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jars manyjon - 2006-11-16 09:33:16
I just watched the most recent film version of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The DVD had a "making of" feature, in which the charming Sam Rockwell said he was going for a stoned surfer type (e.g., Jeff Spicoli) in his portrayal of Zaphod B., but the wife and I thought he was channeling George W. Bush!
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Tom Ronca - 2006-11-16 11:24:31
I should have warned you about that one, Carino -- yeah ASC is pretty much a failure (although I liked JIm Broadbent's turn as Jimmy; he reminded me of Mr. Will, if you recall him; let's hope they don't share hobbies), and I think the reason goes back to the source; "Ghost World", a carefully-developed graphic novel, peopled with fully-realized characters, just slightly tweaked to bring it to the screen. "Art School Confidential" a 3 page illustrated essay full of caricatures that was made essentially for yuks, and padded out to full-length with the addition of a largely superfluous murder-mystery plot. Clowes and Zwigoff should have known better. Clowes is supposedly developing "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron..." for screen adaptation; I got my fingers crossed...
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Paula - 2006-11-16 12:32:02
Mr. Will
Yeeps, I haven't thought about him in years. I have a vague recollection of an older guy (but in retrospect probably in his 30s?) with a long black ponytail, coming to New College parties and drinking a lot. Can you fill in the details?
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chris - 2006-11-16 12:47:56
Oh geez. Mr will. Yikes. I always thought one should keep small children away from him.
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Erich K - 2006-11-16 14:49:42
I dunno man, I LOVED Art School Confidential. Maybe I had nicely lowered expectations by all the bad reviews, PLUS - I saw it in a packed Angelika showing, which was the way to go... as the pretentiousness of the audience helped add to the overall effect, and leaving the theater it felt like the movie was still going on (it also helped to be a Pratt employee and see it with my former assistant Audra, a Pratt ptg major)
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Paula - 2006-11-16 15:17:53
Erich, I can see where that would make the movie more palatable. I may well have a lower tolerance for films on video, if only because the emotional and physical investment is not as great.
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Erich K - 2006-11-16 15:36:35
Movies at the theater always taste better.... which is why I'm going to see RULES OF THE GAME at the ff tonight, even though I just saw it on DVD six months ago.
On the other hand you can't pause it to go to the bathroom or get more diet pepsi (or explain the plot to your daft punk co-hort)
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Bob - 2006-11-16 20:14:21
The things I learn by reading Paula's blog.... I just went and looked up DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID to confirm that it, like RULES OF THE GAME, was by Renoir, cuz I always thought it was quite the indictment of French WWII colloborationism, but turns out Renoir's 1946 version was an unmemorable Hollywood adaptation, of the book of the same name, (which was written long before the war), and the version that I've seen (twice) was made by Bunuel in 1964 (when it was "safer" to be that scathing about France's going along to get by). Still a bold, creepy movie, though.
But Tom, git back here and tell us what this "hobby" (not of yours) was. I seem to remember that guy as mild-mannered, rather than creepy... so I'm curious.
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Tom Ronca - 2006-11-16 22:42:44
On the whole Will was mild-mannered, but like the Broadbent charcater in ASC, he had his feisty moments. By the way, if you haven't seen ASC, and want to, STOP READING NOW!, as what Bob is asking about gives away the whole movie. Broadbent turns out to be behind all the homicides in the film; ergo, "his hobby", and hopeflly not Will's (although he could have hidden anything in that apartment of his...)
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Bob - 2006-11-18 09:50:48
Ah; I'd thought you meant let's hope he doesn't share Mr. Will's hobby.
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Dan - 2006-11-19 23:57:11
Regarding the 1946 DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID being an unmemorable Hollywood adaptation: no! to the "unmemorable" part. In my opinion, Bunuel's film of the novel is very fine, and Renoir's is a masterpiece.
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