I love that Magnolia is so over-the-top, and knows it (why else would the everyone-sings-"Wise Up" scene be included?). I wouldn't want every movie to be that way, but an understated Magnolia wouldn't be Magnolia at all.

I love that Magnolia is so over-the-top, and knows it (why else would the everyone-sings-"Wise Up" scene be included?). I wouldn't want every movie to be that way, but an understated Magnolia wouldn't be Magnolia at all.

For some reason, the two most recent Roth film adaptations, The Human Stain and Elegy (the latter derived from The Dying Animal, with Kepesh as an older man), both had screenplays by Nicholas Meyer, director and/or co-writer of Star Trek II, IV, and VI.

For some reason, the two most recent Roth film adaptations, The Human Stain and Elegy (the latter derived from The Dying Animal, with Kepesh as an older man), both had screenplays by Nicholas Meyer, director and/or co-writer of Star Trek II, IV, and VI.

I heard 5 or 10 years ago, when it was reported that she and the daughter she'd given up for adoption as a teenager had reconnected, that "Little Green" was a song to her daughter.

I heard 5 or 10 years ago, when it was reported that she and the daughter she'd given up for adoption as a teenager had reconnected, that "Little Green" was a song to her daughter.

Oh, c'mon - the poor guy's been deceased nearly 25 years. Lay off.

Oh, c'mon - the poor guy's been deceased nearly 25 years. Lay off.

I should think you'd want to mention that Jaco Pastorius played bass not only on Hejira but on its follow-up Don Juan's Reckless Daughter - although that album's most gorgeous track might be Joni alone with her guitar: the final song, "The Silky Veils of Ardor."

I should think you'd want to mention that Jaco Pastorius played bass not only on Hejira but on its follow-up Don Juan's Reckless Daughter - although that album's most gorgeous track might be Joni alone with her guitar: the final song, "The Silky Veils of Ardor."

It was reel-to-reel, but it wasn't "tape" - more like multicolored metal foil, to indicate that the device could record not just audio/video but actual experience. At the end, the Chris Walken character plays back the Louise Fletcher character's tape and almost dies himself.

It was reel-to-reel, but it wasn't "tape" - more like multicolored metal foil, to indicate that the device could record not just audio/video but actual experience. At the end, the Chris Walken character plays back the Louise Fletcher character's tape and almost dies himself.

Wasn't anyone else here cheered by the death of Lucy Knight because it meant the departure of Kellie Martin from the series? I sure was.

Wasn't anyone else here cheered by the death of Lucy Knight because it meant the departure of Kellie Martin from the series? I sure was.

Even more amazing was that it was one of the first episodes produced. How did they get it so right, before any episodes had even aired?

Even more amazing was that it was one of the first episodes produced. How did they get it so right, before any episodes had even aired?

Macy's character Dr. Morgenstern actually had left during season 1 (although he returned later) and was replaced by Michael Ironside as Dr. Swift, who gets to deliver a great line just after he informs Mark "l've decided to sign off on
you as attending for next year," which leaves Mark speechless: "A show of…

Macy's character Dr. Morgenstern actually had left during season 1 (although he returned later) and was replaced by Michael Ironside as Dr. Swift, who gets to deliver a great line just after he informs Mark "l've decided to sign off on
you as attending for next year," which leaves Mark speechless: "A show of…

As to what happened to the directorial career of Ms. Leder: Pay It Forward. That movie's ending left such a bad taste. The music, however, lives on - by Thomas Newman, and similar (in a good way) to his score for American Beauty the year before.

As to what happened to the directorial career of Ms. Leder: Pay It Forward. That movie's ending left such a bad taste. The music, however, lives on - by Thomas Newman, and similar (in a good way) to his score for American Beauty the year before.