…is probably not going to be sufficient. However, due to certain personal promises I’ve made, I am enjoined from saying much of anything about the latest intertubes kerfuffle that occurred over the weekend. Regular readers of this blog my infer that the whole thing fills my oversize being with raucous hilarity. Such an inference would not be far wrong. But, like I said. In any event, it might be a good idea to keep my powder dry until this week’s “Topics” column at The Auteurs’.
By the way, if you can name the film from which the above screen grab is taken, you too, may be qualified for membership in a professional organization!! You can learn more by…
Okay, I’ll stop.
FYI, I missed all this delight as it was happening due to my weekend vacation from computing devices, which, although you didn’t ask, couldn’t have gone better. My Lovely Wife and I met up with my fabulous in-laws in Colonial Williamsburg, where we enjoyed both relaxation and edification. I had peanut soup for the first time in about 40 years, and my, it was even more delicious than I remembered. Also, just so you know: The Lodge at Williamsburg has one of the best, if not the best, brunch buffets I’ve ever seen, and from San Francisco to Singapore to Cannes to Memphis, I’ve seen myself a few. Highly recommended!
Glad you had a nice weekend, Glenn. I’ve never heard of peanut soup, but it sounds utterly delectable. (Off to google for recipes…)
And I *know* I’ve seen that image before, but for the life of me, I can’t suss out the film.
Well, since no one else has brought it up, it’s from Un Chien Andalou, isn’t it?
Can’t wait to read this week’s Topics.
Un chien andalou, absolutely.
So, if we put them in a jar and shake it, will they fight?
I thought it was UN CHIEN ANDALOU, but then I realized it was one of the more Godardian shots from TRANSFORMERS 2.
Glad you had a nice weekend, Glenn!
Yes, it’s from “Chien.” All those who guessed correctly have my permission to apply for membership in the New York Film Critics’ Circle. Good luck!
((hangs head in cinephile shame))
Actually, that UN CHIEN ANDALOU shot was the sole inspiration for TORQUE. In case you didn’t know.
One day, when I was about 7, my local uhf station apparently found itself with a little extra time in the programming day. So someone had the bright idea to show a public domain print of UN CHIEN ANDALOU- literally in between episodes of STARBLAZERS and VOLTRON at 9 am. It made my brain hurt and I spent the next 13 years telling people about “this crazy thing about a guy with ants in his hands” until I finally saw it again in college.
Aw, man! You were in Williamsburg!? That’s only about an hour away from me! I could have, I don’t know, horned in on your good time, or something!
@bill: We’ll be back, for sure. That’s good to know!
@otherbill: That’s as hilarious as my apocryphal “Brute Force/The Egg And I” story: http://glennkenny.première.com/blog/urban_legends_of_cinema/
I so hope that BRUTE FORCE story is true. What a great Surrealist game!
Allow me to reprint my comment from that thread:
Sorry, Glenn, this is definitely a myth. Many years ago, TV GUIDE ran an article about how movies were edited to fit into finite time slots. At the end of the article, the writer jokingly speculated that it would be funny if someone cut from that scene to THE EGG AND I “and never go back to BRUTE FORCE!” It has apparently been embellished over the years.