I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.
::cries::
A year and a half ago, I could have eviscerated him with my thoughts. Now I can barely hurt his feelings. Things used to be so much simpler.
Anya ,'Dirty Girls'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
megan walker - Jul 13, 2006 8:05:29 am PDT #6615 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:07:39 am PDT #6616 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I can easily let Jean-Pierre Melville sit around the house because I'm just not in the mood for him.
I'm like that, too, sometimes. I try to alternate Melville (or Bresson, who I love but have to be in the mood for*) with tv on dvd.
* I use him as an example, because I held on to Au Hazard Balthazar for something like 6 weeks before I had the time and right mental state for a movie with a saintly donkey for a protagonist.
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:12:49 am PDT #6617 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm like that, too, sometimes. I try to alternate Melville (or Bresson, who I love but have to be in the mood for*) with tv on dvd.
Now I'm imagining a mash-up of the two: DIARY OF A COUNTRY FLAMBEUR.
Or, knowing Corwood's taste in directors: Sam Peckinpah's MOUCHETTE.
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:14:02 am PDT #6618 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Would that be like Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:14:51 am PDT #6619 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Would that be like Sam Peckinpah's Salad Days?
Probably more violent.
amych - Jul 13, 2006 8:16:26 am PDT #6620 of 10002
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Salad shooter days, then?
Frankenbuddha - Jul 13, 2006 8:19:30 am PDT #6621 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Bring Me the Head of au hasard Balthazar.
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:20:31 am PDT #6622 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Salad shooter days, then?
Ron Popeil: I'd like to sell one more Vegomatic and back off.
Kelly, his attractive co-host: Back off to what?
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:22:53 am PDT #6623 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
A Man Escaped, or The Wild Bloweth Where It Kisseth My Sister's Black Cat's Ass
Hayden - Jul 13, 2006 8:29:07 am PDT #6624 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm done. Y'all can stop cowering under the tables now.