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"At times, the movie almost functions like a makeshift film-school seminar, albeit one whose professor has assigned his own textbook."
So like one of professor Arthur Fleeber's classes from "The Freshman." (which includes a cameo-via-photograph by DePalma.)

The "BN" deleted scene is also set to Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk", giving it a more unsettling feel to it.

Quiet Riot's covers of "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Mama Weer All Crazee Now" + Slade's US hit with "Run Runaway" were my gateways to '70s glam rock.

Garry Shandling…

The downside for getting top-notch songwriters who live on different coasts/in different countries and are trying to make a living themselves to contribute to an album.

"Time Bandits", "The Empire Strikes Back", the first three Indiana Jones movies, the 20th anniversary re-release of "Taxi Driver" (twice), "Clerks", all Quentin Tarantino movies from "Pulp Fiction" on (including "Grindhouse"), all Wes Anderson movies, Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy, "There Will Be Blood",

Yup, the sequel and the constant milking of Jack Palance's antics during the '92 Oscar telecast.

I keep going back to a quote from Terence Trent D'Arby(?) that I saw in People magazine(?): "Michael Jackson is interested in making money, Prince is interested in making art." As a middle-schooler in the mid-'80s raised on Beatles documentaries, it was fascinating to witness Prince's post-"Purple Rain" output

I thought that was the "An Evening with Richard Attenborough and some other guy" poster, by the front door. The "TLG" poster was perched up high in the back area of the apartment.

Was anyone else relieved that the framed(?) poster of "The Long Goodbye" was not destroyed during Adam and Jessa's fight?

Axl Rose, rocking the Teleprompter since 1991.

It was a book-only entry in Rabin's MYOF tome. I don't have it with me, so I can't remember what the branding was (Rabin argued about the lack of laugh out loud comedic bits in the film, so I don't think it was a SS.)

Sad news, but whenever I watched/streamed it, I had the same feeling that I had in my mid-teens circa 1987, when I would tune into the commercial radio station's "local/alternative" music show at 11:30 p.m. on Sunday.

Followed on the same album by "The Story of A Rock And Roll Band." Is he laughing at or with ELO?

The local high school-run(?) dance music station frequently played “Instant Club Hit (You’ll Dance To Anything)” back in the day. Not sure if they were being tongue-in-cheek, or if they just liked the hook and didn't understand the true meaning of the song, a la "Born in the U.S.A."

If you can wait roughly seven days (I need to dig it out of storage and get my taxes done ASAP), I should be able to get it onto a public link.

Several years ago, I bought a VideoDisc of "Dirty Harry" thinking that it would work in a LaserDisc player (I was in possession of one). When I found out it was the wrong format, I trimmed the edges using power tools and put it in one of those vinyl record picture frames. Voilà - cheap Pop Art!

It's possible that D-Day could be a good student whose GPA is hanging in the balance because he hasn't turned in any essential papers or taken any essential exams. On the other hand, even if D-Day is staying afloat academically, it's unlikely that professors teaching at a somewhat conservative college in the early

No "Run Runaway" by Slade? Gudbuy T' AV Club.