― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
I know they can open and close their mouth and eyes, but I personally class those as biological functions, pure and simple. Other than that, they wear that face like a mask 24-7. Let's just all agree on this one and then we can move on to politics or something. I mean, I'M a movie person! But Griffin Dunne's and James Spader's faces are like the wind, they don't change. Evolution is done with Griffin Dunne's and James Spader's faces. Science and art have turned their attentions to worthier subjects, like stem cell research and sound installation. And when we're all so much wormfood, Griffin Dunne and James Spader will still be there, with the same fucking faces.
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Alright. Sorry for hijacking this thread with my unconditional, fundmentalist alleigance to the perfection that is "After Hours" (maybe it's a New York thing...you have to have lived here to fully appreciate it). I now return this thread to the original topic, already in progress.
And here's an on-topic question to loop it back around: Why did Scorsese pick Sid Vicious' "My Way" for the end credits?
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Hmmmm....dunno'bout that. It still seems a bit incongruous to me (not the chronology part, but the aesthetic appropriateness).
Anyway, it's Midnight....my shift is over. Nighty night, ILX.
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 August 2004 02:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:58 (nineteen years ago) link
-- Alex in NYC (vassife...) (webmail), August 18th, 2004 10:55 PM. (vassifer) (later) (link)
because both sid vicious and henry hill were self-destructive louts whose following their id only got them into terrible trouble? (also the ironic wink to sinatra--it's a mob movie after all.) it seems a beautifully appropriate choice to me.
btw this movie rules, but casino is even better.
― amateur!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Symplistic (shmuel), Thursday, 19 August 2004 03:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
There's an actual would-be-Sinatra character in Goodfellas, that singer at the nightclub.
― Monetizing Eyeballs (diamond), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!!st (amateurist), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw this movie for the first time in the early nineties, when I was a punk teenager. I immediately loved it and watched it again and again and again. It became the first DVD I ever bought, and will probably become the first DVD that I ever rebuy. The one I have now is a flipper!
I watched it six months ago, half expecting that some of the magic would have dimmed since I'm now a grown man in his thirties. I loved it even more. My favorite movie of all time. Fuck The Godfather.
And Good Lord, fuck After Hours at the same time. Is that all there is? He goes to work covered in paint, huzzah for metaphors.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― CeCe Peniston (Anthony Miccio), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:42 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (Gear!), Thursday, 19 August 2004 04:46 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, and the deleted scenes. I wonder how much is on there? Dammit, I guess I'll have to get this tomorrow.
― Pleasant Plains (Pleasant Plains), Thursday, 19 August 2004 05:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― Uh-Huh Him (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― G-L-O-R-I-A (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:15 (nineteen years ago) link
I can not like it because it's fucking horrible.
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― G-L-O-R-I-A (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:17 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― ENRG (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Dave B (daveb), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― Uh-Huh Him (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Uh-Huh Him (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― ENRG (Enrique), Thursday, 19 August 2004 08:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:00 (nineteen years ago) link
How about the mountain of blow scenes in Scarface? They should be up there too.
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 19 August 2004 09:02 (nineteen years ago) link