Have you read more than 6 of these books? The BBC believes most people will have read only 6 of the 100 books listed here.
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My completely bizarre DVD collection:
Moral Orel disc 1
Disney's Cinderella
Muqaddar ka Sikandar
Hum
Hera Pheri
Shikaar
Rammstein - Lichtspielhaus
Prancer
Cowboy Bebop disc 1
Art of Buster Keaton set
Blackadder set
Like Water for Chocolate
Gay Purr-ee
Mostly animation and foreign movies it seems.
Moral Orel disc 1
Disney's Cinderella
Muqaddar ka Sikandar
Hum
Hera Pheri
Shikaar
Rammstein - Lichtspielhaus
Prancer
Cowboy Bebop disc 1
Art of Buster Keaton set
Blackadder set
Like Water for Chocolate
Gay Purr-ee
Mostly animation and foreign movies it seems.
http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2010/11/john-cusack-as-edgar-allen-poe
Ugh, they are only about a half step away from actually coming up with that Benjamin Franklin movie I devised so as to make the most historically inaccurate movie ever. (It was about Benjamin Franklin being a shamed cop who winds up having to team up with Marie Antoinette to rescue her father King Arthur after he gets kidnapped by vampires.)
Ugh, they are only about a half step away from actually coming up with that Benjamin Franklin movie I devised so as to make the most historically inaccurate movie ever. (It was about Benjamin Franklin being a shamed cop who winds up having to team up with Marie Antoinette to rescue her father King Arthur after he gets kidnapped by vampires.)
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grayness:
Wait... substitute Shining Path guerrillas for vampires, and Warren Harding for King Arthur! 
tohidemyhurt:
sounds like it would fit nicely into the line up of the wb! 
but seriously, yours is a vehicle that would have room not only for the older 3 Kardashian sisters but Bruce Jenner and the mom as well.
but seriously, yours is a vehicle that would have room not only for the older 3 Kardashian sisters but Bruce Jenner and the mom as well.
Contemplating the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas:
Within the film, everyone, including Jack Skellington, appeared to believe prior to seeing him that Santa Claus ("Sandy Claws") was to be some kind of horrific Lovecraftian creature. This is probably why Jack believed it would be acceptable to send Lock, Shock and Barrel out to subdue him and bring him back. But, given this, why did Lock...
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Within the film, everyone, including Jack Skellington, appeared to believe prior to seeing him that Santa Claus ("Sandy Claws") was to be some kind of horrific Lovecraftian creature. This is probably why Jack believed it would be acceptable to send Lock, Shock and Barrel out to subdue him and bring him back. But, given this, why did Lock...
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My Theater Books, as follows:
La Commedia Inglese: English Plays of the Commedia dell'Arte
The only one in which I've personally written any of the plays, this book has 4 plays from 4 centuries of English commedia dell'arte.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Illustrated by me -- my personal favorite picture being the death of Bergetto. The 'whore' of the title is actually a...
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La Commedia Inglese: English Plays of the Commedia dell'Arte
The only one in which I've personally written any of the plays, this book has 4 plays from 4 centuries of English commedia dell'arte.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
Illustrated by me -- my personal favorite picture being the death of Bergetto. The 'whore' of the title is actually a...
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Two sets on the front page in a row that have been worth looking at! Wow! I hope this is indicative of a permanent shift, and we shan't be going back to the old "tattooed girl exposing her genitals by a lake" genre that has been the norm up till now.
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tireoghain:
Literally by a lake too. I'm kinda looking forward to this subscription expiring.
aristophanes:
They're always by a lake, or a swimming pool, or a bathtub. Where's the girl who'll strip down in a toxic waste dump or a yeast pond?
Well, well! A set I don't hate made it to the front page of SG. A sign of progress?
Tonight my sister threw a Depressing Movie Marathon, consisting of The Painted Veil, Dancer in the Dark, and Forest For The Trees; topped with The Three Amigos "so we don't kill ourselves." Dancer in the Dark was definitely the saddest of them, though Painted Veil did...
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Tonight my sister threw a Depressing Movie Marathon, consisting of The Painted Veil, Dancer in the Dark, and Forest For The Trees; topped with The Three Amigos "so we don't kill ourselves." Dancer in the Dark was definitely the saddest of them, though Painted Veil did...
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grayness:
Hmmm, I think I prefer to come by my depression naturally, or not at all. 
thebeliever:
At some point, Dancer in the Dark went from depressing to funny for me. That doesn't happen very often, but something about the fact that she's sentenced to death AND is going blind...Maybe I'm just sick.
Banned Books week was earlier in the month, but is it ever the wrong time for banned books?
Behold, The World of Banned Books. (With my own Fanny Hill right at the forefront.)
Behold, The World of Banned Books. (With my own Fanny Hill right at the forefront.)
grayness:
Promoting banned books is all very well and good until some fool decides to bust out the Necronomicon...
velvet_petal:
Excellent. That is a great position to be in. Good luck with the sales.
My sister, making the mistake of Facebook posting some kind of support for a local (to her, not even me) political cause, has set me all thinking. The cause in question was some kind of Anti-Bullying Legislation being proposed for Minnesota.
Unfortunately, I fear the recent "bully awareness" trend might just yield more stupidities of this nature. It sounds like it's a new Zero Tolerance...
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Unfortunately, I fear the recent "bully awareness" trend might just yield more stupidities of this nature. It sounds like it's a new Zero Tolerance...
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grayness:
You speak wisdom.
Or, at least, you agree with me on this kind of thing.
Or, at least, you agree with me on this kind of thing.
mark_plus_beer:
I would fail the 3 seashell test i think.
Watched Beetlejuice at a friend's house this evening (I guess technically last evening now -- I hear the railroad train gearing up for the morning outside.) I was a little kid when Beetlejuice came out and loved he film, and apparently was not alone as it was presumably for my ilk that the Beetlejuice cartoon was created.
One thing that bothered me about the cartoon...
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One thing that bothered me about the cartoon...
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grayness:
I guess, perhaps that it speaks to my immaturity, but I was *ahem* a bit older when the movie came out... and I still enjoyed the cartoon. I always viewed the movie and the cartoon as two completely separate realities, though- no continuity connection whatsoever, a parallel universe in which Lydia and Betelgeuse where somewhat different from the start, and the Maitlands never existed.
However, I like your take.
However, I like your take.
autumnfade:
I thought the 'head shrinker guy' in the waiting room was the end for him?
-crazy movie
-crazy movie
I've got to find a way to sell 14 copies of Marriage la Mode before it makes a profit. (I spent about $70 acquiring the 17th century sheet music which is there reprinted for -- as far as I know -- the first time.)
I've got to find a way to sell 10 copies of the Illustrated Fanny Hill before that one becomes profitable. (I...
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I've got to find a way to sell 10 copies of the Illustrated Fanny Hill before that one becomes profitable. (I...
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Business has been pretty good this week, so I was able to make use of a 40% discount at Borders and buy a Blackadder DVD set. (Interestingly, with tax the final price just about matched what Amazon's selling the thing for.)
I also got a free DVD of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. God knows how it came down to this, but I...
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I also got a free DVD of Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. God knows how it came down to this, but I...
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the_matt79:
They are making a version of it here, the trilogy of books which it is the first of have all been been made into films in Sweden where it was written, and so they are making Hollywood versions. If they do as well as the Swedish ones as far as taking the book and adapting it to the screen, well then they should have a hit.
Which reminds me wonder--why no Kurt Vonnegut on this list?