I love that movie, but whenever I try to describe it to someone, it makes them laugh.
A donkey laugh?
Kaylee: So, uh, how come you don't care where you're going? Book: 'Cause how you get there is the worthier part.
'Serenity'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
DavidS - Mar 19, 2008 10:33:09 am PDT #5375 of 28370
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Hayden - Mar 19, 2008 10:36:09 am PDT #5376 of 28370
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hee-haw!
Steph L. - Mar 19, 2008 10:39:35 am PDT #5377 of 28370
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Sam Wainright.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 19, 2008 10:41:14 am PDT #5378 of 28370
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Sam Wainright.
Bwah! I totally went there too.
megan walker - Mar 19, 2008 11:24:57 am PDT #5379 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You sadist. Why don't you just send her Mouchette and Au hasard Balthazar while you're at it.
At least
Ponette
is good.
Signed,
I hate Bresson with the heat of thousand suns, or, rather, la chaleur de mille soleils.
Hayden - Mar 19, 2008 11:26:59 am PDT #5380 of 28370
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I feel the opposite! But A Man Escaped is my favorite Bresson, so I don't know what that says, except that we're talking French cinema in the Literary thread.
megan walker - Mar 19, 2008 11:30:59 am PDT #5381 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Will it help if I say I do like his literary adaptations, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne and Journal d'un curé de campagne?
Polter-Cow - Mar 19, 2008 11:32:01 am PDT #5382 of 28370
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I've never even heard of him.
lisah - Mar 19, 2008 11:44:37 am PDT #5383 of 28370
Punishingly Intricate
French cinema was one of my favorite classes as an undergrad. Alas, I speak no French (except menu).
megan walker - Mar 19, 2008 12:05:11 pm PDT #5384 of 28370
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
except menu
Ah, but do you know what menu actually means?
Regardless, I'm sure you know tons of other things.
En garde! Fromage! Cherchez la femme!