Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

Drill · November 08, 2021, 10:41:07 AM

All Letterboxd reviews (except one lol) have been deleted.

nomorecoffee · November 08, 2021, 10:43:05 AM

I dont think I have ever seen that done for any movie before

ono · November 08, 2021, 10:47:09 AM

Most of what was up there before was just talk about the trailer. So however odd, I'm kinda glad it was done.

pynchonikon · November 08, 2021, 10:47:37 AM

Quote from: Drill on November 08, 2021, 10:41:07 AM
All Letterboxd reviews (except one lol) have been deleted.

They have not been deleted, they were just removed (I know because I can still see a review I liked). If you go to the LB members who have logged the film, you'll see their reviews in their profiles.

Drill · November 08, 2021, 10:49:56 AM

Quote from: pynchonikon on November 08, 2021, 10:47:37 AM
Quote from: Drill on November 08, 2021, 10:41:07 AM
All Letterboxd reviews (except one lol) have been deleted.

They have not been deleted, they were just removed (I know because I can still see a review I liked). If you go to the LB members who have logged the film, you'll see their reviews in their profiles.

Ah, I see. That's good.

pynchonikon · November 08, 2021, 10:51:58 AM

Quote from: nomorecoffee on November 08, 2021, 10:43:05 AM
I dont think I have ever seen that done for any movie before

It's a bit similar to the new Suspiria marketing trick they did with the old man that was actually Tilda Swinton under heavy make-up and prosthetics (they had even created an imdb page for him lol).
Ironically, Guadagnino thanked PTA in that film's end credits.

ono · November 08, 2021, 10:57:30 AM

This is really obscure, but the way Harpoon signs all of his tweets with SH makes me read them not in Pynchon's "voice" but in that of Brick Road, the dungeon maker in the RPG EarthBound. I've gone all the way back to July and am reading them all. They are a treat.

Alma · November 08, 2021, 11:41:01 AM

Is the guy in the twitter photo not Elliott Gould? Looks so much like him.

polkablues · November 08, 2021, 12:16:21 PM

Definitely not Gould, but he does have a distinct Gouldishness to him, style-wise.

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure this is a modern photo dressed and filtered to look like a photo taken in the 70s, not a photo actually taken in the 70s. But I can't put my finger on why I believe that.

RudyBlatnoyd · November 08, 2021, 12:40:19 PM

Quote from: polkablues on November 08, 2021, 12:16:21 PM
Definitely not Gould, but he does have a distinct Gouldishness to him, style-wise.

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure this is a modern photo dressed and filtered to look like a photo taken in the 70s, not a photo actually taken in the 70s. But I can't put my finger on why I believe that.

Presumably it's a photo of the character one sees in the film, no?

jviness02 · November 08, 2021, 12:40:52 PM

Hmmmm...I would have thought the first screenings would create some clarity here and it seems to have done the opposite.

wilberfan · November 08, 2021, 12:41:37 PM

Correct. This is the actor in the scene with Penn and Alana. (Unless I'm misremembering.)

RudyBlatnoyd · November 08, 2021, 01:13:15 PM

Quote from: wilberfan on November 08, 2021, 12:41:37 PM
Correct. This is the actor in the scene with Penn and Alana. (Unless I'm misremembering.)

I mean, in that case... this dude does look rather like Ben Stiller with some makeup on.

Alma · November 08, 2021, 01:19:18 PM

The eyes are so different though.

wilberfan · November 08, 2021, 01:22:09 PM

Yeah, I'm not seeing it...