Man Up
Yesterday's flight back to New York was for some reason less hellish than last week's flight to Los Angeles. But all wifi-free coach flights are hell. First-class with wifi is the way to go, but only people like Nikki Finke can afford that. People like me just have to grim up and fly coach and hunker down. Back on Manhattan pavement by 9 pm.
Watching Paths of Glory on my iPhone helped pass the time. Somewhat. The problem is that I've seen this 1957 Stanley Kubrick film so often that I've pretty much memorized the dialogue. "So you're making me the goat! The only entirely innocent man in this whole affair! The man you stabbed in the back, George, was a soldier."
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 25, 2009 at 6:35 AM
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hollyman
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have a safe trip back
Posted by hollyman
at June 25, 2009 7:03 AM
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Chase Kahn
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Probably one of the saddest, most hopeful and beautiful endings you're likely to see -- this and the final third of "Barry Lyndon" are the only times we've really seen Kubrick display any kind of sentiment in his films.
"Not sentimental, but sentiment" -- as Marty Scorsese says in 'A Life in Pictures'.
Posted by Chase Kahn
at June 25, 2009 7:05 AM
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Posted by flyerdu
at June 25, 2009 7:21 AM
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rr3333
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You should have watched 'Airport '75' on your Iphone instead.
Posted by rr3333
at June 25, 2009 7:49 AM
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MickTravisMcGee
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David Lynch would disagree that you actually watched a movie on your phone.
Posted by MickTravisMcGee
at June 25, 2009 8:46 AM
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larry braverman
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There's more to life than 'using' the Internet. "Grim up"? "Hunker down"? Jeez. And this coming from someone that flies all over the world to watch free movies. Crazy priorities man. Crazy.
Posted by larry braverman
at June 25, 2009 8:47 AM
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bagelfilm
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arriving in NY on July 13 - one day Brooklyn, one day Manhattan, one day Hamptons, 2 days Baltimore....and with very limited funds......any good places to eat cheaply which served as film locations?
Posted by bagelfilm
at June 25, 2009 9:22 AM
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buster keaton
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There's the Soup Nazi, made famous by the show Seinfeld
And a small cheese and antique shop called Maya Schaper, used in the movie You've Got Mail.
Of course, the Moondance Diner from Spiderman
And Katz's Delicatessen from When Harry Met Sally
Visit the NYC Visitors Bureau website for full details on Movie and TV Location Tour operators, or pick up the book The Worldwide Guide to Movie Locations or similar guides.
Posted by buster keaton
at June 25, 2009 10:09 AM
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nemo
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"But all wifi-free coach flights are hell."
Don't you ever read a book?
Posted by nemo
at June 25, 2009 10:09 AM
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buster keaton
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Bagelfilm -- While in Baltimore you must take the John Waters tour of the city's hotspots, which is conveniently laid out on the city's website http://baltimore.org/arts-and-culture/john-waters-baltimore/ that includes the restaurants Rocket to Venus and Sascha's 527.
Posted by buster keaton
at June 25, 2009 10:17 AM
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bluefugue
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I guess as we get used to things it becomes harder to live without them. I've never had internet access on a coach flight so I just take it for granted that you read a book, listen to some music, etc. Best case is to be sitting next to a good conversation partner, though engine noise can make it a bit tough to talk as easily as one would like.
Posted by bluefugue
at June 25, 2009 11:03 AM
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Terry McCarty
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rr3333 wrote:
You should have watched 'Airport '75' on your Iphone instead.
THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79 would have been better.
Posted by Terry McCarty
at June 25, 2009 12:41 PM
comment #13
Chester54
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Hey Jeff, fly Virgin.had inflight WiFi to.from DC last week. Even the plebes can get it. Costs, though.
Posted by Chester54
at June 25, 2009 1:34 PM
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Vinod
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You could probably take a lot of stuff from Paths of Glory when making a case for Kubrick's sense of humour:
Exhibit A
"The Anthill"
Exhibit B
Corporal Paris: See that cockroach? Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive. It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will. I'll be nothing, and it'll be alive.
[Ferol smashes the roach]
Private Ferol: Now you got the edge on him.
Exhibit C
Saint-Auban: How far did you advance?
Private Ferol: To about the middle of no man's land, sir.
Saint-Auban: Then what did you do?
Private Ferol: ...Well, I saw that me and Meyer, sir...
Saint-Auban: I didn't ask you what you saw. The court has no concern with your visual experiences.
Private Ferol: I went back, sir.
Saint-Auban: In other words, Private Ferol, you retreated.
Private Ferol: Yes, sir.
And so on....
Posted by Vinod
at June 25, 2009 11:11 PM
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