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| bartist |
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Quote: Mr Booth's machine became the fashion. Mayfair Society women gave "Vacuum Teas", glass tubes being fitted to the apparatus so that guests might see the dust being sucked through the tubes to the dust receptacle in the van outside.
Those Victorians really knew how to have a good time. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:09 am |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:24 pm |
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| Gromit...Loved the Cunningham film. You can find his photos in the NYT Sunday Fashion and Style section. For as laid back as he seems what he puts together is just amazing. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 8:39 am |
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Bill's got it right - The Spectacular Now is excellent. A young guy sitting in front of us, at the end crawl, turns to his date and says, "Man, that was so REAL."
Couldn't put it better myself. The acting is so good that, at one point, you realize a character has been rendered real and substantial only by being referred to (she never actually appears). |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:54 am |
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bartist wrote: Bill's got it right - The Spectacular Now is excellent. A young guy sitting in front of us, at the end crawl, turns to his date and says, "Man, that was so REAL."
Couldn't put it better myself. The acting is so good that, at one point, you realize a character has been rendered real and substantial only by being referred to (she never actually appears).
Can't remember what character that was. Please elucidate. Meanwhile, the leads are great and so is Kyle Chandler, who paints a stunning portrait of alcoholism as strong as any I've seen on screen and in much less time. (His final, wordless scene reminded me of a heartbreaking moment from Once Were Warriors.) Chandler (and Teller and Woodley) deserve end-of-year recognition for their memorable work. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:20 am |
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Chandler was the dad, I take it. His dismantling of his son's fantasy about who his father is....yes, stunning and painful.
The invisible one - I was referring to Aimee's mom. We never actually see her. |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:10 pm |
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bartist wrote: Chandler was the dad, I take it. His dismantling of his son's fantasy about who his father is....yes, stunning and painful.
The invisible one - I was referring to Aimee's mom. We never actually see her.
Right about Chandler, and the wordless scene was Teller's long view of him through the bar window.
I think we glimpse the mom in a long shot in a car, don't we? In any case, you're right about the character being delineated well though never present. Maybe the part was larger and got cut. |
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| knox |
| Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:57 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:33 pm |
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| Joe--For some reason I just noticed your report on Born to Kill, and though I agree with you that it's ultra-cheesy in some ways, I think it's a classic. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:21 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote:
I have always meant to see Mephisto. Have no idea how it ends. You have stoked my curiosity.
Other reasons to see Mephisto:
- Klaus Maria Brandauer gives a great lead performance
- The Klaus Mann novel is based on his former brother-in-law the actor Gustaf Gründgens |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 20, 2013 12:24 pm |
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| Those are good reasons (and I think I may have to read the book, as well). Thanks, Gromit. |
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| I'm having to break the news to Leigh on what a "gunsel" is a la "The Maltese Falcon," She maintains it is simply a synonym for "gunman," which it admittedly is now, because of the influence of "The Maltese Falcon." That is NOT what it meant in 1941 or 1929. She's still denying it. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 1:59 am |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 2:00 am |
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I was watching “FF6” and finding it most excellent [1] (at least relative to my expectations) when the plane landed, which. given cinema’s current taste for overstuffed, action-packed endings, may have been just as well. We all need a bit of certainty in life and the “Fast & The Furious” franchise [2] reliably delivers the opposite of what it says on the tin: its easy paced and easy on the eye and mind; subtly ironic and, by now, totally at ease in its unambitious, laid-back, California-tanned skin. It's about as fast and furious as a beach boys' record. For me, it’s laddish petrosexuality and simple moral code trumps the preening metrosexuality and faux-sophistication of the similarly toned, but smug Ocean’s films. Who’d have thought Jeremy Broad would side with the petrol heads. “FF6” had the added bonus of being set in London, or a Hollywood facsimile thereof. Speaking as an English person, albeit unrepresentative of the breed, it’s nice to be noticed, even if it is only as a relatively unthreatening Other.
A final thought: Vin Diesel > Will Smith
**½ (out of 5)
[1] I am currently watching the less dumb, but equally likeable “Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey”
[2] Metacritic already has a blank page ready for “FF7”. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat Sep 21, 2013 5:05 am |
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| "Easy paced" and "laid back" are practically the last words I would use to describe Fast Five, which I paid good money to see and then walked out of because of its non-stop adrenaline-pumping energy, which never quit and was exhausting rather than entertaining. I loved the first item in this franchise, called The Fast and the Furious, loved Vin Diesel, loved Paul Walker, loved the vibe, loved the whole cheesy shebang. But it's gotten worse and worse, so--sorry, Jeremy--I won't be attending 6 or 7 or any more numbers. |
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