So I see that the new Bond film, Quantum of Solace, had the best opening of any Bond film ever, despite having the most whatchoo-talkin-bout-Willis title of any Bond film ever.…
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My Lovely Wife and I were watching the very nice Blu-ray of this tonight, and suddenly an apocryphal rock story came to mind. That being: one night in some anonymous…
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I hope nobody takes this personally or anything, but I've got to admit it: I'm not crazy about memes, or being tagged for them, or whatnot. Now I certainly do…
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The movie star, just one component of a small society: Jacqueline Bissett in Day For Night. The cult movie star, locus of irrational desire: Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep. Zeitgeist's upcoming,…
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From Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996. A near whip-pan across Maggie Cheung's hotel room before she goes on her midnight adventure. You might believe that I despise certain individuals on the…
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La nuit americaine, Francois Truffaut, 1973Inspired by a citation in a Kent Jones essay in the booklet for Zeitgeist's excellent new edition of Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep, I watched both…
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