Fred: It's the pictures in my mind that are getting me. It's like being stuck in a really bad movie with those Clockwork Orange clampy things on my eyeballs. Wesley: Why imagine? Reality's disturbing enough.

'Shells'


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Frankenbuddha - Oct 03, 2009 7:13:01 am PDT #4322 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Holy shit! Stanley Donen directed The Little Prince. You don't see that mentioned on his resume a whole lot (less than Saturn 3 and Blame it on Rio even).

Huh, Will Vinton did a claymation version as well in 1979.

Also, Saturn 3's screenplay? Martin Amis. Yes, that one.


Volans - Oct 03, 2009 4:47:39 pm PDT #4323 of 30000
move out and draw fire

Looks like a Zardoz level flustercluck.

In response to someone who couldn't believe I knew of, let alone had seen, Zardoz, I said, "Heck, I'm going as Zardoz for Halloween."

Now there's a group costume in the works, with a friend making a Big Stone Head.

Odds of everyone thinking I'm going as "Vampirella FAIL" are pretty good.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 03, 2009 6:19:06 pm PDT #4324 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

OK, the above is downright hilarious and awesome, but how could you go as Zardoz AND your costume be "Vampirella FAIL" when Zardoz was the big giant head?

Now if you're going as Zed, that would be another story. And I think we'd ALL want pictures.


Polter-Cow - Oct 03, 2009 8:48:33 pm PDT #4325 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I finally saw Inglourious Basterds. I like Strega's earlier description of "a series of tense conversations, punctuated by bursts of violence." I liked a lot about the movie, but I'm not sure I like it as a complete movie. It felt like two movies, neither of which reached its full potential, rather than one great movie.

I am a Tarantino fan, and I love that his movies are so unconventional (I haven't seen Jackie Brown ). But I don't think this was his best work.


Frankenbuddha - Oct 03, 2009 9:24:48 pm PDT #4326 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I haven't seen Jackie Brown

You definitely should. In a lot of ways, its a very sad movie, but it's also hilarious in a lot of places.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 10:35:01 am PDT #4327 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

DH and I watched Bottle Shock last night and it was cute! Loved Alan Rickman and Eliza Dushku.

We saw it last week too! Not the greatest movie ever, but wonderful for a night in. Sweet story, and yes Rickman is awesome in it.

I'm pretty sure I've fucked with my Queue lately, so I have no idea what we're getting next.

Just checked and it looks like Brothers Bloom, Waltz with Bashir, and Monsoon Wedding.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 10:38:08 am PDT #4328 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Also, that reminds me, I will be writing another thing to go up in a place. Worked on it a bit Friday, but I think I get off topic, or at least I'm not sticking to what I start off writing about.

Anyone have any opinions about fashion in movies? The first thing that came to my mind was the LBD in Breakfast at Tiffany's.


DavidS - Oct 04, 2009 10:45:08 am PDT #4329 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Anyone have any opinions about fashion in movies? The first thing that came to my mind was the LBD in Breakfast at Tiffany's.

There's a Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward movie from the early sixties about a fashion editor in Paris (with the requisite fashion show in the middle of the plot).

Some time in the sixties, largely because of Givenchy's relationship with Audrey Hepburn, there was a movement away from studio costume designs (Edith Head, Gowns by Adrian) and to name designers. The spy movie I just tivoed, Dandy in Aspic, notes that Mia Farrow's clothes are by Pierre Cardin.

Though there's still also the reverse trend where a movie influences fashion, notably the twenties inspired clothes that came in the wake of Bonnie & Clyde, and the anti-fashion, thrift shop chic of Annie Hall.


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:17:51 am PDT #4330 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Though there's still also the reverse trend where a movie influences fashion, notably the twenties inspired clothes that came in the wake of Bonnie & Clyde, and the anti-fashion, thrift shop chic of Annie Hall.

This is more along the lines of what I was thinking, though where I get off track is talking about me personally (Breakfast at Tiffany's, Pretty in Pink, Reality Bites) and in general (though I personally was not influenced by Annie Hall or Bonnie and Clyde, I know that "people" were).


Daisy Jane - Oct 04, 2009 11:18:55 am PDT #4331 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."

Eh. Now that I look at some of D's posts, I see that he mixes a bit of the two also. So maybe it's fine, and I'm over thinking.