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The Excellence of Execution Margaret Mead was once asked, "Do you think that a single individual can make a difference?" Then she pointed out that "It's the only thing that has ever made a difference." - Dr. Roger S. Payne, A life among whales
Just got "Lucky # Slevin" on Saturday after seeing it in the theaters, loved it, it was a fucking awesome movie. I actually say it the week after "Inside Man" in the theaters, that was a good little stretch there.
Hmmmm, I watched a movie about some soldiers going to get another soldier because his brothers had died. But he was deep in Germany. I can't remember its name.
I think the main charactr was Tom Hanks. And they blew up a bridge at the end. And there was a neurotic wimpy American translator guy.
i watched a couple short films by david lynch. "the grandmother." interesting and kind of disgusting at times, but really lacking the poigniently incomprehensible of his later works. whereas his later films deal with dialogue and interaction subtly, everything is way over the top here and missing that element of reality that makes even the most absurd of his movies believable inside the lie.
also "the alphabet" which was basically just a really creepy collection of pictures/songs/scenes etc. it wasn't really a story, but as it was explained in the prologue to the two films it was based on a nightmare his neice had so i guess it wasn't supposed to be narrative, as not all dreams are.
I felt that 'The Grandmother' took a bit too long to get to the middle.
I haven't seen it for a while.
I like the way it mixed animation in.
That old style of animation art.
Also, I preferred 'Six Men Getting Sick Six Times'* to 'The Alphabet'.
Which I actually find odd considering that it consists of a short loop with like a warning sound repeating.
(*Not only tongue twisty, but I had typing trouble too.)
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Originally Posted by Ihsiin
It was probably A Scanner Darkly.
Gahhh!!!
Everybody is seeing this film before me!!!
Damn Australia!
Damn not having been released into cinemas here yet!
Damn not being able to go across the country to the film festival which happens to be where it is premiering, or has already premiered!
Coming in at the end of my post, I watched that tape of 'Stranger Than Paradise'.
I liked it.
I liked it more as it went on.
I still prefer some other Jarmusch films though.
'Night On Earth' being my favorite.
With 'Coffee And Cigarettes' a close second.
And the beauty and elegance of 'Dead Man' is hard to forget.
Glengarry Glen Ross. Great actors doing what they do best. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Alec Baldwin, Kevin Spacey.
Some of the more memorable lines:
"What's your name?"
"Fuck you! That's my name. You know why, mister? 'Cause you drove a Hyundai to get here tonight, I drove an eighty thousand dollar BMW. That's my name."
"A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have your attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, because it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action."
"Your name is "you're wanting", and you can't play the man's game, you can't close them, and then tell your wife your troubles. 'Cause only one thing counts in this world: get them to sign on the line which is dotted. You hear me you fuckin' faggots?"
"You stupid fucking ****. You, Williamson, I'm talking to you, shithead. You just cost me $6,000. Six thousand dollars, and one Cadillac. That's right. What are you going to do about it? What are you going to do about it, asshole? You're fucking shit. Where did you learn your trade, you stupid fucking ****, you idiot? Who ever told you that you could work with men? Oh, I'm gonna have your job, shithead."
Great dialogue by Mamet. A must if you want to see masterful acting.
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"A-I-D-A. Attention, Interest, Decision, Action. Attention - Do I have your attention? Interest - Are you interested? I know you are, because it's fuck or walk. You close or you hit the bricks. Decision - Have you made your decision for Christ? And Action." (Alec Baldwin in Glengarry Glen Ross)
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