Posted on 01/16/2005 11:20:44 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
If you want to see her at 14 watch...Michael Mann's Heat. :-) The way threads come together.
RE: "Mamet is critizing the dog-eat-dog aspects of the free market."
True, but I love it anyway. And who said that respecting the free market means that we can't criticize those who use it to abuse others? I guess I'm an anomaly amongst some people. Let me explain: Socialism is anathema to me; it is the enslavement of the working man to beurocrats in the central government and the abolishment of personal liberty as manifested by a person's choice to buy, sell, hire, and fire as they wish without censorship or punishment. I'm a strict believer in the capitalist system as the strongest, freest economic system yet devised by man, YET I often curse those who put their own greed ahead of the betterment of their employees (recent examples include Enron and that bastard Ken Lay, Martha Stewart, and the slick-willy-esque "legalspeak" of many insurance companies). Just because it's legal doesn't mean that it's anymore than a necessary evil sometimes (or the lesser of evils, as it were).
Besides, I do agree with the other basic message of Glengarry Glen Ross, that Life is indeed unfair, and that an essentially good man (like Shelly Levine) can become cast aside by society when he has outlived his purpose to those who put money above all else.
My problem is that I always feel I'm watching Kevin Spacey playing a role.
Mark
Portman is 23, and your daughter must be a serious looker
(Hey, YOU made the comparison, not me).
Glad to see there are several on this thread who appreciate Glengarry Glen Ross. Most people I know don't have a clue that it even exists. Like you, I watch it anytime I find it on the late night channels. It's depressing, but oddly satisfying at the same time -- the performances and intensity are that good.
It's funny that you should call Levine a good man. Jack Lemmon said he despised the character. He thought that Levine would have sold his daughter to get that sale he thought he had. One of the great things about the movie is that you can see how a salesman's tricks eventually lose their sparkle and become stale and ineffective as the salesman gets older...I think the inference is to be made that Al Pacino's Ricky Roma will be just like Levine later in life a once great salesman remembering the good years.
Get the DVD! It's a great 2 disc set and the movie looks and sounds great. It was a long wait for it too.
My niece. I don't have kids. And yeah, she is very cute. : )
I saw that SNL bit. It was a good one, and a great showcase for Spacey's Mattheau impersonation. Spacey can actually do a wealth of spot-on impersonations, and one of his best is Mattheau's old movie-buddy Jack Lemmon (RIP, both).
My favorite sketch, however, is still the tear-inducing, larger-than-life absurdist masterpiece that is the BOC Behind The Music sketch from 2000.
"I've got a fever, and the only prescription is more Cowbell!" -Christopher Walken
Well, maybe Shelley was a jerk like Roma in his past, and knowing a little more of his backstory helped Lemmon form his opinion of the character. Seeing only what is presented later in life though, Shelly didn't seem too bad a guy to me though (thoigh his work is inherantly sleazy). Maybe it was just the sympathy I felt for his kicked-around sad sack that made me like him, or maybe it was Lemmon's broken-man slump and world-weary delivery.
Either way, it was a great performance.
Signing off again, this time for the night.
Goodnight, and have a pleasant MLK holiday
tomorrow.
I love the independent film channels. Last night I watched "Sid and Nancy" again. I also like "Requiem for a Dream" even I feel sick in the pit of my stomach when I view it. However, I feel compelled to watch it. Kinda' like driving by a bad car wreck.
; ) (I hope I haven't ruined your impression of the great Ray Charles...I do agree with you that he was a master of his craft.)
You've ruined nothing. You've added to the back story.
Yeah, I loved both of those too...but Thief is still my fave.
I know exactly what you mean. The vintage Hitchcock films, too. And I CANNOT surf past My Big Fat Greek Wedding without watching it again.What an ensemble cast! Also Blade Runner and anything else with Rutger Hauer.
To be honest, I've been disappointed with most of Lee's output since Malcolm X. Clockers was very good,but it didn't "feel" like a Spike Lee film, and 25th Hour was interesting mainly for Norton's riveting performance than for Lee's direction. I think the loss of his cinematographer Ernest Dickerson might have something to do with my ennui; his movies just don't have that same look any more.
I thought 25th Hour was directed perfectly. The sense of melancholy. He certainly directed the actors well. And the cinematographer on 25th Hour..Rodrigo Prieto (or something) is regarded as one of the best around. He just did Oliver Stone's Alexander actually. Lee's 'Four Little Girls' is supposed to be real good. A documentary on the famous 1964 church bombing.
Talk about snobbery...pot calling the kettle black. IT'S A MOVIE. A MADE UP STORY.
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