Favorite Non-fiction Film: Hoop Dreams, Boys of Baraka, This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Roger & Me(Michael Moore actually told me in e-mail he ran into Rabbit Skinning Lady just before the mid-terms and she is all right, besides working at Wal-Mart.) Favorite film about TV: Am I a hopeless wannabe if I say "Network?" Because it really is a great film, but I almost didn't want to see it because I heard how good it is, if that makes any sense. And I really like television, and I think some people bash it just to look deep.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
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erikaj - Mar 23, 2007 11:43:38 am PDT #7964 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Polter-Cow - Mar 23, 2007 11:48:59 am PDT #7965 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
And I really like television, and I think some people bash it just to look deep.
I agree. I would link to the original column, but it's not available on the site anymore. I'm glad I skirted copyright laws and reposted it without permission.
erikaj - Mar 23, 2007 11:58:55 am PDT #7966 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
That said, "Network" is a great film and is very clever about the whole "Infotainment" thing. And who doesn't want to open her window wide and say "I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"
megan walker - Mar 23, 2007 12:14:05 pm PDT #7967 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
And I really like television, and I think some people bash it just to look deep.
You get this all the time in academia and it drives me crazy. At Bennington they are so proud of the fact that there are only two televisions on campus. I was constantly telling my students that, if they wanted to be writers (and half of them do), maybe they should try exploring one of the most popular mediums for that vocation.
DebetEsse - Mar 23, 2007 12:19:35 pm PDT #7968 of 10001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
There's a LOT of it going around Montessori, too. I link it to the crunchy granola tendencies.
I can name several shows I'd rather the kids be watching than some of the stuff they're reading.
Hayden - Mar 23, 2007 12:32:57 pm PDT #7969 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Either way, Jean Gabin=cool (and yet at the same time, also hawt).
I seem to recall this coming up in a conversation I had with someone cool last week.
Anyway, I put my answers here and already regret a few: [link]
Zenkitty - Mar 23, 2007 1:30:29 pm PDT #7970 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I obviously don't belong in this thread, because I don't know what half those questions are referring to. Monica who?
slinks away
Scrappy - Mar 23, 2007 1:48:58 pm PDT #7971 of 10001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Megan, did you teach at BENNINGTON? Did I know this? Because I am a 1978 Bennington grad.
DavidS - Mar 23, 2007 2:15:00 pm PDT #7972 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I can't even think of responding to the quiz right now, I just wanted to ask David if he meant Pépé le Moko instead of Algiers. Isn't Algiers the remake with Charles Boyer? Or do they call them both Algiers? In which case, that's confusing. Either way, Jean Gabin=cool (and yet at the same time, also hawt).
I did mean Pepe Le Moko - that's what I get for calling P-C an ignoramous.
Strega - Mar 23, 2007 2:25:44 pm PDT #7973 of 10001
The ones I have answers to:
2) Once Upon A Time in the West
3) Airplane! I think all of it qualifies.
6) Hugo Weaving
10) Batman Returns
11) I wouldn’t say “destroys,” but Moulin Rouge has definitely irritated me deeply on more than one occasion. Mostly because I keep thinking "Maybe this time I'll get it." But I never do.
13) Bruce Dern
15) Can I just ask why the question specifies that this is something Truffaut said before he died? Because honestly, I would have assumed that much.
17) This one’s hard. Maybe Mysterious Island.
18) Sandra Bernhard, I suppose.
19) Despised: Moppets in peril.
20) No
22) Hm. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, maybe.
23) It’s always gonna be Network.
24) Patrick Bauchau
26) I really don't think I watch movies that way. I can't imagine thinking "hey, that seems like an accident" for anything short of a boom mike dropping into the frame.
29) “This woman has just cut, chopped, broken and burned five men beyond recognition... but no jury in America would ever convict her!”
30) It depends. With some movies, I want to know why the critic liked or disliked them, because I’m trying to decide whether or not I want to see them. With some movies/critics, I want to hear an interesting opinion because I've already decided what I think. With some movies/critics, I just want to be amused because I've already decided what I think.
EXTRA CREDIT: Define “matter,” and I’ll tell you if I think “still” even applies.