I screwed up last time. I meant to say Canadians and Scots spell it -whisky- and Americans and Irish spell it -whiskey.
I've never liked the non-e spelling and I hadn't really thought about why, but I think it's because "whisky" looks like an adjective saying something has the properties of a small egg-beating utensil. I try to align myself with things Scottish, but between that, and the fact that scotch seems mothbally to me, and haggis, well, I guess I don't go along with many Scottish things.
Is Kelly Macdonald Scottish? Cuz she's something I definitely like. And then all those authors... and Irn-Bru...
Okay, tell me the last 3 movies you saw, theater, DVD, tape, TV, I don't care. I'll start, obviously:
1) Driver's Seat- A bad/weird psychological "thriller" by Italian guys, with Elizabeth Taylor, and a cameo by Andy Warhol. 99% of the credits were Italian people. The whole movie revolved around a "secret ending" that I'd already known far in advance because anybody who ever had written about the movie gave it away. I felt horribly ripped off because of this. There's this really fucked-up guy who's always coming on to Liz; the very first time they meet, he's making grotesque mouth gestures at her, then proceeds to hit on her like Austin Powers on crack. He's like a British Lyle Waggoner, and perhaps the 2nd most annoying character I've ever seen in a movie (the 1st would be the shaggy-haired guy in Boondock Saints).
2) The Gleaners and I - This was a documentary by Agnes Varda from 2000 about people who pick fruit/veggies after the last harvest; the title word there basically translates to- post-harvest scavengers. But she moves from potato-pickers to apple- and grape-pickers... eventually encompassing urban dumpster-divers, street-furniture-collectors, post-farmers-market-pickers... the entire spectrum of people who live off of what others throw away. She also spends some of the film contemplating her old age. The last and best segment concerns a guy she sees eating fruit/veg straight off the sidewalk after farmers markets. She eventually profiles him. He lives in a Parisian shelter and teaches immigrants (mostly Africans) French for free every day, and since his only job was selling this journal-pamphlet he had to eat market leavings to survive.
The DVD version I had included a follow-up film she made about the experience. The fan mail she got, how it inspired some viewers, and how various poor or destitute people in the original film have made out. She finds the teacher again, and asks him what he thought of the movie; he says he liked it, but that she's in the movie too much, and her examinations of her aging are indulgent and unnecessary.
He's kinda right, except I love Agnes. She's one of those people who's narcissistic on camera in a good way.
There's so many great characters in the film: the alcoholic ex-truck-driver, the chef who picks his own herbs (saving over $100 a day for his restaurant), the two Parisians who scavenge and fix electronics (more to barter or for gifts than to actually make money), and most of all the guy who's employed yet has eaten from dumpsters and garbage for 10 years (did he ever get sick? Watch the movie and find out).
3) I dunno... I watched a few things at the same time. I'll just mention Women in Revolt cuz it has a few of my favorite women in it- Penny Arcade, Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling. To be fair, though, Jackie Curtis has a great deal of screen time and is kinda funny. It's sorta about women's liberation, and sorta about the static, empty, useless lives of a bunch of people with sexual hang-ups who might or might not be on heroin. 1 and a 1/2 thumbs up!
I've never liked the non-e spelling and I hadn't really thought about why, but I think it's because "whisky" looks like an adjective saying something has the properties of a small egg-beating utensil. I try to align myself with things Scottish, but between that, and the fact that scotch seems mothbally to me, and haggis, well, I guess I don't go along with many Scottish things.
Is Kelly Macdonald Scottish? Cuz she's something I definitely like. And then all those authors... and Irn-Bru...
Okay, tell me the last 3 movies you saw, theater, DVD, tape, TV, I don't care. I'll start, obviously:
1) Driver's Seat- A bad/weird psychological "thriller" by Italian guys, with Elizabeth Taylor, and a cameo by Andy Warhol. 99% of the credits were Italian people. The whole movie revolved around a "secret ending" that I'd already known far in advance because anybody who ever had written about the movie gave it away. I felt horribly ripped off because of this. There's this really fucked-up guy who's always coming on to Liz; the very first time they meet, he's making grotesque mouth gestures at her, then proceeds to hit on her like Austin Powers on crack. He's like a British Lyle Waggoner, and perhaps the 2nd most annoying character I've ever seen in a movie (the 1st would be the shaggy-haired guy in Boondock Saints).
2) The Gleaners and I - This was a documentary by Agnes Varda from 2000 about people who pick fruit/veggies after the last harvest; the title word there basically translates to- post-harvest scavengers. But she moves from potato-pickers to apple- and grape-pickers... eventually encompassing urban dumpster-divers, street-furniture-collectors, post-farmers-market-pickers... the entire spectrum of people who live off of what others throw away. She also spends some of the film contemplating her old age. The last and best segment concerns a guy she sees eating fruit/veg straight off the sidewalk after farmers markets. She eventually profiles him. He lives in a Parisian shelter and teaches immigrants (mostly Africans) French for free every day, and since his only job was selling this journal-pamphlet he had to eat market leavings to survive.
The DVD version I had included a follow-up film she made about the experience. The fan mail she got, how it inspired some viewers, and how various poor or destitute people in the original film have made out. She finds the teacher again, and asks him what he thought of the movie; he says he liked it, but that she's in the movie too much, and her examinations of her aging are indulgent and unnecessary.
He's kinda right, except I love Agnes. She's one of those people who's narcissistic on camera in a good way.
There's so many great characters in the film: the alcoholic ex-truck-driver, the chef who picks his own herbs (saving over $100 a day for his restaurant), the two Parisians who scavenge and fix electronics (more to barter or for gifts than to actually make money), and most of all the guy who's employed yet has eaten from dumpsters and garbage for 10 years (did he ever get sick? Watch the movie and find out).
3) I dunno... I watched a few things at the same time. I'll just mention Women in Revolt cuz it has a few of my favorite women in it- Penny Arcade, Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling. To be fair, though, Jackie Curtis has a great deal of screen time and is kinda funny. It's sorta about women's liberation, and sorta about the static, empty, useless lives of a bunch of people with sexual hang-ups who might or might not be on heroin. 1 and a 1/2 thumbs up!
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Manchurian gave me an icky feeling because it echoes the creepy voice in my head that says "yes, our government and politicians are capable of doing that and do"
USOFLF - loved it!!