Hec's been stealing my brain, too.
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell
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Tom Scola - Nov 21, 2006 8:17:06 am PST #5861 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Scrappy - Nov 21, 2006 8:17:12 am PST #5862 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVE Choose Me. I assigned it to one of my screenwriting classes, and it got incredibly strong reactions. People either loved it or loathed it. One of my students almost quit the class, he was so furious that I would assign such a film.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 21, 2006 8:20:39 am PST #5863 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I didn't even mention how much I like Rudolph's Choose Me.
Proof that Leslie Ann Warren could have been another Susan Sarandon if she'd gotten the right roles (I always thought they looked a bit alike anyway), among other revelations.
DavidS - Nov 21, 2006 8:20:39 am PST #5864 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
People either loved it or loathed it.
I kind of get that since Rudolph's other movies are so incredibly mannered. I thought I'd like Trouble in Mind, but didn't really. But the script is so tight and surprising on Choose Me and the performances are great. Damn, Keith Carradine's character is interesting. The slow series of reveals about him is just awesome storytelling.
Glamcookie - Nov 21, 2006 8:23:23 am PST #5865 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
We watched Brothers of the Head the other night. It was nicely shot, but overall we were kind of meh about it. They left out too many details, like how did they die?
Frankenbuddha - Nov 21, 2006 8:25:16 am PST #5866 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
People either loved it or loathed it. One of my students almost quit the class, he was so furious that I would assign such a film.
I've never known anyone personally to dislike CHOOSE ME, but I can see that, for the reasons Hec mentions. I rather like TROUBLE IN MIND (and EQUINOX, too) but Rudolph almost always tries too hard, where Altman's problem on occasion (which I think was also his gift) was that even when he was being ponderous/pretentious, his movies feel like they were effortless for him.
erikaj - Nov 21, 2006 8:52:06 am PST #5867 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
My brother must have seen the Altman Popeye a billion times. I liked it...the first half-billion. I like MASH(Duh) and the Long Goodbye, and thanks to my bunky here, the Deadwood-inspiring McCabe. I liked Short Cuts too, even though it thwarted my initial impulse to write a High Hat essay and made me curse and throw shit.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 21, 2006 9:10:02 am PST #5868 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I have an irrational love for O.C. and Stiggs, though I can definitely see how someone would ask why even bother to make a film about that little happening.
My love for Gosford Park is very rational, and starts with Jeremy Northam as Ivor Novello.
Amy - Nov 21, 2006 9:17:48 am PST #5869 of 10001
Because books.
My love for Gosford Park is very rational, and starts with Jeremy Northam as Ivor Novello.
There was no one I didn't like in that movie. And Clive Owen! All smoking and brooding and dangerously resentful. Ah, love.
Kathy A - Nov 21, 2006 9:31:05 am PST #5870 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I thought Helen Mirren was great in GP, as always. At the end, when she goes into her bedroom and falls apart--the best scene in the entire film for me.