ten good things returns (february 2007)

[danschank]

hi folks... so, i guess december and january's editions of this have bitten the dust. i'm gonna try to get back to doing this monthly again though, and i've been brainstorming things to mention for a while now (some of the following is old news in real life, actually)... anyway...

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[mistercreepy]

i'm actually beginning to think i'm not as much as a wild card as i like to parrot myself. my dedication to the monumental task of rewatching and reviewing all of my top 100 has taught me two important things

1) never again

2) there are a lot of themes that surface in lots of different films. some i've mentioned before: america/suburbia and its problems and values. others include extended play and genre or MOOD blending, the ability to as lj returning might put it blend the transcendent with the gritty.

also people in love and WORK as rewarding...! yes

i was thinking about my own argument, and i think if any AUTEUR deserves great mention as championing flaws as a potent and important way to express one's self, it's SAM PECKINPAH whose films are as aesthetically flawed as they are morally, paced as poorly as he treats his womenfolk. AND YET.

there's something amazingly personal and important and stunning and flawless about his flaws. in fact, if i had any complaint about john carpenter, i'd say that i feel like sometime he's a little too flawless

where's the heart bro???

and as for dennis hopper, FUCK YOU FOR MAKING ME MOMENTARILY NOT HATE HIM.