It never made an impression. Reportedly Welles wanted to cast Agnes Moorehead in the role that eventually went to Edward G. Robinson, but the studio nixed the idea. Fascinating.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 12 March 2006 22:49 (eighteen years ago) link
i thought this movie was wonderful!
― PRIVATE HELL 36 (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 13 March 2006 05:10 (eighteen years ago) link
yeah, the trailer is awesome.
i love this movie.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 03:01 (eighteen years ago) link
ringwald gets her comeuppance.
― The Man Without Shadow (Enrique), Tuesday, 14 March 2006 12:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 March 2006 15:15 (eighteen years ago) link
the stuff on the second disc is rad.
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 18 March 2006 15:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Amoeba is good for that. There's a whole section of nothing but Critierion discs (they know their crowd) and many discs turn up used.
Yeah, all the bonus features look a treat. :-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 March 2006 15:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 18 March 2006 20:37 (eighteen years ago) link
― latebloomer is a belly with a guy pierce in it (latebloomer), Saturday, 18 March 2006 21:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Saturday, 18 March 2006 21:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 18 March 2006 21:07 (eighteen years ago) link
well, no, it doesn't suck, but it hasn't dated well
i am teaching "f for fake" on monday!
― amateurist0, Saturday, 18 March 2006 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Saturday, 18 March 2006 22:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 19 March 2006 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 06:23 (eighteen years ago) link
F is for Fake -- great mindfuck, partly because it appears that he's hellbent on deconstructing his own cinematic authority when in fact he's doing the OPPOSITE (viz. his locating himself in the editing room) - his capricious excursions and tangents from whatever loose plot there is only underline his ultimate control. especially vis-a-vis the half-naked girls who show up from time to time.
-- Tracer Hand (tracerhan...), February 10th, 2002.
So there you go. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 06:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 19 March 2006 09:01 (eighteen years ago) link
its one of my favourite movies of all time, formally and it moves me emotionally too
― anthony easton (anthony), Sunday, 19 March 2006 09:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 19 March 2006 10:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Sunday, 19 March 2006 11:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:37 (eighteen years ago) link
http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:xnmm9TyWYm49dM:images.amazon.com/images/G/01/books/ripping-yarns/palin-intro-tomkinsons-roje.jpg
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Sunday, 19 March 2006 18:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 19 March 2006 23:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Wait, isn't that a photo from the back cover of Music From Big Pink?
― The Day The World Turned Dayglo Redd (Ken L), Monday, 20 March 2006 01:45 (eighteen years ago) link
(and the movie itself is marvelous needneedneed that 3xdvd set...)
― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 03:06 (eighteen years ago) link
― Cunga (Cunga), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 04:32 (eighteen years ago) link
(jos, the one time I saw it seemed an amusing footnote)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― p@reene (Pareene), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:09 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― p@reene (Pareene), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:42 (eighteen years ago) link
― joseph (joseph), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
On some days, Othello is my favorite film of his. Kane or Lady from Shanghai on others.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:48 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 14:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 14:34 (eighteen years ago) link
― Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (Plastic Gas Booby Trap), Wednesday, 24 May 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link