Terrence Rafferty on Chris Rock, Eric Rohmer
N.Y. Times contributor Terrence Rafferty on the sometimes unholy alliances between French Nouvelle Vague-ers and Hollywood filmmakers, the latest being Chris Rock's re-jiggering of Eric Rohmer's Chloe in the Afternoon in his new film, I Think I Love My Wife (which I riffed on a few ago).
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 11, 2007 at 9:25 AM
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NYCBusybody
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First.
Posted by NYCBusybody
at March 12, 2007 9:40 AM
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berg
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Notice in the CHRIS ROCK film how the firm is called PUPKIN & LANGFORD ... a direct reference to Scorsese's King of Comedy (rupert p & jerry l)
Posted by berg
at March 12, 2007 10:38 AM
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malibugigolo
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After seeing the classless Rock on Letterman say Richard Jeni if he was here would say "Go see my movie"
Even Letterman, whose misanthropic nature is coming out more often lately, was taken back from such a nauseating statement.
It reminds me of the Bukowski poem that went something like
When someone commits suicide,
everyone still around
asks who would not want to be around me?
I wonder....
Posted by malibugigolo
at March 12, 2007 10:27 PM
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Terry McCarty
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Malibugigolo wrote:
After seeing the classless Rock on Letterman say Richard Jeni if he was here would say "Go see my movie"
Even Letterman, whose misanthropic nature is coming out more often lately, was taken back from such a nauseating statement.
Wonder if there's a transcript somewhere? The article (assuming AP) that ran on AOL about Jeni's death mentioned that Jeni was one of Rock's writers on the Rock-hosted Academy Awards a couple of years back.
As to Letterman's misanthropic nature, assuming that he's still sitting in the chair to ward off Jon Stewart's likely succession as long as possible.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at March 13, 2007 12:52 AM