“Even The Sound of Music has Nazis!” - Stanley Kubrick

Yes. For $2.99, they’ll store the ones and drop the zeros.

Yes. For $2.99, they’ll store the ones and drop the zeros.

I wonder why on earth your comment is “pending approval.”

I wonder why on earth your comment is “pending approval.”

They’re both smarter than average, and they have great and specialized taste in film, music, etc. They’re struggling with substance abuse issues.

For fans of the humanities this is an optimistic article, but it’s recursive; links only link to back the site that hosts the links.

Any actual evidence that correlates writing skills, emotional intelligence, or familiarity with Faulkner and hiring practices? I’ve seen none, and I’ve been around the block.

But the major issue is advertising. As much as I resist the simplicity of marketing as thought control (I don’t think it’s the worst thing in the world that Citibank gives us bikes, and the broad satire of Infinite Jest’s “year of the diaper” is one of the many reasons I dislike Wallace), the triumph of psychological…

Wow, the eleventh arrondissement has really changed.

And don’t forget the stormtroopers, simple working-class folk with as much interest in the dark side as an ewok.

With all due respect to Andrew, with a name like that, what did he expect?

I don’t think it’s weird either. It’s an account compelling in its honesty, which by its very nature won’t exactly be Wuthering Heights.

Actually, I think the succinct disavowal of possessiveness expressed in Evellina’s paragraph is even better than the article.

No, I’m sorry, but you’re wrong. The Exorcist was directed by William Friedkin, who dated Howard Hawks’ daughter for a while. Also, Mercedes McCambridge was in Welles’ Touch of Evil.

Plus, just because people want to be credited doesn’t mean they necessarily are. Hollywood is an industry as much as an art. Lots of…

Yes. I think it went beyond that, though - a clash of personalities. One thing’s for sure: Marquand was an odd choice, and Lucas’s first choice, Lynch, was more than odd. Lynch isn’t the American director of his generation with an uncompromising dominant personal vision. He’s the American director with an…

Do you (or anyone) happen to know why Marquand had such a tough time on set? Kershner went over budget and over schedule but was beloved. Marquand was not.

“C’est quelquechose de monumentale : que la barrière entre le Bien et le Mal soit d’aussi ambigu que les relations familiales eux-mêmes est d’une profondeur digne de la littérature quelconque.”

Yes, I think so. There are some IV>V>VI purists out there, but few and far between. I believe the Times was one of few outlets to lambaste Empire, which no less highbrow a Canadian cineaste David Cronenberg called “the most beautiful film ever made.”

- Yep, just checked RT. Canby: “I found myself glancing at my watch…

I have this weird theory that the prequels’ only aesthetic goal was to show Jurassic Park’s CGI could be employed at the service of an actual story, such as it was. He felt an obligation to save film from itself.

On those terms, they were hugely successful. Little kids don’t care that the kid was so awful or that…

“Well, the turkey has less chicken in it.”

a) Hold penis.
b) Remove.

Billion stars, esteemed fox

I’m staying in one of the fancyish downtown NYC hotels right now. They ran out of coffee at 9 am. A fellow traveler and I asked the only staff member, a busboy, sitting in the restaurant, reading the Wall Street Journal (?).

- Hi, we’re looking for some coffee?
- Down.
- Down?
- Down.
- The coffee’s downstairs?
- (Shakes…