no subtext here, nope

[cris]

Saturday was the sort of grey rainy day that called for first meals in dark bars named after barfly poets, for muted, eye squinting, not enough sleep conversations, for fried foods and low volume music. Not that we picked the bar because of the weather, mind you, that's just the way it worked out. A few of us made plans to check out some of the

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[chaizzilla]

humouring the presence of the Subject of the subject or wearing black just validates anti-black-wearer twits who think ragging on people who wear black could ever conceivably be mistaken for an original observation rather than simply parroting the conversational bullshit of some other idiot who thought the same thing.

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[cris]

yeah, that was a pretty cheap assessment wasn't it? I'm probably projecting some of my own baggage, but I always like folks who can take the seriously playful approach to art -- sophistication without the austerity and chin rubbing.

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[chaizzilla]

i continue to tune that sentiment frames by frame as the opportunity presents itself. [*rubs chin*]

[synwave]

it all seems a bit preprogrammed to me, a sort of expectation of surroundings but refusal to admit the expectation because life is like, you know, to be experienced or some such thing

[cris]

but you'll note that the things that I did like were the ones that actually give you some tangible way to interact with the art. I mean, yeah, we can all interact with art on an emotional level, but there's another level of engagement when you can grab the mouse and play.

I think I could've spared myself the misinterpretation by prefacing with a description that my friends are sarky bunch.

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[synwave]

I am sorry cris I wasn't refering to you or your friends, I was reffering to the scenes seeming way of looking at the audience they expected (hoped?) to attract

[chaizzilla]

getting out of the way of onrushing traffic works as a survival trait tho too. this is why i remain unconvinced of balance.

[damiel]

it made me wonder what it would look like if you could tint the air and see the current flowing between buildings like rapids and rocks.

I have always wanted to do this with cologne, so that I could see a visible trail left behind by the overperfumed Eurotrash walking down Newbury St. In fact, my idea was to have it tinted fluorescent green, the kind of color you get when you kill an alien and that viscous stuff pours out. Either that, or orange, like escarey's pants.

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[cris]

perhaps it'd be interesting to key the color according to various scents and intensities. That way you could do an overhead shot of Newbury St. and notice how the perfume concentrations tend to show up near Sonsie, the Armani store and Riccardi.

btw, if you feel like killing a lunch hour, you can always play with that little flash piece that was saw at Mills.

[chaizzilla]

yes! oh man if you could do this w/o adding to the air toxin load you'd be pulling off the prank a lot of chemically-sensitive folks would love to see.

[photiq]

3 oh, and fwiw, I wound up renting Brotherhood of The Wolf.

Argh! I procured the Canadian three-disc special edition of this movie recently,* and was planning on hosting a screening. You'll have to come anyway, despite having recently viewed the movie, and even if you don't much like it, because I don't see enough of you, and I think that your commentary will be enjoyable.

Also, regarding Better Luck Tomorrow, I was much more favorably inclined toward it until Laurice told me about the Stuart Tay case, and saw how Justin Lin would but barely acknowledge the glaring similarities.
Hm. This belongs in my own journal, methinks.

*I am a big, fat sucker for this movie. I'm not proud.

[arcanus]

WHAT?! the 3disc set? where did you get that? i got a copy of the us version (1 disc).

[photiq]

This is a deluxe edition that is available in France and Canada; I won mine on eBay, from a Canadian seller.