Yeah but ballet is generally more boring than all those things. Except the Doors.
― Fig On A Plate Cart (Alex in SF), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:50 (fourteen years ago) link
Nope, liking ballet is sort of a given with that movie. Or liking a movie creating an inhabitable environment (i.e. summer squall during outdoor Chicago concert).
― queen frostine (Eric H.), Thursday, 25 February 2010 20:54 (fourteen years ago) link
y no Alex Trebek in this poll
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:06 (fourteen years ago) link
could someone explain to me what they like about the Company, cuz that one almost put me to sleep. guess it would've helped if I had even the tiniest interest in ballet, but that shouldn't be a prerequisite for enjoying a movie.
I don't really have much interest in ballet myself. I don't have anything against it, but it's not something that I actively engage with at all, generally. I just found The Company really beautiful. I mean, pretty much any interest I have in ballet was sparked by this movie (and from watching the dancers at the Joffrey practice from the windows of the Borders across the street). And I also have a thing for movies that focus on behind-the-scenes aspects of the creative process, so I enjoyed it a lot on that level, as well.
Anyway, Hoop Dreams is one of my favorite films and I could frankly give a shit about basketball, so...y'know.
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Thursday, 25 February 2010 21:46 (fourteen years ago) link
How remarkable, that you could like a film about a topic you have some degree of interest in!
― you live in a space battle homo cave (sic), Friday, 26 February 2010 00:37 (fourteen years ago) link
How remarkable, the lack of reading comprehension on display in this thread!
― SNEEZED GOING DOWN STEPS, PAIN WHEN PUTTING SOCKS ON (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 26 February 2010 00:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Monday, 1 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe next will be Best Actor in A Prairie Home Companion.
― can it compete with the wagon wheel (Eazy), Monday, 1 March 2010 02:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 2 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
i liked kansas city
― the archetypal ghetto hustler (history mayne), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 00:01 (fourteen years ago) link
Ironing for the win
― Fusty Moralizer (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 02:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Julianne Moore 6............................................................
..http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2009/10/21/1256147129805/Huey-Lewis-Fred-Ward-and--001.jpg
― secret smdh-i (Whiney G. Weingarten), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 06:31 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure frances mcdormand got robbed ITT, she even showed boobs.
i guess pubes>>>boobs?
― ✌.✰|ʘ‿ʘ|✰.✌ (Steve Shasta), Tuesday, 2 March 2010 06:34 (fourteen years ago) link
Rescreened first half of this. Lily Tomlin is FANTASTIC in every scene. Julianne Moore is adequate but I think the votes are from the ILX horndog crew afaict.
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:00 (thirteen years ago) link
is it ok if I give everyone who uses 'rescreened' shit?
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:02 (thirteen years ago) link
i'm paying tribute to YOU!
― _▂▅▇█▓▒░◕‿‿◕░▒▓█▇▅▂_ (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:07 (thirteen years ago) link
;)
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
I was about to ask if this was the one where Julianne Moore has the flip-out meltdown and then realized how many different films that could be referring to.
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uSTXn4H5jY (Stevie D), Thursday, 8 July 2010 16:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Buck Henry on shooting Short Cuts
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/two-views-of-robert-altman-short-cuts-the-player-buck-henry/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:10 (four years ago) link
Man, I had to wrack my brain for a sec trying to remember Buck Henry even being in this thing. I guess it's hard to stand out in scenes that feature a dead body and Lil Huey.
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:22 (four years ago) link
He has that great bit near the end where the photo hut mixes up his and RDJ's photos.
― a bevy of supermodels, musicians and Lena Dunham (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:26 (four years ago) link
Ohhhh yeah.
Far from my favorite of the lot but I've been mulling over another run through the Altmanography so perhaps it's time to give it another shot.
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:32 (four years ago) link
It's second tier Altman but I can imagine sitting down to watch it if I saw it on the teevee machine
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:33 (four years ago) link
Yeah, post-Player, my enthusiasm wanes until the home stretch (peaking, naturally, with a little Dr. T action).
― Pizza is Really Yummy for Me (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:40 (four years ago) link
Gosford Park is good
big chunks of his filmography are virtually unwatchable, but the high points (and there are a bunch of those too) are fantastic
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:44 (four years ago) link
The last three, imo, were a nice return to form. (Tanner on Tanner has its moments but it pales in comparison to its predecessor.)
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:47 (four years ago) link
The Company is terrible, but then I agree w Orson Welles that ballet is the worst artform
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:50 (four years ago) link
i am shedding second tiers over Alfred's opinion
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
Jack Lemmon's always getting tier-y eyed.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:52 (four years ago) link
a lot of the bits don't signify on their own, but I coulda watched three hours of Tom Waits and Lily Tomlin.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
xposts Or, otoh, The Company is pretty close to Altman's post-'70s best. Is what I think you meant to say.
― Dr. Teeth and the Women (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 20:55 (four years ago) link
a dead body and Lil Huey.
rubber Huey
― don't care didn't ask still clappin (sic), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
Baby Huey
― Hongro Hongro Hippies (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:01 (four years ago) link
Surprised I didn't vote in this, but maybe I couldn't settle on one person, there are so many really good performances.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 23:36 (four years ago) link
https://ktla.com/news/local-news/millions-of-fruit-flies-will-be-dumped-on-los-angeles/
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Saturday, 28 October 2023 03:23 (five months ago) link
xps Bruce Davison gave my favorite performance in this, and Lily Tomlin with Tom Waits was great. (Also Lili Taylor as her daughter was a great bit of casting.) I love Julianne Moore, but I have a mixed feelings about this role. It did help her career though - early on it felt like she was being pulled in two different directions, doing thankless roles for empty commercial work like Jurassic Park 2, Assassins and that Ivan Reitman alien movie (though she was great in the Hand that Rocks the Cradle and she was a good sport about the Fugitive) but after Short Cuts she went on to appear in Todd Haynes's Safe (for my money, the greatest work either did), Vanya on 42nd Street (the best performance in an excellent cast) and Boogie Nights.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 28 October 2023 04:37 (five months ago) link
Jurassic Park 2, Assassins and that Ivan Reitman alien movie
She made those after SC, or am I misreading you?
― hat trick of trashiness (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 October 2023 09:35 (five months ago) link