Miscellaneous Movie Musings - Page 147

€uroMeinke · 01-03-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

Good, but not as good as the poems that Euro, Boss Radio, some others and I put together serially while bothering our favorite teacher after high school:

"Cobalt, can you swing dung da?
Optical nose, Erin go bragh.
Brown plague hat, duniwassal, Beowulf.
Ubermensch, bunnyland, Pere Ubu's shelf."

Of the second I only recall a fragment:

"Pig iron, crib death, bang-up dolly.
Runny drippy bibblewang, like smooth Krishna Umbwebwe . . ."

Now that's good pottery.

Bravo! for myself I could only recollect the first line, in which I thought the words "the boating" appeared before "dung da" - Does a original transciption exist anywhere I wonder?

Not Afraid · 01-03-2007, 02:41 PM

That's absolutely fantastic! Duchamp would be proud.

€uroMeinke · 01-03-2007, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Not Afraid

That's absolutely fantastic! Duchamp would be proud.

Especially since the original is lost - that of course perfects it

alphabassettgrrl · 01-03-2007, 03:03 PM

We watched "Bowling for Columbine" last night and I thought it was significantly better than I had been led to believe. He makes very good points about our "culture of fear" that I empatically agree with. At one point he cuts media footage, just little sound bites, but it's all about the terror watch, and crime, and the "epidemic sweeping the Southland" stuff, with a voiceover about how they don't even need to tell you why you should be afraid... just to be afraid... and then it cuts to a speech by GW Bush.

I liked it more than I thought I would.

We also saw "The Good Shepherd" and I liked it too.

MouseWife · 01-03-2007, 03:41 PM

'Haven' was playing in the living room and I got into it bit by bit. Oh, the bit moreso when Orlando Bloom became obvious to me.

Has anyone seen this? It was sort of hard to follow but that made it interesting.

What I didn't get was the end bit....I won't elaborate but if anyone has seen it, can you esplain' to me wha happened? I get most of it except what happened to OBs' character.

Alex · 01-03-2007, 04:05 PM

Watched Night and Day the on my commute.

It is the wonderful biography of Cole Porter. If Cole Porter had been a straight man, taken under the wing of a kindly law professor at Yale law, who eschewed financial assistance from friends and family determined to achieve success on his own. A man who selflessly went to find in support of the French in WWI and opened his first stage production on the evening the Luisitania was sunk.

In other words, a wonderful biography of a man who didn't exist (all of those things are key moments in the film but untrue). He did write a lot of songs though, and I even recognized a few of them.

Oh, he is also a man who apparently looked like he was 40 when 21 at Yale. I was impressed that they didn't really do much of anything to youthify or age Cary Grant through the couple decades shown in the movie.

But then I got to thinking about The Good Shepherd out in theaters now. This movie covers 22 years and most Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie have only the subtlest of changes in that time. I saw Damon last night on Inside the Actor's Studio and he talked about how Robert De Niro (the director of the movie) hates make up and feels that it is more likely to take you out of the movie while if you're into it the lack of overt aging won't be a problem for the audience.

For The Good Shepherd he was right. For Night and Day not so much.

LSPoorEeyorick · 01-03-2007, 04:15 PM

It is funny you should say that, Alex. When we left Good Shepherd, Tom made a comment about how weird it was that Angelina Jolie got all this age makeup while Matt Damon got none. I replied that, having the benefit of seeing an extreme close-up of makeup-free Angelina in a photographic portrait book a few weeks ago, I could attest that she's actually that craggy in real life.

Alex · 01-03-2007, 04:44 PM

Damon mentioned that most of his aging was in the glasses he wore (youthful flat glass glasses when young, his real prescription when in the middle and then he wore negative prescription contacts in the 1961 scenes so that he could wear really thick glasses). That and they shaved his hairline back just a bit and then would fill it in depending on age.

All in all it was a pretty thoughtful interview by Inside the Actor's Studio standards. Of course, the previous episode I caught was Eddie Murphy, renowned for his actorly skills.

Babette · 01-03-2007, 06:09 PM

I recorded that episode of ITAS, but have yet to watch my dreamy husband's interview.

Just watched Breakfast on Pluto starring Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson. Interesting story, set in 1960-70's Ireland, of how a transvestite deals with being orphaned at birth. It is by the same guy who did The Crying Game.

innerSpaceman · 01-03-2007, 08:09 PM

I really like the Kevin Kline bio-pic of Cole Porter (De-Lovely). While I admit to never having seen Night and Day, I can't stomach bio-pics that I feel don't bear at least a 50% representation of the life being purportedly portrayed.

01-03-2007, 02:41 PM	#1462
Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	That's absolutely fantastic! Duchamp would be proud.
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01-03-2007, 03:03 PM	#1464
alphabassettgrrl Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,978	We watched "Bowling for Columbine" last night and I thought it was significantly better than I had been led to believe. He makes very good points about our "culture of fear" that I empatically agree with. At one point he cuts media footage, just little sound bites, but it's all about the terror watch, and crime, and the "epidemic sweeping the Southland" stuff, with a voiceover about how they don't even need to tell you why you should be afraid... just to be afraid... and then it cuts to a speech by GW Bush. I liked it more than I thought I would. We also saw "The Good Shepherd" and I liked it too. __________________ Why cycling? Anything [sport] that had to do with a ball, I wasn't very good at. -Lance Armstrong
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MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	'Haven' was playing in the living room and I got into it bit by bit. Oh, the bit moreso when Orlando Bloom became obvious to me. Has anyone seen this? It was sort of hard to follow but that made it interesting. What I didn't get was the end bit....I won't elaborate but if anyone has seen it, can you esplain' to me wha happened? I get most of it except what happened to OBs' character. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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01-03-2007, 04:05 PM	#1466
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Watched Night and Day the on my commute. It is the wonderful biography of Cole Porter. If Cole Porter had been a straight man, taken under the wing of a kindly law professor at Yale law, who eschewed financial assistance from friends and family determined to achieve success on his own. A man who selflessly went to find in support of the French in WWI and opened his first stage production on the evening the Luisitania was sunk. In other words, a wonderful biography of a man who didn't exist (all of those things are key moments in the film but untrue). He did write a lot of songs though, and I even recognized a few of them. Oh, he is also a man who apparently looked like he was 40 when 21 at Yale. I was impressed that they didn't really do much of anything to youthify or age Cary Grant through the couple decades shown in the movie. But then I got to thinking about The Good Shepherd out in theaters now. This movie covers 22 years and most Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie have only the subtlest of changes in that time. I saw Damon last night on Inside the Actor's Studio and he talked about how Robert De Niro (the director of the movie) hates make up and feels that it is more likely to take you out of the movie while if you're into it the lack of overt aging won't be a problem for the audience. For The Good Shepherd he was right. For Night and Day not so much.
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01-03-2007, 04:15 PM	#1467
LSPoorEeyorick scribblin' Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: in the moment Posts: 3,872	It is funny you should say that, Alex. When we left Good Shepherd, Tom made a comment about how weird it was that Angelina Jolie got all this age makeup while Matt Damon got none. I replied that, having the benefit of seeing an extreme close-up of makeup-free Angelina in a photographic portrait book a few weeks ago, I could attest that she's actually that craggy in real life.
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01-03-2007, 04:44 PM	#1468
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Damon mentioned that most of his aging was in the glasses he wore (youthful flat glass glasses when young, his real prescription when in the middle and then he wore negative prescription contacts in the 1961 scenes so that he could wear really thick glasses). That and they shaved his hairline back just a bit and then would fill it in depending on age. All in all it was a pretty thoughtful interview by Inside the Actor's Studio standards. Of course, the previous episode I caught was Eddie Murphy, renowned for his actorly skills.
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01-03-2007, 06:09 PM	#1469
Babette Snubbed Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: cupcake heaven Posts: 433	I recorded that episode of ITAS, but have yet to watch my dreamy husband's interview. Just watched Breakfast on Pluto starring Cillian Murphy and Liam Neeson. Interesting story, set in 1960-70's Ireland, of how a transvestite deals with being orphaned at birth. It is by the same guy who did The Crying Game.
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01-03-2007, 08:09 PM	#1470
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	I really like the Kevin Kline bio-pic of Cole Porter (De-Lovely). While I admit to never having seen Night and Day, I can't stomach bio-pics that I feel don't bear at least a 50% representation of the life being purportedly portrayed.
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