March 09, 2007
Delivery 2
Another month, another hand-waving excuse for an essay. This one really is a load of waffle, lacking any hint of that keenly-sought novelty, but by the same token it's not been as stressful as the last. There's only so het up one can get about rehashing other people's nonsense. Anyway, just one more of these to go, due date five weeks hence. Rest beckons this weekend, along with Inland Empire. After that, who knows?Posted by matt at March 9, 2007 03:51 PM
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Saw IR not long ago at the NFT. I don't want to raise your expectations, but it's fantastic. Enjoy. x
Posted by: Max at March 9, 2007 09:39 PM
Given your masochistic tendencies vis-a-vis movies, my expectations are not especially raised :-P
On the other hand, they were quite high already, so we'll just have to see.
Posted by: matt at March 9, 2007 10:21 PM
What Max said. The 'it's fantastic' part, not the 'saw it at the NFT' part (saw it at the IFC Center in the Village).
Posted by: Robin at March 10, 2007 03:37 AM
Well, I probably wouldn't go as far as 'fantastic'. It's good, and some of it is brilliant, but there's a good deal too much of Laura Dern looking pained in murky corridors for my taste. A little of that goes a long way. Give me Mullholland Drive any day.
Still, if you liked either of those and haven't read Steve Erickson's Arc d'X then I strongly recommend it.
Posted by: matt at March 13, 2007 12:09 PM
something about laura dern looking pained in murky corridors just made me laugh.
matt, how the heck are you doing? still lookin' handsome, i see.
Posted by: kurt at March 15, 2007 08:04 PM
Kurt! Shit, I thought you'd vanished off the face of the Earth. YHM.
Posted by: matt at March 16, 2007 01:26 AM
(Tsk. It's 0.26, not 1.26. Guess that crazy US shift of daylight saving has fucked up the time zones again...)
Posted by: matt at March 16, 2007 01:28 AM
Yes, Mulholland Drive certainly raised the bar very high. But Inland Empire's meant to be a different kind of film, and a different kind of film experience, altogether, dontcha think?
Ah, the heck with it, who'm I fooling... there's no use in my feigning objectivity where Lynch is concerned, I love 'em all madly.
Posted by: Robin at March 16, 2007 05:17 AM
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