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This teaser slogan for Jonathan Parker's (Untitled) is straight out of Tom Wolfe's "The Painted Word," to wit: "Not 'seeing is believing,' you ninny, but 'believing is seeing,' for Modern Art has become completely literary: the paintings and other works exist only to illustrate the text."

I love that Corinth Fillns believes enough in people's interest in seeing a 61-year-old Vittorio DeSica classic in a modern-day movie theatre that will hit them up for $12 bucks plus popcorn and drinks. Seriously -- I really love this. This is basically New York City in a nutshell. You wouldn't see this ad in the Orlando Sentinel (or whatever the paper is called down there).

Angelika Film Center -- 121.6.09, 6:05 pm.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 6, 2009 at 3:30 PM

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Eloi Manning says ...

"You wouldn't see this ad in the Orlando Sentinel (or whatever the paper is called down there)."

Yeah, but there are about 250,000 people in Orlando and over 8 million in New York. Of course there are more niche events.

Posted by Eloi Manning at November 6, 2009 5:31 PM

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Josh Tate says ...

I think it's more towards Wallace Stevens' "Not Ideas About the Thing But The Thing Itself"

Posted by Josh Tate at November 6, 2009 6:47 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Insert furry joke here. http://www.aintitcool.com/node/43001
Amanda Peet on 2012.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/interviews/1500/amanda-peet-for-2012-
'Fox clip.
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2009/DEFGH/Fantastic-Mr.Fox/trailer.php
Courtesy of Dark Horizons:
Looks like Russell Hood's been skimming some of the loot for some cakes on the side.
http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-set-photos-from-ridley-scotts-robin.html
OMFG, Michelle Rodriguez is looking at the camera from a side angle!
http://marketsaw.blogspot.com/2009/10/exclusive-new-avatar-photo-michelle.html
Colin Farrell and Ed Harris still for The Way Back.
http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-140000/photos/detail/?cmediafile=19177679
Scream 4 teaser poster.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/afmnews.php?id=12652
Machete teaser poster.
http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=60616
RE 4 teaser poster.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/afmnews.php?id=12651
I wasn't aware that Michael Douglas and Matt Damon were attached to Soderberg's Liberace flick.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15612/news-shorts-november-6th-2009
Kick-Ass=Mystery Men for 2010?
http://movies.ign.com/articles/104/1042741p1.html
Snakes on a Medusa.
http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00028586.html
Not sure how you can make Ghost Rider 2 "darker", but whatever.
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15612/news-shorts-november-6th-2009
Single Man trailer.
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2009/STUVWXYZ/Single-Man,A/trailer.php
More Tyler Perry.
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2010/Why-Did-I-Get-Married-Too/trailer.php
Yellow Handkerchief trailer.
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2010/Yellow-Handkerchief,The/trailer.php

Posted by DeeZee at November 6, 2009 8:15 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Missed a few.
Creation poster.
http://www.impawards.com/2009/creation_ver2.html
It's Complicated poster.
http://www.impawards.com/2009/its_complicated_ver2.html

Posted by DeeZee at November 6, 2009 8:22 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Jesus Ed Harris is looking ridiculously old in that still.

Posted by BurmaShave at November 6, 2009 8:53 PM

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heybub1 says ...

I thought the correct title was "Bicycle Thieves".

Posted by heybub1 at November 6, 2009 9:45 PM

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Gordon27 says ...

I believe that "Bicycle Thieves" is the correct translation of the Italian title, yes. However, when it was released in America, 60 years ago, it was 'The Bicycle Thief', so I imagine the release is following that, figuring more people are familiar with that title than the one that is technically more correct.

Posted by Gordon27 at November 6, 2009 10:27 PM

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heybub1 says ...

Right -- I should have written "translation", not "title". I just figured once Criterion came out with the Bicycle THIEVES DVD a while back that there was no going back.

Posted by heybub1 at November 6, 2009 11:07 PM

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Terry McCarty says ...

If I were in NYC this weekend, I'd go see THE BICYCLE THIEF in a theater since I haven't yet seen it.

And then I'd be at the Garden on Sunday for Springsteen and the E Street Band performing THE RIVER in its entirety.

Posted by Terry McCarty at November 6, 2009 11:19 PM

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lazarus says ...

Hey Burma, if you're going to actually click on his links (which is bad enough), try not to comment on them and actually keep enabling this fucking troll.

Posted by lazarus at November 7, 2009 1:57 AM

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