Red Mosquito

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They wheel Earl out on a gurney, and then a dog gets wheeled out on a gurney. Are we meant to think that Frank kicked the dog to death like he threatened he would when he entered the house?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:So at the end of Magnolia:

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They wheel Earl out on a gurney, and then a dog gets wheeled out on a gurney. Are we meant to think that Frank kicked the dog to death like he threatened he would when he entered the house?

If so, that is by far the funniest thing in the movie.

no, there's a shot of it eating the drugs that Julienne Moore got from the pharmacy

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

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Simple Torture wrote:I'm rewatching all of PTA's movies before I see this new one (probably first week of January), and something funny I found is that one of my favorite things in both Boogie Nights and Magnolia is that Hoffman's acting in the background of shots is some of my favorite stuff in both movies.

his scenes in PDL are incredible too. That little shake he does when he and Sandler are face to face, it's such a god-tier actor move.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:The only thing I recall thinking PSH didn't feel right in was Moneyball.

He’s great in that you weirdo

Simple Torture wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:I'm rewatching all of PTA's movies before I see this new one (probably first week of January), and something funny I found is that one of my favorite things in both Boogie Nights and Magnolia is that Hoffman's acting in the background of shots is some of my favorite stuff in both movies.

his scenes in PDL are incredible too. That little shake he does when he and Sandler are face to face, it's such a god-tier actor move.

Since I watched Magnolia like a month ago, PDL is next!

Jorge wrote:I really need to watch Punch Drunk Love again

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Jorge wrote:I really need to watch Punch Drunk Love again

Watch it with Argo and myself.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Malloy wrote:seeing it in 70mm on sunday at 1