š¬ Film Refs
š¬ šµ There is a new movie from New Zealand coming out ā¦ the entire dialogue is gibberish
My mind went back to 1969 when Eric Sykes launched Rhubarb on to the world.
Nothing you create is ultimately your own, yet all of it is you. Your imagination, it seems to me, is mostly an accidental dance between collected memory and influence, and is not intrinsic to you, rather it is a construction that awaits spiritual ignition.
š¬ Nick Cave
š¬ Gary Sinise, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Russell Crowe and Gene Hackman ā¦ itās got to be a good one .. no?
š¬ The Power Of The Dog: Meaning
ā¦ yeah - thought so. I am no bible scholar, but after watching it, I had concluded some version of that.
I looked it up because I felt that after all the hoohah - I must have been missing something.
I wasnāt.
Sorry - 6/10.
š¬ Rent for $5.99 or Buy for $9.99 ā¦ I didnāt expect to see that kind of offer on a movie as well reviewed as Dune!
š¬Ā Knives Out 2 is Expected to Release in Late 2022
This is a perfect example of why I know that I am an edge case.
I donāt even get why they bothered making āKnives Outā to begin with.
Every time I walk by this āfenceā on the daily constitutional I am reminded of the toll gate booth scene in š¬ Blazing Saddles.
š¬Ā šµĀ Scarlett Johansson Sues Disney Over āBlack Widowā Streaming Release
Finally the film world begins to wrap its head around the issues that have plagued musicians since the MP3.
If you have seen šŗ āTed Lassoā and liked (who didnāt?) ā¦ you might Enjoy š¬ āThe Mergerā ā¦ itās on Netflix.
Oz rules football rather than ājust footballā ā¦ but the underlying sentiments are equally powerful.
š¬ The cast for the first Knives Out sequel is shaping up to be pretty awesome.
The āfirstā sequel? A sequel is worrying enough - that there are more in the hopper is deeply concerning.
Such a crap movie ā¦ I guess they are doubling down.
š¬ šµ Is there any movie that features Miami that doesnāt open with a camera out at sea - rushing toward the shore line across the water at speed?
š¬ Brit Film: Ten British Gangster Films to Watch ā Which is Your Favo(u)rite?
I have to say that for the ones I have seen they should definitely be on the list - which makes me think I should go find the ones I havenāt.
Any missing in your opinion?
The Valueā Of People
There's someĀ fuckingĀ guy, scientist or something. Real sick bastard. Says he measured out the remains, the cremated remains of a dead man. Measured out the, uh, minerals left behind, you know? The iron phosphates, the ... whatever it is we're made up of. Says heĀ addedĀ it all up to the cost of $4.40.
$4.40. Burnt down man'sĀ worthĀ less than aĀ fuckingĀ Big Mac.
Michael Grey played by Liam Cunningham in The Numbers Station
I caught The Numbers Station over the weekend, and that is the opening dialogue. It resonated. I know nought of the truth - but it does seem about right.
After last week's newsletter, and the responses, I have thought about it more and more. How we as a society spend so much ... too much ... time reducing anything ... everything ... to a value based on the component parts.
We know that the click bait mongers of the internet write stuff like this - to save you the click through itās all about adding together the cost of the sum of the parts of an iPhone - and thus by extrapolation conclude that Apple is - as we might say in England ... '
No - this is not a defence of Apple - but to ask a question.
Isn't this exactly what businesses do every day week, month and year to people. You earn a salary or wage based on what they consider is your worth to them while they rent you for the 40, 50, 60 hours each week that you are in their service?
But it's worse. The value is not just for the sum of your component parts, but actually for the sum of your component parts that they think they need, and everything else is ignored. Your component parts are what they have defined are needed to do the job that they have defined needs to be done. Everything else is of zero value.
Thinking Allowed
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“Itās got me and my dad walking into the sunset, but I havenāt fucking spoken to my dad for 30 years so it aināt gonna be that realistic.ā
How sad.
š¬ The Magus
āIf I had to live my life again, Iād do everything the same, except that I wouldnāt see The Magus."
Woody Allen
Definitely with him. One of the best books ever - coupled with one of the worst films - BUT - in the right hands ā¦ a remake would be awesome.
š¬Ā šµ 1954 - A Star is Born
Never saw it - but I think this was the storyās second celluloid outing ā¦ I hated the third - so had no plans for the fourth ā¦ but the reviews are too good.
š¬ Phantom Thread Nominated For Six Oscars
They’re all sewing away …. and I see Somner run through the scene and say, “Alright, you gotta get this dress ready! Here we go! Everybody ready and ACTION!”
And they all kept sewing at exactly the same pace they had been sewing and I couldn’t stop laughing.
Paul Thomas Anderson