Ha, Megan. The fact that I can tease you by mentioning Bresson is one of the reasons you are awesome. I wrote the Stalag 17 paragraph, too.
Excuse me? Who gave you permission to exist?
Cordelia ,'Beneath You'
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Hayden - Jan 22, 2009 5:55:45 pm PST #9617 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Theodosia - Jan 23, 2009 3:41:07 am PST #9618 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"
Is CRANK out on DVD yet? Because I'm going to have some long evenings to fill while I'm visiting Mom in the Old Ladies Penitentiary.
Laga - Jan 23, 2009 7:22:57 am PST #9619 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
yes, Crank is on DVD. It's a Hard R for just about everything you can get an R for in case you're worried about scandalizing old ladies.
Strega - Jan 24, 2009 2:20:31 am PST #9620 of 10000
Apparently the DVD comes with a "family-friendly" version. Which still has all the gratuitous sex & violence, but they say "freak" instead of "fuck." I might rent it just for that.
And Patton Oswalt recently weighed in: [link]
Do yourselves a favor, Academy voters. CRANK 2: HIGH VOLTAGE comes out April 19th. On April 20th, rescind all the voting categories. There should be one statue given out next year -- a 45-foot, sentient Oscar kill-bot, which Jason Statham will fight to the death at the next ceremony.
Laga - Jan 24, 2009 6:34:28 am PST #9621 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Oh that is good. I love Patton Oswalt. And not just because we have the same birthday.
sarameg - Jan 24, 2009 3:41:00 pm PST #9622 of 10000
I *just* saw Slumdog.
Other than having to close my eyes, pause it and grab a precautionary bucket in an early scene, I quite enjoyed it.
And when I got to the end, there was some notice about it being a screening copy. Um? A neighbor loaned it to me, figuring I might like it. Doesn't look like a bootlegged copy or anything. Weird.
eta: just looked closely at the label, and it's probably a very well done copy. Interesting.
Scrappy - Jan 24, 2009 3:44:32 pm PST #9623 of 10000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Well, screeners are floating around now. Is your neighbor in the business?
sarameg - Jan 24, 2009 3:48:39 pm PST #9624 of 10000
Nope.
Jessica - Jan 24, 2009 4:12:10 pm PST #9625 of 10000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
It might have been bought used - since almost no studios encrypt their screeners any more, a lot more of them wind up in used video stores. (And the screeners for Slumdog went out months ago.)
[eta: Nevermind, saw your edit.]
Polter-Cow - Jan 24, 2009 4:16:01 pm PST #9626 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
AHA! That's how my mom was able to buy a decent copy! It was a fucking Oscar screener. I was surprised because I knew the movie hadn't been released on DVD anywhere.