I'm guessing your DVD of Lost in Translation doesn't include the visit by the escort or the trip to the strip club.

I'm guessing your DVD of Lost in Translation doesn't include the visit by the escort or the trip to the strip club.

Well, I'd say the fact that after Dr. Strangelove he took at least four years to develop a film helped position those films as events. But to call something "overhyped" is silly; you're confusing the marketing of a film with its artistic merits and whether those deserve greater or lesser consideration. In the case of…

Well, I'd say the fact that after Dr. Strangelove he took at least four years to develop a film helped position those films as events. But to call something "overhyped" is silly; you're confusing the marketing of a film with its artistic merits and whether those deserve greater or lesser consideration. In the case of…

I'm going to guess you missed the final title: "D: It is written." The plot clearly reflects the film's theme of destiny. If you don't like that theme, then the film isn't going to work for you. But to pretend that those two points aren't answered in the structure of the film itself is a little lazy.

I'm going to guess you missed the final title: "D: It is written." The plot clearly reflects the film's theme of destiny. If you don't like that theme, then the film isn't going to work for you. But to pretend that those two points aren't answered in the structure of the film itself is a little lazy.

Nonsense, @avclub-4c37107b9dedb73b90f677930bf7728b:disqus . The Rapture certainly suggests that the fundamentalist interpretation of the Book of Revelation is accurate, and in that sense it could be seen as "pro-fundamentalist." Wages of Fear could reasonably be seen as about how relationships among French men…

Nonsense, @avclub-4c37107b9dedb73b90f677930bf7728b:disqus . The Rapture certainly suggests that the fundamentalist interpretation of the Book of Revelation is accurate, and in that sense it could be seen as "pro-fundamentalist." Wages of Fear could reasonably be seen as about how relationships among French men…

Am I the only one getting the feeling that @avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus is Armond White's AV Club handle?

Am I the only one getting the feeling that @avclub-0d4efaa2c9d1041eb9b8b5319eec8531:disqus is Armond White's AV Club handle?

Marx didn't envision a pastoral paradise. He was pro-industry because it allowed humans to improve their lives; he just wanted a world in which industrial capacity was not controlled by a wealthy elite who prioritized capital accrual over the health of society. So it was an industrial utopia he wanted.

Marx didn't envision a pastoral paradise. He was pro-industry because it allowed humans to improve their lives; he just wanted a world in which industrial capacity was not controlled by a wealthy elite who prioritized capital accrual over the health of society. So it was an industrial utopia he wanted.

@avclub-b63f73301fe289a7c258eb2e3f4986ce:disqus , your comment is almost mesmerizing in its reductionist attempt to accuse Kubrick of reductionism. 2001 presents a sterile future only if you ignore the whole transcending time and space part of it. A Clockwork Orange is frenetic and brutal but also an admittedly…

@avclub-b63f73301fe289a7c258eb2e3f4986ce:disqus , your comment is almost mesmerizing in its reductionist attempt to accuse Kubrick of reductionism. 2001 presents a sterile future only if you ignore the whole transcending time and space part of it. A Clockwork Orange is frenetic and brutal but also an admittedly…

Oddly, I just finished watching "Last of the Time Lords" before logging in here.

Oddly, I just finished watching "Last of the Time Lords" before logging in here.

Put Magnolia at the front and that is exactly right.

Put Magnolia at the front and that is exactly right.

I listened to a lot of these bands in the late 80s — esp. Beat Farmers (someone pour some beer for Country Dick Montana), Mojo Nixon, Cramps and Los Lobos. But I don't really think about them anymore — they were interesting, they were fun, but they didn't feel particularly of-the-moment to me. On the other hand,…

I listened to a lot of these bands in the late 80s — esp. Beat Farmers (someone pour some beer for Country Dick Montana), Mojo Nixon, Cramps and Los Lobos. But I don't really think about them anymore — they were interesting, they were fun, but they didn't feel particularly of-the-moment to me. On the other hand,…