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      <title>Film:Mallrats</title>
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<strong>Title:</strong> Mallrats<br/>
<strong>Year:</strong> 1995<br/>
<strong>Director:</strong> Kevin Smith<br/>
<strong>Plot:</strong> Kevin Smith's follow-up to his unexpected hit <a href=/films/91932/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Clerks</a> details the pointless story of T.S. (<a href="/players/P___200378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jeremy London</a>) and Brodie (<a href="/players/P___215686/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jason Lee</a>), two suburban New Jersey slackers who decide to head to the mall in search of solace after being dumped by their girlfriends (Shannon Doherty and <a href="/players/P___195968/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Claire Forlani</a>, respectively). There the two young men machinate to appear on a game show being staged and also manage to meet comic-book magnate <a href="/players/P____99176/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Stan Lee</a>. However, complications arise when the girls show up. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide<br/>
<strong>Times Tagged:</strong> 29<br/>
<strong>Number of Lists:</strong> 59<br/>
<strong>Number of blog posts:</strong> 4<br/>
<strong>Number of discussion threads:</strong> 8<br/>
<strong>SpoutRating:</strong> 3<br/>
</td></tr></table>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:51:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:Title>Mallrats</spout:Title><spout:Year>1995</spout:Year><spout:Director>Kevin Smith</spout:Director><spout:Plot>Kevin Smith's follow-up to his unexpected hit &lt;a href=/films/91932/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Clerks&lt;/a&gt; details the pointless story of T.S. (&lt;a href="/players/P___200378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jeremy London&lt;/a&gt;) and Brodie (&lt;a href="/players/P___215686/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Jason Lee&lt;/a&gt;), two suburban New Jersey slackers who decide to head to the mall in search of solace after being dumped by their girlfriends (Shannon Doherty and &lt;a href="/players/P___195968/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Claire Forlani&lt;/a&gt;, respectively). There the two young men machinate to appear on a game show being staged and also manage to meet comic-book magnate &lt;a href="/players/P____99176/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'&gt;Stan Lee&lt;/a&gt;. However, complications arise when the girls show up. ~ Jeremy Beday, All Movie Guide</spout:Plot><spout:TimesTagged>29</spout:TimesTagged><spout:taglevel>Tag Target (&gt;10)</spout:taglevel><spout:Numberoflists>59</spout:Numberoflists><spout:NumberOfBlogPosts>4</spout:NumberOfBlogPosts><spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads>8</spout:NumberOfDiscussionThreads><spout:SpoutRating>3</spout:SpoutRating><spout:FilmCoverURL>http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg</spout:FilmCoverURL><spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL>http://www.spout.com/films/Mallrats/92916/default.aspx</spout:SpoutFilmDetailURL><spout:type>Film</spout:type></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: 10 Worst Sundance Sensations</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/9325/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/default.aspx'>SpoutBlog on spout.com</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 1/13/2009 5:01:36 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Getting ready for the Sundance Film Festival can be very exciting. As we await the event’s Thursday opening, we can’t stop wondering what will be the next big thing. Will this year’s hit be the highly-anticipated Michael Cera project Paper Hearts, or will it be something that we as of yet know nothing about?
It’s easy to forget, however, that oftentimes the next big thing is also the next lamest thing. Sundance sensations, those films that are much-buzzed-about, that sell for a lot of money, that go on to be marketed like crazy and ultimately receive Oscar recognition, tend to lend themselves most easily to backlashes. Usually such derision is deserved, as in the case of the following ten films, each of which made a big splash at Sundance despite being bad.



10. Brick (Rian Johnson; 2005 Sundance premiere)
When Blade Runner was first released, critics attacked its novelty of combining film noir with science fiction. Yet when Brick arrived in Park City, its similar genre-bending mix of film noir and teen films was welcomed as the most original film in years. In both circumstances, critics were wrong, and while Blade Runner ultimately became a classic, Brick is retrospectively even sillier now than it was when it won a Special Jury Prize “for originality of vision” four years ago. Yes, the film is a fresh idea in theory, but it doesn’t really work on screen, no matter how much you want it to or think it does. It’s simply a novelty gag for film geeks who love noir — while not quite as enjoyable for fans of the teen genre. Is there really anyone who wouldn’t just rather watch a double feature of The Big Sleep and Heathers?



9. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris; 2006 Sundance premiere)
Never mind its impact on the culture of Sundance. The annoying “what will be the next Little Miss Sunshine?” idea was just a substitute for similar questions going back as far as 1990 (“what will be the next sex, lies, and videotape?”). The real problem with LMS is that it’s a decent dysfunctional family comedy that falls apart in the third act. On the positive side, it finally got Alan Arkin an Oscar. But on the more glaring negative side, it also got Abigail Breslin an Oscar nomination. Hardly worthy, also, of its Best Picture nod or its Best Original Screenplay win, the film’s success is the product of a terrific marketing team and moviegoers’ acceptance of cheesy endings — and has nothing to do with the quality of the film.



8. The Brothers McMullen (Edward Burns; 1995 Sundance premiere)
While the name Fox Searchlight is now synonymous with marketing the hell out of “indie” sensations like Little Miss Sunshine, Juno and Slumdog Millionaire, the specialty division has been overdoing it with unworthy films since the very first Sundance hit they distributed. The Brothers McMullen is not necessarily a bad film, but it isn’t anything special either. Some say the 1995 fest was the downward turning point for Sundance, whether because it showed us a major “sellout” who wasn’t actually as good as he’d been celebrated as being (Kevin Smith, who disappointed with his sophomore effort, Mallrats) or because a lackluster picture like McMullen won the Grand Jury Prize. And like Smith, Edward Burns ultimately revealed himself to be something of an embarrassment, talent-wise, to the reputation of Sundance alums.



7. Garden State (Zach Braff; 2004 Sundance premiere)
2004 was the year that indie quirkiness got out of hand at Sundance (see #3). Sure, Garden State got us all into The Shins, but it also got filmmakers too into a genre I call “homecoming of age” movies, those banal stories about twenty- and thirty- somethings who revisit their homes due to a dying or dead parent and involve themselves with wacky townies in the process. Any idiot can write a script of this type and fill it with quirky scenery and an obnoxious yet adorable love interest. Sundance must still be getting countless submissions of this kind of film, but unfortunately for the rest of the world’s idiot filmmakers, they aren’t TV stars like Zach Braff.



6. SherryBaby (Laurie Collyer; 2006 Sundance premiere)
Sundance has long been a haven for depressing films involving junkies and/or incest, but few have been as overrated as SherryBaby. Once again, it’s all about the star power, as the film might not have been so hyped had Maggie Gyllenhaal not been in the lead. Then again, it might have actually been a better film without her. Grandly over-praised for her performance as the easily played rehabilitating mom, the actress got undeserved kudos simply for being raw and despicable. Her Oscar snub was a relief, at least.



5. Born Into Brothels (Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman; 2004 Sundance premiere)
It may have won the documentary Audience Award at Sundance and the documentary Oscar a year later, but that doesn’t excuse Born Into Brothels from being a disgrace to nonfiction filmmaking. One of the most self-satisfying docs ever made, the film will forever be marked by its footage of co-director Zana Briski figuratively patting herself on the back during a fundraiser, with which she sinfully seeks sainthood for involving herself in the lives of her film’s subjects. If documentary was synonymous with charity, Born Into Brothels would indeed be a great film, but documentaries like this should merely be an inspiration to charity, not charity itself.



4. Masked and Anonymous (Larry Charles; 2003 Sundance premiere)
One of the most anticipated films of the 2003 festival due to a script co-written by Bob Dylan and an unbelievable cast including Dylan, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Penelope Cruz, Ed Harris, Luke Wilson, Mickey Rourke, Angela Bassett, Jessica Lange and many other big names, the very messy Masked and Anonymous therefore ended up the biggest disappointment of that year. Its worth was later defended and praised by such critics as Jonathan Rosenbaum, who included it in his 2003 Top Ten list, and Salon.com’s Stephanie Zacharek. But most of us are in agreement that it’s one of the biggest wastes of talent in years.



3. Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess; 2004 Sundance premiere)
Napoleon Dynamite’s inclusion on this list is likely to upset more people than Brick’s, but at least the Brick devotees can defend their fandom with more than just shouts of “It’s funny!” Because the thing is, Napoleon Dynamite is not comedy. It is merely quirky, which is not the same thing as funny. Jared Hess’ pop culture phenomenon does feature some highly original characters and situations, but his execution of these elements is obvious and uninteresting. “Gosh!” is neither a good punchline nor a good catchphrase.



2. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez; 1999 Sundance premiere)
It must be appreciated as much as attacked for its groundbreaking marketing campaign, and in many ways the film itself can be acknowledged for having a terrific premise with an almost perfect realization of that idea. But for the most part, The Blair Witch Project is a basic, amateur and poorly concluded effort that turned the appeal of indie simplicity on its head. Almost a decade earlier, when filmmakers saw Slacker and said “I can do that,” they were mostly mistaken. But The Blair Witch allowed every schmo with a digital camera to declare, “I can do that,” and be relatively correct in his or her statement. It’s okay for indie filmmaking to seem easy, but when it really is that easy, it degrades the truly talented.



1. Boxing Helena (Jennifer Lynch; 1993 Sundance premiere)
Cult appeal notwithstanding, Boxing Helena was one of the first really awful movies to be up for Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize. And although in the 17 years since, the festival has been easily criticized for allowing bad films with lots of buzz and/or big name talent to be included in competition, no film has been as unworthy as this. Had it starred original choice Madonna in the part of the titular amputee, Boxing Helena might have really deserved to at least become a midnight movie. However, with its lesser-name casting, it’s barely even good enough for Skinamax programming. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 22:01:36 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SpoutBlog</spout:postby><spout:postto>SpoutBlog on spout.com</spout:postto><spout:postdate>1/13/2009 5:01:36 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Getting ready for the Sundance Film Festival can be very exciting. As we await the event’s Thursday opening, we can’t stop wondering what will be the next big thing. Will this year’s hit be the highly-anticipated Michael Cera project Paper Hearts, or will it be something that we as of yet know nothing about?
It’s easy to forget, however, that oftentimes the next big thing is also the next lamest thing. Sundance sensations, those films that are much-buzzed-about, that sell for a lot of money, that go on to be marketed like crazy and ultimately receive Oscar recognition, tend to lend themselves most easily to backlashes. Usually such derision is deserved, as in the case of the following ten films, each of which made a big splash at Sundance despite being bad.



10. Brick (Rian Johnson; 2005 Sundance premiere)
When Blade Runner was first released, critics attacked its novelty of combining film noir with science fiction. Yet when Brick arrived in Park City, its similar genre-bending mix of film noir and teen films was welcomed as the most original film in years. In both circumstances, critics were wrong, and while Blade Runner ultimately became a classic, Brick is retrospectively even sillier now than it was when it won a Special Jury Prize “for originality of vision” four years ago. Yes, the film is a fresh idea in theory, but it doesn’t really work on screen, no matter how much you want it to or think it does. It’s simply a novelty gag for film geeks who love noir — while not quite as enjoyable for fans of the teen genre. Is there really anyone who wouldn’t just rather watch a double feature of The Big Sleep and Heathers?



9. Little Miss Sunshine (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris; 2006 Sundance premiere)
Never mind its impact on the culture of Sundance. The annoying “what will be the next Little Miss Sunshine?” idea was just a substitute for similar questions going back as far as 1990 (“what will be the next sex, lies, and videotape?”). The real problem with LMS is that it’s a decent dysfunctional family comedy that falls apart in the third act. On the positive side, it finally got Alan Arkin an Oscar. But on the more glaring negative side, it also got Abigail Breslin an Oscar nomination. Hardly worthy, also, of its Best Picture nod or its Best Original Screenplay win, the film’s success is the product of a terrific marketing team and moviegoers’ acceptance of cheesy endings — and has nothing to do with the quality of the film.



8. The Brothers McMullen (Edward Burns; 1995 Sundance premiere)
While the name Fox Searchlight is now synonymous with marketing the hell out of “indie” sensations like Little Miss Sunshine, Juno and Slumdog Millionaire, the specialty division has been overdoing it with unworthy films since the very first Sundance hit they distributed. The Brothers McMullen is not necessarily a bad film, but it isn’t anything special either. Some say the 1995 fest was the downward turning point for Sundance, whether because it showed us a major “sellout” who wasn’t actually as good as he’d been celebrated as being (Kevin Smith, who disappointed with his sophomore effort, Mallrats) or because a lackluster picture like McMullen won the Grand Jury Prize. And like Smith, Edward Burns ultimately revealed himself to be something of an embarrassment, talent-wise, to the reputation of Sundance alums.



7. Garden State (Zach Braff; 2004 Sundance premiere)
2004 was the year that indie quirkiness got out of hand at Sundance (see #3). Sure, Garden State got us all into The Shins, but it also got filmmakers too into a genre I call “homecoming of age” movies, those banal stories about twenty- and thirty- somethings who revisit their homes due to a dying or dead parent and involve themselves with wacky townies in the process. Any idiot can write a script of this type and fill it with quirky scenery and an obnoxious yet adorable love interest. Sundance must still be getting countless submissions of this kind of film, but unfortunately for the rest of the world’s idiot filmmakers, they aren’t TV stars like Zach Braff.



6. SherryBaby (Laurie Collyer; 2006 Sundance premiere)
Sundance has long been a haven for depressing films involving junkies and/or incest, but few have been as overrated as SherryBaby. Once again, it’s all about the star power, as the film might not have been so hyped had Maggie Gyllenhaal not been in the lead. Then again, it might have actually been a better film without her. Grandly over-praised for her performance as the easily played rehabilitating mom, the actress got undeserved kudos simply for being raw and despicable. Her Oscar snub was a relief, at least.



5. Born Into Brothels (Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman; 2004 Sundance premiere)
It may have won the documentary Audience Award at Sundance and the documentary Oscar a year later, but that doesn’t excuse Born Into Brothels from being a disgrace to nonfiction filmmaking. One of the most self-satisfying docs ever made, the film will forever be marked by its footage of co-director Zana Briski figuratively patting herself on the back during a fundraiser, with which she sinfully seeks sainthood for involving herself in the lives of her film’s subjects. If documentary was synonymous with charity, Born Into Brothels would indeed be a great film, but documentaries like this should merely be an inspiration to charity, not charity itself.



4. Masked and Anonymous (Larry Charles; 2003 Sundance premiere)
One of the most anticipated films of the 2003 festival due to a script co-written by Bob Dylan and an unbelievable cast including Dylan, Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Penelope Cruz, Ed Harris, Luke Wilson, Mickey Rourke, Angela Bassett, Jessica Lange and many other big names, the very messy Masked and Anonymous therefore ended up the biggest disappointment of that year. Its worth was later defended and praised by such critics as Jonathan Rosenbaum, who included it in his 2003 Top Ten list, and Salon.com’s Stephanie Zacharek. But most of us are in agreement that it’s one of the biggest wastes of talent in years.



3. Napoleon Dynamite (Jared Hess; 2004 Sundance premiere)
Napoleon Dynamite’s inclusion on this list is likely to upset more people than Brick’s, but at least the Brick devotees can defend their fandom with more than just shouts of “It’s funny!” Because the thing is, Napoleon Dynamite is not comedy. It is merely quirky, which is not the same thing as funny. Jared Hess’ pop culture phenomenon does feature some highly original characters and situations, but his execution of these elements is obvious and uninteresting. “Gosh!” is neither a good punchline nor a good catchphrase.



2. The Blair Witch Project (Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez; 1999 Sundance premiere)
It must be appreciated as much as attacked for its groundbreaking marketing campaign, and in many ways the film itself can be acknowledged for having a terrific premise with an almost perfect realization of that idea. But for the most part, The Blair Witch Project is a basic, amateur and poorly concluded effort that turned the appeal of indie simplicity on its head. Almost a decade earlier, when filmmakers saw Slacker and said “I can do that,” they were mostly mistaken. But The Blair Witch allowed every schmo with a digital camera to declare, “I can do that,” and be relatively correct in his or her statement. It’s okay for indie filmmaking to seem easy, but when it really is that easy, it degrades the truly talented.



1. Boxing Helena (Jennifer Lynch; 1993 Sundance premiere)
Cult appeal notwithstanding, Boxing Helena was one of the first really awful movies to be up for Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize. And although in the 17 years since, the festival has been easily criticized for allowing bad films with lots of buzz and/or big name talent to be included in competition, no film has been as unworthy as this. Had it starred original choice Madonna in the part of the titular amputee, Boxing Helena might have really deserved to at least become a midnight movie. However, with its lesser-name casting, it’s barely even good enough for Skinamax programming. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Question from FilmCouch #94, who's better, Kevin Smith or Quentin Tarantino?</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/Re_Question_from_FilmCouch_94_who_s_better_Kevi/302/37389/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/141562/default.aspx'>dexx</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/FilmCouch/302/discussions.aspx'>FilmCouch</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/17/2008 11:32:49 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Aside from "Mallrats", I have enjoyed every Kevin Smith effort, to this point, but really... this is an apples an oranges discussion. I find it hard to imagine a Smith film that is an equal to "Pulp Fiction". Smith hones his craft to a finer point (almost) every time out, but "Zack and Miri..." is no "Kill Bill". Love 'em both, but in vastly different ways.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:32:49 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>dexx</spout:postby><spout:postto>FilmCouch</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/17/2008 11:32:49 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Aside from "Mallrats", I have enjoyed every Kevin Smith effort, to this point, but really... this is an apples an oranges discussion. I find it hard to imagine a Smith film that is an equal to "Pulp Fiction". Smith hones his craft to a finer point (almost) every time out, but "Zack and Miri..." is no "Kill Bill". Love 'em both, but in vastly different ways.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Movie Journal: Clerks, Clerks 2 and Mallrats</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/archive/2008/11/7/37099.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/73625/default.aspx'>ChrisThilk</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/christhilk/default.aspx'>ChrisThilk Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 11/7/2008 10:01:28 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I decided, prior to the release of Zack and Miri Make a Porno (which I’ve yet to see) to watch a few Kevin Smith flicks. But instead of doing them in the usual order (chronological by release) I decided to just watch both Clerks and Clerks 2 and then, because I had just been talking about it with FilmCouch’s Paul Moore, Mallrats.
Can’t say as I got much new out of them, though this was also, I think, the first time I’d watched both Clerks movies back-to-back for some reason.
           
 Originally posted on:Chris Thilk<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:01:28 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>ChrisThilk</spout:postby><spout:postto>ChrisThilk Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>11/7/2008 10:01:28 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I decided, prior to the release of Zack and Miri Make a Porno (which I’ve yet to see) to watch a few Kevin Smith flicks. But instead of doing them in the usual order (chronological by release) I decided to just watch both Clerks and Clerks 2 and then, because I had just been talking about it with FilmCouch’s Paul Moore, Mallrats.
Can’t say as I got much new out of them, though this was also, I think, the first time I’d watched both Clerks movies back-to-back for some reason.
           
 Originally posted on:Chris Thilk</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Recast GARDEN STATE (2004)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Re_Recast_GARDEN_STATE_2004/563/36583/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/122321/default.aspx'>seely</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/22/2008 2:36:05 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I think I'm up for this one.  'Garden State' always made me think of the 80's Brat Pack films, especially St. Elmo's Fire.  Therefore, in honor of that great time in history, I submit to you: Brat Pack Garden State, written and directed by John Hughes -Andrew Largeman: John Cusack (think 'Say Anything' but a few years older) -Gideon Largeman: Peter Falk -Aunt Sylvia Largeman: Miriam Flynn -Sam: Juliette Lewis (she had that mysterious/intriguing aura about her)* *I need to ammend this.  Juliette Lewis, although clearly good for the role, would have been about 10 at this time.  I originally was going to use Ally Sheedy, and I think I'm going to have to go back to her.  I think she'd be just as good, honestly. -Olivia: Beverly d'Angelo -Titembay: Gedde Watanabe (he would probably be called 'Wang Chung' or something stereotypical, instead of 'Titembay' in keeping with his being Asian) -Mark: Judd Nelson, of course. -Dave: Andrew McCarthy -Doorman/Diego: John Candy (a departure from the original vision, but I think he would have been hilarious) Bonus Alternate: Slick Rick (80's rapper w/ double bonus eyepatch) -Carol: Amy Madigan -Tim: Anthony Michael Hall, naturally. Bonus Cameos: -Kelly: Molly Ringwald (its obvious) -Receptionist: Edie McClurg (only role she ever plays it seems)   [quote user="SkyPilot"] Let's recast Garden State (2004) in honor of Kevin Smith. I know what you're thinking: why would we recast a Zach Braff movie in honor of Kevin Smith? Let me explain...Smith became famous for his "New Jersey series," which includes the cult classics Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), and Chasing Amy (1997). As you may know, New Jersey is known as "the Garden State." So yeah, the connection's a stretch. If you want to recast a Kevin Smith movie, have at it.  Spout will give away two prizes, one for the best Garden State recast and one for the best Kevin Smith movie recast. Are you guys excited for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (10/31)? To be honest, I've never liked Kevin Smith. I really like Seth Rogen though, so I might end up seeing it. GARDEN STATE     Zach Braff    ...     Andrew Largeman    Natalie Portman    ...     Sam    Peter Sarsgaard    ...     Mark (the gravedigger)     Armando Riesco   ...   (the flaming arrow archer      Ian Holm    ...     Gideon Largeman     Jean Smart    ...     Carol     Method Man    ...     Diego       Ann Dowd    ...     Olivia     Ato Essandoh    ...     Titembay     Jackie Hoffman    ...     Aunt Sylvia Largema     Jim Parsons    ...     Tim     Denis O'Hare    ...     Albert   [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:36:05 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>seely</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/22/2008 2:36:05 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I think I'm up for this one.  'Garden State' always made me think of the 80's Brat Pack films, especially St. Elmo's Fire.  Therefore, in honor of that great time in history, I submit to you: Brat Pack Garden State, written and directed by John Hughes -Andrew Largeman: John Cusack (think 'Say Anything' but a few years older) -Gideon Largeman: Peter Falk -Aunt Sylvia Largeman: Miriam Flynn -Sam: Juliette Lewis (she had that mysterious/intriguing aura about her)* *I need to ammend this.  Juliette Lewis, although clearly good for the role, would have been about 10 at this time.  I originally was going to use Ally Sheedy, and I think I'm going to have to go back to her.  I think she'd be just as good, honestly. -Olivia: Beverly d'Angelo -Titembay: Gedde Watanabe (he would probably be called 'Wang Chung' or something stereotypical, instead of 'Titembay' in keeping with his being Asian) -Mark: Judd Nelson, of course. -Dave: Andrew McCarthy -Doorman/Diego: John Candy (a departure from the original vision, but I think he would have been hilarious) Bonus Alternate: Slick Rick (80's rapper w/ double bonus eyepatch) -Carol: Amy Madigan -Tim: Anthony Michael Hall, naturally. Bonus Cameos: -Kelly: Molly Ringwald (its obvious) -Receptionist: Edie McClurg (only role she ever plays it seems)   [quote user="SkyPilot"] Let's recast Garden State (2004) in honor of Kevin Smith. I know what you're thinking: why would we recast a Zach Braff movie in honor of Kevin Smith? Let me explain...Smith became famous for his "New Jersey series," which includes the cult classics Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), and Chasing Amy (1997). As you may know, New Jersey is known as "the Garden State." So yeah, the connection's a stretch. If you want to recast a Kevin Smith movie, have at it.  Spout will give away two prizes, one for the best Garden State recast and one for the best Kevin Smith movie recast. Are you guys excited for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (10/31)? To be honest, I've never liked Kevin Smith. I really like Seth Rogen though, so I might end up seeing it. GARDEN STATE     Zach Braff    ...     Andrew Largeman    Natalie Portman    ...     Sam    Peter Sarsgaard    ...     Mark (the gravedigger)     Armando Riesco   ...   (the flaming arrow archer      Ian Holm    ...     Gideon Largeman     Jean Smart    ...     Carol     Method Man    ...     Diego       Ann Dowd    ...     Olivia     Ato Essandoh    ...     Titembay     Jackie Hoffman    ...     Aunt Sylvia Largema     Jim Parsons    ...     Tim     Denis O'Hare    ...     Albert   [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Recast GARDEN STATE (2004)</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/Recast_GARDEN_STATE_2004/563/36461/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/2470/default.aspx'>SkyPilot</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Filmgaming/563/discussions.aspx'>Filmgaming</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/17/2008 3:52:51 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Let's recast Garden State (2004) in honor of Kevin Smith. I know what you're thinking: why would we recast a Zach Braff movie in honor of Kevin Smith? Let me explain...Smith became famous for his "New Jersey series," which includes the cult classics Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), and Chasing Amy (1997). As you may know, New Jersey is known as "the Garden State." So yeah, the connection's a stretch. If you want to recast a Kevin Smith movie, have at it.  Spout will give away two prizes, one for the best Garden State recast and one for the best Kevin Smith movie recast. Are you guys excited for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (10/31)? To be honest, I've never liked Kevin Smith. I really like Seth Rogen though, so I might end up seeing it. GARDEN STATE     Zach Braff    ...     Andrew Largeman    Natalie Portman    ...     Sam    Peter Sarsgaard    ...     Mark (the gravedigger)     Armando Riesco   ...   Jesse (the flaming arrow archer)      Ian Holm    ...     Gideon Largeman     Jean Smart    ...     Carol     Method Man    ...     Diego       Ann Dowd    ...     Olivia     Ato Essandoh    ...     Titembay     Jackie Hoffman    ...     Aunt Sylvia Largema     Jim Parsons    ...     Tim     Denis O'Hare    ...     Albert  <br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:52:51 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>SkyPilot</spout:postby><spout:postto>Filmgaming</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/17/2008 3:52:51 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Let's recast Garden State (2004) in honor of Kevin Smith. I know what you're thinking: why would we recast a Zach Braff movie in honor of Kevin Smith? Let me explain...Smith became famous for his "New Jersey series," which includes the cult classics Clerks (1994), Mallrats (1995), and Chasing Amy (1997). As you may know, New Jersey is known as "the Garden State." So yeah, the connection's a stretch. If you want to recast a Kevin Smith movie, have at it.  Spout will give away two prizes, one for the best Garden State recast and one for the best Kevin Smith movie recast. Are you guys excited for Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno (10/31)? To be honest, I've never liked Kevin Smith. I really like Seth Rogen though, so I might end up seeing it. GARDEN STATE     Zach Braff    ...     Andrew Largeman    Natalie Portman    ...     Sam    Peter Sarsgaard    ...     Mark (the gravedigger)     Armando Riesco   ...   Jesse (the flaming arrow archer)      Ian Holm    ...     Gideon Largeman     Jean Smart    ...     Carol     Method Man    ...     Diego       Ann Dowd    ...     Olivia     Ato Essandoh    ...     Titembay     Jackie Hoffman    ...     Aunt Sylvia Largema     Jim Parsons    ...     Tim     Denis O'Hare    ...     Albert  </spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Top 5 films from your childhood</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_films_from_your_childhood/190/36348/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/135195/default.aspx'>filmgal81</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/190/discussions.aspx'>Top 5</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 10/15/2008 9:36:18 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> There are so many to choose from! So many that shaped who I am and that I enjoyed ( some of them I still do). So, in no particular order, here are my Top5: 1) Annie starring Albert Finney, and the ever brillant Carol Burnett.  It never ceases to amaze me just how optimistic I used to be. 2) The Christmas Toy - this a Jim Henson film and was one of my favorite Christmas movies when I was a kid (along with Mickey's Christmas Carol).  It is the story of a magic playroom that comes to life when no one's around. One of the toys, Rugby Tiger, tried to figure out how to put himself inside that year's Christmas toy box so the little girl that owned him won't have a new favorite toy for Christmas.  He wanted to continue to be special in her eyes, which leads to some comedic and poignant results ending with the whole toy room learning about the spirit of Christmas. 3) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- the Johnny Depp/ Tim Burton version was complete crap, I'm sorry to say, in comparison with this version. Gene Wilder was prefect for this role, lending just the right amount of dark humor to the very mysterious and benevolent candyman. My favorite scene was when he would warn Charlie, who now owns his chocolate factory, to remember what happened to the boy who suddenly got everything he asked for. Charlie, looking worried, asked what happened.  Wonka smiles and says " He lived ahppily ever after." Priceless. 4) The Parent Trap- I was a bit of a Haley Mills freak. I was a big fan of Pollyanna too. 5) Beaches- Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you why I loved it so much.         [quote user="josephkuzma"] Obviously this one will span many an era depending on how old you are. I'm not going to ask for a certain type of film either. [/quote]<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:36:18 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>filmgal81</spout:postby><spout:postto>Top 5</spout:postto><spout:postdate>10/15/2008 9:36:18 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>There are so many to choose from! So many that shaped who I am and that I enjoyed ( some of them I still do). So, in no particular order, here are my Top5: 1) Annie starring Albert Finney, and the ever brillant Carol Burnett.  It never ceases to amaze me just how optimistic I used to be. 2) The Christmas Toy - this a Jim Henson film and was one of my favorite Christmas movies when I was a kid (along with Mickey's Christmas Carol).  It is the story of a magic playroom that comes to life when no one's around. One of the toys, Rugby Tiger, tried to figure out how to put himself inside that year's Christmas toy box so the little girl that owned him won't have a new favorite toy for Christmas.  He wanted to continue to be special in her eyes, which leads to some comedic and poignant results ending with the whole toy room learning about the spirit of Christmas. 3) Charlie and the Chocolate Factory- the Johnny Depp/ Tim Burton version was complete crap, I'm sorry to say, in comparison with this version. Gene Wilder was prefect for this role, lending just the right amount of dark humor to the very mysterious and benevolent candyman. My favorite scene was when he would warn Charlie, who now owns his chocolate factory, to remember what happened to the boy who suddenly got everything he asked for. Charlie, looking worried, asked what happened.  Wonka smiles and says " He lived ahppily ever after." Priceless. 4) The Parent Trap- I was a bit of a Haley Mills freak. I was a big fan of Pollyanna too. 5) Beaches- Barbara Hershey, Bette Midler. For the life of me, I couldn't tell you why I loved it so much.         [quote user="josephkuzma"] Obviously this one will span many an era depending on how old you are. I'm not going to ask for a certain type of film either. [/quote]</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Non-review review #3</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/zularian/archive/2008/7/1/31991.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/63976/default.aspx'>Zularian</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/zularian/default.aspx'>Zularian Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/1/2008 7:22:09 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> I am feeling a bit grumpy at the moment so I am going to revisit the subject of my first post -- that of a director pilfering through their own material. There are a number of excellent examples of this but I am going to limit myself to two directors. The reason for this is that both of these men, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith have had a very large impact on me. My current career path has been shaped largely by these directors which is why their transgressions pain me so. First, Mr. Smith. Once upon a time there was a directory who made a crappy (production-wise) little movie called Clerks. It is not a pretty movie nor is it an interesting-looking film. Clerks has very few merits except the fact that it is quite funny and original and it somehow manages to convey the joy and exuberence of it's creator. There is a quality to Clerks, a "I just wanted to make a movie" attitude that is infectious. This film feels to me to emboy the very spirit of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) when he decides that it would be fun to run a paper. Now we flash forward to 2007. Nevermind the fact that Mr. Smith has made only one movie since this first one that has not relied heavily on the strange universe he created or his two uninpsired characters, Jay and Silent Bob. Arguments can be made for Chasing Amy, Dogma and even Mallrats as being steps away from Clerks. What I want to talk about is Jersey Girl, how it did not do well and what came next. I very much enjoyed Jersey Girland I was proud of Mr. Smith for taking his work in a different direction. Would this film have done better with a different actor as the lead? Was it just poor timing that the world at large became sick of Mr. Affleck when this film was released? Who knows. What I do know is everyone other than Mr. Smith was not shocked when his fanbase, by and large, did not take to this movie. You mean the 30 year-old stoner didn't like this movie? How can this be? So then we arrive at Clerks 2. Say what you will about any other movie Mr. Smith has done, this one can be seen as nothing other than a retreat to a proven formula because his last attempt was stomped by everyone. To say that Clerks 2 made me sad in my heart is like saying that what is bad for Mexico is bad for Mexicans. Clerks 2 isn't just a rehashing of past material, it is one of those dreadful sequels where the main characters appear to have forgotten everything that has happened in the previous installment. The shining example of  this is Dante being torn between two women (again) only this time he is involved with both of them. Poor Dante, apparently the lessons learned in the first movie were forgotten during the ten year period these poor sould were left on their own. Then we have Mr. Rodriguez. Once upon a time he was the ambitious young filmmaker who decided he could make a movie with a crew of one. And what a movie he made. Originally intended for the spanish home video market El Mariachi is a highly inventive and unusual film. Slightly campy but containing a big heart El Mariachi delivers as a comedy and action film. Apparently this movie did not make enough money or receive enough attention to dissuade Mr. Rodriguez and others when it came time for making his next movie.Desperado. (I am not forgetting the movie Road Racers here, I think the number of people who have seen this film is still very small) Somehow this movie was conceived as a sequel to Mariachi, which is odd because the lead actor has changed and because this film is now all about killing, explosions and drugs. Perhaps I am just a bit think and taking the whole matter too literally. Desperado works because the two lead actors are wonderful actors and play together nicely. The plot is a bit strange to me (again perhaps I am too literal) because the man who shoots the El's hand in the first movie is not the same man who does in Desperado. Couple that with dream sequences that contain the dreaded Mocho (the spelling may be wrong on this one) who I think has morphed somehow into the new bad guy (who now seems to have ties to our hero which he did not in Mariachi). All of this could be forgiven, in fact I think most viewers were fine with this oddness, until Once upon a Time in Mexico was released. To be very brief -- the movie is meant to be the fourth film in this series (the third was never made but the important bits are relayed to the audience through flashbacks and dreams). This time around our hero is not the only lead actor and to further add to the confusion actors who were in the first and second movie (and died) appear as different characters in this film. Mr. Rodriguez had just discovered the joys of HD before beginning this project and his work as a musician on Tarantino's Kill Bill movies led him to score this film as well. The idea, so the film's commentary says, was to make this move on an epic scale, much like another film with a similar title, Once upon a Time in the West. Since this entry is really meant to be a personal gripe I'll just get on with my grumble and end this entry. What makes this particular film (for those of you having a hard time keeping up I am refering to Once upon a Time in Mexico now) so disappointing to me is that much like Clerks 2 this movie felt like a retreat to safe ground. From the story, which admittedly departs from previous works of Mr. Rodriguez, to the low-budget feel of the movie I can't help but feel this picture was made because it was safe. What made both Clerks and El Mariachi such appealing films was that both of them involved a fair amount of risk to their creators and that this risk was reflected in the movie itself. These two films truly feel like independent films in the sense that there is little that is formulaic or predictable about them. I am tempted to start listing examples from both movies but chances are if you are reading this you can think of them already. I recognize the fact that both of these directors have been very successful and what they did for their first films would undoubtedly not work now. My frustration stems from them attempting to steal from these early films, but oddly enough, lifting the banal parts or simply ignoring crucial story elements and hoping that everyone will go along. If you read the reviews for the later films from both directors it seems as though this is what happened too...<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:22:09 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Zularian</spout:postby><spout:postto>Zularian Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/1/2008 7:22:09 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>I am feeling a bit grumpy at the moment so I am going to revisit the subject of my first post -- that of a director pilfering through their own material. There are a number of excellent examples of this but I am going to limit myself to two directors. The reason for this is that both of these men, Robert Rodriguez and Kevin Smith have had a very large impact on me. My current career path has been shaped largely by these directors which is why their transgressions pain me so. First, Mr. Smith. Once upon a time there was a directory who made a crappy (production-wise) little movie called Clerks. It is not a pretty movie nor is it an interesting-looking film. Clerks has very few merits except the fact that it is quite funny and original and it somehow manages to convey the joy and exuberence of it's creator. There is a quality to Clerks, a "I just wanted to make a movie" attitude that is infectious. This film feels to me to emboy the very spirit of Charles Foster Kane in Citizen Kane (1941) when he decides that it would be fun to run a paper. Now we flash forward to 2007. Nevermind the fact that Mr. Smith has made only one movie since this first one that has not relied heavily on the strange universe he created or his two uninpsired characters, Jay and Silent Bob. Arguments can be made for Chasing Amy, Dogma and even Mallrats as being steps away from Clerks. What I want to talk about is Jersey Girl, how it did not do well and what came next. I very much enjoyed Jersey Girland I was proud of Mr. Smith for taking his work in a different direction. Would this film have done better with a different actor as the lead? Was it just poor timing that the world at large became sick of Mr. Affleck when this film was released? Who knows. What I do know is everyone other than Mr. Smith was not shocked when his fanbase, by and large, did not take to this movie. You mean the 30 year-old stoner didn't like this movie? How can this be? So then we arrive at Clerks 2. Say what you will about any other movie Mr. Smith has done, this one can be seen as nothing other than a retreat to a proven formula because his last attempt was stomped by everyone. To say that Clerks 2 made me sad in my heart is like saying that what is bad for Mexico is bad for Mexicans. Clerks 2 isn't just a rehashing of past material, it is one of those dreadful sequels where the main characters appear to have forgotten everything that has happened in the previous installment. The shining example of  this is Dante being torn between two women (again) only this time he is involved with both of them. Poor Dante, apparently the lessons learned in the first movie were forgotten during the ten year period these poor sould were left on their own. Then we have Mr. Rodriguez. Once upon a time he was the ambitious young filmmaker who decided he could make a movie with a crew of one. And what a movie he made. Originally intended for the spanish home video market El Mariachi is a highly inventive and unusual film. Slightly campy but containing a big heart El Mariachi delivers as a comedy and action film. Apparently this movie did not make enough money or receive enough attention to dissuade Mr. Rodriguez and others when it came time for making his next movie.Desperado. (I am not forgetting the movie Road Racers here, I think the number of people who have seen this film is still very small) Somehow this movie was conceived as a sequel to Mariachi, which is odd because the lead actor has changed and because this film is now all about killing, explosions and drugs. Perhaps I am just a bit think and taking the whole matter too literally. Desperado works because the two lead actors are wonderful actors and play together nicely. The plot is a bit strange to me (again perhaps I am too literal) because the man who shoots the El's hand in the first movie is not the same man who does in Desperado. Couple that with dream sequences that contain the dreaded Mocho (the spelling may be wrong on this one) who I think has morphed somehow into the new bad guy (who now seems to have ties to our hero which he did not in Mariachi). All of this could be forgiven, in fact I think most viewers were fine with this oddness, until Once upon a Time in Mexico was released. To be very brief -- the movie is meant to be the fourth film in this series (the third was never made but the important bits are relayed to the audience through flashbacks and dreams). This time around our hero is not the only lead actor and to further add to the confusion actors who were in the first and second movie (and died) appear as different characters in this film. Mr. Rodriguez had just discovered the joys of HD before beginning this project and his work as a musician on Tarantino's Kill Bill movies led him to score this film as well. The idea, so the film's commentary says, was to make this move on an epic scale, much like another film with a similar title, Once upon a Time in the West. Since this entry is really meant to be a personal gripe I'll just get on with my grumble and end this entry. What makes this particular film (for those of you having a hard time keeping up I am refering to Once upon a Time in Mexico now) so disappointing to me is that much like Clerks 2 this movie felt like a retreat to safe ground. From the story, which admittedly departs from previous works of Mr. Rodriguez, to the low-budget feel of the movie I can't help but feel this picture was made because it was safe. What made both Clerks and El Mariachi such appealing films was that both of them involved a fair amount of risk to their creators and that this risk was reflected in the movie itself. These two films truly feel like independent films in the sense that there is little that is formulaic or predictable about them. I am tempted to start listing examples from both movies but chances are if you are reading this you can think of them already. I recognize the fact that both of these directors have been very successful and what they did for their first films would undoubtedly not work now. My frustration stems from them attempting to steal from these early films, but oddly enough, lifting the banal parts or simply ignoring crucial story elements and hoping that everyone will go along. If you read the reviews for the later films from both directors it seems as though this is what happened too...</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re:Let me know</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/groups/Five_for_Five/Re_Let_me_know/255/28029/1/ShowPost.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/121669/default.aspx'>leeroy711</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Five_for_Five/255/discussions.aspx'>Five for Five</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 4/30/2008 6:29:55 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> How about Kevin Smith films one star - Jersey Girl two stars - Jay &amp; Silent Bob Strike Back three stars - Clerks 2 four stars - Dogma five stars - Mallrats<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:29:55 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>leeroy711</spout:postby><spout:postto>Five for Five</spout:postto><spout:postdate>4/30/2008 6:29:55 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>How about Kevin Smith films one star - Jersey Girl two stars - Jay &amp;amp; Silent Bob Strike Back three stars - Clerks 2 four stars - Dogma five stars - Mallrats</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Pennebaker and the Longevity of Humor</title>
      <link>http://www.spout.com/blogs/tenenbaums/archive/2007/7/25/15892.aspx</link><description><![CDATA[<div><img align='left' src='http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u34956tjqej.jpg' hspace='10' style='height:80px;' />
<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/49792/default.aspx'>Tenenbaums</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/blogs/tenenbaums/default.aspx'>Tenenbaums Blog</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 7/25/2007 1:19:00 AM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> Within an hour last April in Durham, I sat within ten feet of both Gary Gaetti and D.A. Pennebaker. They might as well be former college roommates.Gaetti is currently an assistant coach for the Durham Bulls. I saw the familiar name (he&#39;s a substitute on my beloved Parker Brothers&#39; Electronic Baseball) but his neck was so tan that I thought he was black. Then he gave the first base line his profile and I saw the schnoz. It was the real deal.Pennebaker was in town promoting his new film Bob Dylan: 65 Revisited at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The upstairs Cinema One at the Carolina Theatre was mostly full by the time I got my will call ticket, but attending alone warranted an end seat on the second row. Four seats over from me in the front row sat an older fellow who was napping with his head straight up. A festival photographer knelt in front of me next to the stairs and snapped a few shots of a group of three ladies standing next to the stage. I wondered where Pennebaker would enter.The middle lady then went to the mic and said that Pennebaker literally needed &quot;no introduction&quot; since he had been a regular attendee and friend of the festival for its entire ten year run. She then gave the floor up to &quot;Penny,&quot; and the man who had been temporarily resting his eyes walked to the stage.The film is a new one hour documentary culled from extra footage from Pennebaker&#39;s wonderful Don&#39;t Look Back. He claimed that he intended to name the new film &quot;Outtakes,&quot; but was vetoed by other decision makers. While going over the entirety of his Dylan reels, Pennebaker was especially moved by full length performances of songs over four decades old. In making this new film, he wanted to highlight &quot;half a dozen or so&quot; of the tunes in their entirety and surround them with additional entertaining footage.And it is highly entertaining. Another element of that hour was also entertaining, though in a confusing way. &quot;If You&#39;ve Got to Go, Go Now (Or Else You&#39;ve Got to Stay All Night)&quot; is a funny song and I laughed the first few times I heard it before settling into a permanent grin when it is played. But the song is over 40 years old. People know it, right?When the largely middle-aged hipster audience heard the song and its multiple punchlines, they exploded with laughter as if they were hearing Eddie Murphy&#39;s Raw for the first time. Listening to these howls, I began to re-think my approach to comedy in repeated form. Since I laugh every time I hear &quot;There will be no fighting in the war room!&quot; from Dr. Strangelove, should I respond similarly to this song or do I need to adopt an Amish line of defense? How funny is Borat the fifth or fiftieth time around?But then another possibility emerged. Attendees at any kind of film festival, especially one featuring documentaries, are rarely knowledgeable about the subject(s) that they see on screen. Could the audience around me also be ignorant about such an iconic figure as Dylan? Apparently so. Here was a song that was released during most ticket-holders&#39; primes, yet it had somehow eluded them.The Q&amp;A that followed consisted of four brief laudatory questions, converted to enlightening insider information by Pennebaker. As a master in his field, he had a lot to share, as I am sure was the case for Michael Moore and Ross McElwee, who had later festival screenings. Rumor also spread that Scorsese made an appearance, though I also heard that he only contributed a video introduction to a doc that he &quot;presented.&quot;So, be on the lookout for Gaetti at the Southpoint Mall food court and feel free to laugh hard at your fuzzy VHS copy of Mallrats. He&#39;s hungry, and some of your friends in the room might not know about Jay and Silent Bob.<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 05:19:00 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>Tenenbaums</spout:postby><spout:postto>Tenenbaums Blog</spout:postto><spout:postdate>7/25/2007 1:19:00 AM</spout:postdate><spout:body>Within an hour last April in Durham, I sat within ten feet of both Gary Gaetti and D.A. Pennebaker. They might as well be former college roommates.Gaetti is currently an assistant coach for the Durham Bulls. I saw the familiar name (he&amp;#39;s a substitute on my beloved Parker Brothers&amp;#39; Electronic Baseball) but his neck was so tan that I thought he was black. Then he gave the first base line his profile and I saw the schnoz. It was the real deal.Pennebaker was in town promoting his new film Bob Dylan: 65 Revisited at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. The upstairs Cinema One at the Carolina Theatre was mostly full by the time I got my will call ticket, but attending alone warranted an end seat on the second row. Four seats over from me in the front row sat an older fellow who was napping with his head straight up. A festival photographer knelt in front of me next to the stairs and snapped a few shots of a group of three ladies standing next to the stage. I wondered where Pennebaker would enter.The middle lady then went to the mic and said that Pennebaker literally needed &amp;quot;no introduction&amp;quot; since he had been a regular attendee and friend of the festival for its entire ten year run. She then gave the floor up to &amp;quot;Penny,&amp;quot; and the man who had been temporarily resting his eyes walked to the stage.The film is a new one hour documentary culled from extra footage from Pennebaker&amp;#39;s wonderful Don&amp;#39;t Look Back. He claimed that he intended to name the new film &amp;quot;Outtakes,&amp;quot; but was vetoed by other decision makers. While going over the entirety of his Dylan reels, Pennebaker was especially moved by full length performances of songs over four decades old. In making this new film, he wanted to highlight &amp;quot;half a dozen or so&amp;quot; of the tunes in their entirety and surround them with additional entertaining footage.And it is highly entertaining. Another element of that hour was also entertaining, though in a confusing way. &amp;quot;If You&amp;#39;ve Got to Go, Go Now (Or Else You&amp;#39;ve Got to Stay All Night)&amp;quot; is a funny song and I laughed the first few times I heard it before settling into a permanent grin when it is played. But the song is over 40 years old. People know it, right?When the largely middle-aged hipster audience heard the song and its multiple punchlines, they exploded with laughter as if they were hearing Eddie Murphy&amp;#39;s Raw for the first time. Listening to these howls, I began to re-think my approach to comedy in repeated form. Since I laugh every time I hear &amp;quot;There will be no fighting in the war room!&amp;quot; from Dr. Strangelove, should I respond similarly to this song or do I need to adopt an Amish line of defense? How funny is Borat the fifth or fiftieth time around?But then another possibility emerged. Attendees at any kind of film festival, especially one featuring documentaries, are rarely knowledgeable about the subject(s) that they see on screen. Could the audience around me also be ignorant about such an iconic figure as Dylan? Apparently so. Here was a song that was released during most ticket-holders&amp;#39; primes, yet it had somehow eluded them.The Q&amp;amp;A that followed consisted of four brief laudatory questions, converted to enlightening insider information by Pennebaker. As a master in his field, he had a lot to share, as I am sure was the case for Michael Moore and Ross McElwee, who had later festival screenings. Rumor also spread that Scorsese made an appearance, though I also heard that he only contributed a video introduction to a doc that he &amp;quot;presented.&amp;quot;So, be on the lookout for Gaetti at the Southpoint Mall food court and feel free to laugh hard at your fuzzy VHS copy of Mallrats. He&amp;#39;s hungry, and some of your friends in the room might not know about Jay and Silent Bob.</spout:body></item>
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      <title>Spout Post: Re: What animates a zombie?</title>
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<strong>Post By:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/members/15574/default.aspx'>GradysGhost</a><br/>
<strong>Post To:</strong> <a href='http://www.spout.com/groups/Zombie_Obsession/329/discussions.aspx'>Zombie Obsession</a><br/>
<strong>Post Date:</strong> 6/30/2007 3:49:47 PM<br/>
<strong>Body:</strong> This is actually a pretty interesting concept.  When it comes to werewolves or vampires, we all know every word of mythos behind them.  We all know you gotta shoot werewolves with silver bullets and that it's the lure of the full moon that they're cursed by which draws them into their uber-wolflike state.  If I asked you what it meant for a vampire to "sire" somebody, you'd go into detail about the ritual of passing along the vampire curse.Yet Risselada asks about zombies and we're all like, ".....uh....rectal itch?"For as famous as George A. Romero's become for the entire "&lt;Time of Day&gt; of the Dead" series, he sure didn't provide us with much backstory.  It's radiation one time, something else the next.  And things are inconsistent across various zombie movies.  28 Days Later had a virus (but it's possible that the monkeys it started with just had some of Risselada's swamp-ass and wanted to pass it along in the form of a Kevin Smith-style stink-palm).  I think it was Plan 9 from Outer Space that involved aliens that made the dead walk.  What's up with all this?<br/>
</div>]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:49:47 GMT</pubDate><spout:postby>GradysGhost</spout:postby><spout:postto>Zombie Obsession</spout:postto><spout:postdate>6/30/2007 3:49:47 PM</spout:postdate><spout:body>This is actually a pretty interesting concept.  When it comes to werewolves or vampires, we all know every word of mythos behind them.  We all know you gotta shoot werewolves with silver bullets and that it's the lure of the full moon that they're cursed by which draws them into their uber-wolflike state.  If I asked you what it meant for a vampire to "sire" somebody, you'd go into detail about the ritual of passing along the vampire curse.Yet Risselada asks about zombies and we're all like, ".....uh....rectal itch?"For as famous as George A. Romero's become for the entire "&amp;lt;Time of Day&amp;gt; of the Dead" series, he sure didn't provide us with much backstory.  It's radiation one time, something else the next.  And things are inconsistent across various zombie movies.  28 Days Later had a virus (but it's possible that the monkeys it started with just had some of Risselada's swamp-ass and wanted to pass it along in the form of a Kevin Smith-style stink-palm).  I think it was Plan 9 from Outer Space that involved aliens that made the dead walk.  What's up with all this?</spout:body></item>
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