Discland
edited by Jonathan Doyle
Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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Snack and Debate


Tyson director James Toback, Variety's Anne Thompson about 15 minutes after last night's Che screening -- Wednesday, 5.21.08, 11:38 pm. They were both foursquare against me on the film. Not enough drama and emotion, said Thompson, and not commercial. "In the States it's going to make about $5 million dollars," said Toback. Che is not any kind of huge box-office hit waiting to happen -- we all know that -- but for guys like me (i.e., "Sodernerds"), the film is glorious.

Complimentary snack bags, each containing a bland wonder-bread sandwich and a bottle of water -- provided by the Wild Bunch marketers (perhaps by the same genius who arranged for the missing transportation to last night's party!).
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 22, 2008 at 12:32 AM

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qwiggles [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

I'm a bit baffled by how the second major criticism I've read so far (after, "it's flat") is essentially "it's not going to make money, nah-nah." There's something awfully lazy there: I don't like it, and I suspect it'll do poorly, and so my reaction will be validated without my having to explain myself. Whew!

Anyway, I'm curious to see how the word develops, and especially curious to hear what you have to say in more detail, Jeff.

Posted by qwiggles [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 22, 2008 12:58 AM

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deadre [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

sorry to sound like a broken record but.......James Toback, perv supreme, would even know a commercial movie? His track record speaks for itself.

Posted by deadre [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 22, 2008 06:02 PM

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