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[Jane2]

Posted: 9/30/06 at 10:40pm

I did watch it a few times, and each time it made more sense. I think my favorite scene was the audition Watts did with the guy-it really took an unexpected turn and that's what I love about Lynch. Like in Blue Velvet when Dean suddenly broke into the Roy Orbison song.

[jimnysf]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 1:11am

Once was more than enough and I have more than an MTV attention span. I sat through the complete, uncut "Cleopatra" twice. I always love how some people try to sound superior when they insult those that don't agree with them by slinging insults like it takes more than an MTV attention span. I'd argue that Mr. Rex Reed, brilliant critic and not so brilliant actor, also has more than an MTV attention span and he hated it as well.

[bta212]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 4:40am

LOVED it.

I totally understand those who hate this film--it requires surrendering yourself to someone else's dreamscape, and I think that doing so requires more than a conscious decision to surrender. I think you have to be somehow attuned to Lynch's imagery/vocabulary/emotional wavelength in order to receive this film. I don't think disliking it is a failure of imagination at all, although God knows that you have to be open to non-literal films in order to even walk through the door. Even then, though, it has to speak to you. If it does--it's a knockout.

Updated On: 10/1/06 at 04:40 AM

[Luscious]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 8:14am

"I have more than an MTV attention span. I sat through the complete, uncut "Cleopatra" twice. I always love how some people try to sound superior when they insult those that don't agree with them by slinging insults like it takes more than an MTV attention span."

I was speaking in generalities. My comments were not directed toward you or anyone else imparticular. Sorry you took it so personally.

PS. Rex Reed is a tool.

Updated On: 10/1/06 at 08:14 AM

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 10:49am

Rex Reed seems pretty bitter in general. And not exactly in the most fun way.

Posted: 10/1/06 at 10:58am

i just really identify with the whole staring-@-the-ceiling, masturbating-furiously, trying-to-pinpoint-the-moment-life-went-all-wrong-&-imagining-how-it-*could*-have-been kind of thing.
Updated On: 10/1/06 at 10:58 AM

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:03am

"I always love how some people try to sound superior when they insult those that don't agree with them by slinging insults like it takes more than an MTV attention span."

And I always love how someone must discredit another's opinion when it doesn't agree with theirs.-

"LOL! And if her performance in this mess is "Oscar-worthy", then so is Bruce Jenner's in "Can't Stop The Music"!"

[jimnysf]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:43am

Oh Jane, don't you have to go to work?

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:46am

yes, but not until tomorrow night-I can spend the entire day here but first I must tend to the more important chore of touching up my hair!

[jimnysf]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:51am

Good luck with the hair and your day off. Please don't spend the day watching bad movies.

[Calvin]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:57am

i just really identify with the whole staring-@-the-ceiling, masturbating-furiously, trying-to-pinpoint-the-moment-life-went-all-wrong-&-imagining-how-it-*could*-have-been kind of thing.

I identify with the bumbling hit man who shoots the janitor, the fat woman and the floor polisher.

Although I do love the movie, my main criticism is this: Billy Ray Cyrus brings it, as he would any movie, to a grinding halt. Worse than the appearance of Ted Danson in Saving Private Ryan.

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 10/1/06 at 11:58am

" I'd argue that Mr. Rex Reed, brilliant critic"

Well...I was with you up until that.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 8:57am

How do you feel about the movie now that you've had time to reflect on it, Funny Face?

[Funny Face]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 6:23pm

^^

(SPOILERS!!)

Well, I've looked up a few websites and stuff and sort of have the gist of it, but I still need to re-watch it. But I actually do think it's kind of ingenious. I mean at first I had no idea that it was all her dream, and dreams really do kind of work like that. All the things that you see and do in your waking life just morph themsleves into your subconcious, and even though there are parts I just flat-out don't get, it does make some sense if you know it's a dream and pay antention to when the dream ends and when it's "real" life.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/16/06 at 11:00pm

there are parts I just flat-out don't get

What parts?

[Funny Face]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:18pm

I'm still trying to figure out the significance monster/homeless guy, the cowboy, and the old couple.

[broadway86]

Posted: 10/17/06 at 4:47pm

This is what I think... (SPOILERS!!!)

I'm still trying to figure out the significance monster/homeless guy, the cowboy, and the old couple.

Monster/homeless guy: I think he signifies the dark part of our psyche. The guy in Winkie's tells his therapist that he saw a dark man behind the building. Sure enough, they go there and the dark guy pops out. Later on, after the dream half of the movie has ended, the dark guy takes out a paper bag and let's out...

The old couple: There's a number of possibilities for these two. I think that they are Diane Selwyn's parents. They also represent the tremendous guilt that Diane feels for putting the hit on Camilla. Hence, when they chase her at the end, she ends up killing herself.

The cowboy: Not completely sure, but I think he represents the side of Hollywood in which money and threats play a big part in who gets cast.

Any of that make sense?