Ok, I'll talk about a movie from your childhood. Ha! Movies weren't around then haha.
Ok, I'll talk about a movie from your childhood. Ha! Movies weren't around then haha.
Whatever, squirtard.
Yeah.
OK, so the movie *Blow Out* is really fucking bizarre. I've seen it before, but it didn't sink in just how weird a movie it was. Almost hallucinatory in quality -- like a French symbolist poem-movie.
Impressive De Palma got in all those Hitch references, as well as coaxing good performances out of an odd cast.
Also, I reappraised *Bob le flambeur* (they call it, I think, *Bob The Gambler*, I think, but that's not an accurate translation, even though the titular character is certainly that. *Bob the man-about-town*? maybe. something like that. He is called *flambeur* at least once in the movie, but it's not his main thing -- it's an odd bit of Melville's flair for titles and dialogues, I believe).
It was never one of my favorites, but now I see that it has a resemblance to a statuary, sort of reminiscent of some of the Antonionis from his tetralogy. Also, I believe that Melville was just barely skirting (heh) the line between outright calling Bob a homosexual and achieving mainstream success. He did show some very nice tits, however, from the main woman in the movie. Never seen her before or since -- I bet she's somebody. IIRC he did show some male ass in the movie, so people of a different persuasion can enjoy that, too. That was a nice rack of boob, though.
Saw again:
*The Nevadan*
*Seven Men From Now*
*The Tin Star*
Fucking great westerns. You know, if I was a greenhorn, I wouldn't have clocked that Hank Fonda was right up there with Scott as one of the great oater specialists. Guess I forgot.
eta yes, I've seen these movies a million times. but every time it gets better. There was another Ranown I saw just the other day, but I can't remember the title. Yeah yeah *The Walking Hills*, but that wasn't it -- that movie kind of irritates me. What was I going to say? can't remember, so forget about it. it's a fugazi.
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Years ago in college I saw the British original, which is a very odd bit of Sixties Swinging London pop culture but with a nicely-played undercurrent of menace and death.Originally posted by Jizzelbin
Yeah, *Blow-Up* is a classic -- an "A" picture, compared to more of a B-picture like *Blow Out*. I thought *Blow-Up* was stupid the first time I saw it, but that was because the Criterion collection commentary is one of the worst I have ever heard. Completely illiterate, and, what's worse, completely stupid, by a stupid, stupid English professor or some shit.Years ago in college I saw the British original, which is a very odd bit of Sixties Swinging London pop culture but with a nicely-played undercurrent of menace and death.
Also I was coming from the trilogy of Antonioni (later a tetralogy with Red Desert), all of which I admired very much.
It's grown on me, though.
Just saw *The Walking Hills* again last night. John Sturges! So, of course I had to follow it up with *The Magnificent Seven* (pretty sure that was a JSturges too -- what was he, like a sonny-boy to Preston?).
I changed my mind about the WH -- it's a gripping psychological thriller. Not really a movie I would call a "Western," except that people ride horses in it and they're in the west. It's comparable to *Treasure of Sierra Madre*, although not nearly as good, natch, and, besides Randolph Scott, not nearly as good a cast.
I got curious and looked up John Sturges. Apparently, he had nothing to do with PSturges.
But because I was bored and looking for a good movie, I saw again *Bad Day At Black Rock*.
Yeah, I know, why keep watching movies you already seen.
Shit, I don't know -- how many Shakespeares are there? How many Homers? How many Petroniuses? I like to see what I can see, and that's final.
Anyway, *Bad Day At Black Rock* sucks. Despite an all-star cast. Haven't changed my opinion of it at all.
If you want a jap war racism movie, go see *Crimson Kimono* by Sammy Fuller. It took me a long time to find a copy [eta and that's years and years ago], but it's a damned good movie. One of these days I'm going to copy the little piano motif, just for kicks.
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*My Darling Clementine* -- haven't changed my opinion about it (namely that it's a fine Western with a good cast), except that I never noticed or remembered the outrageous title credits until now. It's a pretty bizarre movie -- Linda Darnell as a breed, Hank Fonda in top form. The character of Doc Holliday (Victor Mature) seemed so strange to me -- maybe Jack Ford's habit of yanking pages willy-nilly out of the script when he had a mind to was a little bit hasty.
*Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry* -- even better than I remembered. Still not sure -- is Susan George the greatest actor ever, or the worst? Car movies, by the 1970s, had become the new Westerns.
*Rio Lobo* -- I carried a torch for this movie for a long time. Now I think it kind of sucks. Not too happy about that -- sometimes the memory is better.
*Gone in 60 seconds* -- yep, still got it. That is a badass fucking movie.
*Vanishing Point* -- that reminded me, hard to believe Sheriff Bart is the same actor as Super Soul. I just now looked at his wiki page, and there isn't much info about what happened. Those are the only two movies I know him from, but he was pretty fucking good. Still an OK movie, just way too much hippie crap in it.
*TYypewriter, Rifle, Camera* (docu about Sammy Fuller) -- it's longer than I remembered, and good stuff.
*Decision at Sundown* -- stupid oater.
Oh yeah, again *The Line-up* -- convinced me that Eli Wallach is even better than Akim Tamiroff.
*Rolling Thunder* -- more impressed than before.
*Psycho* -- between this and *The Tin Star* Tony Perkins might get a bronze medal for character actors.
*Dr Strangelove* -- more funny than I remember.
*A Shot in the Dark* -- meh. I can see why Herbert Lom got all pissed off and shit about being typecast. He is awfully good, sort of.
And, of course, *The Red Desert.* Distracting photography, but I'd eat lunch at Monica Vitti's Arby's Roast Beef any day.
No problem - I envy you!
*From Dusk Till Dawn* -- couldn't mistake Tarantino's dialogue, but that is one hell of a stupid movie, being forced to look at Clooney and Tarantino's fugly mugs all the time. No. Not a good movie.
Did see again *True Romance* about three days ago -- that is also a pretty shitty movie. Tarantino must have run out of cola the day he wrote that. At least Tony Scott had the good grace to hang himself.
for those playing at home, I deleted the post EH was replying to -- I just said "I outed myself as someone who rewatches movies when he has some spare time." If I'd known EH replied, I wouldn't have deleted it -- I had a rare moment of reflection and decided the comment wasn't worth a whole post, is all.
//-******************************************QUESTION !******************************************
So, my Spanish isn't so good.
But in *Machete*, did Michelle Rodriguez call her little friends from the "Network" "chinguanos" --
OR
a little detective work shows that she might have said "chingadas."
Also, is Michelle Rodriguez totally hot or what? Amirite! Iberite!
*North by Northwest* -- less strange than I recalled. Nice thriller. And good color photography.
*Tombstone* -- that crazy director's commentary by Cosmatos is, put plainly, completely insane. It's nothing to do with his accent -- it's just sheer madness.
*The Pink Panther* -- I'm just sick of all of this series. This one is unbearable because of the character of the princess. I just want someone to punch her in the face until she shuts up. She's a good dancer, though -- she could be allowed to do that.
eta also David Niven -- doing the equivalent of a minstrel show, "shuffling English." And I say that as a fan who's read his memoirs many times, as well as the recent biography, *Niv*.
It's a pretty dire movie.
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*Notoious* (the hitch movie, not the more recent one about rappers) is far better than I recall.
What is Alicia (Ingrid Bergman)'s problem, anyway, in the movie. One minute she's dissing Devlin (Cary Grant), the next minute she's pitching woo like crazy. Yeah, I know it's Cary Grant, and all, but still!
Also, weird to see Claude Raines being so menacing after being such a crypto-fairy in *Casablanca.*
Also, I think her wearing horizontal stripes at the beginning -- presumably to indicate her proximity to being a jailbird -- was a little obvious.
Was that Melvyn Douglas I saw, or are my eyes failing me!
Claude Raines was a great actor. He didn't have one basic character; he played a wide variety of rolls with skill. I've seen him in enough movies to think he was closer to Gary Oldman for disappearing into his roles so effectively you don't realize it is him half the time. It is hard to remember he was Prince John in Robin Hood and the same actor was Job Skeffington in Mr. Skeffington.
Also in Casablanca, to be fair, he was not a crypto-fairy but a crypto-bisexual predator I guess.
Well, consider me schooled! I think I only know a handful of his movies.
Agree to disagree about "Louis" in *Casablanca* -- that was like a parody of Divine in a John Waters movie.
But, yes, the movie has grown on me, so I no longer hate it.
Really? So he was a latter-day Oldman? Not a latter-day Harry Dean Stanton?
All right, well thank you -- obviously, there's a lot I didn't know about. Seriously, great comment, so thanks.
Oh, true question: was Ella Raines related to ClaudeR? Where did he come from, anyway, like Belgium or some shit?
don't malign the French!
Doesn't look they were any relation to each other. Differently-spelled names, and he was British and she was American.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Rains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Raines
Have to say, I'd never heard of her before. She reminds me a bit of Cobie Smulders.
I've recently seen:
Escape from New York
Kurt Russell stars as a Special Forces officer gone bad who has to rescue the President after Air Force One crashes in Manhattan, which in the near future has been turned into a massive prison. Directed by John Carpenter. A silly, low-budget but occasionally entertaining dsytopic adventure.
Nothing Lasts Forever
Unfunny, deservedly obscure B&W comedy about a bus trip to the Moon. Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd both appear (and probably wish they hadn't).
Inside Out
The latest Pixar movie, a bittersweet dramedy about what's really going on inside the head of a teenage girl. Richard Kind has the standout role, as the voice of her imaginary childhood friend. Recommended, but The Incredibles remains my favorite Pixar movie.
Spank the Monkey
Black comedy about a premed student unhappily stuck at home caring for his hot youngish mom, who's broken her leg, one summer. One night they both drink too much, one thing leads to another and they have sex. Not sure I can recommend this movie, although it did have its moments.
St. Vincent
Bill Murray stars as a gambling, lying, thieving, hard-drinking Vietnam vet whose long-buried better qualities are brought out by a little boy living next door. Jaeden Lieberher is outstanding as the kid, Melissa McCarthy plays the boy's harried, hardworking mom, and Naomi Watts is also quite good as a pregnant Russian hooker with (you guessed it) a heart of gold. Despite a major plot hole, I loved this movie. Just the right balance between sweet and bitter.
Saw *The Fighter* on DVD last night -- pretty damned good.
As not as-big-a-fan of Xian Bale as I am (but I loved *American Hustle* and *The Machinist*), that was one helluva good flick. No idea why I never clocked it before -- I'm convinced Amy Adams should be riding my jock.
OK my little fairy friend insisted on watching *Sideways* -- I never would have ever seen that in a million years, mainly because of Sandra Oh and PigVomit.
Surprisingly charming movie. It wasn't even as gay as I thought it would be. Yes, I laughed out loud a few times.
That was the surprise of the century.
The Billy Wilder Speaks! interview on DVD was nowhere close to satisfying, unless you want to listen to some old coot drone on and on in broken English. And that was the one I picked out for myself, as a treat.
OTOH I'd forgotten how good *Treasure Sierra Madre* was -- in fact, I'd forgotten most of the plot, except the highlights of the movie. No beating Bobby Blake!
Poor John Adams, he will always be known as pig vomit.
I remember liking the movie when I saw it but I barely remember the movie now.
I saw Matilda the Musical (on Broadway) last week and it was quite good, so I re-watched the movie and thought it was better yet. In fact Matilda is pretty much a perfect movie. I then decided to read the book and I thought both movie and play were pretty faithful to the book.
Yet again a great comment -- but it's true.
Hell, I saw Sideways a few days ago and I can barely remember what it's about.
*Stripes* has held up since my last "screening." OK, fine, I stopped when they got to the urban assault vehicle scene (the bipartite structure was clearly the inspiration for *Full Metal Jacket*'s structure). I don't think there's a rotten performance in the bunch -- everybody was on fire. As a fan of 1970s movies, I am a little sick of Warren Oates's mug, but that's not his fault.
*Chinatown* backed with *Five Easy Pieces*. Yeah, baby. I ffwed through a lot of *Chinatown*, for some reason, but still an OK movie. *5EP* however has still got "it" -- I think I actually cried a little bit toward the end.
*Dirty Mary Crazy Larry* -- even better than I remember. Still not sure if Susan George is the best or the worst actor, but it's an amusing homage to earlier crimes-n-cars movies, and the driving is, of course, not to be beat. "Powder his face!" I think I saw a Mustang with a similar paint job somewhere recently. Kind of fun. I remember in the commentary to *Vanishing Point* the director saying he saw some guy with a white Challenger s/s who was, of course, a huge fan of that movie. Wouldn't surprise me if there were lots of movie nuts out there like that.
Oh yeah! *Lawrence of Arabia* (until I had to go to sleep -- not because it's a boring movie, just that I was tired). There's your Claude Rains right there! I forgot he was in that. I love the movie, and I'd advise people who also are fans to read TE Lawrence's *7 Pillars of Wisdom* -- you get a very similar feeling of dry, clean deserts.
Saw my first Harry Potter movie, pt 1 of the unholy gallows or -- wait -- hallows of death.
Rifftrax on. All the way on. So the guy with no nose is Voldemort, and Rickman is Rickman.
Didn't hear ONE SINGLE, "Potter, you fool!!!" Very disappointed.
I really hope Emma Watson was eighteen -- or a hard seventeen at worst -- when she made that movie. Yeah, she had to have been -- what was the deal with *Romeo and Juliet* (Zeferelli) when......whatserface wasn't allowed to be at the premiere screening because she wasn't old enough to see herself boning on screen?
Yeah, cute movie. I liked the photography. Those wimpy little muggles got what they had coming to them -- serves them right.
And, you may have heard, Lawrence costar Omar Sharif just died: http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/10/entert...r-sharif-dies/
Haven't seen *Death Proof* in a few years -- finally figured out why, when clear of Kurt Russell when he spins out in the field, Tracie Thoms couldn't gradually slow the Challenger down and get Zoe off the hood. Too risky was Zoe's position on the hood for any but the most careful of extractions. And I think somebody from one of those trashy internet sites was right -- Mary-Elizabeth Winstead was definitely getting raped, no matter what. As far as Jasper aka "Tom Joad" knows, she's a porno actress dressed in costume and unless the guy is even dumber than he looks, that Challenger was probably worth $80-100K. And had been gone a long-ass time with three females, as far as he knows, perioding all over the seats.
The first half of the movie still sucks, though. I can't imagine anything worse than to be stuck in a room with those people.
*To Have and Have Not* -- still cracks me up. Nothing new to report. I still wonder about Hoagy Carmichael (Cricket)'s haircut -- was that a real thing, you know, instead of just combing your hair back, sort of have it hanging down in front like a moptop? God, that French guy they picked up was a real puss.
*The Passenger* -- I don't think I ever made it to the end before. I'm glad I did. As powerful or more than earlier Antonioni's with similar themes (all of the tetralogy, and Blow-Up).
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I saw Death Proof just once, and thought it was goofy fun at the time, although I don't remember much about it now.
Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, once said that he imagined 007 looking a lot like Hoagy Carmichael: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/media/la...a93f879f78.jpg
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Not much of a plot -- Kurt Russell is a psycho stuntman who likes to murder young girls using a "deathproofed" stuntcar. And tangles with the wrong gals. Who are driving a Kowalski car. And KR is wearing a Kowalski watch. There's a bunch of other references; I'm sure there's a webpage out there.
Saw the latest *Great Gatsby* this AM. I seem to remember it not being very well-reviewed by newspaper people, but I thought it was cute. Even that Spiderkid was pretty good. The narration was great -- I don't know how much was direct from the novel(la).....my copy is gone missing, or something. Cute movie. Would see again if drunk or tripping balls.
Just try saying this in your best Jimmy Stewart voice: "That'd be a terrible job to tackle. Just how would you start to cut up a human body?"
It's been a few years since I've seen *Rear Window* -- not only do I now think it's one of Hitchcock's best, it's one of the funniest dark comedies I've ever seen. Guess I wasn't paying attention all the other times I saw it. "What's interesting about a butcher knife and a small saw wrapped in newspaper?" <--> "She's dead, wrapped in plastic" (Jack Nance). Thelma Ritter doesn't steal the show, like she might have under a lesser director but: "Oh he's cleaning the bathroom -- musta splattered a lot."
Of course, just to make sure the audience didn't miss anything, it has to end with the guffaw of Stewart's legs broken, both this time. And, I believe the last line of the picture was the similar hee-haw of Thelma Ritter: "No thanks, I don't want to get involved." And the sarcasm of Stewart's last line to Grace Kelley: "I'm proud of you, Mary."
What really bothered me was trying to remember Wendell Corey's name throughout the picture. I should just keep the wiki page open at home, I guess, for future incidents.
Also, in spirit of Q&A: how did they find the actors who played JO Cotten and Orson in *Me and Orson Welles*? Bizarrely uncanny. But the guy they had as George Couloris wasn't very good at all. Just seemed, too young and crappy. Another oddity, during the first rehearsal scene, Orson's grey pinstripe suit is way too small -- in length and arms. I figured it was (a) a product of what seemed to be a pretty low-budget movie OR (b) supposed to say something about "look how chubby he outgrew his clothes!"
*La Notte* -- only saw the first twenty minutes or so again this AM. My copy is only in Italian, but it's still fine. I think I remember vaguely the "plot" but it's sort of like looking at a painting -- where the dialogue is covered by a palimpsest that obscures every third word or so.
I rewatched Gung-Ho for the first time since it was nearly new. Not a great movie but a good movie all the same. Michael Keaton played his standard generic character of the time but it worked to some degree.
Michael Keaton is alway his one character -- I think he's great.
NEW ON ONLY RECOMMENDATION ON MELLOPHANT!!!!!!
*Winter Sleep* -- palme d'or, what do you want. It's as fine a movie as one can see or experience. Yeah, it's over three hours long, but take it from someone who gets bored easily -- it's not a boring movie.
It was a weird experience -- the copy I found was subtitled in French and with Turkish dialogue. I don't speak any Turkish except for a GF a long time ago. But I had to, even if sub-consciously, glance at the FR subtitles and try to hear the actors' deliveries.
See? Everything should be dubbed.
It's the most extraordinary movie I've seen since *Alceste* from about a year ago. I don't know how to sum it up.
Beetlejuice is one of my favorite movies. Night Shift largely worked at all only because of Keaton. Mr. Mom was very good as was The Dream Team & Johnny Dangerously. After this excellent run playing 1 character he had big hits as Batman who was a different character. I don't think he ever recaptured the magic of his semi-manic think on his feet early character and probably did not really want to.
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Yeah, I remember *Gung-Ho* as being kind of amusing. I might have seen it twice on TV.
But I don't think the standard "as Michael Keaton got older, ..." works so much. Look at *Jackie Brown*, made well after the *Batman* coup, and after the one where he was in all the stuff and the one where he was a tenant from hell...with....the guy from *Full metal jacket*, I think,
He's redoutable, I would say. But even in *Birdman* he still does that things with his arms. I guess old habits die hard.
"How did we ever get here. It smells like balls."
*Ant-Man* was a cute little movie. I don't really know what to say about it, except it was cute and the girl from *Lost* looks better with lots of makeup and a dark wig or hair-dye.
*Creep* is....not at all a horror movie, nor much of a comedy. Well, Peachfuzz is amusing. And it's got that guy from *The League* in it. Meh. It's a good student film. Maybe they'll do something for adults next time.
I want to see both Ant-Man and Birdman (now there's a double feature for you!) but haven't yet.
I've recently seen:
The Matrix
Watched it again with my teenage son, who'd never seen it. It held up pretty well - a nifty premise, good-looking cast, great action scenes, goofy/portentous dialogue, style to burn and still-impressive sfx.
Mr. Holmes
Ian McKellen is wonderful as the elderly Sherlock Holmes, retired to beekeeping on the Sussex coast in 1947 and troubled by both his last case and his failing memory.
Minions
Good silly fun, with a ridiculous plot mainly set in London. If you like the Despicable Me movies, you'll like this.
Bowfinger
Having long heard good things about this Steve Martin/Eddie Murphy sendup of B-movies and talentless people on the Hollywood fringes, I was a little disappointed. It had its moments but not enough to really grab me.
Forbidden Films
A pretty good German documentary about the 40-some Nazi-era films that are still banned from public showings there. The movie includes excerpts from many of them - anti-Semitic, anti-British, anti-Russian and anti-Polish movies, but also innocuous song-and-dance films, an exuberantly over-the-top Luftwaffe adventure, Stuka, and a cast-of-thousands Napoleonic epic released in 1945, just months before V-E Day. The documentary includes several interesting interviews with German film experts and historians, discussing free speech, democracy, the enduring evil these films represent, and the harm they might yet inflict.
Wow, you really know how to throw a party.
I've sometimes fantasized about acquiring some 78 records of German propaganda speeches, but ... well, let's be honest, I'd listen to it as much as I listen to *The War of the Worlds* or a large chunk of sound poetry from the 1920s to now.
ETA I gotta know: I've always heard people talk about *Bowfinger* as kind of one of the holy grails of movies, but I always forget about it. Deets!
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As I wrote, Bowfinger was a letdown IMHO, although I got a few laughs from it.
The new *Mad Max* is a lot of fun -- I highly recommend it for sci-fi fans. I barely remember the first one -- this is a lot different and is really good, even from the perspective of someone who doesn't really like sci-fi/fantasy movies too much.
Yes, I've wanted to see that, but haven't yet. I saw all of the Mel Gibson originals and liked 'em.
I wanted to see *Gator* again after watching all of the *Archer*s again -- my last viewing I think I liked it better than *White Lightning*.
Here's a gem from Wikipedia: "The film currently holds a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 0%, with five critical ratings."
Really? It's a fun movie with cool car stunts!
*Bowfinger* -- I'm going to agree with what'sisface EH and say, not really thumbs down, sort of a limp fish thumb dangling. Eddie Murphy doing his patented nerd-thing with his secondary character was amusing, in the first few scenes.
Actually, it kind of sucked. It's like the director knew it was terrible and made sure to get the best stuff in the first half so people wouldn't walk out.
Also, the sound mixing sucked -- wildly inconsistent mixing of the pop soundtrack (horrible choice of tunes, also) with the dialogue. My measure is how often I have to manually adjust the volume at home. Yes, I know I could run it through a compressor, but my feeling is that I shouldn't have to.
And why do I get the feeling Steve Martin wasn't responsible for some of the funnier lines, especially about black stuff? Of course, I can't think of any right now.
Also, the actors, besides Martin and Harris Murphy why was I thinking of Eddie Harris? and why can't I think of his name without imagining Marian McPartland saying it?, who were solid and workmanlike, were too motley to be funny.
This was no *Ed Wood.*
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Yes, I was waiting to put a (LEGAL!!!!!! no, I'm serious, it's a legit copy tied to an OEM Win7Starter machine) Win7Start on a beat-up laptop late last night, knowing I had to be out the door at 7h30, so to calm me down I put in a french-dubbed copy of *Kung-Fu Killer*.
WTF?
It's Donnie fucking Yen, so damned right I expect a lot of hot shit kung-fu action.
Naw.
Second place, the French dub was weird, it was mostly some lady talking and doing it in like a fancy dialogue.
I guess the fight with the big bamboo sticks was OK, but WTF?
Oh yeah,I don't know what the plot was. Some guy was all pissed off and Yen's character is all like "yeah, but kung fu can be good" and the other guy was like "kung fu killing!" and the policelady was like "give up kungfu" and yen was.....
It doesn't matter.
ShaPoLang it ain't.
Good end-title clips though. I hope I kick as much ass as Donnie Yen (for those who don't know, he's like the man for stuff with fighting and stuff for the past 25-30 years) when I'm an oldster like him.
I'd watch SPL 10 times before I'd see this once again, though.
on youtube -- it's only about an hour long, but it's pretty engaging. Interviews with Pierre Boulez and some other people I don't know the names of.
Extremely interesting overview of fin-de-siecle Austria-Hungary -- if I were teaching a course which included Toulmin and Janik as "optional," I'd recommend this as a multimedia accompaniment. Didn't know too much about Berg's life and career, just a fan of his music (me and everybody else). Extremely interesting. Odd that both he and Webern, Schoenberg's star pupils, had pretty odd circumstances leading to their death.
I knew Schoenberg was big into numerology, but not so much that Berg was, as well. There was a good quote from Berg, something like "As my powers as a mathematician grow, my powers as a musician decrease." Or maybe the opposite. Guess I should look that up.
Well I'm not going to do the whole thing again.
New *Fantastic Four* -- once all the stupid kid garbage and backstory-for-neckbeards is done with, it's like I've been saying for a few years about Kate Mara.
(i) character sucks -- she's a regex interpreter.
(ii) definitely jewess
(iii) i told you
(iv) even pushing thirty year's old she's kind of happening.
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