I am declaring this Pauline Kael Friday, but first here are some snaps of some of the funniest things that smiller has ever bought, and that's saying a lot. Speaking of buying funny things, please click on this link and consider it if you haven't bought me a Hannukah present yet.
The Beach Boys one is my favorite
and here are couple of our classic ornaments. Kliban cat!
This one is so ugly but I love to think of someone manufacturing it during the first internet bubble. It always makes me laugh. If you actually type in this web address you get a lame ad site, as if no one has bought the domain name. Sad.
OK, onto Pauline Kael. If we're talking about movies, I have to say I protest that DB is talking movies on facebook, because then I can't access it. What's wrong with blogging?
The first two sentences of her review of the notorious, studio-busting mess Heaven's Gate are typically witty and sharp.
Now read this about when Wes Anderson met her and took her to a private screening of Rushmore. This piece caused some controversy, notably with David Edelstein, the critic for New York magazine, who was a friend of hers. Anyway, I think it's interesting.
"While watching the three-hour-and-thirty-nine-minute Heaven's Gate, I thought it was easy to see what to cut. But when I tried afterward to think of what to keep, my mind went blank."
She's got a million of 'em like that!
Now read this about when Wes Anderson met her and took her to a private screening of Rushmore. This piece caused some controversy, notably with David Edelstein, the critic for New York magazine, who was a friend of hers. Anyway, I think it's interesting.
you're missing out on a lot more than DB's film chatter on FB. just bite the bullet and join. it can't be about privacy, cos you already have gmail ...
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you're X-Mas wish list reminds of me of my favorite holiday site of '09.... because what girl wouldn't like a scale model of her vulva attached to her car keys right?
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If you feel weird about it, make a joint Steve & Babs fb account. Then no one but us will no it's you!
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ps. verification word: gyphonsf. Sounds "Dead" related to me.
Facebook, never! I got burned by Friendster going out of style.
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ps. That Wes Anderson article kind of made me sad.
I want that Beach Boys ornament!!!
ReplyDeleteHe should have been more respectful, but he was just a young guy and didn't understand what he was doing. He meant it to pay tribute. I can see both sides.
ReplyDeleteNo worries, I never update my FaceBook page either. That said, it's facebook.com/Cinema-Scoped if you ever get cool.
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Oops, I mean facebook.com/CinemaScoped
ReplyDeleteI was sympathetic to Anderson until I saw Edelstein's 2nd rebuttal which if true is kind of a bummer.
ReplyDeleteKliban Cat! Love to eat them mousies, Mousies what I love to eat. Bite they little heads off… Nibble on they tiny feet.
ReplyDeleteRushmore is one of my all time favorites, especially because it reminds me of going to school in Austin & being in Houston with my family there. But I kind of feel like once Anderson moved beyond characters and stories set in Texas, that's when his movies started becoming overindulgent exercises in whimsy. Or maybe it's the old argument that Owen Wilson kept those tendencies in check (and helped produce his best work) when they were writing partners.
I agree that blogging is better than facebook. Maybe I am hurt because DB, my real life friend as well as my fake FB friend, didn't tell me about it. I had to read it in SNR!
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You guys should all join me over on linked in. That's where the real action is.
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How can that URL not lead to porn?
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