Comments on: Sandcastles, Short Cuts, and the persistent pleasures of painting http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:32:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: bryan http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-11933 bryan Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:08:36 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-11933 robert altman, RIP (1925-2006) robert altman, RIP (1925-2006)

]]> By: Dave http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-401 Dave Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:41:15 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-401 I took Altman's thing about making movies being like making sandcastles to mean that movies lose cultural significance quickly: they get released, get seen, get talked about (if they're lucky), and then hang around in some video limbo for a few decades at best. The best paintings do better than that. The best movies might, too. But I think your interpretation might be the right one, and anyway it's provocative. I took Altman’s thing about making movies being like making sandcastles to mean that movies lose cultural significance quickly: they get released, get seen, get talked about (if they’re lucky), and then hang around in some video limbo for a few decades at best. The best paintings do better than that. The best movies might, too.

But I think your interpretation might be the right one, and anyway it’s provocative.

]]> By: Lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-400 Lane Wed, 05 Apr 2006 13:27:23 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-400 Oh yeah the Julianne Moore scene. It's so funny how it has a ring of authentic domestic life. We all see our partners pantsless just talking about laundry or doing thier nails or stuff so that part is interesting in a "Sopranos" kind of way. But the I just love what she says. And that the conversation involves "art talk". "We were talking about this painter Larry Rivers and then . . . ' Oh yeah the Julianne Moore scene. It’s so funny how it has a ring of authentic domestic life. We all see our partners pantsless just talking about laundry or doing thier nails or stuff so that part is interesting in a “Sopranos” kind of way. But the I just love what she says. And that the conversation involves “art talk”. “We were talking about this painter Larry Rivers and then . . . ‘

]]> By: G-Lock http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-399 G-Lock Wed, 05 Apr 2006 12:43:52 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/200#comment-399 Lane, you had at me at "Short Cuts." One of the most engrossing movies. The end is so haunting and always leaves me frustrated. What a cast! What a script! What direction! (From the same guy who did "Popeye," no less!) All of Altman's films in that vein - "Gosford Park," "Nashville," "The Player" - are layered and authentic. Thanks for spotlighting this oft-overlooked gem. Plus: Julianne Moore pantless! Lane, you had at me at “Short Cuts.” One of the most engrossing movies. The end is so haunting and always leaves me frustrated. What a cast! What a script! What direction! (From the same guy who did “Popeye,” no less!) All of Altman’s films in that vein – “Gosford Park,” “Nashville,” “The Player” – are layered and authentic. Thanks for spotlighting this oft-overlooked gem. Plus: Julianne Moore pantless!

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