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Reply #105 on: November 03, 2003, 06:45:06 PM
the da vinci code

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Reply #106 on: November 03, 2003, 06:46:37 PM
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Reply #107 on: November 03, 2003, 06:53:53 PM
Finally got my hands on Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
"As a matter of fact I only work with the feeling of something magical, something seemingly significant. And to keep it magical I don't want to know the story involved, I just want the hypnotic effect of it somehow seeming significant without knowing why." - Len Lye

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Reply #108 on: November 03, 2003, 10:35:12 PM
I'm reading the new Al Franken book called 'Lies and the lying liars who tell them"... very good and funny...

The other day I went to B&N and bought a bunch of movie scripts and 'how to' film books... some of them really interesting

the scripts... magnolia, boogie nights, the matrix, pulp fiction, and a couple of foreign films.... i have some more but cant remember right now cause i'm in argentina

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Reply #109 on: November 03, 2003, 10:42:22 PM
"The Best American Essays of 2003: The Best American Series" and specifically, I am reading right now Susan Sontag's essay Looking at War. Good stuff.

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Reply #110 on: November 04, 2003, 04:11:21 PM
i just finished this;



the novel, that is, and i loved it. i had mixed (overal negative) reactions towards the film itself, but after reading the novel i'd like to take a second look at it.

it brings up an interesting thing about how u change, and more specicially, how ur tastes change over time. i saw this film maybe, well, whenver it was out in the theaters-- over a year ago? and at the time i thought it was overstylized trite w/ muddled motives. now i'm interested in revisiting it to see if i feel the same way. it could just be that avary's adaptation doesn't compare to the novel. i dunno.

woody allen was quoted as to hating 2001 when it came out, only years later to embrace the film as a masterpiece. so i guess the question is-- what films/books did u used to hate but have come to enjoy or even really luv over time?

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Reply #111 on: November 05, 2003, 10:03:15 AM
One of my favorite novels... although when I heard it was going to be filmed, I knew it would be difficult.  I think you and others who have read the book know what I mean.  Very ambiguous.

Avary did a good job, but I understood those who saw the movie wouldn't like it nearly as much as fans of the book.

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Reply #112 on: November 05, 2003, 02:01:11 PM
Rudyard Kipling - Kim

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Reply #113 on: November 05, 2003, 03:44:57 PM
Quote from: The Gold Trumpet
"The Best American Essays of 2003: The Best American Series" and specifically, I am reading right now Susan Sontag's essay Looking at War. Good stuff.


Have you ever read her essay, "A Century of Cinema"? One of America's finest essayists, particularly on cultural issues.

Me:



...particularly for Haynes's introductory essay, which I can't wait to read. I wish he'd do more non-script writing, as he's always erudite and interesting.
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Reply #114 on: November 05, 2003, 08:01:48 PM
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Reply #115 on: November 05, 2003, 08:59:07 PM
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Mmm...Noam Chomsky.
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Reply #116 on: November 12, 2003, 01:42:05 AM
“Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.” - Andy Warhol


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Reply #117 on: November 12, 2003, 11:42:50 AM
Oh my gosh....I love that book!!  If you need any proof that Bruce Campbell rules, look no farther than this book.  The guy is hilarious  :)

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Reply #118 on: November 12, 2003, 01:14:32 PM
I liked the first half better than the second, but it was enjoyable.

What I really liked about it was that you can tell that he actually wrote it and didn't hire someone to write it for him under his name.

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Reply #119 on: November 12, 2003, 10:01:29 PM
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Oh my gosh....I love that book!!  If you need any proof that Bruce Campbell rules, look no farther than this book.  The guy is hilarious  :)


I'm into Chapter 3, and it is very funny so far.

Unfortunately, my copy is not autographed.  :yabbse-wink:
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