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Off to a noon screening of Adam Resurrected, some filing and walk-around time for three or four hours, and then Quantum of Solace at 7 pm.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 12, 2008 at 9:40 AM

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actionman says ...

Schrader is raw.

Looking forward to your thoughts on Quantum.

Posted by actionman at November 12, 2008 9:54 AM

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buckzollo says ...

Goldblum is legit, and the visuals are very stylie. To say it is a marketing challenge is an understatement.

Posted by buckzollo at November 12, 2008 10:30 AM

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BurmaShave says ...

I'm glad Schrader's good-luck charm has become Willem Dafoe. LIGHT SLEEPER is a god-damned masterpiece.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 12, 2008 11:37 AM

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p.Vice says ...

What about Dafoe in Auto-Focus?

Posted by p.Vice at November 12, 2008 2:11 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Dafoe was awesome in AUTO-FOCUS, and that movie is very underrated.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 12, 2008 2:38 PM

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AndrewOwens says ...

I love Light Sleeper. Need to catch Auto Focus.

I really liked Quantum. Yeah, there's too little of the usual Bond charm and I would hate for the next film to be so bleak; and a little time to catch my breath between action sequences would have been nice; but I like the idea that a "Bond movie" is a versatile enough vehicle that it can incorporate a stripped down actioner like this as well as a more thoughtful film like Casino Royale. The opera scene was terrific, a clever idea that would have delighted Hitchcock.

That said, the finale? Lamest reason for a building to blow up ever.

Posted by AndrewOwens at November 12, 2008 3:12 PM

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CitizenKanedforChewingGum says ...

Careful, Andrew...the mention of James Bond and pyrotechnics in the same post just may cause actionman to blow a load in his patented Tony Scott-silhoutted-sex-against-blue-backdrop undies!

Posted by CitizenKanedforChewingGum at November 12, 2008 3:48 PM

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