From: "hugh bone" <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: Intelligent readings...
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 10:25:52 -0500


You might enjoy "Oh Brother" which is one long (too long)
joke, burlesque, fantasy, satire, with good (country) music, and  wild
special effects.  Coen brothers break some new ground here.

Excellent acting, fabulous George Clooney, great singing, humor, but
satirizing everything every minute for 155 minutes is overkill.

Hugh
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> I'd be really interested in this too.  I often see comedy as more
> intelligent than audiences give credit for, however, i ususally can't
quite
> put my finger on why.  Help?
> jen (LC is my alias)
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> From: Dave Maloney <EGA98DJM-AT-sheffield.ac.uk>
> To: <film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 7:42 AM
> Subject: Intelligent readings...
>
>
> > I was interested to note intelligent readings of mainstream films in
> > a recent posting, Locke in Harry met Sally etc... Is anybody aware
> > of any web resources which offer intelligent readings of supposed
> > no-brainer movies. I have examined the direct camera gaze in
> > Wayne's World and Ferris Bueller, and sexual imagery /
> > iconography in Ghostbusters.  I'm looking for the brain behind no-
> > brainers. Especially teenie movies like Wayne's, Ferris, Bill and
> > Ted... Any help would be much appreciated...
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> > By the way, for Hugh
> >
> > 1) Memento
> > 2) Dancer in the Dark
> > 3) O Brother Where Art Thou
> >
> > 1) Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
> > Always believe in your soul,
> > You've got the power to know,
> > You're indestructible.
> >
> >
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