Pure coincidence: I watched this last night. By far my biggest laugh was when Nick looks out his train window and sees a man running to catch a tree. For some reason that and the shot of the old man playing the upright bass on his back really really got me.

Devo
Easily tops for me as well. (Even though it meant watching Tricky's back smoke cigarettes countless times)

Does YOUR home state have a showtune as it's offical state song? Also: scissor-tailed flycatcher. CASE CLOSED.

If the Lips get the state song, I think its only fair that a Chainsaw Kittens song become the official "city song" for Norman.

Working at a theater in Oklahoma
meant having to refund more than a few tickets to old folks seeing Boogie Nights.

Future topic: Silent films
or maybe that's too cinephilic?

Meaning is not in things, but in between them
The number of times this movie was viewed in my college dorm was obscene. People either loved it or hated it. I did notice that my fellow film majors almost unanimously loved it (maybe the Kane reference is sufficient explanation). I ended up writing my senior year film…

"My career was on the skids, mate. And you fished me out of the muck. You got me back on my feet, you did."

I had the exact same issue
Except I gave up. I'll wait for the Boss to play the Greek Theatre again and just watch with the 'tree people'

And yet none of the documentaries mentioned
are actually in the "Documentary Feature Competition." What up with that?

First thing I did was re-read it. So good: http://tinyurl.com/bcx3wu

pig stubble ruins everything
see also: homemade pork rinds

The entire idea of this article/debate is somewhat futile as it all comes down to preference. Not fact. And it inherently positions people into an "us vs. them" dichotomy. That being said…Austin is fantastic, AJR.

You beat me to it. Thing is, I actually like Radiohead. But to many of their fans, the fact that I'd rank 20-odd bands above them is heresy.

Radiohead and New York City
I like them both. If I had to make a top ten list of cities, NY would surely be on it (at the bottom). Radiohead might be in my top twenty. But for some reason, this is often never sufficient for their respective fans. They=THE BEST & NOTHING ELSE! I find this infinitely more annoying than…

dimensions
I still haven't been satisfied with any of the theories about who/what is moving thru space/time. I fear many of us never will be. But is it possible that Faraday wasn't telling the truth or was wrong about his string analogy? Could it be that island time isn't linear but each moment coexists simultaneously…

Is it a different Kathryn Bigelow than the director?
I know she was once a painter but there isn't much in her filmography to suggest a deep appreciation of Sirk. Is there??? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

Is it a different Kathryn Bigelow than the director?
I know she was once a painter but there isn't much in her filmography to suggest a deep appreciation of Sirk. Is there??? Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.

The Antoine Doinel box set is my personal favorite. The box looks like an old fashioned suitcase, and each disc's sleeve is a different shirt that JPL wears in its respective film.

The Antoine Doinel box set is my personal favorite. The box looks like an old fashioned suitcase, and each disc's sleeve is a different shirt that JPL wears in its respective film.