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| billyweeds |
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bart wrote: I wanted to see Thumbsucker until I learned the title wasn't just a metaphor.
Why did the fact that it's about a real thumbsucker turn you off? Can't handle the truth? Hit too close to home? Come on, full disclosure. |
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| bart |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:54 pm |
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slurp, slurp, slurp...
The thing is....it's a gateway drug. |
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| lshap |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:30 pm |
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bart wrote: slurp, slurp, slurp...
The thing is....it's a gateway drug.
And with that post, Bart gets an official Ban-Immunity Necklace. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:32 pm |
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lshap wrote: bart wrote: slurp, slurp, slurp...
The thing is....it's a gateway drug.
And with that post, Bart gets an official Ban-Immunity Necklace.
Word. That was pretty awesome. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:40 pm |
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| watched ENRON, THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM. Appalling. I hope the motherfuckers burn in hell. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:52 pm |
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| I watched that yesterday. Agree with you. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:11 pm |
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| What I said a week ago: "This is a masterfully edited docu, taking even a casual viewer with no real knowledge of a very complicated scam, from yawn to outrage in two hours." |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:14 pm |
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| Saw Thumbsucker and Mysterious Skin tonight. Quite a double bill. Thumbsucker is the essence of an independent film. Small in scope, well done, and rather forgettable. Mysterious Skin, on the other hand, is memorable to the max. It's one of the best and yet one of the most unpleasant films I've ever been gripped by. I knew very little about it going in and I was glad. It took me by surprise. Extremely disturbing, sometimes almost unwatchably graphic, and yet a must for film buffs. Gregg Araki is quite a talent. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:29 pm |
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billy,
what did you think of Billy Drago's performance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN? |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:29 pm |
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Marc wrote: watched ENRON, THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM. Appalling. I hope the motherfuckers burn in hell.
Saw it on the big screen. You're right! Burn baby, burn. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:37 pm |
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Marc wrote: billy,
what did you think of Billy Drago's performance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN?
Had to check to see what he played. Very moving performance, very well directed sequence, leading you to believe one thing and fooling you, but very honestly. Drago was excellent; is he a friend of yours? |
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| mo_flixx |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:40 pm |
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Marc or anyone,
Do you know when Bertolucci's THE CONFORMIST will be coming out on DVD? It's playing at the Guild in Albuquerque (the art house) for just 3 days and I doubt that I'll be able to drive down to see it. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 11:48 pm |
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Quote: Drago was excellent; is he a friend of yours?
billy, Drago is not a friend. I just love his performance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN.
Its such a brave, knowing and tender perofrmance. He generally gets cast as bad guys in horror and action flicks. This role is quite a departure for Drago. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:14 am |
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Marc wrote: Quote: Drago was excellent; is he a friend of yours?
billy, Drago is not a friend. I just love his performance in MYSTERIOUS SKIN.
Its such a brave, knowing and tender perofrmance. He generally gets cast as bad guys in horror and action flicks. This role is quite a departure for Drago.
His looks, which are not inherently evil but are arguably sinister, were part of what made the sequence such a legitimately twisty one. |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:19 am |
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Quote: His looks, which are not inherently evil but are arguably sinister, were part of what made the sequence such a legitimately twisty one.
yes. you expect the worse. Instead, you get this incredibly sad and tender scene. |
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