ever seen "high noon" or "curse of the sierra madre"? i'm TAing a course on western history this semester so we've seen a lot of westerns lately, which is a genre i've never had the slightest interest in. but 'high noon' was pretty good
"The film was based on, and is quite faithful to, the novel of the same name (1927 in German, 1935 in English) by the enigmatic, anarchist-leaning German-English bilingual author B. Traven. No 20th century author ever lived and died in quite such a state of personal obscurity and mystery. One of the more outlandish rumors regarding his identity was that he was a bastard son of the last German Kaiser Wilhelm II. His true identity remains a mystery."
Leanne and I liked it. The broken horn gag was awesome- rarely is that sort of sustained, subtle humor pulled off any more. It wasn't as "indie" as I thought it would be- more like a Hollywood movie with better ethics and a humor that's more affirming and less mean-spirited. I think the film's greatest virtue is that it validates our disgust with the artificial, competitive society. It makes us feel good without denying that its a crazy fucked-up world. And that little girl was so cute with her pot belly, she reminded us of our fat cat.
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you are SO going to make fun of it.
2:00 nap date?
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"The film was based on, and is quite faithful to, the novel of the same name (1927 in German, 1935 in English) by the enigmatic, anarchist-leaning German-English bilingual author B. Traven. No 20th century author ever lived and died in quite such a state of personal obscurity and mystery. One of the more outlandish rumors regarding his identity was that he was a bastard son of the last German Kaiser Wilhelm II. His true identity remains a mystery."
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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