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Charles and Diana

Charles and Diana

Wait, so he wrote the current Chinese moral code?  Would you put that on your resume?

Wait, so he wrote the current Chinese moral code?  Would you put that on your resume?

In general I agree.  For example it always bothers me when people complain about Wendy's hysteria in The Shining, because that always seemed to me to be a pretty believable reaction to one's spouse suddenly becoming violently crazy and oneself having nowhere to run.  And hell, she ends up being pretty resourceful.

In general I agree.  For example it always bothers me when people complain about Wendy's hysteria in The Shining, because that always seemed to me to be a pretty believable reaction to one's spouse suddenly becoming violently crazy and oneself having nowhere to run.  And hell, she ends up being pretty resourceful.

Actually though I do like Argento's movies.  They're so dreamlike and surreal that logical motivation never really feels like a factor anyhow.

Actually though I do like Argento's movies.  They're so dreamlike and surreal that logical motivation never really feels like a factor anyhow.

Um, yes I do, and that's an example of a movie that I like… how is that bad?

Um, yes I do, and that's an example of a movie that I like… how is that bad?

As a movie, that one's uneven, but Kurosawa gets the texture of dreams just about perfectly.

As a movie, that one's uneven, but Kurosawa gets the texture of dreams just about perfectly.

Technical anachronisms rarely bother me, generally because I have a dim sense of when various devices or products were introduced.

Technical anachronisms rarely bother me, generally because I have a dim sense of when various devices or products were introduced.

Regarding unbelievable behavior in horror films, I'm genuinely pretty tolerant with horror because I like the genre.  Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't turn on any lights as she walks through the house in Halloween?  It's all good— I can see fine from (I suppose) moonlight through all the windows, so I'm sure she's fine too.…

Regarding unbelievable behavior in horror films, I'm genuinely pretty tolerant with horror because I like the genre.  Jamie Lee Curtis doesn't turn on any lights as she walks through the house in Halloween?  It's all good— I can see fine from (I suppose) moonlight through all the windows, so I'm sure she's fine too.…

i would add also the dreams in Fire Walk With Me and Mulholland Dr.  Lynch is one of the few directors who get dreams right.

i would add also the dreams in Fire Walk With Me and Mulholland Dr.  Lynch is one of the few directors who get dreams right.

I love the narration in Terrence Malick's movies, particularly Days of Heaven.  Ditto the Wilder-penned Double Indemnity and Sunset Boulevard.  Possibly the best use of narration I've seen is in A Clockwork Orange, or in Chris Marker's La Jetee and Sans Soleil.