i saw Dawn of the Dead last night. the new one.
its not as good as the original. but my comments about the original one is that its not too well made in terms of cinematography and editing. this new onei s very well made. the first half is great but its alot less gory than the original!!!
it was fun movie though. A friend...
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its not as good as the original. but my comments about the original one is that its not too well made in terms of cinematography and editing. this new onei s very well made. the first half is great but its alot less gory than the original!!!
it was fun movie though. A friend...
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In the Company of Women is a fascinating documentary about the rise of women actors and directors in independent film. I never realized how important gay and straight women were to the medium. Lesli Klainberg and Virginia Retickers documentary is a reaction to the documentary A Decade Under the Influence which chronicled the rise of the maverick filmmakers in the 1970s. What the filmmakers who...
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aoife:
I can't believe that on a site about and full of beautiful, talented women, you could actually say that "I never realized how important gay and straight women were to the medium."
Guess that shows how far we still have to go.
Otherwise, great interview. Can't wait to see this documentary.
Guess that shows how far we still have to go.
Otherwise, great interview. Can't wait to see this documentary.
fentopal:
IFC said:
Watch the documentary
Thursday March 18 at 8pm, 11pm & 2:30am ET
Saturday March 20 at 10pm & 1:30am ET
Monday March 22 at 11:30pm & 4:30am ET
Well, I guess I won't be watching the documentary... 
Well I met with my accountant and I filed my taxes. SO SCARY.
For years I've been letting my parent's accountant do it. But this is my first year of freelancing so I had a ton of deductions plus I hate my parent's fucking accountant. Hes a super dickweed.
It was weird. I don't like to do grown up things. & taxes are the most...
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For years I've been letting my parent's accountant do it. But this is my first year of freelancing so I had a ton of deductions plus I hate my parent's fucking accountant. Hes a super dickweed.
It was weird. I don't like to do grown up things. & taxes are the most...
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the_baron:
No kidding, I've loved the interviews, and I've read almost all of them.
As a chef, it's a good thing I like doing it, 12-14 hours in a kitchen, no respect, no thanks, and unfortunately no money either. But that's just the business I guess. People don't even care that you're in there working while they're out enjoying their wonderful holiday.
As a chef, it's a good thing I like doing it, 12-14 hours in a kitchen, no respect, no thanks, and unfortunately no money either. But that's just the business I guess. People don't even care that you're in there working while they're out enjoying their wonderful holiday.
cellosoul:
yay! thanks for connecting. now i can keep up w/your journal, too. 
German born Marcus Nispel is one of the true visionaries of the commercial and video music world. Thats why I was surprised to see him directing the remake of 1974s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre with Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay producing. But after watching New Lines amazing 2-disc DVD set of the movie I got my answer. This remake is a true horror throwback to...
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missy:
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Ethan Hawke has been trying to shed his Gen X skin for years. With his roles in films like Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites and Before Sunrise, Hawke became the voice of his generation. This was by no means his intention but its something thats been attached to him for many years. With his recent success and Academy Award nomination for Training Day, his directorial...
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marksplatter:
seeing him in hamlet was awesome- i love that movie, he was perfect. i didnt know the bit about rio bravo. cool interivew!
mckenzie:
The things id do to this sexy man!
Mike Sager is definitely someone that I aspire to be. He gets to interview some of the coolest people in the world such as Jack Nicholson and Robert De Niro. But thats not what makes him the great writer that he is. Its his real reporting and stories about real people. A good chunk of those stories that have appeared over the years in Rolling...
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missy:
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Cabin Fever has just been released on DVD and now you can watch the skin peel off a hot girls legs in the privacy of your own home. When I first saw Cabin Fever I had only heard that it took place in a cabin in the middle of the woods, co-writer/director Eli Roth was a bit of a film geek and that Harry Knowles...
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natalie:
Cabin Fever is my favorite movie by far.
i dont even know where to start with reasons why.
im running out to get it right now.
~Natalie
i dont even know where to start with reasons why.
im running out to get it right now.
~Natalie
perec:
All I can say after seeing Hostel II is FUCK ELI ROTH. IN THE ASS. 'TIL IT BLEEDS.
What a piece of shit that movie was. Pretentious gore-slut hanging out with truly great directors like Takashi Miike.
What a piece of shit that movie was. Pretentious gore-slut hanging out with truly great directors like Takashi Miike.
So i'm up at 8:30 am on a Saturday/ What does that mean? Am i getting old. I'm only 29.
We had to miss a free play last night because my fiance got her hand licked by a dog getting onto the subway. shes allergic so she wasnt feeling too hot. i wanted to see the show its Yeardley Smith's one woman show & IT...
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We had to miss a free play last night because my fiance got her hand licked by a dog getting onto the subway. shes allergic so she wasnt feeling too hot. i wanted to see the show its Yeardley Smith's one woman show & IT...
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fred:
Your pic looks like "Artie" from the Howard Stern Show.
Your pic looks like "Artie" from the Howard Stern Show.
lemonkid:
That's weird.. the same random guy IMM'ed me awhile ago asking about George Wendt.. I tried to get rid of him, I don't know him, and eventually blocked him on AIM.
Now he's prob. mad going around telling people I sent him to you.
How very strange.
Now he's prob. mad going around telling people I sent him to you.
How very strange.
Whenever I read autobiographical comics I cant wait until the storyteller gets to the part where they have sex. Its always the most revealing and often interesting aspect because cartoonists have the most fucked up sex life. I think comic book creators Kelli Nelson and Robyn Chapman think the same thing and thats why they put together True Porn. Its a collection of almost 50...
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pirateclub:
Man, I was too busy at APE to go and find them. I totally wanted to submit something to this book too. And I have a good story, dammit. Oh, well. Maybe next time. Good interview.
tohidemyhurt:
very cool interview. how many of us have suffered a horrible art teacher along the path of our schooling? it almost seems an experience with an odd up-side. but anyway, will be spending some time today trying to track down this book. an interview with Joe Matt would also i imagine be very cool. --thanks man for the nice read.
Marty Beckerman has been called a morbid little bastard by the original gonzo bastard Hunter S. Thompson. Much of that bastardness can be attributed to the fact that Beckerman has just released the book, Generation S.L.U.T., through MTV Books.
Generation S.L.U.T. is a book that does its best to encapsulate modern teenagers' sex lives. Its a funny but also complex book that combines real statistics,...
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Generation S.L.U.T. is a book that does its best to encapsulate modern teenagers' sex lives. Its a funny but also complex book that combines real statistics,...
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pokes:
I'm inclined to agree with the last two comments. Much though I am relatively unfamiliar with Mr. Beckerman's work, I do share his general sentiments regarding my generation. And true may it be, as the_plebe pointed out, that he might just be my generation's answer to Douglas Coupland, and it might also be that he's deliberately exaggerating the extent of this shallow sexuality that has emerged as the dominant theme of our pop culture in an attempt to sell books, he does have many valid points that are far too seldom adressed. I do enjoy the fact that the people who immediately dismiss him as just another bubblehead, being contraversial for the sake of it, are often gen-Xers who have even less insight then the man they would attack.
stockula1:
Funniest Marty Beckerman article in the local paper was when he took a prostitute (there are about half a dozen brothels behind his old high school) to his senior prom. He wrote an article about that, the paper fucking ran it, even though that probably wasn't what the paper's editors had in mind when they started the teen-perspective section. He deserves props just for that.
Haven't read his book, not remotely interested in it.
But that doesn't matter because Beckerman is actually funny. That is important. Sure, his is a stupid "voice of his generation" book. Sure, he has nothing to actually say. But he's funny, and that counts for a lot. Even if he has to get it through shock like Howard Stern.
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Haven't read his book, not remotely interested in it.
But that doesn't matter because Beckerman is actually funny. That is important. Sure, his is a stupid "voice of his generation" book. Sure, he has nothing to actually say. But he's funny, and that counts for a lot. Even if he has to get it through shock like Howard Stern.
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Willem Dafoe is one of the best actors alive today. Hes always brilliant even in the worst films such as Speed 2 and The Shadow of the Vampire. Hes someone who can elevate even when hes given the best material such as in Affliction, Light Sleeper and Wild at Heart. He admits that segueing back and forth from commercial films, like Spider-Man to a non...
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_jordan_:
VoltairVermilion said:
Shadow of the Vampire is fucking briliiant. You are a moron epstein. Watch it on schwag even. Then watch Nosferatu with Black Sabbath.
Hey, show a little respect butthole.
bigwobbles:
What a great actor.... What an ass of a human 
Whats the hottest original cartoon on Cartoon Networks Adult Swim block? Why its Aqua Teen Hunger Force! The DVD of the first season was just released and now you can see Master Shake, the self-appointed leader who is a real asshole, Frylock who is the mysterious box of French fries and is the real brains behind the group and Meatwad the disgusting ball of meat...
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soft_shoulder:
Thousands of years ago!
ladylovelybrit:
Ooooh, I love master shake! My boyfriend and I quote this show back and forth all the time.
edited coz i forgot to put "take" in dere
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Anyway, I was just wondering how you're able to get access to so many people for your interviews. I'd like to do some more politically focused ones, but am not entirely sure where to start. I've also sent e-mails to a few firms that represent authors requesting interviews but have never gotten any responses back.