I don't feel like writing up some big blurb about some film blah blah blah. I'm gonna play Rocky Horror Picture Show later tonight if anyone is interested.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rocky_Horror_Picture_Show Don't get hot and flustered, use a bit of mustard! On 27 April 2013 01:35, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: > We're still watching! > > > On 26 April 2013 23:52, Michael Kozakewich < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Ha, wow, is it already 11:50? I guess I won’t be there. Got some >> dishes washed, though. >> >> *From:* Justin Lacko <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Friday, April 26, 2013 9:05 AM >> *To:* Discuss, SkullSpace <[email protected]> >> *Subject:* [SkullSpace-Discuss] Movie Night tonight! >> >> It's been a few weeks (months?) so let's have another movie night >> tonight! >> >> I've got some things to do at the space first, but I was hoping to screen >> The Phantom of Liberty[1] later in the evening. This is the penultimate >> film made by Luis Buñuel[2] in 1974, who also made Un chien andalou (An >> Andalusian Dog)[3] with Salvador Dalí (maybe some people know this film). >> >> The Phantom of Liberty follows in a similar surrealist vein with Buñuel's >> other films but in my opinion is easier to follow and understand the >> imagery and symbolism. (For the weirder and much harder-to-understand film >> by Buñuel, check out L'age d'or (The Golden Age)[4] which is just... very >> random...). A brief description from Wikipedia: >> >> "*The Phantom of Liberty* is a film that celebrates the notion of chance >> encounters... The overall structure of the film is one of seemingly >> unconnected episodes linked together by random encounters. The story is >> passed from one scene to the next as if the narrative is a relay race: the >> narrative ‘baton’ is passed on by means of a minor character from one scene >> becoming the next major character." >> >> I find a lot of the scenes very funny and playful; for instance in one >> scene a man whom we take to be a pervert gives some children some photos in >> a park. When they take them home to their parents and show them, the >> parents are shocked at the "disgusting" photos - which are revealed to the >> viewer to be nothing more than photos of French architecture. >> >> As mentioned, I'll be playing this later in the evening so as not to >> disturb any other activities going on. Hope to see you tonight! >> >> ~Justin >> >> >> [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_Liberty >> [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel >> [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_Chien_Andalou >> [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Age_d%27Or >> >> ------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List >> Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss >> Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >> > >
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