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The Perils of Sincerity
As usual, when trying to sort out my internal problems, i resort to writing about Al Jolson ( Read more... ) -
Roman Scandals (1933)
is to my surprise a greater work of art than the Sistine Chapel and the Guernica put together. I hate to say it, but Eddie Cantor is kind of a genius. -
The Agony and the Ecstacy
Work study is such a goddamn joke. Not even in the waste of time sense, it's literally hilarious. When you're not lugging 16mm prints of 'Blow Job' back and forth between NYU and the MOMA, you're sitting around trying to read in between the sound of drills and the sporadic asbestos showers. But construction can't stop, because then we can't move ( Read more... ) -
le crayon sur le table
Is this seriously what the next three years of my life are going to look like. Because I feel like it can't be more than an elaborate joke.
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Quel babe, edition 434
Lately I've had a yen for Maureen O'Hara, one of the most understatedly beautiful girls in pictures. However since hearing that she was known as 'The Queen of Technicolor', i'm feeling a little intimidated. There's a possibility that she was one of those late thirties girls who sort of missed the boat where the golden age is concerned, and had to ( Read more... ) -
Ants in Your Plants of 1939
Things that have lately bothered me ( Read more... ) -
Responsibilites of 1914
Here is a riddle. To get the job at Yankee Candle will give me leave to enjoy my leisure time. It will also dramatically decrease my leisure time by about 2/3. It will give me five grand in two and a half months. It will also cost me forty minutes of gas getting to and from the factory every day. It will not involve communication with human beings ( Read more... ) -
We're Jarndyce and Jarndyce, mercenary and slow
That's right kids, i've decided to revive what was an excellent, if short lived, cycle of 'muppets do the classics' films. I think that trend was a ray of sunshine all too suddenly extinguished. My first project will be 'Muppet Bleak House', starring Michael Caine as Jarndyce and Tim Curry as Esther. It will be followed by 'Muppet Germinal', ' ( Read more... ) -
My Love!
You know, it's funny. I make up my mind that I hate the city, that it's despicable in every way. And yet then shit like this happens ( Read more... )
