Re: Clockwork Orange (was Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick)

1999-03-11 Thread Iain Noble

Tom Mohr wrote: 

Regarding "A Clockwork Orange", Iain Noble wrote:
 
 
 If I'm baffled by anything it's Tom's description of the film as
 'decadent' and 'appalling'. I think he's confusing depiction with
 approval. 

and 

 You might
 disapprove of what something shows or says but that doesn't mean
 it's bad art. 

I've tried before to articulate my disgust with this film, and I
usually end up pointing to another Chicago critic:

 A Clockwork Orange 
  Capsule by Dave Kehr 
  From the Chicago Reader

A very bad film--snide, barely competent, and overdrawn--that enjoys a
perennial popularity, perhaps because its
confused moral position appeals to the secret Nietzscheans within us.
It's a movie that Leopold and Loeb would
have loved, endorsing brutality in the name of nonconformism. At best,
Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film suggests an
Animal House with bogus intellectual trappings. But the trappings--the
rationalizations and spurious
arguments--are what make it genuinely irresponsible, genuinely
abhorrent. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick
Magee, and Michael Bates. 

A number of friends have told me to see "Silence of the Lambs", and
I've avoided it for the same reasons that I dislike
"Clockwork Orange".  I don't think you can make a good movie (or good
art) about serial killers who eat people or about
amoral rapists.


Which only goes to confirm my original objections. The use of the
term 'decadent' with reference to art (and Kubrick's films are art)
almost invariably articulates and conceals a moral or political
agenda while appearing to make an aesthetic judgement. The best
analysis of this I know is Wilde's preface to later editions of
'The Picture of Dorian Gray'.

As for 'I don't think you can make a good movie (or good
art) about serial killers who eat people or about
amoral rapists', my simple answer is of course you can. Art of all
kinds would be immeasurably poorer without various depictions and
analyses of appalling behaviour from Sophocles to Hitchcock. 

Your Chicago critic is simply wrong. Burgess' book is most
emphatically anti-Nietzschean, as a Catholic conservative he was
trying to demonstrate the crucial importance of morality and ethics
- exemplified by religion - as the very essence of social bonds, the
message of the book is that it cannot be replaced by either
repressive control or by technical fixes aimed at
'curing' the offender ('re-education' as they used to call it in
China). It may be that the film fails to carry this theme across
effectively (which may account for Burgess' dislike of it) but I
found it there. And I must agree to differ with your critic's
assessment of the film's technical merits too. And I never saw the
slightest hint of Kubrick's justifying the actions of the droogs. 

As for the comparison with 'Silence of the Lambs' this simply does
not work. This is a standard Hollywood pot-boiler (enriched by a
thick slice of overripe Welsh ham), perhaps you ought to see 'Red
Dragon' an earlier film about the first Hannibal Lecter novel with
Brian Cox as the good doctor which is rather better. The use of
music is good in that too. But neither can compare with the
slightest of Kubrick's work. 

--
Iain Noble 
Hound Dog Research, Survey and Social Research Consultancy, 
28A Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BA UK
Phone/fax: (+44) (0)114 267 1394 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 ---



Re: Clockwork Orange (was Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick)

1999-03-11 Thread Stevie Simkin



Iain Noble wrote lotsa sensible stuff and:

  perhaps you ought to see 'Red
 Dragon' an earlier film about the first Hannibal Lecter novel with
 Brian Cox as the good doctor which is rather better.

sorry, being nitpicky, but that movie was called "Manhunter", tho I believe
it was based on the novel red dragon.  And yes, I would agree it is in many
ways superior to ...Lambs.

As someone finally reaching the end of a coupla years' writing a book about
someone whose plays depict murderous Jews, the brutal torture of a
homosexual king, Catholic terrorists slaughtering innocent Protestants, and
a shepherd-turned-world conquerer who put Attila the Hun in the shade, I'd
have to agree that it is possible to create great art out of unpalatable
source material.

Stevie

(wasting time P2ing when I should be concentrating on the race between me
delivering my manuscript and my wife delivering our second child any day
now...)




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-10 Thread Danlee2

Stevie explained;
  And it remains unavailable legitmately.  And yes, Dan, our venerable
British
  Board of Film Classification has a pretty tight grip on video over here.
I'
 m expecting things to loosen up a little now that James Ferman (an expat
Yank!)
 
  has gone.  I hear that The Exorcist is finally getting a certificate.
That's
  one that Ferman thought was likely to have a disturbing effect on teenage
  girls, and consequently was refused a certificate.  He also has a bee in
his
  bonnet about drug abuse, and took his shears to scenes in Pulp Fiction and
  Trainspotting (on vid) as a consequence.  

  Good god; you guys should take his Yankee ass and boil it in the Tower
dungeon.  When I saw over there I actually took a tour of the London Dungeon,
whatwith all of the reenactments of boilings, draw-and-quarterings,
stretchings, etc etc.  It''ll plant all kinds of ideas in your head depending
on how many enemies you have in this world g.  
 Anyway, things aren't all that much better over here with all the
closings of independent video outlets and the effective banning of "Lolita"
and "Last Temptation of Christ" through sudden mysterious fire code-violations
and "Hollywood distribution fears", etc..  There's a lot of scared and small-
minded folk in this world.
   
   But I'm serious-you guys oughta just fry that so-called American
assmunch.  You have my permission.

dan bentele
 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-10 Thread Stevie Simkin



[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  Anyway, things aren't all that much better over here with all the
 closings of independent video outlets and the effective banning of "Lolita"
 and "Last Temptation of Christ" through sudden mysterious fire code-violations
 and "Hollywood distribution fears", etc..  There's a lot of scared and small-
 minded folk in this world.

Am I right in thinking that blockbuster have the monopoly over there, and that
they release their own edited versions of controversial videos?  Is there a
Christian as chairman of the board?  Or is all this vicious rumour?  Just
wondering.  Respond off-list, Dan, anyone, if you want to kill off this particular
off-topic topic.

Stevie





Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-10 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring

Blockbuster isn't a monopoly but they have a large share of the video
market.  Other chains such as West Coast and Tower seem to be viable,
and there are plenty of independent video stores in business, knock
wood.  When Wayne Huizenga (also the man who gutted the Florida Marlins
and fired Don Shula) ran Blockbuster, they did edit videos, and if I
remember correctly, they didn't distributed Last Temptation of Christ at
all.  Since he sold to Paramount/Viacom, I don't know if that still
happens; I haven't been inside a Blockbuster for years.

Carl Z.

Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 10-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by Stevie Simkin@interalpha 
 Am I right in thinking that blockbuster have the monopoly over there,
and that
 they release their own edited versions of controversial videos?  Is there a
 Christian as chairman of the board?  Or is all this vicious rumour?  Just
 wondering.  Respond off-list, Dan, anyone, if you want to kill off
this particul
 ar
 off-topic topic.
 



Clockwork Orange (was Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick)

1999-03-10 Thread TW Mohr


Regarding "A Clockwork Orange", Iain Noble wrote:
 
 
 If I'm baffled by anything it's Tom's description of the film as
 'decadent' and 'appalling'. I think he's confusing depiction with
 approval. 

and 

 You might
 disapprove of what something shows or says but that doesn't mean
 it's bad art. 

I've tried before to articulate my disgust with this film, and I
usually end up pointing to another Chicago critic:

 A Clockwork Orange 
  Capsule by Dave Kehr 
  From the Chicago Reader

A very bad film--snide, barely competent, and overdrawn--that enjoys a
perennial popularity, perhaps because its
confused moral position appeals to the secret Nietzscheans within us.
It's a movie that Leopold and Loeb would
have loved, endorsing brutality in the name of nonconformism. At best,
Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film suggests an
Animal House with bogus intellectual trappings. But the trappings--the
rationalizations and spurious
arguments--are what make it genuinely irresponsible, genuinely
abhorrent. With Malcolm McDowell, Patrick
Magee, and Michael Bates. 

A number of friends have told me to see "Silence of the Lambs", and
I've avoided it for the same reasons that I dislike
"Clockwork Orange".  I don't think you can make a good movie (or good
art) about serial killers who eat people or about
amoral rapists.

http://onfilm.chireader.com/MovieCaps/C/CL/02005_CLOCKWORK_ORANGE.html

-- 
Tom Mohr
at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

and when the office server is down: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-10 Thread William F. Silvers



lance davis wrote:

 Clockwork as appalling? Um, I think that was the point. (I also think it is
 cunningly funny, and generally not recognized as such, but that's a longer
 story). One of Kubrick's consistent themes was the pretensions, hypocrisies,
 and fragilities of those in power, and how these people create, quite often,
 miserable effects for those underneath them. In Paths of Glory it's the
 hypocrisies of the French and British armies. In Dr. Strangelove, it's the
 buffoons in the War Room. In Lolita, it's the manipulative and lecherous
 Humbert Humbert. In Clockwork, it's the notion that the State can "fix"
 those who are "broken."

True enough (don't remember Brits in PoG) and I agree. I'd add though that Tom's
shown pretty good taste on a bunch of things here and is one of those folks
whose posts I pay particular attention to. (Even if sometimes they're cool
Chicago shows I'll never see) I can cut him some slack on this matter of taste.

b.s.

n.p. Beck ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE



Re: Clockwork Orange (was Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick)

1999-03-10 Thread JKellySC1

In a message dated 3/10/99 11:02:32 AM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 At best,
 Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film suggests an
 Animal House with bogus intellectual trappings. But the trappings--the
 rationalizations and spurious
 arguments--are what make it genuinely irresponsible, genuinely
 abhorrent. 


There seems to be a bit of faulty logic here, comparing Clockwork to a film
made 8 or so years later. Wouldn't Animal House have had to precede Clockwork
in order for this analogy to be valid?

I think that the point of this film has been completely lost on the moralists
who can't see past the actions onscreen to the deeper meaning. The theme was
an 
anti-Behavior Modification statement, and Kubrick chose to express that theme
in the most graphic way he could think of. If you feel it was too much, well,
art is purely subjective, isn't it? If you were apalled, then he got his point
across.

Clockwork Orange is a masterpiece, and will always be one of the most
important films ever made.

Slim



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread stuart



Ian Durkacz wrote:

 ."Paths Of Glory" "was banned in France until relatively
 recently because of its unflattering depiction of the French army".
 Amazing.



As if!   French thread anyone?  Sorry, but theyre talking basketball on
Twangfest.

Which reminds me. Someone mentioned the Damnations appearing at
Twangfest.  Is this true?  Is the lineup set?

Stuart



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread Danlee2

 My brother - who's
  a year younger than me - was horrified by the movie.  "Quit laughing,
  Jon!  This isn't funny!  Nuclear war isn't funny!" 

   You gotta admit tho, Jon, *that* is brilliant.

bio-chemical war ain't funny either,
dan
n.p.  uhh..."Masters Of War", or something like that.




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread William F. Silvers



Ian Durkacz wrote:

  I'm thinking of "Paths Of Glory" with Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and
  the wonderful Adolphe Menjou.

 That is a fabulous and powerful film.

 As a related note, the obituary for Kubrick published here in
 yesterday's 'Guardian' newspaper here (see
 http://www.filmunlimited.co.uk/news/0308/kubrick1.html, and further
 links) mentions that that film "was banned in France until relatively
 recently because of its unflattering depiction of the French army".
 Amazing.

Well, maybe, maybe not. The French Army did experience a pretty general
mutiny in 1917, which the movie represents in miniature, and hundreds were
executed, either like those guys in "Paths Of Glory" or by the simpler
expedient of having them shelled much as the general attempts to do in the
film. It's understandable to me that this wasn't considered desirable
entertainment by the French censors.  Indeed, until the Vietnam War, I
wonder how many similar depictions of cowardice, treachery, and
malfeasance by commanders would have been seen by the US moviegoing
public?And Ian, BTW, was "A Clockwork Orange" in fact banned in the UK as
was reported here? "A Clockwork Orange" was my favorite movie for years,
and while I can understand why others have quite the opposite reaction, I
wondered why it was banned.

b.s.
n.p. Strawbs HALCYON DAYS




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread William F. Silvers



Ian Durkacz wrote:

 I'm thinking of "Paths Of Glory" with Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and
  the wonderful Adolphe Menjou.

 That is a fabulous and powerful film.

 As a related note, the obituary for Kubrick published here in
 yesterday's 'Guardian' newspaper here (see
 http://www.filmunlimited.co.uk/news/0308/kubrick1.html, and further
 links) mentions that that film "was banned in France until relatively
 recently because of its unflattering depiction of the French army".
 Amazing.

I noticed this from the URL you gave (thanks) regarding "A Clockwork
Orange"

 Does wayward human
 intelligence and instinct frighten Kubrick?
 That's what one feels in the very powerful
 Clockwork Orange, a film so disturbing or
 dangerous that Kubrick has had it banned
 in the one territory he controls - that of
 Britain.

Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing? Interesting?

b.s.





Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread jon_erik

William F. Silvers writes:

Do you know if was Kubrick's own doing? Interesting?

 My understanding is that the film inspired some rapes and other
crimes in Great Britain that seem to have unnerved Kubrick.  The film had
been on the British market for about a year when it was removed from
theatres at Kubrick's request.
--Jon Johnson
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Wollaston, Massachusetts



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread cwilson

 Stevie wrote:
 If you're wondering why all this is, it's worth bearing in mind that we had
19 years of an unbelievably repressive Tory government that even managed to 
outlaw the "promotion" of homosexuality as a legitimate lifestyle in 
education and cultural contexts.
 
 "This song promotes homosexuality/ It's in a pretended family 
 relationship/ With the other ones on this record/ And on the radio/ 
 And in the clubs and on the jukebox." - Mekons, "Empire of the 
 Senseless"
 
 I believe Tinky Winky,
 
 carl w.



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-09 Thread Iain Noble

 
Roger Ebert on "Clockwork Orange":

Kubrick's ``A Clockwork Orange'' (1971) starred Malcolm McDowell
as a violent lout in a fearsome world of the near future; its prophetic
 vision was so disturbing that the movie is banned in Britain to this
 day.

( http://www.suntimes.com/output/showcase/kub08i.html )

Tom Mohr on "Clockwork Orange":

Absolutely astonishing that Kubrick could, in three years, go from the
brilliant heights of "2001" to the decadent depths of "A Clockwork Orange."

An appalling movie.  Its appeal is utterly baffling.

--
Tom Mohr

First let's get it clear about 'Clockwork Orange'. The film was
withdrawn from circulation in this country by Kubrick himself after
several UK tabloids launched a moral panic about copy cat attacks
shortly after the film came out. It has never been banned by the
Board of Film Censors, or any other authority, over here and was,
indeed, approved for showing by them. In recent years Kubrick took
legal action on a number of occasions to stop public showing of
bootleg videos of the film in the UK. Just why he withdrew the film
and kept it withdrawn can only be a matter of speculation but my
take is that he simply didn't want the hassle of coping with our
gutter press. 

I'm one of the few people here who actually saw it in a cinema. I'd
read the book a few years earlier when I was learning Russian (the
argot spoken by the 'droogs' is based on Russian, Anthony Burgess
- a fellow Lancastrian - was a former teacher of Russian). Visiting
my parents in S London late in the summer of 1973 I was strolling
past the local Odeon and noticed a billing for the film (it was
palying there in some sort of unpublicised preview before the main
opening in the West End), so I went in. I had the great fortune to
take a seat next to a classic S London skinhead and seeing and
hearing his reactions gave me a whole new perspective.

If I'm baffled by anything it's Tom's description of the film as
'decadent' and 'appalling'. I think he's confusing depiction with
approval. Both the book and the film set out to depict appalling
behaviour which they see as the result of social decadence (the
book especially so, which is far more moralistic than the film - for
what it's worth Burgess hated the film). I have seen the film only
once but I remember an astonishing and powerful work of art (albeit
a flawed one), which epitomises Kubrick's ability to combine the
commercial with the artistic in a way few other directors have ever
managed (Hitchcock being the only consistently better). You might
disapprove of what something shows or says but that doesn't mean
it's bad art. On the other hand I found '2001' quite the least of
his work (along with 'Barry Lyndon') as it seems fundamentally
incoherent (not usually a fault of Kubrick) and have never been
able to understand the hippy mystic awe it is held in in some
quarters. 

I also used to know what the Russians were saying in '2001' as I
could speak the language at the time. But I've forgotten. I do
recall, however, it wasn't significant. 

--
Iain Noble 
Hound Dog Research, Survey and Social Research Consultancy, 
28A Collegiate Crescent Sheffield S10 2BA UK
Phone/fax: (+44) (0)114 267 1394 email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Lee Saloutos

 
 . Three P2ers, three classic films, three
 memorials. Who'll go for four?
 b.s.
 
 I'm Spartacus!...
 Honey, I'm home! ..
 h; that smarts!...
 Now close the pod bay doors, Hal.
 
 But you can't quote the lighting in Barry Lyndon.

You can't quote the lighting in "Full Metal Jacket" (esp the opening
boot camp sequence of Lee Ermey circling the barracks) or "The Shining"
(anything interior) or any of 2001 either.  I don't know how he did it,
but that hot (or is it cold?) flat light he achieved was very eerie in
all cases.  Same in the war room scenes in "Dr. Strangelove".

 
 Barry not Lyndon.
 
 We'll meet again.  Don't know where; don't know when.
 
 
 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread lance davis

My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late
50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow).  The dialogue was written by Jim
Thompson.  It's hilarious.  The heaviness of the later films would let
you forget that Kubrick had a hell of a sense of humor once.

Will Miner
Denver, CO

H . . . I wonder if Tarantino ever watched this one while trying to get
ideas for Reservoir Dogs? : )

Lance . . .



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring

Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 8-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by "lance davis"@simplecom. 
 H . . . I wonder if Tarantino ever watched this one while trying to get
 ideas for Reservoir Dogs

Yes.  Tarantino said as much when he was promoting Pulp Fiction.

Carl Z. 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Masonsod

In a message dated 3/8/99 3:37:45 PM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

 Yes.  Tarantino said as much when he was promoting Pulp Fiction.
 
 Carl Z. 
  
Pulp Fiction, now THAT'S the one with Slim Whitman, right?

Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Thomas W. Mohr

Roger Ebert on "Clockwork Orange":

Kubrick's ``A Clockwork Orange'' (1971) starred Malcolm McDowell
as a violent lout in a fearsome world of the near future; its prophetic
 vision was so disturbing that the movie is banned in Britain to this
 day.

( http://www.suntimes.com/output/showcase/kub08i.html )

Tom Mohr on "Clockwork Orange":

Absolutely astonishing that Kubrick could, in three years, go from the
brilliant heights of "2001" to the decadent depths of "A Clockwork Orange."

An appalling movie.  Its appeal is utterly baffling.

--
Tom Mohr
at the office: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
at the home: [EMAIL PROTECTED]


p.s. RIP Joe DiMaggio




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Bob Soron

At 10:07 PM -0500  on 3/7/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 OTOH, I've seen 2001 countless times, far more than 100
 certainly, last a restored widescreen print on the largest movie screen
 in Boston on my birthday. That film still never ceases to amaze me, and
 I still find stuff I've never seen before. 

Change all the pertinent info cited above appropriately and what you
got here
is a classic case of DeadHeaditis. Do you trade bootleg copies of 2001 with
your friends? When they screen the movie in your neighborhood do they have a
special section roped off for tapers? And how often do you shower?

No, Dark Star is the scifi film for Deadheads. I saw it once and dozed
off, though not as fast as Dr. Strangelove put me under.

Okay, enough already. 100 times? Wow.

But don't you wish you had some one piece of entertainment that had
that effect on you?


Baiting,
Bob




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-08 Thread Rob Russell


 My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late
 50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow).  The dialogue was written by Jim
 Thompson.  It's hilarious.  The heaviness of the later films would let
 you forget that Kubrick had a hell of a sense of humor once.

 H . . . I wonder if Tarantino ever watched this one while trying to get
 ideas for Reservoir Dogs? : )

"The Killing" is definitely a classic -- of late period film noir and
of the entire "heist" genre. Many elements of Tarantino's RD can be
traced to Kubrik's heist film, but RD is definitely not the only thief
in that regard!!!

RIP Stanley!

Np Also Sprach Zarathustra ...
___
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East Tennessee State University
Box 70602
Johnson City, TN  37614
Phone:  (423) 439-8438
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Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick (zero twang)

1999-03-08 Thread Stevie Simkin

I teach a module that looks at early modern revenge tragedy in relation to
violent cinema of the past 20-30 years.  Clockwork Orange constantly comes up
in debates.  A mate of mine finally got me a (French sub-titled) version in
Switzerland so that I can show some clips to my students.  Natural Born Killers
I have to show with, I dunno, Dutch subtitles I think it is.  I told my friend
Malcolm in LA that I had no access to Texas Chainsaw Massacre on video (tho it
recently had a limited re-release theatrically over here) and he said, 'banning
videos - what a quaint idea'.  It's a bloody weird country, Britain.  Did you
know that we still have a Queen, princes and princesses, dragons and fairy
godmothers, too?

Stevie

Thomas W. Mohr wrote:

 Tom Mohr on "Clockwork Orange":

 Absolutely astonishing that Kubrick could, in three years, go from the
 brilliant heights of "2001" to the decadent depths of "A Clockwork Orange."

 An appalling movie.  Its appeal is utterly baffling.





Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Masonsod

In his honor, tonite I will have a toast and recite as many lines as I can
remember from "Dr. Strangelove," especially Slim Pickens famous patriotic
speech to his men.

Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road (Ice cream, Mandrake? Children's ice cream?)



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread JKellySC1

In a message dated 3/7/99 7:15:50 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

 In his honor, tonite I will have a toast and recite as many lines as I can
 remember from "Dr. Strangelove," especially Slim Pickens famous patriotic
 speech to his men. 


And I will listen to Beethoven's 9th symphony and spend a little quality time
with me droogies.

Slim



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Bill Silvers

At 09:17 PM 3/7/1999 EST, Slim followed Mitch with:
In a message dated 3/7/99 7:15:50 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:

 In his honor, tonite I will have a toast and recite as many lines as I can
 remember from "Dr. Strangelove," especially Slim Pickens famous patriotic
 speech to his men. 


And I will listen to Beethoven's 9th symphony and spend a little quality time
with me droogies.

Slim

I'm thinking of "Paths Of Glory" with Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker and the
wonderful Adolphe Menjou. Three P2ers, three classic films, three
memorials. Who'll go for four?

b.s.


"The truth ain't always what we need, sometimes we need to hear a beautiful
lie." -Bill Lloyd




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread lance davis

"Wendy, gimme the bat. Wendy! I'm not gonna hurt ya . . . I'm just gonna
bash your fuckin' brains in!"

"Gentlemen, please! No fighting in the War Room."

Lance . . .

np--Singin' in the Rain









Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Barry Mazor

. Three P2ers, three classic films, three
memorials. Who'll go for four?
b.s.

I'm Spartacus!...
Honey, I'm home! ..
h; that smarts!...
Now close the pod bay doors, Hal.

But you can't quote the lighting in Barry Lyndon.

Barry not Lyndon.

We'll meet again.  Don't know where; don't know when.




Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Will Miner


My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late 
50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow).  The dialogue was written by Jim 
Thompson.  It's hilarious.  The heaviness of the later films would let 
you forget that Kubrick had a hell of a sense of humor once.


Will Miner
Denver, CO



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring

Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 7-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by Will [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 My favorite Kubrick movie is "The Killing," a film noir from the late 
 50s, I think (pre-Lolita anyhow).

1956.  It's Kubrick's best American film, taking place almost entirely
at a racetrack and featuring a splendid performance by Sterling Hayden. 
It's a great crime film but I'll take Dr. Strangelove for Peter
Sellers's 

Between George Jones's accident, Dusty Springfield succumbing to cancer,
Del Close (the mind behind Second City's best improv comedy over the
past 40 years) dying and now Kubrick, it's been an awful week for
accomplished artists.

Carl Z. 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring

My mailer is doing strange things

Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 7-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by Carl Abraham Zimring@and 
 I'll take Dr. Strangelove for Peter
 Sellers's 

ADD:
three great performances, and George C. Scott, and Slim Whitman.

Carl
checking for flouride in the water 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Masonsod

In a message dated 3/8/99 3:41:46 AM !!!First Boot!!!, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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 ADD:
 three great performances, and George C. Scott, and Slim Whitman.
 
 Carl
  

Uh, Carl, that's Slim Pickens.

Mitch Matthews
Gravel Train/Sunken Road (as for Laurence Olivier in "Sparticus;" Come, wash
my back!)



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Carl Abraham Zimring

Excerpts from internet.listserv.postcard2: 7-Mar-99 Re: RIP Stanley
Kubrick by [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 Uh, Carl, that's Slim Pickens.

Damned flouride.

Carl Z. 



Re: RIP Stanley Kubrick

1999-03-07 Thread Jamie Swedberg

 Uh, Carl, that's Slim Pickens.

Damned flouride.

Uh, Carl, that's "fluoride." See what it's done to you? ggg

--Jamie S., who just noticed that the "more rockabilly than thou" Kim Lenz
will be playing during SxSW. What with missing both her and Neko Case, my
husband is beginning to *seriously* regret not coming along.

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