he was even going to use mic jagger in a film

in the last month and a half i’ve seen a number of herzog movies. i saw cobra verde at the tower, fitzcarraldo a week later, burden of dreams (which isn’t technically a herzog movie) two days later, my best fiend a week later and little dieter needs to fly on wednesday. by [...]

To:

Dear God,
And I mean that in a letter sort of way. I wonder how many of the people that start their prayers that way are referring to you as a dear person, someone who is dear. It probably started out as an imitation and made its way into habit, but these days I always tend [...]

I Sort of Get It Now; I Sort of Don’t Get It Anymore

After talking to my friend Trevor Banks – one of the smartest people I know – about Lars Von Trier, I think I sort of understand Dogville and Manderlay a bit more. Trevor was saying that Dogville didn’t upset him on a social-political level because he saw it as complete parable/metaphor. He didn’t accept the [...]

fireworks

it’s funny because while i was watching anger’s fireworks the other night (the day before whitney posted her apocalypto review), i kept thinking how mel gibson’s movies are (unintentionally?) similar.

so fireworks has this part where the main guy has the shit beat out of him by a group of sailors.  while no where near as [...]

A New Beginning

Apocalypto was the craziest movie. I haven’t seen Your movie, but I’m concerned that Passion of the Christ had such an uproar and Apocalypto was so discrete. Of course, it didn’t make near as much gross income. In fact, it barely exceeded its budget.
I guess the first thing to consider in a Mel Gibson movie [...]

It’s 500 Bucks, Don’t Worry About It

I always forget how much I like Rocky. Not in an ironic way as the cut-out of Sly in our living room would suggest.

Yes there are a lot of heartwarming scenes that have stuck in everyone’s mind as a cliche. But other than drinking raw eggs and including an annoying montage, I say that Stallone [...]

the mirror was my idea

what is up with scarface? i mean, that movie sucks, right? so how come brian de palma occasionally makes movies that are totally awesome? a couple months ago i saw sisters.

i won’t go into how great this movie is, but here’s a nice review if you’re interested (and by you i mean [...]

Lacombe, Lucien

This was a really interesting movie. Pauline Kael points out some of the flaws in her essay for Criterion, but overall it’s a really cool way of dealing with how mostly apolitical people could get involved with organizations like the Gestapo.
I think the best part is that most of the people in it weren’t [...]

Dogville may or may not be Dogshit

There is a lot about Lars Von Trier as a person that I really don’t like. For a while I thought I was just afraid of him, with such intense, frightening films and all these rumors about how he treats his actresses. But, reading more about him, I realized I just think he’s a little [...]

you’re eyesight will return in time

so i watched return of the jedi the other day.  i used to group it with episode i as the weakest of all the star wars movies, but now i’m not so sure.  here’s what i figured out about return of the jedi (and it only took me 20+ years and 50+ viewings): [...]