This Is Going To Be So COOL!
I have just decided I must see the new movie called Brick. Why? Because it's film noir set in a high school! Because Joseph Gordon-Levitt is channeling Humphrey Bogart!
I loooooooooooove film noir. Such a source of great lines! Such style! Such characters! Such cinematography! Such twisting plots! Such memorable, colorful characters! Such dark cynicism (which normally I don't like....but these movies are so stylish about it!). At some point I must post about how much film noir kicks ass. Until then, check out all the movies I just linked to. Actually, you should also check out these modern films which have a touch of noir influence (although I'm guessing most of my readers have seen those).
Man oh man....I cannot wait to see this movie.
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On an unrelated note: Last night, I was at a home where this movie was filmed. You've probably never heard of it, but I sat down at the same fireplace where Christopher Walken sat (in a home of one of my professors) and that, my friends, is pretty damn cool.
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You may wonder why I linked to a bunch of films in this blog post without just naming them, thus forcing you to go to all the trouble of clicking on a link. Why would I do that? Well, as a great man once said, "I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul."
I loooooooooooove film noir. Such a source of great lines! Such style! Such characters! Such cinematography! Such twisting plots! Such memorable, colorful characters! Such dark cynicism (which normally I don't like....but these movies are so stylish about it!). At some point I must post about how much film noir kicks ass. Until then, check out all the movies I just linked to. Actually, you should also check out these modern films which have a touch of noir influence (although I'm guessing most of my readers have seen those).
Man oh man....I cannot wait to see this movie.
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On an unrelated note: Last night, I was at a home where this movie was filmed. You've probably never heard of it, but I sat down at the same fireplace where Christopher Walken sat (in a home of one of my professors) and that, my friends, is pretty damn cool.
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You may wonder why I linked to a bunch of films in this blog post without just naming them, thus forcing you to go to all the trouble of clicking on a link. Why would I do that? Well, as a great man once said, "I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul."
posted by Ben at
7:45 PM
2 Comments:
Joseph Gordon-Levitt channels Bogart, you channel Calvin. Brilliant!
If I didn't point out that you somehow missed "The Maltese Falcon" and "Chinatown". So, you somehow missed "The Maltese Falcon" and "Chinatown". Allow me to correct that.
I too want to see that movie. Sadly, it won't be playing anywhere near here. Reminds me of certain other movies I really want/wanted to see. I guess that's the problem when you live in the culture capital of Unculturedland (a.k.a. Texas, though it's beginning to look like Florida isn't far behind). Anyway, I'll stop rambling now.
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Mike, at 4/07/2006 8:52 PM
I meant to say, "I would be remiss if". Just in case that sentence doesn't make any sense.
No really, I'll shut up now.
By
Mike, at 4/07/2006 8:53 PM
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