- I need to publish this, then one more. This was the running commentary, besides mine. I kinda didn't get it right. Such is life in the LIVE city.
This was great fun, with two friends commenting along with me. One in South Carolina, one here in Arlington Heights. The internet is magic. And we use (well I do) the word titties.
I loved this. - I had fun, guys. Good night.
i think that's the point... maybe i read too much into it, but what they are saying is shit happens. It's kinda existentialist.
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- Enjoyed it!
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- And with that, I am off to bed. Hope we did ok. Thanks for setting this up, Randy.
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- The film, not that the world is shitty.
- Forget it....
- And evil doers triumph and it is a shitty world again. And I think it's brilliant.
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- Last line?
- it's a crossover with JFK
- Wait, how did that cop shoot he in the eye from 200 yards behind her?
- horny ladies again.
- I think that one is intentional
- john huston is a creepy weirdo, but sure can wear a cummerbund well.
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- any film which hinges on someone having any sort of information should be a period piece.
- I think you're right.
- i think google and the internet and cellphones have ruined all journeys and discoveries in drama.
- *understood, obviously
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- it would play as long as the audience underwood that the journey of the story is the story, not its rush to conclusion. Some people would balk that so much time is spent on the discovery, in this age of Google searches and fingertip knowledge of most everything.
- On the other hand, Game of Thrones is constantly accused of misogyny and survives. So maybe i'm just second-guessing.
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- I, for one, am grateful that he made the African Queen.
- while i personally don't see things that happen as drama as misogyny just because misogyistic things happen, would people freak out?
- Speak for yourself
- so back to my question: even if you did a noir as a period piece, and filled it with the appropriate noir attitude, would it play to a current hypersensitive audience?
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- Paulie did not like them pictures
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- yes, set in 1940's
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- hey... Paulie's back!
- Can you do noir in any time period without it feeling schticky?
- having not seen LA Confidential... when is it set? is it also a period piece?
- valid point, Randy.. but ... isn't attitude part of noir?
- Yes, they did. Recently, even. Damn French.
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- I thought they had: incest.
- nope.
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- with today's sensibilities?
- that said, could a true noir film be made today?
- good for her. I'd have insisted, too...
- Apparently these slaps were real at FD's insistence.
- Icky.
- women sure can take a beating in the noir films
- You can't handle the truth!
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- We found water in him. He drowned!
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- dude.. your pants are wet. don't bother with the sleve.
- Yes it is. Guy Pearce elevator shotgun scene. Any other year than 1997 it wins Best Picture. Stupid Cameron.
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- i HAVE to finish it eventually.
- i'd sit up and watch it with you guys sometime.
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- just because i have never started it when i was alert enough.
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- not because i don't like it...
- I've fallen asleep watching LA Confidental 3 times.
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- LA Confidential
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- goddamit! people keep downloading my shit that i post online!
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- she was hired for the role... nice touch
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- police detectives are weirdos.
- Wait, what?
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- Goodbye Ida Sessions. We hardly knew ye.
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- sam spade is manlier than Jack. that's saying a lot.
- Be kind to me, Sam.
- i think if that little window is broken next to the lock, you can just walk in. no need to knock.
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- Then smash into them like in Johnny Dangerously
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- "Plus expenses"
- part of the retainer.
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- You're right. This is the same day. Feels like longer. The pacing has stopped me from caring.
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- he fucked her. all the more reason to be polite.
- Even after a roll in the hay, it's still "Mrs. Mulwray". Back to business
- love how closing the curtains shut the light down. very theatrical
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- Wonder if the car honk was intentional or they just left it in
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- all asians are mysterious. At least they were in 1974.
- I alway ask that of all my prey...
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- is the "mystery" the compelling part? Probably not. Or is it that we've seen this plot before/since?
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- Nicholson is commando
- No, not as exciting
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- NICHOLSON NIPS!
- Slater IS too obvious. Profile notwithstanding, i was surprised to have that thought about DiCaprio during that overhead shot.
- She has a gorgeous mole on her back
- nipples!
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- pan down, man!!!
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- You'd have to wait until Network
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- Nicholson has a similar facial structure to Leonardo DiCaprio
- Elbert's rule of differential sheets. Waist high on him, chest level on her.
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- Later she will get shot through this same eye.
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- it IS a movie after all.
- "As little as possible" another great line. Robert Towne showing his chops
- "no question from you is innocent" another great noir line
- Polanski Inda house!
- thank god for running boards.
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- Second crotch kick in as many minutes.
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- kick to the knee is a weird opening move.
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- Oh, nooo! Not me.
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- horny old ladies.
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- Do you accept people of the Jewish persuasion?
- "are you anti-Semetic?"
- not like Blade Runner.
- make your peace with it... it's gonna happen.
- nice vintage neon!
- Synced!
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- 1:14 now
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- thanks
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- in the car with Faye
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- let me know when you hit 1:14
- actually.. i started back up a while ago... thoguht you all were.
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- sorry.. yeah. i'm there
- Ready
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- Orange grove chase: camera in the back seat. We're along for the ride
- Ready at 1:12
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- going to pee
- Randy, give us the high sign to keep going when you're ready
- Crutches. An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
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- me too... about 1;10. i can hold
- I'm on the chase at the orange grove. 1:11. Want us to wait?
- that explains the time traveling!
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- that dick deserves to have acne!
- And invent Clearasil for that clerk
- they should really digitize their files.
- SPOILERS!
- Oooh. "My daughter". Not the one Jake thinks he's talking about. Fantastic.
- Even the way these two interact with the "mr gittes", "mr gitt-es" banter is riveting
- that's manly men eating manly food!
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- Remember when it was a good idea to make your car out of wood?
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- Foreshadowing with the two cigarettes and general nervousness
- Check out that horse lighter on Jake's desk!
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- Yep. Higgins. Or probably Robin Masters.
- Only when I breathe. Awesome.
- that's not the dude from Magnum PI is it?
- glad to feel validated!
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- With that sexy sexy netting draped over them
- and let's take a moment to honor those cheekbones.
- great line "I wouldn't run home and tell him every time..."
- Is that the Brown Derby?
- always a fan going in the noir films...
- Shut the fuck up!
- Always cringe at that scene.
- the nose thing really grosses me out, even though i know it's coming.
- The nose split was so complex and prop dependent people thought it was real.
- not the Florsheims!
- Polanski's cameo.
- damn. missed that. Now I need to decide whether to roll the film back and watch or just take your word for it.
- if you worked here, you'd be home by now...
- Great touch, "he drowned!" Next shot, a puddle surrounded by nothing but dirt.
- he's smoking Lucky Strikes. I used to smoke Luckys because Bogart did
- Gotta love the smoking coroner
- that's a crazy ass hat Ms. Dunaway is sporting.
- this is a better pissing match scene
- Little did she know that David Lo Pan would make an appearance here.
- Noticing the camera is always following Jake around, usually over his shoulder. Like we're coming along with him. I like that.
- My wife had confused Chinatown with Big Trouble.
- Yeah. I love James Hong. Not much of a presence here, though.
- And he was in..Big Trouble in Little China.
- James Hong? Many a film with that guy. Usually miscellaneous Asian bad guy.
- hey... it's THAT guy!
- if i'm being picky, that scene may have been too convivial. A pissing match without enough water.
- I don't think there's a scene without Jack, much like aforementioned Maltese Falcon.
- That's Mr. Kidd over Jake's shoulder from Diamonds are Forever. Also, Crispin Glover's dad.
- serious eyebrows on that lady, though.
- stops the traffic
- holy shit... that was the Joker's laugh...
- Yes, he was a year away from Cuckoos Nest. Hints of that Nicholson patter really starting to take shape here.
- am I alone in thinking that Nicholson is not yet fully in "Jack" mode. there are hints of it, but he's still playing a character and not himself. I do like him that way.
- liked the trick with the pocket watch. Pretty slick, Jake.
- also, Polanski can shoot a pretty damned beautiful movie.
- dude is pretty hand-on with his deceptive water practices. Kudos to him.
- first and only time i watched this movie, i was a fairly pretentious 20-something. I liked it, but i was SUPPOSED to like it. we'll see how i do this time.
- pretty sure, Randy, that they'd have to change the title, too, in that case.
- isn't this where they shot the race scene in Grease?
- Alaskan pipeline issue of its day.
- Water rights. The aa
- may i recommend some acoustic panels for that meeting room?
- Paulie having a bad day
- so much smoke coming from Nicholson!
- Hi
- retro credits. so hipster.
- Hello, Marc. Great to be watching this with you.
- heh... dick.
- A Roman Polanski Film
- making movie go NOW!
- in every group, there's that one guy who says nothing insightful. I'll probably be that guy.
Monday, November 23, 2015
"Chinatown" follow up...the running commentary...
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