Suicide Blonde
One look at this N.Y. Times story, which I just noticed on the newspaper stand at a Starbucks just south of Beverly Blvd. on La Cienega, and I immediately thought of M. Night Shyamalan's The Happening (20th Century Fox, 6.13.08), a spooker about a rash of inexplicable suicides caused by a natural disaster. Is Hillary losing in Wisconsin? Please, God...don't. Update: Whew....no, it's fine.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on February 19, 2008 at 5:48 PM
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D.Z.
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It's hard out there for a yuppie.
Posted by D.Z.
at February 19, 2008 6:08 PM
comment #2
lesterg
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It's a killer mood plant movie, don't give it too much credit.
Posted by lesterg
at February 19, 2008 6:34 PM
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AJW
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Nice write-up for Michael Clayton by a Yale Law graduate over at Slate:
http://www.slate.com/id/2184068/
Posted by AJW
at February 19, 2008 7:15 PM
comment #4
Chicago48
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Yes, Obama won Wisconsin. And Jeff, betw you and me, he needs to send Michele on a vacation. She's acting a little stressed out saying sh**YT that don't need to be said at this time of the campaign.
Posted by Chicago48
at February 19, 2008 7:19 PM
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raygo
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I had no idea Tony Gilroy wrote The Devil's Advocate ... the definition of guilty pleasure.
Posted by raygo
at February 19, 2008 8:08 PM
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actionman
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that's a great piece on Clayton, thanks for the link
loved the devil's advocate when i saw it in the theater in high school....and still love it to this day. it's not art, but it's lots of fun.
Posted by actionman
at February 19, 2008 8:31 PM
comment #7
source188
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Charlize Theron's glass-shard-to-the-neck suicide in Devil's Advocate was shocking....best thing about that movie was James Newton Howard's spooky awestruck, gothic score.
Posted by source188
at February 19, 2008 9:19 PM
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Dzayson
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Nope. The best thing about that movie was the irony of Al Pacino selling his soul (well, artistically) to the devil for a big money, scenery-chewing job. You certainly can't accuse Al of half-assing it. HE'S AN ABSENTEE LANDLOOOOORD!
Posted by Dzayson
at February 19, 2008 10:58 PM
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actionman
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I love the ending to The Devil's Advocate. Those last 15 minutes are loony funy.
Posted by actionman
at February 20, 2008 7:03 AM
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actionman
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meant to say loony fun. very tired this morning.
Posted by actionman
at February 20, 2008 7:52 AM
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nemo
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D.Z. takes a lot of abuse here. But you gotta admit that when he's not filling up the screen with 800-line screeds and point-by-point rebuttals, he does occasionally come up with some funny one-liners.
Like his "It's hard out there for a yuppie" line here. Or like his explanation on the Alec Baldwin thread about why so few women post here: "Probably doing something more useful with their lives."
Of course, nobody matches George Prager for consistency and sheer artistry in the one-line zinger department.
Posted by nemo
at February 20, 2008 8:34 AM
comment #12
Dave
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Jeff-- off-topic, or ON topic, depending on your mood:
Robert Samuelson on Obama:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/19/AR2008021902336.html?hpid=opinionsbox1
Hard to argue with. Actually, *impossible* to argue with.
Posted by Dave
at February 20, 2008 9:58 AM
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insidah
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Who wouldn't be bummed out. Our country's fighting a war no one feels good about. The news media is obsessed with violently empty vessells like Paris Hilton and Britney Spears. The economy sucks. How did it get like this?
Posted by insidah
at February 20, 2008 10:02 AM
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Monument
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"George Prager for consistency and sheer artistry in the one-line zinger department."
Consistency for damn sure, but artistry?
Posted by Monument
at February 20, 2008 11:04 AM
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Bocephus
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It's always been like that Insidah. The only difference is the violently empty vessels are less talented.
Posted by Bocephus
at February 20, 2008 11:50 AM
comment #16
oakling
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I love the term "violently empty." What a great description for the ravages of abuse/addiction we see under the media magnifying glass.
Posted by oakling
at February 20, 2008 12:21 PM
comment #17
BurmaShave
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Dave that Samuelson column is very easy to argue with actually, much less impossible. Raising the cap would begin to help fix it, as would means testing, which Obama is much more likely to contemplate than someone like Hillary who is now entirely beholden to the elderly.
Posted by BurmaShave
at February 21, 2008 1:10 AM