Haha!! You hot freak!
The only thing I ask is that you allow me to introduce the films on the night of my name. We can have a Q & A afterwards. And THEN, if the issue still isn't resolved, Bill and I will arm wrestle over the argument whether TDK is good or not.
Also. You can rap? Dude, that is awesome. Do you freestyle about Howard Hawks and shit? That would be hella dope!
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 12:30 pm | #
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I can freestyle with the best of 'em! And yes, each blogger/commenter will introduce their films although I can't be held responsible if the mic accidentally goes out during your introduction cause, you know, shit happens.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 12:42 pm | #
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Fox, I have arms like Popeye. The day will be mine!
Since you weren't able to fit Dennis into this, I'll take over:
Day Seven - Dennis Day
Speed Racer
Babel
Why? Because he loves them both!!!
While we're at it:
Day Eight - Jonathan Day
CHUD 2: Bud the CHUD
End of Days
Why? Because one probably has to do with nuclear war or something, and the other has Kevin Pollack in it.
bill | | Email | 07.30.08 - 1:34 pm | #
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I think I'll skip Day 7 but Day 8 sounds pretty good: CHUD, End of Days. Well, there's two of the best films you could've possibly picked for me. Clearly you have been paying close attention to this blog.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 1:48 pm | #
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Yeah, you know, you've never specifically mentioned those two movies, but I thought about what I've learned about you over the past year or so, and I thought, "Well, Bud the CHUD is obviously one of Jonathan's favorites."
And I actually just saw End of Days for the first time myself about a week and a half ago. It struck me as a movie that Powell and Pressburger would have made, had they lived long enough that CGI effects could catch up to and realize their infernal vision. Plus, Schwarzeneggar plays an alcoholic, suicidal ex-cop. Who doesn't want to see that?
bill | | Email | 07.30.08 - 2:00 pm | #
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You know I'm an alcoholic, suicidal ex-cop. Didn't know if you knew that.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 2:24 pm | #
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No, I didn't know that. If your suffering is anything like the that experienced by Jericho Cane in End of Days, then you have my deepest sympathies.
bill | | Email | 07.30.08 - 2:47 pm | #
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Bill just sold me on going to rent End Of Days tonight.
I have a copy of C.H.U.D. on VHS but I haven't watched it yet.
Two-for-Tuesday double feature time?? I think so!
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 2:55 pm | #
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This is so fun! I want to go see them all!
sheila | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 5:23 pm | #
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CHUD? Is that the stuff you feed to sharks and then when they get all close to your boat you blow their brains out with a high-powered rifle and the blood goes all over you and your boat and sinks into your motor and causes a massive oil leak?
'Cause like I'd never go see a violent movie like that!
Marilyn Ferdinand | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 6:16 pm | #
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Sheila - Thanks. I thought yours fit together quite well, two sides of the same fish out of water coin, one menacing, one lighthearted.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 7:08 pm | #
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Marilyn - You're thinking CHUM, which was directed by Milos Forman right after he did Cuckoo's Nest. And it's not violent at all. It's about a little girl who makes friends with a man-eating shark, but since she's not a man it never eats her. It's really heartwarming.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.30.08 - 7:10 pm | #
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Oh yeah!! I remember CHUM now... Roman Polanski played the shark, right???
I love that Shiela loves The Clock b/c more people should love it. And Robert Walker is just so damn sweet in that film. Made even more so b/c of his early death. RIP, dude.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 12:33 am | #
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Harlan County U.S.A. (1976)
The War Game (1965)
Now, THAT'S a feel-good afternoon.
Scott | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 12:50 am | #
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I swear I was here yesterday and all I saw were Khan's enormous pecks staring at me. I was very intimidated and needed to navigate away immediately.
Anyways, what you've done here is brilliant on so many levels I've lost count. You've responded to a meme, but you've also created a meme within a meme by including other selections and you've linked up to them... and oh wait, my mind is spinning.
I love Fox, but this non-stop praise is making me want to give off this Dark Knight crazy train. I swear, as I write this, my son is saying "why so serious" over and over in the room next door.
And who couldn't love Lesbians and Vampires. The two go hand in hand.
But because I'm a simple fellow, Miller's Crossing and Dazed and Confused would be my favorite night. Two great tastes that taste great together.
I'm not surprised that Adam tagged you as well, as great minds think alike.
Many thanks, Jonathan
Piper | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 8:50 am | #
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Fox - You know your CHUM.
Scott - Anti-depression pills will sold at the concession counter.
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 8:51 am | #
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Piper - I move like a thief in the night. One minute there's Khan, then suddenly - out of a nowhere - a meme appears! Thanks for tagging me Pat, it was an enjoyable meme to do, and I don't often enjoy memes. If you know what I meme?
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 8:54 am | #
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I AM outraged, you jerk. Shitty remakes of Renoir and Kurosawa ... god. It's just like you see deep into the darkest reaches of the heart and then yank it out, veins dangling, laughing maniacally (you, not the veins). I'll bet you yank the toenails out of little, cute puppy paws, don't you?
Rick | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 2:59 pm | #
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Down and Out in Beverly Hills is so much better than Boudu or Budro or Bhudha or whatever it is and you know it. And that dog, and Bette Midler, oh, oh, and Little Richard... c'mon you just can't beat that [laughs maniacally to self]
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 3:26 pm | #
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Jonathan, I think Boutros Boutros Saved From Drowning is what your searching for.
It's an Egyptian classic.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 5:48 pm | #
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And it was once the head of the U.N. Or am I thinking Boutros Boutros Ghali?
Jonathan Lapper | | Email | Homepage | 07.31.08 - 6:07 pm | #
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Yep!
And I've heard that at the U.N. whenever there is too much rancor and disagreement, they pull a screen down in the assembly hall and watch some Renoir.
Ahhh.... if only the answer to international conflict was so easy and beautiful.
Fox | | Email | Homepage | 08.01.08 - 12:24 am | #
