Ha! Horrifically corrupted law enforcement sure makes for entertaining stories.
I lived in his neighborhood in Santa Monica. I must have walked my dog by his building a hundred times.
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I got to find that for years I was living just a couple blocks away from Whitey Bulger; sadly in our age without the social spaces you note I never got to meet him ;)
I'm saying that its at least worth considering, given the context, that it was appropriate for the filmmakers to afford less sympathy to agents of the French state as compared to French civilians and the Algerians. How is that silly?
Ebert was absolutely accurate in his assessment on that, but I suppose it's worth a larger conversation as to whether the vast power imbalance merits a thumb on the scale.
I can't add anything original here, but I would like to pass along a link to an ancient blog post with some points on the film that I found thought-provoking: http://www.lawyersgunsmoney…
Argument quoted from the linked: "Lieutenant Colonel Mathieu is one of the most vile characters ever portrayed in film, and that it…
I was moved to Google the concept, and it lead me to this recipe: http://www.foodnetwork.com/…
Everyone please note this warning from the linked, which I assume is critical: "DO NOT ATTEMPT TO COOK A WHOLE FISH." (Capitals in original.)
What a wild ride indeed!
My god, it's full of circles!
I'll have you know that your avatar made me hear your comment in Gene's voice, and that worked *really* well.
Check out the address at the end of that ancient Ginsu knife commercial, 59 West Shore Rd., Warwick, RI. I've rarely been back since I split my boyhood home of Rhode Island at eighteen, but it's always heartwarming to see references to that hotbed of commerce surrounding ol' TF Green.
What happened around 2001 or so to goose the ratings? Torn asunder by 9/11, America turned its lonely eyes to The Simpsons?
I'm going crazy trying to figure out if the hanging curve you left inviting an analogy between his name and the literal food-product is intentional or not.
My dad was a big Meatloaf fan, and the primary memory I have from childhood family roadtrips in the ol' Plymouth Voyager is Bat out of Hell playing, in its entirety, over and over again from the tape deck. I have nothing further here.
The Kevin Bacon must flow!
Also, I believe North Carolina is the only state that bans the marriage of double-cousins. (Meaning the spouses are cousins through both sides of their families [as in, two siblings reproduce with a set of siblings from another family; the resulting children would be double cousins to each other].)