tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post1878519576656629102..comments2023-09-16T07:43:43.360-05:00Comments on Too Much Time On My Hands: Fun Little Book for Film ObsessivesM. Robert Turnagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01482286060613197537noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post-56995700414234584502009-01-12T11:03:00.000-06:002009-01-12T11:03:00.000-06:00NoR, I don't think I spoil the book. In fact, it i...NoR, I don't think I spoil the book. In fact, it is rather in-jokey, describing a lot of actors, actresses, filmmakers, and films without naming them. So if you don't know the lead actress of an early 70s horror film about separated Siamese twin girls, and her implied relationship with the director, then you will not realize this section of the book is about Margot Kidder and Brian dePalma making the film 'Sisters'. Kidder, dePalma, and the film are never named in the book, just described. It is up to the reader to fill in the gaps. So if I go into too much detail, it is to make the book more enjoyable for those who don't obsess over cinematographers.<BR/><BR/>Cyber, I just posted a rant. Not about HDTV, but about something else entirely. The HD rant might come later.M. Robert Turnagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482286060613197537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post-52609895742584712822009-01-12T08:44:00.000-06:002009-01-12T08:44:00.000-06:00So am I to expect to see this HD rant you are refe...So am I to expect to see this HD rant you are referring to? I can hardly wait...Cyber Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14947489181849127399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post-34869933408860321832009-01-11T15:02:00.000-06:002009-01-11T15:02:00.000-06:00I had to stop reading the post because you started...I had to stop reading the post because you started giving so much detail. CAn I read the post?NoRegretshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13240929627271129160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post-36661516636243245022009-01-09T13:26:00.000-06:002009-01-09T13:26:00.000-06:00I have not seen it yet, because I really REALLY di...I have not seen it yet, because I really REALLY dislike most of Charlie Kaufman's work. I am very obsessed with it, but I hate almost all of it. <BR/><BR/>I read multiple drafts of his screenplays, noting the revisions, and then compare them to the final film products and inevitably come to the conclusion that the director saved the film. (This is especially true for the one film of his I actually like - <B>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</B> - after reading some of the draft scripts of the movie it becomes painfully obvious that it was saved by the director.) Hearing that he is directing a film frightens me.<BR/><BR/>So I will let you know anything I have to say will probably not be that positive, especially if there is one of his tried-and-true motifs of masculine empowerment by violence towards women (Cameron Diaz locked in a cage with animals empowers John Cusak, Meryl Streep attacked by alligators empowers Nicholas Cage, Julia Roberts poisoned empowers Sam Rockwell, Patricia Arquette going to prison empowers Rhys Ifans, etc.).<BR/><BR/>His shtick is that he starts with a meta idea and builds a story to illustrate the idea instead of creating the story first and then finding the literary patterns within. All you need to do is find the literary theory he is aping and it should all fall into place. For example, watch Human Nature with a Freudian literary theory book and you will see the patterns emerge. One character represents id, one represents ego, one represents superego - boom! It is a painful belabored metaphor stretched over 96 minutes.<BR/><BR/>See? Obsessed with Kaufman and hating him all at the same time.M. Robert Turnagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01482286060613197537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15765179.post-22816663839323748922009-01-09T10:13:00.000-06:002009-01-09T10:13:00.000-06:00Have you seen the film Synecdoche, NY yet? I went ...Have you seen the film Synecdoche, NY yet? I went to lunch with some film friends to talk about it, and we had trouble having a conversation. We all liked the movie a lot, but it was hard to grab onto much to discuss because it's so bent and disjointed. We talked some about point of view and time and memory, but eventually we gave up and just talked about other films. Would love to hear what you think about it.Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15601891232815544276noreply@blogger.com