Willow ,'Empty Places'
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Sly does have a brain beneath the 'roids and the bad plastic surgery.
Disclaimer: I am not Hec. However, in his b.org-blocked-at-work absence, I'll add that IIRC, Sly gave Tom Waits his first film role, Mumbles in Paradise Alley.
And, man, what a movie tagline!
The Carboni Boys. They haul ice, lay out stiffs and dance with monkeys.
Beowulf = AWESOME
Forget all the trailers you've seen - they don't even come a little bit close to doing the film justice.
Jessica is right here. I went in with no expectations of plot and thought the trailer made it look like an Xbox game, but seriously - it has plot, it has flawed, flawed characters and it looks amazin'.
It's also one of the most graphically violent/horrific films I can remember in recent years.
If Beowulf sucks, I'm sending my moviegoing partner to kill y'all. He looked at me funny when I suggested it and said "This better not be another Ghost Rider." I'm hanging in his good graces by the skin of my teeth.
It's at 6.6 out of 10 on IMDB so far, so your mileage may vary ita. I found it... challenging, actually. I'm seriously *amazed* it got that rating. Absolutely amazed. And yes, amount I knew about the story of Beowulf going in? Nada. Which actually helped I suspect, as no baggage.
flawed, flawed characters
For real. Even their flaws have flaws.
Flaw flaw flaw. The word has lost all meaning.
:: has a huge fondness for The 13th Warrior still ::
*proudly owns The 13th Warrior*
From the IMDB listing for Time Piece:
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this nine-minute, experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson-and starred Jim Henson! Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, Time Piece enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for outstanding short subject.
YouTube video. 8:49.
Anybody have suggestions for school-appropriate amazing movie monologues I could youtube to show my acting students? That really establish character and motivation and such without outside context?
Searching youtube for good examples of dramatic monologues is HARD. Because there's a whole lot of bad ones out there.
Searching youtube for good examples of dramatic monologues is HARD. Because there's a whole lot of bad ones out there.
Christopher Walken's gold watch speech from PULP FICTION.
Orson Welles's cuckoo clock speech from THE THIRD MAN (though that shades over into a dilogue since Joseph Cotten interjects at a few points).