One day I want to do a wheel-and-talk with him.
Saffron: You just had a better hand of cards this time. Mal: It ain't a hand of cards. It's called a life.
'Trash'
Buffista Movies 7: Brides for 7 Samurai
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erikaj - Sep 21, 2010 7:05:52 am PDT #11222 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-
le nubian - Sep 21, 2010 7:38:50 am PDT #11223 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Salon has an article about OK Go's latest video and the author proposes that they could save the movie musical. Interesting premise and thesis of the article, but OK Go's video is really awesome.
I am not a dog owner, but I marvel at how much time and training was involved to do this choreography:
Salon article:
Daisy Jane - Sep 21, 2010 7:52:18 am PDT #11224 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Oh wow! That was awesome! In the actually filled with awe way!
Dana - Sep 21, 2010 8:25:05 am PDT #11225 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I was filled with AWWWWWWWW.
Laga - Sep 21, 2010 10:35:00 am PDT #11226 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
That choreographer must really love dogs to have come up with everything they can do that is cool to watch. I loved how it sometimes looked like the men were looking for cues from their trainers.
...was there a goat?
Tom Scola - Sep 22, 2010 5:10:24 pm PDT #11227 of 30000
hwæt
DavidS - Sep 22, 2010 7:59:38 pm PDT #11228 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I'm currently watching and Tivoing Altman's whackadoo rarity Brewster McCloud off TCM.
I watched this on late night commercial TV some years back - probably home from college after I'd seen Harold and Maude.
I recognized Margaret Hamilton in the opening just from her voice.
Bud Cort is awesomely Bud Cort-like. He is a singular cinematic presence, but he seems to presage a whole universe of gloomy/charming indie rock boys.
Sally Kellerman never looked better. Shelley Duvall makes her debut here and is quirky cute.
Songs written by John Phillips, and a few sung by Merry Clayton (the singer on the Stones' "Gimme Shelter").
This movie was picked by guest programmer Bill Hader, who also picked the lesser-known Billy Wilder film Five Graves to Cairo.
What three movies would you pick if you were guest programmer on Turner Classic Movies?
Hayden - Sep 22, 2010 8:24:47 pm PDT #11229 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I'm tivoing Brewster McCloud, which I've never seen. But I'm still up, for some reason, too.
My three movies as guest programmer for TCM would be: F For Fake, Los Angeles Plays Itself, and The World Of Apu (the last because it is sadly unavailable on DVD in this country).
DavidS - Sep 22, 2010 8:29:31 pm PDT #11230 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
It's odd, I'm looking through reviews of Brewster McCloud (and there are a bunch of newish ones since it just debuted on DVD via Warner Archives) and they all emphasize how strange and weird it is.
Which, it's not particularly, if you know anything about theater (like, I don't "Rhinocerous" or "Tooth of Crime" or "Travesties.") or any three episode run of Arrested Development.
And certainly by the standards of early seventies film it's not so astonishingly outre.
It's just a bit whacky, and a bit easy with the metaphor. It parodies Bullit for chrissake, how hard can it be to follow?
Sure Sally Kellerman has scars where her wings used to be, but c'mon Wings of Desire, and Kevin Smith already covered that. Not to mention Constantine.
DavidS - Sep 22, 2010 8:33:04 pm PDT #11231 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
(the last because it is sadly unavailable on DVD in this country).
Huh. Seems like Criterion would be all over that shit.