― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost yeah I like "chamber movies" too
― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:35 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:36 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:38 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:40 (seventeen years ago) link
Off topic: What is it called when in the middle of a novel, there's another smaller story that's related to the larger story but isn't the main focus of it? The only example I can think of is the one that prompted me to ask the question - in All the King's Men, Jack Burden tells the story of Cass Mastern, which is long and relevant but also a separate story as far as tone, time, place, etc. goes.
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:42 (seventeen years ago) link
― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
WHO'S AFRAID OF VA WOOLF?!!!!
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:46 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:47 (seventeen years ago) link
eric, would the guy sing? that could liven things up. maybe.
― JuliaA (JuliaA), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost - In Who's Afraid of VA Woolf, I'm locked in a room with four horrible people who are drunk and hilarious and awesome, so it's okay.
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Those Hal Hartley movies sound interesting, but if they're not on netflix then I will never see them. I put Amateur on my queue though.
― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
I wonder what it's called. Like the watch story in Pulp Fiction.
VA Woolf is the classic chamber drama.
Maybe he could sing, Julia. Maybe it'll be Nick Cave staring out an office window for 90 minutes.
― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Phonebooth had an interesting premise, poorly executed.
I have an interesting idea for a suspense film involving a portaledge and a multipitch aid climb on Baffin Island, called The Great and Secret Show.
― giboyojimbo (gbx), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― n/a (n/a), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:54 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
It's like picture-within-a-picture.
― JordanC (JordanC), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:56 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 21:58 (seventeen years ago) link
― n/a (n/a), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago) link
― horseshoe (horseshoe), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
i am also a former filmmaker!
― giboyojimbo (gbx), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
xpost - I can get you into office buildings.
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:01 (seventeen years ago) link
― n/a (n/a), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:03 (seventeen years ago) link
― n/a (n/a), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:04 (seventeen years ago) link
I used to write playlets like this all the time.
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― giboyojimbo (gbx), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:06 (seventeen years ago) link
― giboyojimbo (gbx), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:12 (seventeen years ago) link
― crunkleJ (crunkleJ), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
bland != banal
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:13 (seventeen years ago) link
But why does dialogue have to be banal to be real?
― Handgun O. Mendocino (pullapartgirl), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:15 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:19 (seventeen years ago) link
― Eazy (Eazy), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― danno martinez (danno martinez), Tuesday, 2 January 2007 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link