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Old 08-31-2015, 04:24 PM
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Okay, here's a few in no particular order.....

Away From Her (Canadian); The Station Agent; The Piano; Secretary (that one is really saucy); The Royal Tannenbaums; Little Miss Sunshine (favourite line: "Are we winners, or are we losers?!"; Beasts of the Southern Wild; Big Night; Fargo. God, there's so many great movies. I like all the David Lynch movies, and Wes Anderson's. 'Moon' was cool, if you are into sci fi. Any favourite genres? Or just something you feel like right now?
In your order (and I will watch the one's I haven't yet) Haven't seen 'The Station Agent', Have seen 'The Piano', okay but I thought it was a bit overrated; 'Secretary' very adventuresome!; 'Tannenbaums' excellent, Wes Anderson is sooo talented. Have you watched his 'Life Aquatic'? Haven't seen 'Beasts of the Wild'; 'Fargo' superb, as are all Coen Bros. movies; David Lynch is a creative genius, watched all his stuff.

Here's one for you, Miss Shabby: 'Jacob's Ladder'.

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Jen, aren't you suppose to attending to your Irishman instead of monitoring this thread?
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Old 08-31-2015, 04:41 PM
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Life Aquatic was awesome. Remember Bill Murray doing that subtle little dance in his wet suit? And I love it when Willem Defoe gets all sulky - hilarious. And that scene at the end when they find the fish....he gets the most incredible poignancy amidst the humour, eh? I loved Ben Stiller in the Tannenbaums. When he says simply at the end to his father "It's been a tough year, Dad". Sob. Remember the Dad saying "Let's 'swing by'...." the grave?! So funny. He really gets people in all their weakness and strength.

When I watched The Piano I was hopelessly infatuated with someone. I think that influenced me somewhat. Saw it on the big screen too, which was fantastic.

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Old 08-31-2015, 04:51 PM
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When I watched The Piano I was hopelessly infatuated with someone. I think that influenced me somewhat. Saw it on the big screen too, which was fantastic.
Kiwi Sam Neill?
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Old 08-31-2015, 04:52 PM
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Yes, he is a kiwi, if that's what you mean?
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:02 PM
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Hey, I just thought of another Campion movie you might like, being a literary buff....'Bright Star'. It's about the last 3 years of John Keats' life - exquisite.
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Yes, he is a kiwi, if that's what you mean?
Thank you for talking to me.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:07 PM
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I hope you realise I'm enjoying it?

I did see Jacob's Ladder on the big screen when it came out. It was pretty out there, if I remember rightly. Think I need to see that again. Was it about Vietnam vets getting addicted and then being really messed up when they got back? Or do I have the wrong movie?
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I hope you realise I'm enjoying it?

I did see Jacob's Ladder on the big screen when it came out. It was pretty out there, if I remember rightly. Think I need to see that again. Was it about Vietnam vets getting addicted and then being really messed up when they got back? Or do I have the wrong movie?
Enjoying what?

The mind f*ck* of Jacob's Ladder is that it wasn't about vets getting messed up, it was about dying and staring into the abyss.

I stare there, everyday.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:20 PM
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Enjoying talking to you :-)

Do you mean existential angst over death and not being a believer in anything?

Speaking of existential angst, we saw Woody Allen's 'Irrational Man' on the weekend. I'm not an Allen fan really, but there was nothing else on. Find him a bit sexist and everything seems to be about justifying running off with his step-daughter. It's not too bad though. Same old chestnuts from Allen, as you would expect. Some good stuff on philosophy. At one point it is referred to as "verbal masturbation", particularly in contrast with 'real life' issues, such as death, for example. I thought that was quite good :-)
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Enjoying talking to you :-)
Thank you.

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Do you mean existential angst over death and not being a believer in anything?
Yes.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:33 PM
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Ooooo...okay. They don't come any bigger and tougher than that :-/

Do you want me to try and persuade you otherwise? Or would that just be really annoying?
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Venecia: Hi, I'm Venecia. So I have this wonderful niece whose iPod is really old and ... babbles on for 1.5 minutes ... and so I was wondering --

Genius: Could I take a look at the old phone?

Venecia: Sure! I sure hope I didn't screw things up?

(Genius taps a couple of times on the old phone.)

12.27528 seconds (Swiss Timing)

Genius: There you go! It's all set.
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Do you want me to try and persuade you otherwise?
Wouldn't do much good, sweetie. I know how my life will end, it's just a matter of timing.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:42 PM
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That's depression talking.

You have to give this -- sobriety, Cymbalta, hope -- time to set in.
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I love it, Venecia. You sound about as competent as I am with technology.
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I should also add that at this very moment, I am eating the best tomatoes I've ever had.

Shabby and Frank, you should be film critics.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:52 PM
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Sounds like you and Hillary have something in common.
I can expound upon this in a PM. Best I not push the envelope of political discussion here on SR.
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Old 08-31-2015, 05:54 PM
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Frank, I will just say this. I went through several years of not believing in anything. My 'dark night of the soul'. It was truly terrifying. Now I do believe, and without going into the whys or wherefores, it is an evidence-based belief, or so I believe. Life doesn't end. There is simply too much evidence to the contrary. Why do I think I know this? Because millions of people have died, and have come back to report about it. They're not crazy, and they know the difference between reality and dreams or hallucinations. That's just the tip of the iceberg, but it was researching near-death experiences that did it for me. Just sayin'. I'll shut up now.
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Old 08-31-2015, 06:01 PM
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Frank, what are you going to do tomorrow?

There is, I think, good fear and bad fear. Good fear is vigilance. It forces us to think about what we'll do next to get through the hard stuff. Bad fear can be surrender to bad things ... planning for bad things. For people like us, we know what that is.

Our poor brains. We put them through such garbage. They need time. We need to give it to them.

A hug to you, Frank.
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