on some level, they forgot what films are about. films about films, films about self-congratulation. or films about people and the world now. Not ersatz world. this world.
Read moreThe Effective generation
I'm going to be effective, not ineffectual. Morally neutral position, enabling those who want to be effective and immoral too. Obama, bro
Read morewhen life was one thing
one indescribable plumbable thing with no edges. George had that indivisability. Or rather that irreducibility. He was just this effusive force, mindful of making other people feel great, driven to get work created, to have his say about large things, state of the world things, if big in misjudgments, even bigger in correcting himself.
Read morethe culture of surprise
like film, a tunnel and you don't know what's coming. hacks exploit this. it's the appeal of the internet. what can we throw at you now, and now, and now. keep you off-balance, unsure, take your money.
Read morebelief in a character, belief in God
Belief in a character, whether created, performed or experienced is identical to belief in God. It fills you with light energy and hope. It either is a surrogate for that real connection to the creator of everything we know, or it is actually an expression of that same creation.
Read moreMeditation on Ali Fear Eats the soul vs Blue Valentine
Why does Fassbinder work, where climax of BV seems like a frantic improv
Read morewhores and cannibals
in the face of this adversity, first you become a whore, then a cannibal
Read moregreed and envy
debilitating envy.change, force, lead, take chargeor wait, clutch, live in dread of deprivation and be deprived
Read morefilm: victim of some horrible crime
sheriff deputy names his dog after the victim. misunderstood as slur
Read moreFilm: candidelike
Character wooed by every life career possibility–a kind of generalists odyssey looking at the myopia of
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