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@minim wrote:
@esmeralda wrote:
@minim wrote:
I didn’t leave it off deliberately actually. It was a mistake.
But thanks for letting people know what it was.
…stroppy cow!
Boll/ocks..you do it all the time..pretentious mare!
Esme… all words should stand in their own right, whoever the author. Lyrics or poetry.
It really doesn’t matter to me who wrote something, as long as I like it.
You obviously feel you need to know who wrote something before you can decide whether to like it or not.Hoisted by your own petard Esme.
Wtf are you wittering on about you silly woman? If work required no acknowledgement of authorship, the library shelves would be heaving under A for Anonymous.
You are trying to put spin on your idiocy..well go ahead..but don’t pretend you do it for any other reason than to assume intellectual superiority. As for arguing that giving the name of the author predjudices the appreciation of the work…one might at least expect to be given the title.
And darling..I ain’t hoisted on nuttin’
Simple. :wink:@pikey wrote:
Ha! Held up for plagiarism and being pretentious by the Esme! Priceless. That’s like an accusation levelled at you by Bin Laden about being a bit over the top with your religion and politics.
Genius.
Thus spaketh the resident wit and ars/ewipe. Actually, Minim was held up for no such thing.. I suggest you give your monacle a rub with your hankie, old boy. I pointed out that she never provides the title or the author, I said NOTHING about her pretending the works were by herself. But then you never miss an opportunity to have a go at me pikey. It’s as blatant as it is predictable..now go shove ya philip k. di.ck in a mangle, there’s a good man.
@minim wrote:
I didn’t leave it off deliberately actually. It was a mistake.
But thanks for letting people know what it was.
…stroppy cow!
Boll/ocks..you do it all the time..pretentious mare!
Minim, it’s such a wearisome affectation when you post a piece of poetry or lyrics without supplying title or author, leaving the reader to assume that you are of such superior intellect that neither are necessary and leaving those who are NOT au fait with the material as feeling somehow inadequate. Hmm..and you called me out on my elitism.
At least I come right out with it!
Oh, and for those who don’t know..the above poem is THE LIE by SIR WALTER RALEIGH :wink:I guess this belongs here..I absolutely adore this opening sequence and ..Travolta-mockers..cast your peepers on this beautiful young god in his prime..
@Sgt Pepper wrote:
@toybulldog wrote:
going back some…………’Heat’……the long awaited De niro / Pacino scene…..
Now it could be just me, I’ve seen many say how “electric” it was but somehow I remain dissapointed ? I believe that this momentous dialogue was somewhat lacking in the writing department and the actors involved did the best they could with what they were given. When you consider the quality of the godfather films and that. The directors miami voice vibe seemed to permeate the film anyway at the expense of something unique.
Maybe I ‘m too picky but does anybody know what I’m getting at ?
Curiously enough, the pairing of the diminutive cinematic giants rekindles this week with the release of Righteous Kill.. a film that’s receiving less than favourable reviews :?.
On the subject of This outstanding scene from HEAT, well, as I’m sure you’ve guessed, I’m a major fan.
If the new film points towards what many see as the nadir of the De-cino/Pa-niro coupling, then the famous cafe scene above is certainly it’s zenith.
For me, it sums up in many ways the acting revolution that these guys exemplified. A brave new world pioneered by the likes of Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift – brought forward by dear old Al and Bobby – and masterfully maintained by the uber talents of Daniel Day Lewis and the late great Heath Ledger.Much is made of the whole Method Acting gig with it’s apparent emphasis on complete metamorphosis and character immersion, but for me the great reward this particular school grants us is the brilliant gift present in all great art.. ie the notion of the epic in the commonplace. The noble in the everyday.
One need only look towards Joyce’s Ulysses to see this very much in motion, where the simplest of themes is advanced in the most elaborate fashions.
Heat – with all it’s style, urban musings and backdrops takes two seemingly disparate protagonists and curiously connects them with regard to the morally grey area of.. well.. cops n robbers. Their very dysfunction defines them, and ultimately binds them, albeit in the flip side way that Bobby DeNiro alludes to. Their dream descriptions are also utterly significant and similar – weaved into a superbly understated conversation that flows seamlessly towards a recognition of mutual respect.
Exceptional, vibrant cinema 8)A faultless synopsis as ever, Sgt. It’s interesting to note that HEAT was the first film in which Pacino and De Niro shared screentime, despite appearing separately in The Godfather.
For me, De Niro is the secondary talent when thrown into juxtaposition with Pacino, but then I’ve been an admirer of the little guy with the big eyes and the enormous passion, since his SERPICO days.
Yes..it was a common print in the sixties and seventies.. a tropical lady
According to essayist and author Edward Abbey, ‘Belief in the supernatural reflects a failure of the imagination’ which I think says more about his own lack of same, than of anything else. The faithless, soulless and senseless would doubtless agree with him, but then they too have neither the imagination nor the ability to comprehend that there are greater powers beyond our own..whoever, whatever and howsoever they may be.
These same soulless insentient beings go happily about ther business on a little planet spinning on its axis, pulled and drawn by moon and sun and mercury; whirling in a vast maw, an infinite blackness dotted with zillions of stars – without questioning the extraordinary phantasmagorialness of it all, and within this phantasmagorial context, unable to envisage that nothing is beyond imagination, all and every super and natural thing is possible.
Damn the confines of our silly little badly evolved brains.
I started with a quote and shall end with one from 19th century novelist Amelia Barr, which best sums it up for me: ‘Whatever the scientists may say, if we take the supernatural out of life, we leave only the unnatural.’Meanwhile..sneaky Sorceress Esmeralda decides to extend her part and outdo Delilah in the temptress stakes ,by going undercover (whose covers she goes under one is not at liberty to divulge but it could be Sunny’s)
