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Charlie Kaufman
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Having rewatched "Being John Malklovich" - and, again, amazed, laughing, both outrageous and fresh - still, 20 years later. Excellent. And followed it with "Adaptation" - which I remembered only slightly, I still didn't enjoy it, appreciation would be more the word, yet a brighter film than most by a long-shot. The scenes where Charlie Kaufman is trying to write but the internal monologue keeps intruding, the screenwriters seminar, absolutely hilarious...and you can see how this attention to detail, the visual games, are leading him towards "Synecdoche, New York".
Ray Bradbury
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Books
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I found a couple of his in the thrift shop - "The Illustrated Man" and "The October Country", and as I hadn't read him since I was about 13 years old I picked them up and tried him again.
As a kid I loved him. And as an adult? I remembered the ends of the stories as I read them. The stories - the endings, especially, formulaic, occasionally predictable, twist endings, ironic, surprising (not often) - the plotting, the themes, that's not the main thing with him. 13 was the right age to fall under his spell for sure. But what's impressive is his use of adjectives, his evocations of mood, his descriptions, his intonation of charms, whispered, spoken, sung, the rhythm of his words, poetry almost, yet managing no meaning above the fantasies, images and moods he creates...
Surprisingly well written kids books I'd say, filled with imagination. But for adults, well...tastes change.
Whiplash
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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About a Mentor who in giving the sum of his life's knowledge and experience to an ungrateful protege, who in turn betrays him.
The Mentor then proceeds to run into him at a concert, forgives and gives him a second chance, which the protege takes to upstage him and steal the show.
I liked it, but anyone who argues "The Mentor" was abusive hasn't had the jobs I've had.
Liked it enough to watch her other movie, "La La Land", which was again - pretty damn good, the Bollywood styled song-and-dance married well with the subject, sort of this centuries "Moulin Rouge". Except a lot better written.
They're both fresh enough that if you want to see either you can search them out yourself and find them...
Jenny Hanivers
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Ideas & Questions
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In the same league as "Fiji Mermaids", a Jenny Haniver is a modified skate or ray that's been taxidermied to resemble a mermaid, dragon, etc...
Read More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Haniver
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