Basically I wanted Inception to be Paprika and it wasn't. I've started getting over that, but only recently.

Basically I wanted Inception to be Paprika and it wasn't. I've started getting over that, but only recently.

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that
many, many critics/directors in fact do have Malick in their top 10s. Looking
at the Sight and Sound poll, for example, every Malick film aside from To the
Wonder is on there:

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that
many, many critics/directors in fact do have Malick in their top 10s. Looking
at the Sight and Sound poll, for example, every Malick film aside from To the
Wonder is on there:

I'm sure you'll be happy to know that
many, many critics/directors in fact do have Malick in their top 10s. Looking
at the Sight and Sound poll, for example, every Malick film aside from To the
Wonder is on there:

As I've finally gotten around to watching this, a couple of rejoinders:

As I've finally gotten around to watching this, a couple of rejoinders:

Have you read Hope Mirrlees's "Lud-in-the-Mist" by any chance? It's a bizarre book in many ways, but it's depiction of Faerie falls somewhere on the vague spectrum separating, say, "The Hobbit" from "Lords and Ladies" in which "fairies" remain incredibly horrifying, homicidal creatures and yet seem preferable over the…

Have you read Hope Mirrlees's "Lud-in-the-Mist" by any chance? It's a bizarre book in many ways, but it's depiction of Faerie falls somewhere on the vague spectrum separating, say, "The Hobbit" from "Lords and Ladies" in which "fairies" remain incredibly horrifying, homicidal creatures and yet seem preferable over the…

I think it's more that I really love the style of that volume. It has a cleansing, bold, simple quality with strong lines. Really hammers home the: "things are getting really, really serious" idea for me.

I think it's more that I really love the style of that volume. It has a cleansing, bold, simple quality with strong lines. Really hammers home the: "things are getting really, really serious" idea for me.

Of all the art in Sandman you take exception to The Kindly Ones? Really?

Of all the art in Sandman you take exception to The Kindly Ones? Really?

he's just singing "Surfin' Bird" isn't he?

he's just singing "Surfin' Bird" isn't he?