Recent content by Tim Raffey

Immediately after being overwhelmed by the intensity of the crumbling beach-house, and delighted by the tight circularity of her whisper--"Meet me in Montauk"--I wanted to piss myself laughing from the offscreen line "I didn't crash the plane. The plane crashed. I didn't crash the plane."...

The only time I can think of walking out of a video store with a movie I'd never heard of was with a movie called Sweet Jane. It was alright. On my birthday I went to the theater to see I picture I couldn't decipher the blurb to: American Magus, a rather amazing video about Harry Smith. That...

In order: 1. Morvern Callar 2. Lost In Translation 3. Kill Bill vol. 1 4. All the Real Girls 5. The Man Without a Past 6. Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary 7. Regarding This Jewison 8. Spider 9. Être et avoir 10. A Mighty Wind Plus, Talk to Her Ten And I have a certain...

Martin, You'd have to read no more than six words of anything Tarkovsy's ever written to be able to suppose that art holds a place higher in his ideals than even morality (not to say the two aren't deeply connected).

I pretty much automatically admire anything strange enough to mention here--the Quay stuff, The Beastie Boys' 'Sabotage' video, The Happiness of the Katakuris (if 'The Royal Tenenbaums' was too weird...), a picture called The Lost Bundefjord Expedition; I even have a certain affinity for some...

1. Usually 25ish, lately 10 to 15ish per month. 2. Often alone, but not exlusively. 3. (not in order, nor likely accurate--close enough for now): 8 1/5 (Otto e mezzo) - Balance of truth and beauty (the biggest virtues of art, to me) Dr. Strangelove... - Satire as a testiment to the power...

I think Wong Kar-Wai has an ear for music much like Tarantino, Scorsese, the Andersons (Wes & Paul T.), etc. But to ask me, it's better. i.e.: Dinah Washington doing 'What a Diff'rence a Day Makes', 'Things in Life' by Dennis Brown, Faye Wong's re-recording of 'Dreams' by the Cranberries, and...

"...less at steak..." Curse you, Dome! Now I can't edit it and save myself a little dignity...:b

Stanley Milgram:

Exactly. Hell, if you win Survivor they let you spend it on coke and whores for all they care... Derek:

While I'll certainly agree that comedies in general can be underrated, to make the broad statement that comedy is more difficult than drama is a little ridiculous. It suggests that D.J. Qualls deserves more respect for his perfomance in Road Trip than David Thewlis in Naked. Again we bring...

I really like The Magnificent Ambersons, though they might've been at the end.

There's also the depth of field thing. The use of the long lense that made Kurosawa a little different (as I see it) was to move the camera far back for a wide shot. Since everything in the frame is relatively close together it's all in focus, however if one were to shoot a medium shot (thighs...

Wonderland by Michael Winterbottom.