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Memo to Disney:
"Life Is Wonderful"
-- the American remake
"I don't think most critics
understand the language of film as it's developed.... On the whole, they have a very
literary approach. They care about the conventional values of narrative and
construction and performance, rather than the other virtues that are more important: the
rhythm, the flow, the imagery; and the underlying theme.
So, they often miss it. They miss it altogether."
-- filmmaker John Boorman
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What do Quentin Tarantino, Peter & Bobby
Farrelly (Dumb and Dumber, Something About Mary), Dave Foley (Kids
in the Hall, Newsradio), Kathy Griffin (Shakes the Clown,
Suddenly Susan), Harvey Keitel, Jonathan Richman, Camille Paglia, and
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coming eventually:
- a basic movie library: that AFI 100 list was
such a joke, wasn't it? check back here for a list of the essential books and movies
you must experience as a (cine-)literate citizen of the information age! buy 'em
right here (from amazon) or borrow or rent from you local library or video store. must-read
collections of film criticism already available.
- behind the scenes and inside the creation of julia
sweeney's brilliantly funny and touching upcoming movie, god said
"ha!" -- from tragedy to comedy; from nightclub to stage to
broadway to film...
- the amazingly tortured chronicle of the making of the
low-budget disney comedy, it's pat: the movie -- including: the
worst pitch in the world, studio story meetings, dealing with saturday night live,
doing time in development hell, surviving turnaround, assembling the crew, shooting on a
shoestring, editing and re-editing, preview screenings, test marketing, press leaks,
reviews, shuffling off to video... somebody oughta make a movie about this -- but
nobody would believe it!
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what's inside:
alternate
floorplan
now open!
frontroom/entry
enter for highlights and
new
features like:
new
section!
entering twin
peaks...
missing
mel torme
(1925 -1999)
my night at hef's (with mel)
franksville
(it's sinatra's world...)
the dark room
(a film noir place)
screening
room
an ever-growing collection of reviews, highlighting movies that inspire strong
reactions: love, hate,
or ambivalence...
mantelpiece
souvenirs of exotic locales, both physical and virtual:
india
floating film festival
favorite web destinations (coming soon)...
bathroom
feelin' flush? plunge into the squishy world of plumbing
in the movies, from silents to psycho -- and beyond. send me your favorite plumbing moments and I'll
post 'em in the bathroom.
kitchen
luis buñuel's famous martini recipe (and its surreal after-effects).
the cinematic version of the buñuel martini -- as seen in
the discreet charm of the bourgeoise
(1972)
post messages on jeeem's fridge
library/office
the reference center:
new the cinepad's exclusive, definitive chart of the best movies of all time!
also viewable in text-only format: by rank, by title, by year, or by director
other awards:
afi 100 & afi 400
sight & sound critics poll
national film registry
la film critics association
30 lieblingsfilme
(a poll of favorite films)
best films of the 1970s
vatican movie list
jeeem's pantheon
jeeem's 120 most
beloved movies
jeeem's notepad -- hastily
scribbled notes about matters of life and death! saving private ryan, something about
mary, out of sight, truman show... & more!
new jeeem les bons tuyaux!
press clippings -- nice
things about the cinepad from newspapers, magazines, and websites around the globe!
*essential film books
*alternative masterpieces -- lesser-known masterworks you must see before you die!
storage attic
(still remodeling)
the storage area:
coen brothers interview
buster keaton tribute/gallery
barbara stanwyck gallery
babs' foot fetish page
bette davis interview
the big lie
when bad movies happen to good people...
a tribute to the late j.t. walsh
the borg
inside microsoft:
the definitive microsoft lexicon
understanding the real microsoft (4
essential texts)
and an ode to redmond west's million-dollar water
feature (featuring p-funkster george clinton!)
* WARNING: some corners
of the cinepad are for adults only -- sure paths to movie hell. beware! you have been warned...
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