when to stay away from bad French cyberpunk
Always?
Mal: We're still flying. Simon: That's not much. Mal: It's enough.
'Serenity'
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amych - Feb 09, 2006 7:48:32 am PST #437 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sean K - Feb 09, 2006 7:49:27 am PST #438 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I couldn't get the trailer for Basic Instinct 2 to run, for some reason.
In utterly unrelated news, I was cruising through IMDb, looking up various people, and I discovered an interesting bit of triva -- Logan Ramsey, dead character actor and husband of Anne Ramsey (who played Danny DeVito's mom in Throw Momma From the Train), is the son of Lt. Cmdr. Logan Ramsey, who sent one of the most famous radio messages in history, AIR RAID PEARL HARBOR, THIS IS NO DRILL, immediatly after sounding the alarm from Ford Island.
Talk about shoes you have no hope of ever filling.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 7:51:06 am PST #439 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Always?
But I like bad cyberpunk. And I like overwrought French philosophy. Who knew they'd be such a tragically bad combination? (THAT WAS RHETORICAL.)
Tom Scola - Feb 09, 2006 7:53:49 am PST #440 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
Anne Ramsey (who played Danny DeVito's mom in Throw Momma From the Train)
Helen Hunt's sister from Mad About You played Danny DeVito's Mom? That's some range.
Scrappy - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:03 am PST #441 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Went to a screening of Firewall last night. SUCKS. It plays as if you fed every thriller cliche into a blender and then filmed whatever came out. Really obvious and shallow and bad, but I predict people who like not thinking at all--like, don't even want to worry about what might happen next--will enjoy it. Bettany is cute when he is being menacing, though.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2006 8:02:38 am PST #442 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
SUCKS.
Heh. Harrison Ford's TDS appearance last night indicated as much.
Sean K - Feb 09, 2006 8:03:54 am PST #443 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Helen Hunt's sister from Mad About You played Danny DeVito's Mom? That's some range.
That would be Anne Ramsay as Helen Hunt's sister. I wonder if she actually spells it the same, but had to change it because the other Anne was Ramsey first.
Also, when did IMDb start integrating the Notable TV Guest appearances into the main acting listing? Whenvever it was, I like it. I don't have to scroll all the way to the bottom to look up TV shots, like they're some bastard stepchild.
Beverly - Feb 09, 2006 8:24:35 am PST #444 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
What a waste of Bettany. I won't lament Ford.
This cool, classy blonde stinking of funk, like a feral Grace Kelly.
I still want to be JZ when I grow up. I want to marry this sentence.
The sentence, not Stone.
Tom Scola - Feb 10, 2006 6:42:52 am PST #445 of 10001
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
MOMA is having a ginormous French film series. The full schedule is here [pdf].
Any stand-outs particularly worth seeing?
Hayden - Feb 10, 2006 7:15:08 am PST #446 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Oh, wow. I'd eat nails to go to the Chris Marker night. La Jetee is one of my favorite films, and the short co-directed with Alain Resnais is almost certain to be brilliant. I'm unfamiliar with the other films that aren't Breathless (which you should see if you haven't, natch), but I think Chabrol, Desplechin, and Cantet are all great, great directors. I'll pass that link to the real film geeks I know to see what they recommend.