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.
Spike: I'm not a monster. Xander: Yes! You are a monster. Vampires are monsters! They make monster movies about them! Spike: Well, yeah. Got me there.
'Dirty Girls'
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§ ita § - Nov 15, 2007 1:57:45 pm PST #2288 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Kevin - Nov 15, 2007 2:07:12 pm PST #2289 of 10000
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
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.
Jessica - Nov 15, 2007 2:14:19 pm PST #2290 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
flawed, flawed characters
For real. Even their flaws have flaws.
Flaw flaw flaw. The word has lost all meaning.
Theodosia - Nov 15, 2007 2:54:31 pm PST #2291 of 10000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
:: has a huge fondness for The 13th Warrior still ::
Juliebird - Nov 15, 2007 3:00:22 pm PST #2292 of 10000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
*proudly owns The 13th Warrior*
tommyrot - Nov 15, 2007 4:45:50 pm PST #2293 of 10000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
Gris - Nov 16, 2007 2:25:29 am PST #2294 of 10000
Hey. New board.
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.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2007 3:33:47 am PST #2295 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
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).
Dana - Nov 16, 2007 3:45:31 am PST #2296 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2007 3:47:02 am PST #2297 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Bwah!
ETA: Interview with Glover about what it's like to work with someone you had an ugly court battle with: [link]