Monday, November 08, 2004
ebert: The movie, directed by Roger Michell, has been adapted by Joe Penhall from a novel by Ian McEwan; it begins with ethical issues and then gradually descends into thriller material. The character of Jed is nicely modulated by Rhys Ifans; in the early scenes, he's the kind of man you instinctively know you want to get away from, but you nod and are polite and agree in a perfunctory way to whatever they're saying, while edging away and hoping never to see them again. Such people take such small talk literally, and convince themselves you have made promises or, worse, sent them a coded message.
Sometimes I'm that guy. Or, in the fear that I'm that guy, I just end up avoiding people, perhaps people who didn't want to be avoided after all.
ebert writes some of the best prose in chicago. i love his last sentences:
How about just once, at the crucial moment, the killer gets squished under a ton of canned soup, and we never do find out who he was? saw, seen.
it was another gray day in which i didn't get out of bed. taught a friend how to view movie clips, outlined a screenplay with her. meanwhile my roommates are cleaning the refridgerator. last night we played monopoly.
man who folded himself department:
Note: Carruth wrote, directed and edited the movie, composed the score, and starred in it. The budget was reportedly around $7,000, but that was enough: The movie never looks cheap, because every shot looks as it must look. In a New York Times interview, Carruth said he filmed largely in his own garage, and at times he was no more sure what he was creating than his characters were. "Primer" won the award for best drama at Sundance 2004.
earlier, i was restless and bored, franticly avoiding anything like work. i'd read all the blogs i follow and some that i don't. then ebert to the rescue. i don't feel any need to actually go to those movies, I just like reading about them. in one day, he covers citizen kane, ray charles, jude law as michael caine's alfie, low budget sf, odd little movies that don't play in peoria, odd little movies with nicole kidman that will, and on and on until one steps away feeling full and it's gotten dark out.
i'm not going to the club tonight because i didn't do the chores i'd set myself.
so i'll stay in and read more dan quayle's standing firm - it's not an erotic thriller after all.
Sometimes I'm that guy. Or, in the fear that I'm that guy, I just end up avoiding people, perhaps people who didn't want to be avoided after all.
ebert writes some of the best prose in chicago. i love his last sentences:
How about just once, at the crucial moment, the killer gets squished under a ton of canned soup, and we never do find out who he was? saw, seen.
it was another gray day in which i didn't get out of bed. taught a friend how to view movie clips, outlined a screenplay with her. meanwhile my roommates are cleaning the refridgerator. last night we played monopoly.
man who folded himself department:
Note: Carruth wrote, directed and edited the movie, composed the score, and starred in it. The budget was reportedly around $7,000, but that was enough: The movie never looks cheap, because every shot looks as it must look. In a New York Times interview, Carruth said he filmed largely in his own garage, and at times he was no more sure what he was creating than his characters were. "Primer" won the award for best drama at Sundance 2004.
earlier, i was restless and bored, franticly avoiding anything like work. i'd read all the blogs i follow and some that i don't. then ebert to the rescue. i don't feel any need to actually go to those movies, I just like reading about them. in one day, he covers citizen kane, ray charles, jude law as michael caine's alfie, low budget sf, odd little movies that don't play in peoria, odd little movies with nicole kidman that will, and on and on until one steps away feeling full and it's gotten dark out.
i'm not going to the club tonight because i didn't do the chores i'd set myself.
so i'll stay in and read more dan quayle's standing firm - it's not an erotic thriller after all.
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