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quasisonic and I watched Velvet Goldmine and, well...I have to confess that I wasn't that impressed. The costumes/makeup/art direction were amazing. The music was good (some of it). The plot/story? Eh. *shrug* It was decent, though - and I might have liked it more if it hadn't been so much hype surrounding it. Still, not terrible. That went back to Netflix this morning. Annie Hall and I think Reservoir Dogs (both of which I have never seen) are on their way. I sent off the note that will 'lower the boom' (to quote Boss T) on the one that would like to take total advantage of me. No reply. Yet.
And it's going to be lovely out today! Perfect day for a walk, methinks. And possibly to buy a copy of Lost in Translation. hmmm.
from this fantastic post to
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officialgaimanFor the record, I've never been involved in a creative writing program. In my case, that was mostly because I knew I wanted to be a writer, and had enough hubris to know that I'd rather make my mistakes on the job. It was also because I had a vague suspicion that people in authority might suggest that I should write respectable but dull fiction, and then I'd be forced to kill them, and it would all end in tears or in prison.
*worships* The whole post is a gem, and rather vindicating.
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Date: 2004-02-04 08:12 am (UTC)But Annie Hall, I loved. I rented it after someone told me it was their favorite Woody Allen movie. It's the only Woody flick I've enjoyed, so far.
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Date: 2004-02-04 08:59 am (UTC)Yay! Lost In Translation! *wishes it was out on dvd here* :(
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:13 am (UTC)It's not yet? Is it in theaters?
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:40 am (UTC)Woody Allen annoys me as much as Ray Romano...i don't see most of his movies.
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:49 am (UTC)He annoys me too, but Manhattan surprised me, and I always wanted to see Annie Hall anyway.
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:55 am (UTC)Oohhh the books for The Hours and The Shipping News are both much better than the movies, not that either of those movies were bad, but Julianne Moore is utterly amazing in everything she's in. Have you seen Magnolia?
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Date: 2004-02-04 10:56 am (UTC)I usually try to see the movie before I read the book, mostly because the movie dissappoints otherwise. I'm usually sitting there going "b-b-but...?" if I've read the book first. (Like hi, Quoyle had TWO daughters, Bunny and Sunshine...) That's why I read the Hours after I saw the movie. A few months after.
No! I haven't seen Magnolia, or Boogie Nights! (my queue runneth over...)
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:23 am (UTC)Ohh you haaaaave to see Magnolia. It's an astonishing, 3 hour, exhausting, emotionally draining epic. Waaatch it! Boogie Nights is also great, but Magnolia is way better. Boogie Nights is still amazingly accomplished for a (kind of) debut.
Ooo you use Netflix? I really want to, but my parents are too worried I would lose the dvds. Which, given my track record, isn't a crazy fear.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:28 am (UTC)Magnolia and Boogie Nights are on the queue. I'll get to them eventually. :)
Yes, I do use Netflix, and it's great. (so far) But the dvds come in teeny tiny envelopes, so you have to be very careful to keep track of everything.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:57 am (UTC)Oh, and I LOVED her in Cookie's Fortune. have you seen that one? She's plays her character so well that it makes you wonder if she was simple or if she just played dumb the entire movie until the end.
hmmmmm...i feel like i need a Julianne Moore icon now.
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:15 pm (UTC)Nope, never saw that.
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:25 pm (UTC)Glen Close was genius in it.
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Date: 2004-02-04 09:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-04 09:46 am (UTC)(also: do you own any T.Rex? I was hoping you could hook me up with some - especially something with "20th Century boy" on it).
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:24 am (UTC)MFA, to me, if it means I'm going to write like Jonathan Safran Foer for the rest of my life, fuggit. Not gonna do it.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:32 am (UTC)MFA, to me, if it means I'm going to write like Jonathan Safran Foer for the rest of my life, fuggit. Not gonna do it.
*snnneeerrrrrk*
I read his book, too. He makes David Lynch seem pretty lucid. I'm still not sure what the fuck all that was about - if it's revealed at some point that he's pulled some kind of elaborate fast one on the snobby literati, he will be one of my heroes. If not, he owes James Joyce royalties.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-04 11:37 am (UTC)"I need TV, when I've got T.Rex...."
stoopid brain.
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:02 pm (UTC)Jill Sobule did that live when she toured with Zevon, and I HAD to give her a hug after the show for it, cos we were the ONLY people singing!
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:26 pm (UTC)0.o
What is wrong with the world?? That's a song EVERYONE should know! (and shit, a cover of it -not by Jill- was in Clueless. That should at least ring a bell with some people.) *shakes head*
This is almost as distressing as the time I had to explain to someone who refused to believe that "Be My Baby" and "Chapel of Love" were NOT originally recorded by the Supremes and why the the Dixie Cups and the Ronnetts were not 'Motown'. *bangs head into desk*
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:29 pm (UTC)Trust me. My forays into madman R&B from detroit confirm that most people don't get music from that period that ain't motown.
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:39 pm (UTC)Tell me about it. *shakes head* Motown was a label. Not a style. *sigh*
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Date: 2004-02-04 01:53 pm (UTC)I'll burn you a copy of the two Detroit Cobras records. THAT'S what detroit sounds like.
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:03 pm (UTC)ooh, please do! :D I'm trying to remember if I have anything that you don't have so I can return the favor. I'm all about being reciprocal. ;)
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Date: 2004-02-04 02:31 pm (UTC)So you'll have to guess.
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Date: 2004-02-04 11:16 am (UTC)I have some free trial codes if you'd like one. :)
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:44 pm (UTC)Now Annie Hall, I've rented it three or four times, and I've never been able to watch it yet! One day. One day.
I've added you, since our nice little discussion on Easy by the Commodores.
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Date: 2004-02-04 12:59 pm (UTC)