LOOK AT ME…I'M REALLY SMART!!!
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Rupert__Pupkin — 15 years ago(June 08, 2010 09:49 AM)
denbeez,
Thank you for the thoughtful response. I particularly liked the Browning quote. I hadn't heard that before.
I should clarify that I'm 32, not 42. Apparently I made a typo in my original post.
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Mandy_Whitsands — 15 years ago(June 30, 2010 06:27 PM)
@denbeez:
judging from your posting, I guess you don't agree with my verdict here
http://www.imdb.com/board/10074958/board/nest/165945820
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Seanpdineen — 14 years ago(March 12, 2012 02:37 PM)
Reminded me, although I didnt know this when first watching it of film noir, that kind of snappy, arcane langague.
I am glad faye dunnway was picked nothing aginst V but faye deserved more than The HANDmaids tale, and Bonnie and clyde. -
pullman1881 — 12 years ago(May 20, 2013 04:56 PM)
Do you really want characters in drama to speak like real people? That's like the idiots who wanted Sarah Palin as VP, because "she's just like me". Have you listened to what passes for conversation lately? It's all like awesome and amazingand whatever.
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MsLadybird99 — 15 years ago(June 11, 2010 09:22 AM)
I first saw Network when I was about 12 or 13 and had no problem with the dialogue. Some of the cultural references flew over my head at the time, but I found the film funny and compelling, even at that tender age. It's still my favorite movie all these many years later.
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Owlwise — 15 years ago(June 11, 2010 10:12 AM)
Besides, let's remember that the writing for movies & TV was once of a much higher quality, drawing on the theater, as a previous poster mentioned. The dialogue for "Network" isn't a case of the author trying to show off or impress anyone; he's simply using the vocabulary that came naturally to him. Those weren't "big" or unusual words to him, they're the words he was familiar with from a lifetime of reading & writing.
Moreover, the audience of those earlier decades was used to articulate, well-written dialogue, and took it for granted that they'd be getting something more than the lowest common denominator in writing. They didn't want their movies dumbed down; they appreciated being treated like intelligent, perceptive adults. -
killbill_tarantino2003 — 15 years ago(June 29, 2010 05:45 AM)
I feel sorry for you, you admit that you have Phd but still watching 'Daddy day Care' and "Shrek 4". Please, SIR.. don't convince us too hard, in here (at imdb.com's message board) that you're smart.
OVER THE TOP SURREALISM IN CINEMA :
8 1/2 (1963)
PERSONA (1966)
BELLE DE JOUR (1967)