tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post2375099088854449841..comments2023-06-24T03:57:29.068-07:00Comments on Live Tweets du #Cinema: A Cataloging of PrejudicesAlejandro Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11566219628755936369noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-3552674985273656332009-07-22T13:16:56.750-07:002009-07-22T13:16:56.750-07:00Also, though it'll kill my hipster status, I a...Also, though it'll kill my hipster status, I agree with nearly everything said about SCIENCE OF SLEEP/BE KIND REWIND.<br /><br />Have tried to watch HUMAN NATURE and couldn't figure out the rules.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995166642313003835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-47222960219965155042009-07-22T13:12:32.670-07:002009-07-22T13:12:32.670-07:00Re: Carrey. I think I understand, but what if I fi...Re: Carrey. I think I understand, but what if I find much of his art unsavory. #duckingthepointcompletely #WHOOSH<br /><br />If I made a comment about the phrase "twee", I'm positive it would come off precisely that way.<br /><br />Okay, so now I need to hear a story about Dom DeLuise and Tom's first girlfriend. I'm a glutton for a good tease.<br /><br />AA, I'll give you that SUNSHINE is ambitious. Like Tom, I'm hoping (on viewing #2.5) to be convinced it's actually good.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12995166642313003835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-70715931333746711982009-07-22T11:01:21.037-07:002009-07-22T11:01:21.037-07:00I look forward to hearing what your third viewing ...I look forward to hearing what your third viewing result turns out to be.<br /><br />And I agree with pretty much everything Alejandro said (except I did like Pulp Fiction 5 years later, and for the record, still do).Tassoulahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08299776334729730828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-43894913166438775572009-07-22T09:20:43.329-07:002009-07-22T09:20:43.329-07:00"I dated before that, though not extensively,..."I dated before that, though not extensively, and even the worst of my break-ups was quite amicable."<br /><br />I have been reminded by My Amazing Wife that my very first girlfriend literally* tried to murder me upon the final termination of that relationship. I guess amicability is in the eye of the beholder.<br /><br />*-- Yes, literally. Not figuratively.Tom Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703805451041069182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-37978239549092796182009-07-21T21:45:40.037-07:002009-07-21T21:45:40.037-07:00Should note that my use of "hipsters" an...Should note that my use of "hipsters" and "twee" were facetious.Tom Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703805451041069182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-11307033962771638752009-07-21T20:56:39.070-07:002009-07-21T20:56:39.070-07:00I read "preformed opinions" as "per...I read "preformed opinions" as "performed opinions." <br /><br />Being John Malkovich is like Pulp Fiction: I dare anyone to like it five years later. <br /><br />Human Nature is one of the worst films ever made.<br /><br />Science of Sleep is one of those cases in which I avoided a film after seeing its trailer. <br /><br />I wasn't compelled to pay attention to Be Kind Rewind, though I didn't turn it off. Probably one of those cases where I thought, "I'll just check my email," and then never put the laptop down. I don't recall anything about the film. <br /><br />I don't know what the terms "twee" or "hipster" mean but I see both used frequently.<br /><br />Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is more than I've ever asked a film to be--more, in fact, than I imagined a film could be. I find it almost disgustingly poignant. In its depiction of I-hate-you-I-can't-live-without-you relationships, it is accurate beyond my ability to quantify. Its monumental cleverness, its desultory subplots, its brain-teasing special effects are brusquely shoved aside so that Joel's sickness of heart may be sharply evoked. Nearly ceasing to be an act of cinema, it inclines toward the ancient power of literature. In such moments this film may as well be a James Salter novel. <br /><br />The line about leaving hair coiled around the bar of soap--short stories, novels, entire decades of my life have been played in that key.Alejandro Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11566219628755936369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-34787865066901873372009-07-21T20:03:57.575-07:002009-07-21T20:03:57.575-07:00Not to be all double-commenty, but since "bit...Not to be all double-commenty, but since "bitter romance" and/or adultery and/or the artistic process are recurring themes in Kaufman's work and all themes I could care less about, it might also explain why, before the extraordinary SYNECDOCHE, I was somewhat cool to his work.Tom Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703805451041069182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-22192195522914314392009-07-21T19:31:10.027-07:002009-07-21T19:31:10.027-07:00Brian,
Been married since I was 21. I dated befo...Brian,<br /><br />Been married since I was 21. I dated before that, though not extensively, and even the worst of my break-ups was quite amicable.<br /><br />Romance may be universal, but bitterness and petulance isn't.Tom Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11703805451041069182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8677931687360910372.post-83054125464976938622009-07-21T17:26:22.677-07:002009-07-21T17:26:22.677-07:00"Bad break-ups and bitter romance hold no int..."Bad break-ups and bitter romance hold no interest for me. None what-so-ever. It's just not something that has ever figured into my own life experience."<br /><br />So, um, have you been married since age 14 or something? Or are you perhaps asexual? Because I thought this was about as universal a subject as they come.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08917874378666399043noreply@blogger.com