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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:02 AM
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Is this a primary or a Robert Altman movie?
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 12:39 AM by Armstead
Maybe Nashville. Maybe that Paris fashion movie, Pied au Portre (sorry about spelling).. Mash?

Absurd comedy with a dark edge. Weird characters obsessed in their little side dramas but connected into a larger weird tapestry. Farce with tragic underpinning. Misunderstandings. Missed connections. Wheeling and dealing....Now, a handshake with cosmic repercussions.

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Or perhaps....Stanley Kubrick?

The conclusion of Barry Lyndon.It kind of puts it all into perspective...

"It was in the reign of George III that the above-named personages lived and quarreled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor....They are all equal now."
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bidenista Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:05 AM
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1. John Carpenter
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NastyRiffraff Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:05 AM
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2. I think it's more like a Woody Allen movie
Quirky comedy with odd psychological issues thrown in.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:09 AM
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6. "I liked his early funny ones"
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:27 AM
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17. Didn't the alien say that?
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:43 AM
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23. It was a running joke in one of his movies, as I recall
It's been a while, but he played a director who was trying to be serious, and I think everyone kept repeating that. The aliens were the climax.
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:53 AM
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24. "Stardust Memories" I think
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:05 AM
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3. No, it's the Marx Brothers.
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:07 AM
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4. Armstead, this is wild coincidence, but last night we watched A WEDDING,
one of Altman's little-loved films.

I think it's a masterwork.

Anyway, tonight on DU is a lot like an Altman film, no question about it.

Bullseye.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:08 AM
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5. That's the other one I was trying to think of
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saltpoint Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:10 AM
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8. It ran in my home town many years ago before the theater yanked it,
deciding it was too controversial and negative for us tender-souled theater-goers.

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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:09 AM
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7. Kafka. Somebody's going to wake up as a cockroach.
Edited on Tue Jan-29-08 12:10 AM by Kristi1696
Yeah, I know that Kafka's not a director.

But Jesus, wouldn't that make the next debate fascinating?
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:36 AM
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19. If you want to get literary....
The conclusion of Barry Lyndon...And the concluding text of the film by Kubrick.

It kind of puts it all into perspective...



It was in the reign of George III that the above-named personages lived and quarreled; good or bad, handsome or ugly, rich or poor....They are all equal now.
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ToeBot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:15 AM
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9. Seems more like a Kurt Vonnegut novel (maybe Joseph Heller). nt
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:16 AM
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10. I'd say it's been like a 1980's...
...John Hughes flick.

It's like the cast of "Pretty in Pink" has come to life and decided to
run for President!
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:21 AM
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12. Nope. Breakfast Club....
Or Sixteen Candles. There actually is a scene involving a handshake snub in that movie, I think.
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:29 AM
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18. YES! Sixteen Candles....
...when Anthony Michael Hall extends his hand. The other
guy goes to shake AMH's hand...and AMH runs his hand through
his hair--leaving the other guy standing there with his
hand still extended.

Classic!
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:37 AM
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22. Now THAT is a handshake snub!
Ah, memories.
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Neshanic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:18 AM
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11. It's gonna end up like the "Andalusian Dog"
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:36 AM
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20. Ewwwww I hope not
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Barack_America Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:22 AM
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13. Gogol? This does have a bit of "Inspector General" absurdity to it....n/t
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:23 AM
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14. altman for sure-nashville
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:23 AM
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15. John Waters?
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:37 AM
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21. I think he may be too tasteful
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:27 AM
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16. And everyone talking all at once.
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DarienComp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 12:56 AM
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25. I fear we're in Mel Brooks territory tonight.
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Armstead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-29-08 08:53 AM
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26. The "bean scene" can't even top this
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