl."
He's not wrong, y'know.
I have discovered that movie is much better with the sound off. Beautiful art direction and costumes.
tommyrot - Jun 12, 2006 10:47:27 am PDT #2247 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I’m way late to the game, but I have really good excuses. But I just watched the miniseries opener of “Battlestar Galactica” and I loved the toes off that bitch.
Yay!
Volans - Jun 12, 2006 10:48:03 am PDT #2248 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Also holding your thumb in front of Jim Carrey helps.
"Em! Bite the head off that elf!"