You should read her autobio which is pretty crackers. I love her work, but there's something a little off about her
― Josefa, Thursday, 1 October 2015 21:58 (eight years ago) link
wasn't she a scientologist at some point... some kind of cultist.
she also dated bobby womack, which is... pretty neat, actually.
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:16 (eight years ago) link
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Richard Pryor also
― Josefa, Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:20 (eight years ago) link
they dated bobby womack?
― wizzz! (amateurist), Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:21 (eight years ago) link
yeah they double-teamed him until Kareem realized the situation conflicted with his Muslim beliefs
― Josefa, Thursday, 1 October 2015 22:26 (eight years ago) link
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)
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 2 October 2015 00:28 (eight years ago) link
i like her in bogus journey
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Friday, 2 October 2015 00:34 (eight years ago) link
Never bothered him when he and Magic were busy double-teaming Dr. J.
― pplains, Friday, 2 October 2015 00:40 (eight years ago) link
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.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 October 2015 05:26 (eight years ago) link
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.
― Josefa, Friday, 2 October 2015 06:13 (eight years ago) link
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."
― piscesx, Friday, 2 October 2015 11:28 (eight years ago) link
"It's the only photo I have of Japan... (points at photo) That's Japan."
Great scene.
― clemenza, Friday, 2 October 2015 11:50 (eight years ago) link
booya!
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 June 2016 13:40 (eight years ago) link
Bit where Louis tries to hang up the phone properly is one of the most subtle bits of weed - concentration acting I've seen
― SPACE IS FAKE make no mistake! (Myonga Vön Bontee), Sunday, 5 June 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
best movie
― lag∞n, Sunday, 5 June 2016 17:19 (eight years ago) link
max going to the mall to buy the delphonics tape
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 06:16 (four years ago) link
sweet! even tho there are a lot of leonard movies im always surprised there arent more cause his books just demand to be adapted
― lag∞n, Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:01 PM (four years ago) bookmarkflaglink
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.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 14:27 (four years ago) link
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
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:29 (four years ago) link
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.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:32 (four years ago) link
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
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:35 (four years ago) link
De Niro is so funny as a dude with nothing going on upstairs
He really is. He should have played more dumb guys.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:36 (four years ago) link
Get Shorty is a lot of fun too.
― frustration and wonky passion (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
now he plays smart guys dumbly
xpost
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:37 (four years ago) link
Hooked on Delphonics, it's happened to many of us.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
"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.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:39 (four years ago) link
I hate Get Shorty. Out of Sight is pretty good. JB is leagues ahead of both tho.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:40 (four years ago) link
Justified is one of my favorite shows ever
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:42 (four years ago) link
casting DeNiro in that role was genius
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
QT must have been a big Justified fan too given he's recently cast Goggins, Olyphant and Herriman
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:50 (four years ago) link
imagine if quentin tarantino had devoted his career to adapting elmore leonard instead of whatever it was that he did— br⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️seph (@on3ness) June 24, 2019
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:53 (four years ago) link
if the coen brothers adapted elmore leonard— br⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️seph (@on3ness) January 4, 2015
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:54 (four years ago) link
i downloaded all the elmore leonard books onto my iphone five— br⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️⚫️seph (@on3ness) August 25, 2013
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:55 (four years ago) link
lol
i love out of sight i rank it second in the elmore leonard adaptations, get shorty is fun but it doesnt really nail the leonard vibe turns it into a goofy overblown thing
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 15:57 (four years ago) link
the Karen Sisco series w/ Carla Gugino is pretty solid too
― Simon H., Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:00 (four years ago) link
He just got an Emmy nomination for doing so.
This is, no hyperbole, the most blatantly awful “performance” I’ve ever seen nominated for any award by any awards-giving body. Razzies included. https://t.co/zQYmN5aLXm— Mike D’Angelo (@gemko) July 16, 2019
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:08 (four years ago) link
(To clarify, the shittiness of his performance made it seem as though he was playing Mueller as a dumb guy.)
i love this movie. its got more heart than any other tarantino film
― . (Michael B), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:11 (four years ago) link
I co-signed lag∞n’s tweet at the time and I will co-sign it now, if qt is really only gonna make 10 films he will have wasted 9 of them not adapting Leonard
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
I love how the mall (the food court, AMC theater, dept store) is a supporting actor. It should've gotten an Oscar nomination.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:46 (four years ago) link
― shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:47 (four years ago) link
that show really has the best ending, i loved all the tedious and offtm speculation about how it would wrap things up bc it was as if no one had watched the show at all and was just guessing based on other shows.
― omar little, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:50 (four years ago) link
Boyd asks why Raylan went out of his way to deliver the news in person, and answers himself, "We dug coal together", to which Raylan responds, "That's right."
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
"...is that Rutger Hauer?"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:53 (four years ago) link
love Jackie Brown. I think i like Out of Sight a bit more, but I'll have to rescreen both of them to confirm. it's close either way.
Get Shorty is good, it's got a bunch of great performances and it's vv entertaining. It's just a bit more minor, and there's not much heart to it. maybe that's the case with the novel too but i doubt it.
― omar little, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 16:56 (four years ago) link
"your ass used to be beautiful" is my favorite line in this (great) movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e7wbs_xfas
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:06 (four years ago) link
iconic
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:07 (four years ago) link
One of the small subtle touches is that Ordell has a respect for Max Cherry -- like, Max keeps surpassing his expectations (cool in the face of danger, the Delfonics, etc).
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:24 (four years ago) link
did his ass used to be beautiful tho?? guess we have to take Ordell's word for it
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link
we dug coal together legit one of the greatest scenes in history
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 17 July 2019 19:28 (four years ago) link