The American Cinematheque has a Studio Ghibli retrospective starting Thursday at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica.
Photo: “My Neighbor Totoro.” Credit: Studio Ghibli
Let’s do one of these in San Diego.
Almodóvar - "Auténtica"
from Todo Sobre Mi Madre
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La Agrado’s monologue from All About My Mother:
…I’m very authentic. Look at my body! Everything’s made to measure. Almond eyes: 80,000 pesetas. Nose: 200,000 (down the drain because I got punched in the face the next year. I know it gives me character, but if I had known I’d lose it in a beating, I wouldn’t have touched it.) Breasts: two, because I’m no monster. 70,000 each, but I’ve already earned all that back. I’ve got silicone in my lips, forehead, cheeks, hips, and butt. It’s 100,000 a pint. You can figure the total yourselves because I’ve lost count. Jaw reduction: 75,000. Laser hair removal (because women are just as if not more closely related to apes than men): 60,000 per session. Depending on how hairy you are, you might need two to four sessions…
Anyway, as I was saying, it costs a lot to be authentic, girlfriend. And there’s no reason to be stingy about this because you’re most authentic when you most resemble what you dream of being.
Emphasis mine.
Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams is now streaming on Netflix Instant.
Man, I loved this movie. His voiceover is like a crazy epic poem.
“Every night I was dreaming of lions, and every day was the same shock for me. It was an emotional shock. I mean, I am a scientist, but a human too. And after five days I decided not to go back in the cave because I needed time just to relax and take time to absorb it.”
“And you dreamed not of paintings of lions but of real lions?”
“Of both! Of both, definitely.”
Just ate a synesthetic tomato.
Javier Bardém - "La Cigarra y la Hormiga"
from Lunes Al Sol
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Javier Bardém reading La Cigarra y La Hormiga from the movie Lunes al Sol:
Once upon a time in a land far far away, there lived a cricket and an ant. The ant was industrious and hardworking, and the cricket was not; he liked to sing and sleep while the ant worked on his projects. The ant worked and worked all summer and saved whatever he could. When winter came, the cricket was freezing while the ant had it all…
That ant’s a real son of a bitch!
The cricket knocked on the ant’s door, and the ant called out from inside “Cricket, cricket, if you’d worked hard like I did, you wouldn’t be hungry or cold…” And he didn’t open the door!
Who wrote this!? Because this isn’t right: the ant is a bastard and an opportunist. What’s more, they don’t tell you why some people are born ants and others are born crickets, because if you’re born a cricket, you’re fucked, and they don’t tell you that here…
Last night we saw Tabloid at IFC Center, and were lucky enough to witness a brief Q & A session with Errol Morris after the film. Joyce McKinney is an endlessly fascinating subject, and I think the film does a good job representing this very complicated story and personality. Naturally, she does not.
Yeah, I really can’t stop thinking about this all day.
I want to see this so bad.
I sat till the audience started to leave and waited for the precise moment, and then jumped up and yelled, ‘I’m Joyce McKinney!’
via Jeremy Moss
Movies of 1984 - A List by Keith Paugh →
I have long held 1984 as the “best year.” I remember how good it felt saying it was 1984. I remember how awesome my O.P. socks felt, and corduroy shorts looked. No evidence however, is more convincing of the year’s prowess than a simple list of movies from its 12 month period.
It’d be outstanding even if Breakin’ and its sequel hadn’t been released in the same year.
- Footloose (Feb 17)
- This Is Spinal Tap (Mar 2)
- Repo Man (Mar 9)
- Splash (Mar 16)
- Tank (Mar 16)
- Ice Pirates (Mar 16)
- Police Academy (Mar 23)
- Romancing The Stone (Mar 30)
- Breakin’ (May 4)
- Sixteen Candles (May 4)
- The Natural (May 11)
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (May 23)
- Once Upon A Time In America (Jun 1)
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (Jun 1)
- Beat Street (Jun 8)
- Ghostbusters (Jun 8)
- Gremlins (Jun 8)
- Top Secret! (Jun 22)
- The Karate Kid (Jun 22)
- Canonball Run II (Jun 29)
- The Gods Must Be Crazy (Jul 9)
- The Muppets Take Manhattan (Jul 13)
- The Last Starfighter (Jul 13)
- Revenge of the Nerds (Jul 20)
- Purple Rain (Jul 27)
- The Philadelphia Experiment (Aug 3)
- Cloak & Dagger (Aug 10)
- Red Dawn (Aug 10)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (Aug 10)
- Dreamscape (Aug 17)
- Amadeus (Sep 19)
- All Of Me (Sep 21)
- The Bear (Sep 28)
- Stranger Than Paradise (Oct 5)
- Stop Making Sense (Oct 19)
- The Terminator (Oct 26)
- The Killing Fields (Nov 2)
- Nightmare On Elm Street (Nov 9)
- Paris, Texas (Nov 9)
- Missing In Action (Nov 16)
- Supergirl (Nov 21)
- Beverly Hills Cop (Dec 5)
- Runaway (Dec 14)
- Starman (Dec 14)
- Dune (Dec 14)
- Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo (Dec 19)
- Johnny Dangerously (Dec 21)
Temple of Doom came out on my 6th birthday. That’s a good omen.
Surrealist filmmaker Wener Herzog on the source of his visionary projects.
Rather, Herzog on why he makes films. I’ve decided to co-opt his motivation as my reason for making software. I’m burdened with dreams, and I don’t want to be a cow in the field.
(via thestatusjoe)
Barton: Have you read the Bible, Pete?
Pete: Holy Bible?
Barton: Yeah.
Pete: Yeah, I think so. Anyway, I’ve heard about it.
