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"I don't think most critics
understand the language of film as it's developed.... On the whole, they have a very
literary approach. They care about the conventional values of narrative and
construction and performance, rather than the other virtues that are more important: the
rhythm, the flow, the imagery; and the underlying theme.
So, they often miss it. They miss it altogether."
-- filmmaker John Boorman
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What do Quentin Tarantino, Peter & Bobby
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in the Hall, Newsradio), Kathy Griffin (Shakes the Clown,
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coming eventually:
- a basic movie library: that AFI 100 list was
such a joke, wasn't it? check back here for a list of the essential books and movies
you must experience as a (cine-)literate citizen of the information age! buy 'em
right here (from amazon) or borrow or rent from you local library or video store. must-read
collections of film criticism already available.
- behind the scenes and inside the creation of julia
sweeney's brilliantly funny and touching upcoming movie, god said
"ha!" -- from tragedy to comedy; from nightclub to stage to
broadway to film...
- the amazingly tortured chronicle of the making of the
low-budget disney comedy, it's pat: the movie -- including: the
worst pitch in the world, studio story meetings, dealing with saturday night live,
doing time in development hell, surviving turnaround, assembling the crew, shooting on a
shoestring, editing and re-editing, preview screenings, test marketing, press leaks,
reviews, shuffling off to video... somebody oughta make a movie about this -- but
nobody would believe it!
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what's inside:
alternate
floorplan
now open!
frontroom/entry
enter for highlights and
new
features like:
franksville
(it's sinatra's world...)
the dark room
(a film noir place)
screening
room
an ever-growing collection of reviews, highlighting movies that inspire strong
reactions: love, hate,
or ambivalence...
mantelpiece
souvenirs of exotic locales, both physical and virtual:
india
floating film festival
favorite web destinations (coming soon)...
bathroom
feelin' flush? plunge into the squishy world of plumbing
in the movies, from silents to psycho -- and beyond. send me your favorite plumbing moments and I'll
post 'em in the bathroom.
kitchen
luis buñuel's famous martini recipe (and its surreal after-effects).
the cinematic version of the buñuel martini -- as seen in
the discreet charm of the bourgeoise
(1972)
post messages on jeeem's fridge
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