Oh my. The interbunny has just reminded me of Rickman in Closetland. Talk about a movie to take life lessons from. Oh. my.
I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.
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beekaytee - Mar 20, 2008 7:43:15 am PDT #4453 of 10000
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Frankenbuddha - Mar 20, 2008 7:45:41 am PDT #4454 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh my. The interbunny has just reminded me of Rickman in Closetland. Talk about a movie to take life lessons from. Oh. my.
I'd forgotten about that one too, probably out of self-preservation. Talk about movies that you admire but never need to see again (although I think that conversation was over in Literary).
ETA: It also suddenly makes me wish it had been Rickman in the role that Ben Kingsley played in DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, though Kingsley was quite good.
beekaytee - Mar 20, 2008 7:53:39 am PDT #4455 of 10000
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'd forgotten about that one too, probably out of self-preservation. Talk about movies that you admire but never need to see again
Exactly. Brutal and valuable and no need to see it twice. Even more so than something like Shindler's List. With Closetland, I wasn't just watching the brutality, I was experiencing it. It is as amazing a piece of art as it is a statement.
JZ - Mar 20, 2008 8:38:09 am PDT #4456 of 10000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Dana! bonny! I thought I was the only person on the planet who'd seen Something The Lord Made! Rickman and Mos Def were both absolutely riveting. And I'm a dreadful sucker for "hidden chapter of history" stories; I couldn't stop thinking abot it for weeks afterward. I don't know for certain that I need to own it, but I definitely need to watch it again.
Hayden - Mar 20, 2008 8:48:47 am PDT #4457 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I saw Something The Lord Made, too, but I had a hard time getting around Rickman's accent. I also saw Closetland, but I only vaguely remember it. Since I appear to be a wet blanket, I'm going to go out looking for fires to put out now.
beekaytee - Mar 20, 2008 8:49:37 am PDT #4458 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
"hidden chapter of history" stories
Oh yes. I love these.
beekaytee - Mar 20, 2008 8:50:17 am PDT #4459 of 10000
Compassionately intolerant
Since I appear to be a wet blanket,
No worries. My ardor is unquenchable.
erikaj - Mar 20, 2008 11:11:12 am PDT #4460 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
No, you're not, JZ. When we had HBO I watched it three times. I thought it was great.(I never knew that story before that movie.)
Beverly - Mar 20, 2008 12:24:33 pm PDT #4461 of 10000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
January Man and Blow Dry are a couple of my Rickman faves, too. But his turn in Robin Hood was delicious--he and Michael Wincott, and okay, Freeman, were the best of that movie. And Mastrantonio, of course.
Dana - Mar 21, 2008 3:47:37 am PDT #4462 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I am officially tired of Judd Apatow and Seth Rogen.