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<strong>Title:</strong> Alive<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1993<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Frank Marshall<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject, Rene Cardona's Survive! was a seedy little mess that delighted in exploiting the cannibalism aspect.) The events depicted are primarily based on the novel of the same name by Piers Paul Read. The interview-style prologue features an uncredited <a href="/players/P____44846/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Malkovich</a> as one of the survivors, whose spiritual ruminations on the disaster kick off the film's main action. We are briefly introduced to the characters before disaster strikes, in the film's most horrifying set-piece -- the depiction of the crash in grueling detail. The handful of survivors who manage to extricate themselves from the twisted wreckage seem incapable of working through their panic as they hope against all odds that a rescue party will locate them. One of the survivors, Nando (<a href="/players/P____31094/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Ethan Hawke</a>), awakens from a coma and makes a remarkable recovery -- enough to demonstrate level-headed leadership after team captain Antonio (<a href="/players/P____67081/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Vincent Spano</a>) begins to lose his nerve. As the weeks wear on and rations are depleted, the survivors are forced into a moral dilemma: the only remaining source of food seems to be the bodies of the dead. Those who choose for religious reasons not to consume their former companions must face the realization that they will soon starve or freeze to death. In the end, three men who choose survival above all else find the strength to set out on a treacherous mission to a ridge, where hopefully one of them will make it to civilization. Director <a href="/players/P___101400/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Frank Marshall</a> infuses the proceedings with sufficient intensity to keep the story moving, but the film fails to fully explore the often-recounted spiritual aspects of the ordeal as established in the opening monologue. Ironically, the writers' apparent attempts to remain true to Read's account of events -- resulting in some rather odd stretches of dialogue -- impede the drama even more than the Hollywood glamorization of the story's nominal "heroes," who remain rugged and handsome despite months of malnutrition and severe frostbite. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 47<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 17<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 17:49:27 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Alive</spout:Title><spout:Year>1993</spout:Year><spout:Director>Frank Marshall</spout:Director><spout:Plot>This is the first mainstream film to deal with the harrowing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team whose plane crashed in the Andes mountains in October of 1972 and who were forced to resort to cannibalism to survive more than two months of isolation. (The only other film to tackle the subject, Rene Cardona's Survive! was a seedy little mess that delighted in exploiting the cannibalism aspect.) The events depicted are primarily based on the novel of the same name by Piers Paul Read. The interview-style prologue features an uncredited &lt;a href="/players/P____44846/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;John Malkovich&lt;/a&gt; as one of the survivors, whose spiritual ruminations on the disaster kick off the film's main action. We are briefly introduced to the characters before disaster strikes, in the film's most horrifying set-piece -- the depiction of the crash in grueling detail. The handful of survivors who manage to extricate themselves from the twisted wreckage seem incapable of working through their panic as they hope against all odds that a rescue party will locate them. One of the survivors, Nando (&lt;a href="/players/P____31094/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Ethan Hawke&lt;/a&gt;), awakens from a coma and makes a remarkable recovery -- enough to demonstrate level-headed leadership after team captain Antonio (&lt;a href="/players/P____67081/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Vincent Spano&lt;/a&gt;) begins to lose his nerve. As the weeks wear on and rations are depleted, the survivors are forced into a moral dilemma: the only remaining source of food seems to be the bodies of the dead. Those who choose for religious reasons not to consume their former companions must face the realization that they will soon starve or freeze to death. In the end, three men who choose survival above all else find the strength to set out on a treacherous mission to a ridge, where hopefully one of them will make it to civilization. Director &lt;a href="/players/P___101400/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Frank Marshall&lt;/a&gt; infuses the proceedings with sufficient intensity to keep the story moving, but the film fails to fully explore the often-recounted spiritual aspects of the ordeal as established in the opening monologue. Ironically, the writers' apparent attempts to remain true to Read's account of events -- resulting in some rather odd stretches of dialogue -- impede the drama even more than the Hollywood glamorization of the story's nominal "heroes," who remain rugged and handsome despite months of malnutrition and severe frostbite. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>47</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>17</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>4</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23643bcw86.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Alive/878/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Thanksgiving Movie Marathon: 10 Cannibal Movies</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/11/25/37625.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23643bcw86.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/25/2008 2:01:13 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
When you gather with your loved ones this week, be sure to give extra thanks for that turkey or soy-based equivalent on which you’re about to dine. Times are hard, but for most of us, we’re still able to eat. Nevertheless, we need to prepare for the even tougher times that inevitably lay ahead. As countless movies attest, desperate times call for desperate measures at the dinner table. Like cannibalism.
The circumstances under which “eat or be eaten” becomes the rule vary widely. Plenty of films have taken on this ancient taboo; in fact, a search for the tag “cannibal” on Spout.com yields eleven pages of results. For your holiday viewing pleasure, I’ve narrowed the list down to ten.

Alive

Often the best cannibalism stories are the true ones. The tale of the Uruguayan rugby team that crash-landed in the Andes and eventually resorted to eating the dead is one that filmmakers can’t get enough of. Not only was it the source for 1993’s Alive, starring Ethan Hawke, the story was also told in a documentary that same year, Alive: 20 Years Later. Recently, there have been two more documentaries: an episode of the National Geographic show Trapped, and Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2008). I wonder what’s harder, surviving 72 days in the mountains with no food, or repeatedly being asked, “So, when did you decide to eat you friends?”
Soylent Green

Sure, putting this on the list is a spoiler. But if this movie hasn’t been ruined yet by The Simpsons or one of the many other references to soylent green’s mysterious ingredient, you’ve been living under a rock. While there are plenty of sci-fi movies that depict a future where desperation leads to cannibalism, Soylent Green is notable because the taboo is the act of a corporation, rather than a savage choice by an individual.
Eating Raoul (This clip is NSFW)
A gold standard for black comedies, this 1982 film follows the story of Paul and Mary, a married couple hard up for cash. While fending off a would-be rapist, they realize they can make a decent living killing unsuspecting swingers and taking their money. Raoul, a locksmith/burglar, finds out about their scheme, and wants in on the action. He helps them dispose of bodies, until his desire for Mary complicates the arrangement. If you want to know how it ends, um… read the title again.
Zombie Movies
It’s impossible to pick just one, when there are so many great flicks about brain-hungry walking dead. George Romero, godfather of all things zombie, must be mentioned. His first film, Night of the Living Dead, was the first zombie movie where the creatures wanted to eat the flesh of the living. Romero continues his Dead series of zombie apocalypse movies, along with countless imitators. BRAAAAAINS!!!
The Silence of the Lambs

Know what we need more of? Academy Award winning cannibal movies. There aren’t enough of them. This is a total classic. Anthony Hopkins holds two records: one, the shortest amount of screen time to ever win a best actor Oscar (16 minutes). And two, being the creepiest human being on the planet.
301/302
This Korean horror film is notable because it is centered only on female characters. Two women, neighbors in an apartment building, have very different ways of dealing with the travails of life. Their differences come to a head in a final scene that you should probably skip if you have a weak stomach. You’ve been warned.
C.H.U.D.

Another staple of obscure Simpsons references, the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. tells the story of “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers” who are eating the homeless in New York City. The C.H.U.D.’s, once homeless people themselves, were mutated by improper storage of nuclear waste, turning them into flesh-hungry beasts.
Delicatessen

Before Jean-Pierre Jeunet made Amelie, he made some dark and freaky movies. His first was Delicatessen. It’s a darkly comic post-apocalyptic tale about a small apartment building with a butcher shop on the ground floor. Meat is becoming scarce, and you know what that means. This film is actually a great companion piece to Amelie, because it shares the playful quality and fun cast of character with the later film. And people get eaten.
Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

As a young man, Tobias Schneebaum lived with the Harakambut people of Peru and the Asmat people of Indonesia, both cannibalistic tribes. In true “going native” style, he not only joined them in their wars against other tribes, he also partook or their unsavory meals. He returned in 1999 with a documentary crew, was reunited with his former lover, and confronted the scars of war and fear. Interesting bit of info: the Asmat tribe are suspected of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, but there is no proof. This was before Schneebaum arrived. But it would be pretty crazy if Schneebaum, a native New Yorker, ate one of his city’s elite. Hopefully a fictionalized version will come to the screen that’s not afraid to take some artistic license in this matter.
[minor spoiler alert]
The Road
This adaptation of the award-winning Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name was once my most highly anticipated 2008 release. Sigh. It is now my most highly anticipated 2009 release. The film version will star Viggo Mortensen as the father of a young boy, the two of whom struggle to traverse a burned, post-apocalyptic landscape. I understand that simply putting it on this list could be seen as a minor spoiler, so I won’t say anything else about it. We’ll have to wait a little while, but The Road offers hope that The Silence of the Lambs will no longer be alone as an Oscar-snagging tale dealing with the most taboo of food choices.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:01:13 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/25/2008 2:01:13 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>
When you gather with your loved ones this week, be sure to give extra thanks for that turkey or soy-based equivalent on which you’re about to dine. Times are hard, but for most of us, we’re still able to eat. Nevertheless, we need to prepare for the even tougher times that inevitably lay ahead. As countless movies attest, desperate times call for desperate measures at the dinner table. Like cannibalism.
The circumstances under which “eat or be eaten” becomes the rule vary widely. Plenty of films have taken on this ancient taboo; in fact, a search for the tag “cannibal” on Spout.com yields eleven pages of results. For your holiday viewing pleasure, I’ve narrowed the list down to ten.

Alive

Often the best cannibalism stories are the true ones. The tale of the Uruguayan rugby team that crash-landed in the Andes and eventually resorted to eating the dead is one that filmmakers can’t get enough of. Not only was it the source for 1993’s Alive, starring Ethan Hawke, the story was also told in a documentary that same year, Alive: 20 Years Later. Recently, there have been two more documentaries: an episode of the National Geographic show Trapped, and Stranded: I Have Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains (2008). I wonder what’s harder, surviving 72 days in the mountains with no food, or repeatedly being asked, “So, when did you decide to eat you friends?”
Soylent Green

Sure, putting this on the list is a spoiler. But if this movie hasn’t been ruined yet by The Simpsons or one of the many other references to soylent green’s mysterious ingredient, you’ve been living under a rock. While there are plenty of sci-fi movies that depict a future where desperation leads to cannibalism, Soylent Green is notable because the taboo is the act of a corporation, rather than a savage choice by an individual.
Eating Raoul (This clip is NSFW)
A gold standard for black comedies, this 1982 film follows the story of Paul and Mary, a married couple hard up for cash. While fending off a would-be rapist, they realize they can make a decent living killing unsuspecting swingers and taking their money. Raoul, a locksmith/burglar, finds out about their scheme, and wants in on the action. He helps them dispose of bodies, until his desire for Mary complicates the arrangement. If you want to know how it ends, um… read the title again.
Zombie Movies
It’s impossible to pick just one, when there are so many great flicks about brain-hungry walking dead. George Romero, godfather of all things zombie, must be mentioned. His first film, Night of the Living Dead, was the first zombie movie where the creatures wanted to eat the flesh of the living. Romero continues his Dead series of zombie apocalypse movies, along with countless imitators. BRAAAAAINS!!!
The Silence of the Lambs

Know what we need more of? Academy Award winning cannibal movies. There aren’t enough of them. This is a total classic. Anthony Hopkins holds two records: one, the shortest amount of screen time to ever win a best actor Oscar (16 minutes). And two, being the creepiest human being on the planet.
301/302
This Korean horror film is notable because it is centered only on female characters. Two women, neighbors in an apartment building, have very different ways of dealing with the travails of life. Their differences come to a head in a final scene that you should probably skip if you have a weak stomach. You’ve been warned.
C.H.U.D.

Another staple of obscure Simpsons references, the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. tells the story of “Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers” who are eating the homeless in New York City. The C.H.U.D.’s, once homeless people themselves, were mutated by improper storage of nuclear waste, turning them into flesh-hungry beasts.
Delicatessen

Before Jean-Pierre Jeunet made Amelie, he made some dark and freaky movies. His first was Delicatessen. It’s a darkly comic post-apocalyptic tale about a small apartment building with a butcher shop on the ground floor. Meat is becoming scarce, and you know what that means. This film is actually a great companion piece to Amelie, because it shares the playful quality and fun cast of character with the later film. And people get eaten.
Keep The River On Your Right: A Modern Cannibal Tale

As a young man, Tobias Schneebaum lived with the Harakambut people of Peru and the Asmat people of Indonesia, both cannibalistic tribes. In true “going native” style, he not only joined them in their wars against other tribes, he also partook or their unsavory meals. He returned in 1999 with a documentary crew, was reunited with his former lover, and confronted the scars of war and fear. Interesting bit of info: the Asmat tribe are suspected of killing and eating Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller, but there is no proof. This was before Schneebaum arrived. But it would be pretty crazy if Schneebaum, a native New Yorker, ate one of his city’s elite. Hopefully a fictionalized version will come to the screen that’s not afraid to take some artistic license in this matter.
[minor spoiler alert]
The Road
This adaptation of the award-winning Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name was once my most highly anticipated 2008 release. Sigh. It is now my most highly anticipated 2009 release. The film version will star Viggo Mortensen as the father of a young boy, the two of whom struggle to traverse a burned, post-apocalyptic landscape. I understand that simply putting it on this list could be seen as a minor spoiler, so I won’t say anything else about it. We’ll have to wait a little while, but The Road offers hope that The Silence of the Lambs will no longer be alone as an Oscar-snagging tale dealing with the most taboo of food choices.
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      <title>Spout Post: Sundance 2008: Stranded</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/1/20/24112.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23643bcw86.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/19702/default.aspx'>Karina</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/default.aspx'>Karina on SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/20/2008 3:01:14 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
Note: I’ve seen four notable documentaries over the past two days, all of which are competing here for jury prizes: The Order of Myths, The Recruit, Bigger Stronger Faster, and Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains. In the interest of time and brevity, I’m going to file short posts on each today, but I may revisit a least one or two of these after more thought and possibly additional viewings. ??
Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Dubbed by festival shorthand “the cannibal plane crash doc,” it’s a 113-minute oral history of the infamous crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was previously dramatized in the 1993 Ethan Hawke film, Alive. The surviving survivors give incredibly articulate, revealing, and comprehensive testimony on their ten weeks on that mountain, some (all?) from the site of the crash, but let’s not kid ourselves: this is a film about hearing (and, more affectingly, watching) people explain what it felt like to save their own lives by eating their friends. Filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon understands this maybe too well, and the film’s length??????excessive by all accounts??????could be reduced somewhat if he were to let go of some of the survivors’ verbal attempts at justification.
And yet, there are breathtaking moments padded around the somewhat redundant justifications, often when the camera holds on a subject’s face after a recollection. They stare straight ahead, frozen, dazed, as if shocked at their own memories.?? There’s nothing about this story or the way it’s told that would make any viewer feel anything but sympathy for their ordeal, and certainly, this is a case where asking us to take a second to contemplate the image of someone saying “I didn’t want to do it, but I had to” has far greater impact than the words themselves. Those shots, of an eye twitching almost imperceptibly while a survivor recovers from an admission, tell us everything we need to know.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina<br/>
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Note: I’ve seen four notable documentaries over the past two days, all of which are competing here for jury prizes: The Order of Myths, The Recruit, Bigger Stronger Faster, and Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains. In the interest of time and brevity, I’m going to file short posts on each today, but I may revisit a least one or two of these after more thought and possibly additional viewings. ??
Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Dubbed by festival shorthand “the cannibal plane crash doc,” it’s a 113-minute oral history of the infamous crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was previously dramatized in the 1993 Ethan Hawke film, Alive. The surviving survivors give incredibly articulate, revealing, and comprehensive testimony on their ten weeks on that mountain, some (all?) from the site of the crash, but let’s not kid ourselves: this is a film about hearing (and, more affectingly, watching) people explain what it felt like to save their own lives by eating their friends. Filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon understands this maybe too well, and the film’s length??????excessive by all accounts??????could be reduced somewhat if he were to let go of some of the survivors’ verbal attempts at justification.
And yet, there are breathtaking moments padded around the somewhat redundant justifications, often when the camera holds on a subject’s face after a recollection. They stare straight ahead, frozen, dazed, as if shocked at their own memories.?? There’s nothing about this story or the way it’s told that would make any viewer feel anything but sympathy for their ordeal, and certainly, this is a case where asking us to take a second to contemplate the image of someone saying “I didn’t want to do it, but I had to” has far greater impact than the words themselves. Those shots, of an eye twitching almost imperceptibly while a survivor recovers from an admission, tell us everything we need to know.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Sundance 2008: Stranded</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/1/20/24111.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23643bcw86.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
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<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/20/2008 3:01:05 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> 
Note: I’ve seen four notable documentaries over the past two days, all of which are competing here for jury prizes: The Order of Myths, The Recruit, Bigger Stronger Faster, and Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains. In the interest of time and brevity, I’m going to file short posts on each today, but I may revisit a least one or two of these after more thought and possibly additional viewings. ??
Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Dubbed by festival shorthand “the cannibal plane crash doc,” it’s a 113-minute oral history of the infamous crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was previously dramatized in the 1993 Ethan Hawke film, Alive. The surviving survivors give incredibly articulate, revealing, and comprehensive testimony on their ten weeks on that mountain, some (all?) from the site of the crash, but let’s not kid ourselves: this is a film about hearing (and, more affectingly, watching) people explain what it felt like to save their own lives by eating their friends. Filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon understands this maybe too well, and the film’s length??????excessive by all accounts??????could be reduced somewhat if he were to let go of some of the survivors’ verbal attempts at justification.
And yet, there are breathtaking moments padded around the somewhat redundant justifications, often when the camera holds on a subject’s face after a recollection. They stare straight ahead, frozen, dazed, as if shocked at their own memories.?? There’s nothing about this story or the way it’s told that would make any viewer feel anything but sympathy for their ordeal, and certainly, this is a case where asking us to take a second to contemplate the image of someone saying “I didn’t want to do it, but I had to” has far greater impact than the words themselves. Those shots, of an eye twitching almost imperceptibly while a survivor recovers from an admission, tell us everything we need to know.
 Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Jan 2008 20:01:05 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/20/2008 3:01:05 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>
Note: I’ve seen four notable documentaries over the past two days, all of which are competing here for jury prizes: The Order of Myths, The Recruit, Bigger Stronger Faster, and Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains. In the interest of time and brevity, I’m going to file short posts on each today, but I may revisit a least one or two of these after more thought and possibly additional viewings. ??
Stranded: I’ve Come From a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Dubbed by festival shorthand “the cannibal plane crash doc,” it’s a 113-minute oral history of the infamous crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which was previously dramatized in the 1993 Ethan Hawke film, Alive. The surviving survivors give incredibly articulate, revealing, and comprehensive testimony on their ten weeks on that mountain, some (all?) from the site of the crash, but let’s not kid ourselves: this is a film about hearing (and, more affectingly, watching) people explain what it felt like to save their own lives by eating their friends. Filmmaker Gonzalo Arijon understands this maybe too well, and the film’s length??????excessive by all accounts??????could be reduced somewhat if he were to let go of some of the survivors’ verbal attempts at justification.
And yet, there are breathtaking moments padded around the somewhat redundant justifications, often when the camera holds on a subject’s face after a recollection. They stare straight ahead, frozen, dazed, as if shocked at their own memories.?? There’s nothing about this story or the way it’s told that would make any viewer feel anything but sympathy for their ordeal, and certainly, this is a case where asking us to take a second to contemplate the image of someone saying “I didn’t want to do it, but I had to” has far greater impact than the words themselves. Those shots, of an eye twitching almost imperceptibly while a survivor recovers from an admission, tell us everything we need to know.
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      <title>Spout Post: first spout</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/fabellina/archive/2007/6/21/11620.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t23643bcw86.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/51627/default.aspx'>fabellina</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/fabellina/default.aspx'>faster pussycat...</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/21/2007 7:10:00 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> A new site, a shiny new blog and a  steep learning curve on how to use spout. I&#39;m a bit baffled by some of the moves, it took me a while to suss out how to get films onto some of my lists, but not all of them show up when I want to add something. Why is this? Have I created too many lists? It&#39;s a bit daunting because obviously the ones I&#39;m adding at the moment are sub categories, but I can&#39;t add them onto the Movies I&#39;ve Seen. And obviously I&#39;ve seen them or I wouldn&#39;t be listing them. So I thought perhaps they would add in automatically but no luck so far. Still I haven&#39;t been here long so maybe I need to look around a bit more.The thought of looking up every movie I&#39;ve seen is just too daunting, does everyone do that? Yikes alive. Also it&#39;s a bit odd to add someone to my contacts list without actually asking them in an invite. I guess the best way forward with that would be to message them first? And it&#39;s not very easy to see how to join a group - I eventually got something but still have no idea whether that went through or not.And isn&#39;t it awful trying to decide where to put what? I started with my favourite disaster movies and it&#39;s great to have other movies flagged up that are similar, but I&#39;m not really sure I should have added in Alive. OK it was a disaster, but when talking about &#39;disaster&#39; movies I tend to think of those wonderful cheesy over the top movies of the 70&#39;s, with the big star casts all making fools of themselves, and Alive doesn&#39;t really fall into that category. I need to rethink a little bit, maybe delete some lists and start again. Already!   It&#39;s  the shelfari tag cloud agony all over again! <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:10:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>fabellina</spout:postby><spout:postto>faster pussycat...</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/21/2007 7:10:00 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>A new site, a shiny new blog and a  steep learning curve on how to use spout. I&amp;#39;m a bit baffled by some of the moves, it took me a while to suss out how to get films onto some of my lists, but not all of them show up when I want to add something. Why is this? Have I created too many lists? It&amp;#39;s a bit daunting because obviously the ones I&amp;#39;m adding at the moment are sub categories, but I can&amp;#39;t add them onto the Movies I&amp;#39;ve Seen. And obviously I&amp;#39;ve seen them or I wouldn&amp;#39;t be listing them. So I thought perhaps they would add in automatically but no luck so far. Still I haven&amp;#39;t been here long so maybe I need to look around a bit more.The thought of looking up every movie I&amp;#39;ve seen is just too daunting, does everyone do that? Yikes alive. Also it&amp;#39;s a bit odd to add someone to my contacts list without actually asking them in an invite. I guess the best way forward with that would be to message them first? And it&amp;#39;s not very easy to see how to join a group - I eventually got something but still have no idea whether that went through or not.And isn&amp;#39;t it awful trying to decide where to put what? I started with my favourite disaster movies and it&amp;#39;s great to have other movies flagged up that are similar, but I&amp;#39;m not really sure I should have added in Alive. OK it was a disaster, but when talking about &amp;#39;disaster&amp;#39; movies I tend to think of those wonderful cheesy over the top movies of the 70&amp;#39;s, with the big star casts all making fools of themselves, and Alive doesn&amp;#39;t really fall into that category. I need to rethink a little bit, maybe delete some lists and start again. Already!   It&amp;#39;s  the shelfari tag cloud agony all over again! </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:Loved-It</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Loved-It/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/Loved-It/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>Loved-It</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 509</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 179</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 921</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:death</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/death/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/death/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>death</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 4306</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 140</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 526</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:action</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/action/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/action/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>action</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 317</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 111</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 458</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:drama</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/drama/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/drama/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>drama</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 525</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 102</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 624</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:adventure</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/adventure/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/adventure/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>adventure</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 227</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 95</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 367</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:34:17 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>227</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>95</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>367</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:thriller</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/thriller/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/thriller/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>thriller</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 199</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 74</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 244</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:33:53 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>199</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>74</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>244</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:history</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/history/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/history/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>history</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 998</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 48</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 155</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:survival</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/survival/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/survival/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>survival</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 67</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 48</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 98</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:43:56 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>67</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>48</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>98</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:based-on-a-book</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/based-on-a-book/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/based-on-a-book/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>based-on-a-book</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 173</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 37</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 278</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:52:06 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>173</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>37</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>278</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:snow</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/snow/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/snow/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>snow</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 149</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 34</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 61</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:51:01 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>149</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>34</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>61</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:rescue</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/rescue/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/rescue/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>rescue</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 4080</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 31</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 142</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:cannibal</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/cannibal/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/cannibal/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>cannibal</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 273</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 28</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 38</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:20:45 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>273</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>28</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>38</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:cannibalism</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/cannibalism/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/cannibalism/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>cannibalism</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 18</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 20</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 24</br><br/>
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      <title>Spout Tag:airplane</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/airplane/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/airplane/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>airplane</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 429</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 19</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 41</br><br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:43:45 GMT</pubDate><spout:numFilms>429</spout:numFilms><spout:numPeople>19</spout:numPeople><spout:timesUsed>41</spout:timesUsed><spout:type>Tag</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Tag:crash</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/crash/MemberTagFilms.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div style='display:block;height:120px;width:400px;font:10px/10px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'><a href='/members/0/tags/crash/MemberTagFilms.aspx'>crash</a>
<strong><br/> Number of films tagged:</strong> 323</br><br/>
<strong>Number of people who tagged:</strong> 18</br><br/>
<strong>Number of times used:</strong> 30</br><br/>
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