Mamet's best, hands down.
ITA
It makes a great double feature with Kinky Boots.
Now hold on, I'm gonna press the right pedal harder. I expect us to accelerate.
Anya ,'Showtime'
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Laga - Dec 30, 2009 9:02:24 pm PST #5878 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
P.M. Marc - Dec 30, 2009 10:37:54 pm PST #5879 of 30000
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
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Frankenbuddha - Dec 31, 2009 3:06:00 am PST #5880 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I'm watching Touch of Evil. wtf Orson Welles? Charlton Heston as a Mexican!? I can't get past it and enjoy the movie.
You ever see ED WOOD, Laga?
I love TOUCH OF EVIL. I actually rather like Heston in it. Lord knows, he's far from the loopiest (or looniest) thing in the movie. Plus, Heston has been credited with getting Welles the director's gig on that, so one more in the plus column for him.
§ ita § - Dec 31, 2009 4:41:03 am PST #5881 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I liked Redbelt quite a bit and then I thought it got too schmaltzy at the end.
Tom Scola - Dec 31, 2009 4:47:41 am PST #5882 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Yeah, the ending of Redbelt kind of ruined it for me, too.
Jon B. - Dec 31, 2009 5:06:27 am PST #5883 of 30000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Charlton Heston as a Mexican!?
Yeah, but.... that opening tracking shot!
ToE is one of my favorites.
Scrappy - Dec 31, 2009 6:13:24 am PST #5884 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I love the movie as well. Once you get past the casting, the baroque and paranoid atmosphere the film creates is amazing.
tommyrot - Dec 31, 2009 6:18:10 am PST #5885 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Kinda' late, but PZ Myers reviews Avatar: Naked blue giants must be the new SF trope
DavidS - Dec 31, 2009 6:19:06 am PST #5886 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Touch of Evil is one of my top ten movies. I've seen it in theaters at least six times, and, of course, own a copy. It puts a baroque, somewhat grotesque capstone on the noir era and was a huge influence on Psycho too. It's also a pretty direct result of Welles copping stuff from the French New Wave. Plus Mancini's first big movie score - a masterpiece of crime jazz.
"You ought to lay off those chocolate bars, honey."
Frankenbuddha - Dec 31, 2009 6:22:13 am PST #5887 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"He was...some kind of man. What does it matter what you say about people any way?"