'Jackie Brown' is a great fucking movie.

lol

Nothing in "Modern Film" annoys me more than QT's refusal to direct someone else's story again (yeah it's been said before, bt still)

The movie's backbone is Ordell's wornout support system finally disintegrating to me, dunno if that's down to "ppl he likes" letting him down necessarily

Guys, let me help you out here. The movie is called Jackie Brown.

no it's not

The movie's backbone is Ordell's wornout support system finally disintegrating to me, dunno if that's down to "ppl he likes" letting him down necessarily

sure but it's down to SLJ, who suggests that he respects Max and Jackie.

Yeah and under his old values they'd respect him back, bt those times're gone. This also kinda syncs up w how routine and bathetic Beaumont's shooting is, I guess

ordell's let down that max doesn't wash his hands

does anybody know what music is playing in the scene where ordell is sitting back on his couch in his living room (i think)? for years i wanted to know, could never figure it out on the internet for some reason.

"your ass used to be beautiful" is the best

I love the beat that SLJ takes when he and De Niro are sitting in the van trying to figure out wtf happened to the money, before he says, "It was Jackie Brown." Executed wrong it would be "being caught acting," but he does it so perfectly.

that whole scene has terrific dynamics. Anger at what Louis has done turns to commiseration to rage again.

Ebert began his review with that scene:

I like the moment when the veins pop out on Ordell's forehead. It's a quiet moment in the front seat of a van, he's sitting there next to Louis, he's just heard that he's lost his retirement fund of $500,000, and he's thinking hard. Quentin Tarantino lets him think. Just holds the shot, nothing happening. Then Ordell looks up and says, "It's Jackie Brown.'' He's absolutely right. She's stolen his money. In the movies people like him hardly ever need to think. The director has done all their thinking for them. One of the pleasures of "Jackie Brown,'' Tarantino's new film, based on a novel by Elmore Leonard, is that everybody in the movie is smart. Whoever is smartest will live.

Say what you will about QT, but he does quiet pretty good too.

i watched life of crime it was pretty good

they def got some of the subtleties of leonards plotting which was cool

been on such an EL binge lately.
reading "unknown Man #89" right now.

bobby womack passed a while ago, and this is always relevant anyway

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtzRJgZG98I

prob the best ever writer to binge on xp

lagoon do you like richard stark? his parker novels are like candy bars.

never read him what do u recommend

Almost missed this--Pam Grier is in town tonight to introduce a Lightbox screening. I had been planning on seeing the Billy Crudup film tonight, but as soon as I saw the schedule I checked on ticket availability, assuming there wouldn't be any. Wrong...very excited!

I doubt that my students would mind at all if I cancelled tonight's tutorial and immediately hauled ass to Toronto--and I could easily make it--but I figure that the prof I work for definitely would. Damn.

Enjoy, and please share stories/pictures!

Not too many women intimidate me (actually, all women intimidate me, but to make my point, I have to begin by saying that not too many women intimidate me). Pam Grier intimidates me.

You should read her autobio which is pretty crackers. I love her work, but there's something a little off about her

wasn't she a scientologist at some point... some kind of cultist.

she also dated bobby womack, which is... pretty neat, actually.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Richard Pryor also

they dated bobby womack?

yeah they double-teamed him until Kareem realized the situation conflicted with his Muslim beliefs

I was so floored when this happened that I took a screen shot

http://www.quartzcity.net/ilx/pamgrier.jpg

(turns out she follows a lot of people)

i like her in bogus journey

yeah they double-teamed him until Kareem realized the situation conflicted with his Muslim beliefs

Never bothered him when he and Magic were busy double-teaming Dr. J.

She mentioned Jabbar tonight as her "first boyfriend in L.A." No photo--she was late, and the Lightbox makes such maneuvering very difficult--but she was nice enough to sign my Foxy Brown DVD. She got a standing ovation, spoke for probably half an hour, and was very funny. It'll be the only time in my life I get to hear a 66-year-old woman say "blow job" six or seven times.

It was her generation that invented blow jobs iirc. But seriously, that sounds cool, she is an interesting person.

She did say in her autobio that Jabbar wanted her to be a traditional Muslim wife or girlfriend and that's what split them up.

Roger Ebert loved it;

"There is a scene here that involves the ex-con Louis (Robert De Niro) and Ordell's druggie mistress (Bridget Fonda) discussing a photograph pinned to the wall, and it's so perfectly written, timed and played that I applauded it."

"It's the only photo I have of Japan... (points at photo) That's Japan."

Great scene.

booya!

Bit where Louis tries to hang up the phone properly is one of the most subtle bits of weed - concentration acting I've seen

best movie

max going to the mall to buy the delphonics tape

sweet! even tho there are a lot of leonard movies im always surprised there arent more cause his books just demand to be adapted

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came to say essentially this, glad to see it's already been said. in recent months I've read Swag, Tishomingo Blues, and City Primeval, and the first two in particular would make terrific films in the right hands.

I saw this at the cinema the night before last, it still rules. De Niro is so funny as a dude with nothing going on upstairs

Were Get Shorty or Out of Sight good movies? I can't really be bothered to re-watch them. I guess Out of Sight at least gets points for bringing back the Michael Keaton character.

Out of Sight is really good!

Rewatched JB a few days ago w a friend who'd never seen it, still a totally delightful movie

De Niro is so funny as a dude with nothing going on upstairs

He really is. He should have played more dumb guys.

Get Shorty is a lot of fun too.

now he plays smart guys dumbly

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Hooked on Delphonics, it's happened to many of us.

"Nothing going on upstairs" is the perfect description, too. Over his 20 or so minutes of screentime he never once displays the spark of inner life or independent thought. He's barely sentient.

I hate Get Shorty. Out of Sight is pretty good. JB is leagues ahead of both tho.

Justified is one of my favorite shows ever