Emotional Arithmetic
Paolo Barzman's Emotional Arithmetic, a drama about three Holocaust survivors reuniting at a Canadian dinner party after 40 years apart, sounds moderately intriguing, especially with actors like Gabriel Byrne, Susan Sarandon, Max von Sydow and Christopher Plummer costarring. All the better that Emotional Arithmetic will be the closing night film at the Toronto Film Festival.
But talk about a title that will grab each and every low-thread-counter in each and every city across the globe and say to them, "Don't see this movie unless you know exactly what 'emotional arithmetic' might specifically mean. Clearly, the use of this title indicates that we ourselves don't know what it means, which is a way of saying the movie may be an art-house circle jerk. Lord knows, there is emotional arithmetic to be calculated when you order 99 cent cheesebugers at your local McDonalds -- it's a totally meaningless term."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 19, 2007 at 12:38 PM
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BurmaShave
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Can we just give Christopher Plummer every Oscar? Best Adaped Screenplay, Christopher Plummer, Best Animated Short, Christopher Plummer... is there a consistently working actor of his age with more dignity and skill?
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 19, 2007 2:05 PM
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BurmaShave
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Actually maybe Max Von Sydow. So they can share.
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 19, 2007 2:06 PM
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Ogami Itto
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How about "Another Fucking Holocaust Movie." Now that's a title that'll really grab 'em.
Posted by Ogami Itto
at July 19, 2007 2:44 PM
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BurmaShave
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Yes because it's really time to stop talking about it. I for one think the whole world has learned it's lesson. There are no threats on the horizon, and the Jewish people in particular are perfectly safe.
I'm also so fuck of reading about slavery! Why can't they make more movies about issues that still reverberate with us today, like the Eugenics Wars and how Kirk had to imprison Khan on a desert planet, or Frodo's quest to return the ring to the firey pits of Mordor? We're still feeling the effects of these events today.
Posted by BurmaShave
at July 19, 2007 3:08 PM
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hatchetface
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As long as we're listing them, what's up with the Japanese obsession over this bomb thing? If I hafta sit through another goddam instance of mushroom-cloud imagery in an anime flick, I'm gonna shoot my glorious, 47" flat-screen HD Toshiba in the fuckin' face. Get over it already guys!
Posted by hatchetface
at July 19, 2007 3:25 PM