SloopJohn

laurie anderson fucking rules. that's a pretty sweet comp.

i love sunset blvd. easily my favourite film noir.

I can't really talk for The Godfather as I've not seen it in quite a while (since I first started filmmaking, when I studied it briefly) and since I consumed it my tastes (and views on violence) have completely changed (I did love it though) so I don't feel qualified to comment on Copolla's portrayal of violence. however. I don't think the audience are ever left off the hook because the perpetrator of the violence has what's, within this supposed 'moral' universe (a real issue I have with American film making that seems to central to the systems core philisophical beliefs), coming to them in terms of death, arrest etc. as in Fargo, the audience perceives Marge's actions of shooting Grimsrud in the leg as a positive thing. i.e this guy is bad now look what happened to him - but the audience is satisfied and finds positives in the fact that he got hurt, that an act of violence was commited upon him. so in fact, the audience finds supposed 'moral' redemption in a violent act. i find this absurd because there is nothing redeeming in an act of violence. I think the most obvious modern day film maker who treat violence as a brutal and terrifying act is Michael Haneke (most obviously in La Pianiste). and Gus Van Sant's Elephant is another film that really resonated with me in terms of it's attitudes towards violence. anyway. enough!

What's wrong with it Sloopie? i think that counter-argument summed up quite nicely. what I find particuarly shallow about all of Tarantino's work is how he lies to the audience by portraying violence as entertainment. it's absurd and shallow, and even though it's usually in a hyper-stylised way, he is portraying acts, that in reality have unfathomable emotional resonance, as something to find glee over. Do you have the same problem with the Coens putting people through a wood chipping machine, or shooting someone in the head who mistakes the gun for an inhaler? completely.

i fucking hate liverpool. i feel so sorry for the arse. but walcott. holy fuck my ass what a run.

What's wrong with it Sloopie? i think that counter-argument summed up quite nicely. what I find particuarly shallow about all of Tarantino's work is how he lies to the audience by portraying violence as entertainment. it's absurd and shallow, and even though it's usually in a hyper-stylised way, he is portraying acts, that in reality have unfathomable emotional resonance, as something to find glee over.

http://metaphilm.com/index.php/main/commen...y-in-the-water/

i can't even begin to fathom how flawed that essay is. that paragraph on the samurai sword. wow.

it's a really really shallow movie.

edit: i agree with the others though.

Between 96-99 Ronaldo was easily the most unstoppable, gifted footballer since Maradona. He never really got back to the heights he had hit with Inter / Barcelona at Real Madrid, that's not to say that he wasn't excellent there either. shame about all his injuries.

well Man Utd. are said to be interested. greedy fucks. they already have 4 excellent center mids. but yeah, he plays in front of the back four, he has an alice band but don't let that fool you, he's tenacious in the tackle, and has a really excellent left foot - he is very similar to Carrick although a lot more mobile and better at tackling but still has that range of passing. he'd probably cost 10-11 million

Veloso would be a fantastic signing. one of the best young midfielders in world football. there is no way he'd come to Newcastle.

Through A Glass Darkly [ingmar Bergman - 1960] 8/10 more Bergman on the silence of God, and his lack of intervention in lives that are disintegrating before Him. really powerful and beautifully shot. however, one the characters felt a little undeveloped (the young boy) which was frustrating at times given there are only four characters in the movie. although this is only a minor issue in what otherwise is a taut, moving drama. recommended.

that's a large can of worms to open.

too right. they are wonderful films don't get me wrong. it's just you get over-saturated with discussion about some things. Citizen Kane also falls into this category.

http://www.attube.net/view_video.php?viewk...eaa496d51fea640 his goal today vs. leverkusan

it's all part and parcel of it. but this was with some of my contemporaries, who share the same taste as me, so I found it a little puzzling... just watched The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover not sure what to make of it. although i'm not really convinced of Peter Greenway as a director.

so. Big Sam was after this guy. and i watched him play against Bayern Leverkusan this afternoon and he was by far the best player on the pitch. fast, agile, two footed, excellent appreciation of his team mates, selfless. he has incredible quality. and at the price that was thrown about (7 million?) would be an absolute steal based on this performance and how highly rated he is within Russia. thoughts?

i loved that movie. so involving. my friends hated it.

can we not talk about the godfather. plz.

300 is one of the worst films i've ever seen. no doubt.

i only like alien. everything else i've seen by him has ranged from barely watchable (Gladiator) to full on trite (Black Hawk Down).

that's a good deal. at the moment there is Warner Herzog boxset for 14 pounds. 5 films! that's like 2.50 a film. and utter classics. i'm on it.