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Comment on ZERO DARK THIRTY and Torture by Larry Gross

Larry Gross — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 18:06:13 +0000

Absolutely superbly argued! Thank you.

Comment on ZERO DARK THIRTY and Torture by Tom Hall Counters Factual Errors And Misrepresentations In Letter From Senators To Sony Regarding Zero Dark Thirty « Movie City News

Thu, 20 Dec 2012 02:49:30 +0000

[...] “I would advise anyone who cannot separate the way information is revealed in a cinematic narrative from the political intentions of the filmmaker to avoid films like, oh, say, Salò because, well, that’s going to be uncomfortable for you.” Tom Hall Counters Factual Errors And Misrepresentations In Letter From Senators To Sony Regarding Ze… [...]

Comment on Things That Scare Me | The BRM’s Top 12 Horror Films by Kristan

Kristan — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 16:10:17 +0000

You can certainly see your enthusiasm in the paintings you write. The world hopes for even more passionate writers like you who aren’t afraid to say how they believe. All the time go after your heart.

Comment on The 2012 New York Film Festival | Review: HOLY MOTORS by thomas leclair

thomas leclair — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:27:56 +0000

Saw the movie last night without knowing much about it. Your review is the most perceptive I’ve read since. I might go a bit beyond the director’s position in the movie-making process to the narrative conventions of film that he has to work within–and the audience’s expectations. I thought of the movie with its many short takes as an evening of television but with the situations reversed or mocked. The scene with the adolescent girl doesn’t end, in after-school special fashion, with the parent and child reaching agreement but in the father’s rage. The model is not raped but turned into a “virgin.” I started seeing the film this way when I recognized the James quotation. Yes, that works in the novel, but it’s also a 19th century convention, the deathbed scene. In the movie, the characters walk away from it. On to the next narrative, the next narrative convention. I’m sure the Samaritan scene mocks some French movie I’m not aware of. And how about the ending? The lighting, the feeling, etc prepare us for a conventional family reunion (though the actor’s home at the beginning seems to be a bldg. that resembles a cruise ship), but we get the bathetic comedy of the apes.

Comment on The 2012 New York Film Festival | Portraits by releases

releases — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:39:58 +0000

Hence started the burgeoning of Indian Film industry and the growth of its caliber to continue doing so.

Comment on Travel Dilemma by James McNally

James McNally — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:51:47 +0000

Crossing my fingers for you, Tom!

Comment on The 2011 New York Film Festival | Portraits by The 2012 New York Film Festival | Portraits – The Back Row Manifesto

The 2012 New York Film Festival | Portraits – The Back Row Manifesto — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:27:54 +0000

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Comment on Euro 2012 | The Racist Problem by Euro 2012: Group Stage Analysis « simplysports2

Euro 2012: Group Stage Analysis « simplysports2 — Tue, 03 Jul 2012 03:16:49 +0000

[...] propensity to fail miserably on the big stage. England has chief racist John Terry, something the racist home crowd will be able to get behind. France has a captain who uses teammates jerseys as toilet [...]

Comment on Euro 2012 | Quarter-final Predictions by Euro 2012 | Semifinal Predictions – The Back Row Manifesto

Euro 2012 | Semifinal Predictions – The Back Row Manifesto — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:12:11 +0000

[...] going 4-4 in my Quarterfinal predictions, I am confident that I am due to get one of these wrong. But here we go anyway… my semifinal [...]

Comment on Euro 2012 | Preview: Group A by – The Back Row Manifesto

– The Back Row Manifesto — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 02:21:32 +0000

[...] But seriously, the Group is set up perfectly for drama on the final day; Russia need a draw or better to advance, the Poles will want to win against the Czech Republic, The Czechs will want to draw or win against Poland, and the Greeks need a win. All to play for, then. My call, as I said in the preview: [...]