Ask The Gold Trumpet

[Gold Trumpet]

So, you mentioned a loss of respect for 2001.  If you did a Top 5 Favorite Films List now, has it changed much since January 2003?  

5 is easier than 10 for me.

1.) 2001: A Space Odyssey
2.) 8 1/2
3.) Grave of the Fireflies
4.) Apocalypse Now
5.) L'Avventura

(revised with PDL taken off and L'Avventura put on)

~rougerum

Yea, 2001 would be definitely nixed, also Apocalypse Now. As I've gotten into literature more, Apocalypse Now really doesn't hold up at all to the standards many people give it. The film's descent into a 'heart of darkness' is, I would argue, facile. The rest (glad I took Punch-Drunk Love off the original list) is fine. Though on any given day Fellini's Amarcord could step in for 8 1/2, but both are equally great.

As to replacements of the two I nixed, I'm not sure. Andrei Tarkovsky's The Mirror has had a stranglehold on my mind and imagination for the last year without the ability for me to utter one comprehending thought on it. And in feeling I have to garner some attention to a recent film, I think Oliver Hirschbeigel's Downfall is the best film I've seen in years. Its really everything I could ask a film to be. (my official review is coming shortly). Those are just two films that popped into my head. Trying to complete an all new list is too hard. Give me a year notice.

[Stefen]

Why are you so AWESOME?

[meatball]

Can I have your phone number?

[Gold Trumpet]

Why are you so AWESOME?

If the questions means why, of all people, I have a thread like this? Well, I'm not the only one. One person made a thread like this and a bunch of people made copy cat ones. Mine, for whatever reason, has barely held out. Its not even popular. Mostly, its a few pages back at least and usually just inhabited by a few people. To those people, my eternal appreciation. They give me something to write about on here.

[Gold Trumpet]

Can I have your phone number?

no

[meatball]

Can I have your phone number?

no

GOD DAMMIT!

[ᾦɐļᵲʊʂ]

Why did you lose respect for 2001?

[deathnotronic]

Where, oh where has my little dog gone?

[Sigur Rós]

Has a trumpet ever been made out of solid gold and if so who owns it?

[Gold Trumpet]

Why did you lose respect for 2001?

It really was played out for me. Once upon a time, I loved the film to an obcession. I read all the backstory and delved into Kubrick's own philosophy to how he thought aliens would be like and everything. I felt like I knew every detail that could have been learned about the film. Thing is, after really getting into more films than just Kubrick ones, the film never really grew. It just became the film that symbolized my introduction into really following film as an art.

I think the reason it never grew or became stiff in my interest is that it is too obcessed with technology. Now I understand the purpose of what 2001 was trying to do in storytelling, but I also believe Ingmar Bergman was correct when he said emphasis in films has to be on the human face. 2001 just never had that quality as other films did in becoming enriching on second viewings because of their humanity. 2001 became to me more a summation of an amazingly made film that is as enriching upon discovery as any film could be but just also as short sighted as any film could be. I really don't get any enjoyment out of watching that film anymore. I think its actually a better project than film.

Where, oh where has my little dog gone?

prolly dead considering your name.

Has a trumpet ever been made out of solid gold and if so who owns it?

Only one has been made. Ted Turner owns its. He plays it as much as he goes to a Braves game, so like once a year. Too bad considering its value.

[Reinhold]

when is your green screen journal going to be up?

[MacGuffin]

Do you find it annoying to read things in size=9?

[jtm]

what ur favorite porno?

[Gold Trumpet]

when is your green screen journal going to be up?

Expect the first article done this weekend. I know its been an insane process, but school has finally called me a free man (for the time being)

Do you find it annoying to read things in size=9?

I never even noticed til all the bad jokes about it came. Some people have too much time on their hands. So no, I don't.

what ur favorite porno?

Shockingly, I don't have one. I'm a cinemax person and thats hardly pornography. I do have a favorite porn title though: Lickety Clit.

[Sleuth]

Did you ever meet Stan Kubrick.