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Rediscovering Ambience and Minimalism
A little while ago, I wrote about rediscovering some of the electronic and ambient music I used to listen to I was in college. A friend recently mentioned that she is using some of Philip Glass’s music in a dance … Continue reading
“How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing? “
I watched two classic 1970s New York City movies this week — Taxi Driver and The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three. And I liked the latter a lot more than the former. Pelham is by far the best Quentin … Continue reading
Frost/Nixon — Fail
I saw Frost/Nixon last night with rednoodlealien and doodlegoat and was rather disappointed. On its own as a film it is in some ways magnificent — Frank Langella in particular is very good — but fails in that it sets … Continue reading
I Am (A Different) Legend
For the second time in a few weeks I went to see a movie based on a book I like very much, and watched a film with a new ending, written to suit the conventions of Hollywood, that significantly changed … Continue reading
Protected: I Am Legend
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Village Finds Its Idiot
M. Night Shyamalan’s latest starts well, with a compellingly creepy atmosphere and hints of something Very Wrong in a small rural town. But once he exposes the central plot trick, it’s all downhill from there.
Moore misbehavior
Michael Moore has been bashing Pete Townsend in interviews for refusing to allow “Won’t Get Fooled Again” to be used in Fahrenheit 9/11. (It would have been used in place of Neil Young’s “Rockin In the Free World” at the … Continue reading