MonoMan

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"I am MonoMan"

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Personal statement:

I am older than I thought I'd ever be.

I'm an ex-old school-late 70's swedish anarchist punk.

I've been a touring musician, editor of fanzines, arranger of concerts, boss of an independent record company, part-time writer, full-time alcoholic, long-time chef, small-time hustler/survivor, a man of no significance whatsoever and a good friend to my good friends.

I have no relatives whatsoever, whatever they may say.

At the moment, I have a book of poems to be released in January 2009. It's called "Hävdasten" which is Swedish for "Claimstone".

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Interested in:Adventure, Avant-garde / Experimental, Comedy, Crime, Culture & Society, Drama, Epic, Fantasy, Film, TV & Radio, Historical Film, History, Horror, Language & Literature, Music, Science Fiction, Spy Film, Thriller, Visual Arts, War

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The Dark Knight

Re:DVD Box Set Giveaway
By MonoMan in Filmgaming
"1 HellBoy II : The Golden Army : - Where do they find all those funny-looking actors? 2 Be Kind Rewind : - I liked their RoboCop much better. Could you find me a copy on the Internet? 3 The Dark Knight : - I don't like sad endings! Why did they have to kill the girl? 4 You Don't Mess With The Zohan : - Now that's what I call a haircut! 5 In Bruges : - That's where I'll go next vacation. Yours, MonoMan " [More]

The Happening

Re:Weekly Theme for November 10 ...
By MonoMan in Weekly Theme
"Well, I just have to mention one of the many really bad movies that's used a deus ex machina. I refer to the horrible M. Night Shyamalan movie "The Happening"... Yes I do, and it's not very kind-hearted to kick the one who's already floored (theres a typical Swedish expression for you all), but, in this context, I just have to. Da plants! Da plants! They are-a killing us! But why? Oh why? Dead! Now they're dead! Da plants are all dead! And why? The Deus Ex Machina factor of this movie is so obvious that I don't have to point it out really. It's driven by nonlogical unexplained events, and the only way for the director to end this nonsense is by... What? Da plants! Da plants are all dead! And why? They didn't want to attack us humans anymore? Or is it because plants don't have any logical thinking whatsoever, them being plants and all? No, it must be because The Force Of Nature, which started all this, just decided to also end it all. Ok, let's end this movie. (But let's open up ... " [More]

The Call of Cthulhu

Point taken
By MonoMan in MonoMan Blog
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"Ok, so you want to make a movie capturing the mood of H P Lovecraft's Ctulhu stories. So, of course you make it a silent movie. Of course, you add some typical silent movie score music. You play the stereotypes of the silent expressionist horror movie. You use these stereotypes just like Tarkovskij used his own stereotypes (like all the dogs and pools of water, religious imagery and soforth) in his later movies. Overacting actors, lumbering shadows, etc etc. But, does it work? I'm not really sure. I had a hard time watching it, thinking all the time that the above-mentioned Murnau and Dreyer did it so much better back in the days. I'm also of the opinion, and now I'm being an absolute heretic, that this movie would have been a lot better given the traditional 2008 treatment of colour, sound, a bombastic film score, good acting, over-the-top digital effects, big budget and so on. I may be wrong, and if you prove me so... Point taken. " [More]

Dark City

Buy the package or return to se ...
By MonoMan in MonoMan Blog
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"To fully be able to enjoy Dark City, you have to buy the whole package. To begin with, it's Film Noir at it's moist noirish. It's futuristic as well. It's got lots of stylish, weird characters. It's not a romantic comedy starring Hugh Grant. It's not Ingmar Bergman. It's magic, like a good movie should be. Allow yourself to enter the City or stand by the gates, trying to look over the walls from outside. This is a fine piece of art that happens to be set in the future. Unlike The Matrix, which is a decent movie set in the future. What's it all about? See for yourself. " [More]

The Big Red One: The Reconstruction

Boom bang crash!
By MonoMan in MonoMan Blog
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"The Big Red One is, in many ways, quite similar to the war comic "Two-Fisted Tales" that Harvey Kurtzman created in the early '50s. The stories in these comics (which ran for 24 issues from 1950-55) honestly portray war as it really is: Brutal, confusing and pointless to the unheroic soldiers. No glory, just guts. Harvey Kurtzman knew about war firsthand, as he served in the US Army in WWII, just like Samuel Fuller did. It's truly great then, that Richard Schickel has reconstructed The Big Red One to the masterpiece it was meant to be. Sam Fuller was, at the time, considered a very competent director of B-movies, and the film got treated just like a B-movie; it got butchered by the studio. Now, restored, the film is very funny, gritty, bloody, and it's also Sam Fuller's very personal view of the monstrosity of war. Lee Marvin is perfect as the leading man. Or Sam Fuller's alter ego, maybe? " [More]

Pan's Labyrinth

Pan's Labyrinth works on many l ...
By MonoMan in MonoMan Blog
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"Pan's Labyrinth works on many levels, as do all of Del Toro's films. Firstly, it's a classic fairy-tale. There's an innocent child, there's an evil power (the captain), there's a helpless mother and there's a mysterious saviour (the faun). Secondly, it's a story about faith and trust in things you don't really understand other than in an intuitive, if you will, way. Thirdly, it's a film about resistance. About not taking the easy way out. About not giving up the things you are and believe in, even in the face of death. It's also, of course, a great fantasy movie, set in a realistic environment. It's got great actors, tremendous scenography, fantastic score and, to top it off, one of the best directors now living. I hadn't seen any of Guillermo Del Toro's films before I saw Pan's Labyrinth, but now I've seen them all, of course. And I find they all deal with similar subjects. The Devil's Backbone is, I think, the most obvious example. But even in Del Toro's adaptions of Hellboy the ... " [More]