Love Liza suck-diddly-ucked. I should have rented Owning Mahoney instead.
I watched Open Range this weekend. It was fair. Great gunfight at the end of the movie. Seemed fairly realistic, with a couple of exceptions.
I was feeling lonely and depressed this weekend, so I watched an old comedy I had checked out from the university library.
Unfortunately for me, that old comedy was Billy Wilder’s “The Apartment” - which is a brilliant movie, but so bleak and pessimistic about human motives that I’m lucky I didn’t take a one-way trip off an overpass.
Whenever I’m feeling down I just throw in Apocalypse Now. That part when they stop the boat for an inspection cracks me up everytime! 
Lost in Translation was wonderful. A little slow paced, but probably fitting for the theme. Copolla has definitely improved since The Virgin Suicides. I guess it helps when your banging Bill Murray, too. 
That’s why some people are disappointed with Lost in Translation. It’s supposed to be slow because these people are bored out of their minds. I hope he wins the oscar although I haven’t seen Sean Penn and he is due a win.
Sean Penn should have gotten an Oscar for Carlito’s Way.
Originally posted by MasterKiller
Sean Penn should have gotten an Oscar for Carlito’s Way.
Truer words havent’ been spoken. Who beat him out that year?
Tommy Lee Jones (Fugitive) won best supporting actor in 1993, and Martin Landau (Ed Wood) won in 1994, so I’m not sure where Carlito’s Way fits since it came out in 1993. I don’t even know if Penn was nominated, but I think he did a great job.
<edit> He wasn’t even nominated for an Oscar, but he was nominated (loss) for a Golden Globe. in 1994, so I guess Landau beat him.</edit>
American Splendor has to win best picture. It is certainly the best film I’ve seen in a long time. I was getting all teary-eyed at the end when he adopts the girl…
MK,
I agree totally. I just watched American Splendor yesterday. It’s actually really unexpectedly inspiring. Certainly the best movie I’ve seen in some time.
You guys are just now getting to the party? check out my post at the top of page 5.
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
You guys are just now getting to the party? check out my post at the top of page 5.
Yeah, I know. It never came here, so I had to wait till it came out on DVD.
Anyway, I’m glad you liked it, even though it’s about a comics geek;)
Now keep an eye out for “Rivers and Tides” - Andy Goldsworthy ain’t much like Motherwell, but he is a godd@mn genius.
Originally posted by Chang Style Novice
Anyway, I’m glad you liked it, even though it’s about a comics geek;)
My issue was with superhero-genre comics, in general, when I said they were soap-operas for boys. This guy was more like the Raymond Carver of the comics scene…
Have you read his comics? I’ve been a fan for years. The fact that he’s a jazz record collector nut helps me relate to him strongly as well.
I actually spent a little time talking with Harvey and Joyce once at a book signing a few years ago. This was after his first bout with cancer, the one they spend a lot of time on in the movie. He’s a really nice, down-to-earth cat for a wierd, bitter old crank. He laughed out loud at me when I told him his work was a real inspiration for my own!:eek:
Never read them. I’d be curious to look at some now, but I doubt if I’ll put much effort into finding any copies. I don’t venture into comic shops, and usually, the only ones I do read are Star Wars related while I’m waiting for my wife to checkout at Walden Books.
Yeah, distribution of that kind of thing is a pretty serious problem. I’m sure you can find stuff on Amazon and E-bay and the like, if you really want to put in the $$ and effort.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/104-7070329-1924766
/\ Harvey Pekar search on Amazon.
I’m planning on renting American Splendor this week. From everything you all have said, then I’m looking forward to it.
I was trying to describe the film to a friend of mine today and explained “It’s about a guy who worked as a file clerk in Cleveland and turned his day to day experiences into a comic book…”
My friend said “Oh, you mean like Dilbert.”
Classic