Comments on: Thursday favorites: Falling apart in Wisconsin http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677 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: The Modesto Kid http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677#comment-58941 The Modesto Kid Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:53:04 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=3677#comment-58941 Bruno is still playing his accordion; there's a review in <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/25/arts/design/25abroad.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink" rel="nofollow">today's Times</a>. Bruno is still playing his accordion; there’s a review in today’s Times.

]]> By: amare stoudemire http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677#comment-58882 amare stoudemire Fri, 19 Dec 2008 17:44:17 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=3677#comment-58882 Modesto, Your comment about Fitzcarraldo "dragging" at points is my favorite pun in a long time. I love The Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner, the slow motion shots of him literally flying have stuck in my mind. Woodchuck was good but I understand that the disc I saw must have some corrupted audio because it didn't have Herzog's narration over much of the doc. You might want to (re)watch Kaspar Hauser and then follow it with Truffaut's Wild Child as they deal with the same theme. Over the top paranoia and grandiosity are two human elements I most identify with. LANE!! Modesto,

Your comment about Fitzcarraldo “dragging” at points is my favorite pun in a long time.

I love The Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner, the slow motion shots of him literally flying have stuck in my mind. Woodchuck was good but I understand that the disc I saw must have some corrupted audio because it didn’t have Herzog’s narration over much of the doc.

You might want to (re)watch Kaspar Hauser and then follow it with Truffaut’s Wild Child as they deal with the same theme.

Over the top paranoia and grandiosity are two human elements I most identify with.

LANE!!

]]> By: lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677#comment-58879 lane Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:38:35 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=3677#comment-58879 OK, I'm better now. Ruben, no, I know Kate's parents and they are . . . sure right whatever. Kate, it's the SENTIMENTAL thing. Marley, you're just a sweet old softee. And there's nutin' wrong wit dat! OK, I’m better now.

Ruben, no, I know Kate’s parents and they are . . . sure right whatever.

Kate, it’s the SENTIMENTAL thing.

Marley, you’re just a sweet old softee. And there’s nutin’ wrong wit dat!

]]> By: lane http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677#comment-58878 lane Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:35:38 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=3677#comment-58878 RUBEN! RUBEN!

]]> By: The Modesto Kid http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/3677#comment-58877 The Modesto Kid Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:53:40 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/?p=3677#comment-58877 Ruben in 16: I love <em>Aguirre</em> and I think it's probably a better film than <em>Stroszek</em>, so I guess you're right that that would be the one if you had to pick. But there is a strongly human element in <em>Stroszek</em> that I don't see in <em>Aguirre</em>, which is about over-the-top paranoia and grandiosity. There is a lot to like about <em>Fitzcarraldo</em> but I find that it drags at points. I need to go back and watch <em>Kaspar Hauser</em> again now that I've got more of a handle on Bruno -- when I watched it before I found it beautiful but utterly mystifying. Have you seen the shorts <em>The Great Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner</em> and <em>How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck...</em>? These are great and I think both of some use in understanding Stroszek. <em>Steiner</em> is a profile of world-champion ski jumper Walter Steiner, <em>Woodchuck</em> is a documentary of the 1976 National Livestock Auctioneering championship. Ruben in 16: I love Aguirre and I think it’s probably a better film than Stroszek, so I guess you’re right that that would be the one if you had to pick. But there is a strongly human element in Stroszek that I don’t see in Aguirre, which is about over-the-top paranoia and grandiosity.

There is a lot to like about Fitzcarraldo but I find that it drags at points.

I need to go back and watch Kaspar Hauser again now that I’ve got more of a handle on Bruno — when I watched it before I found it beautiful but utterly mystifying.

Have you seen the shorts The Great Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner and How Much Wood Would a Woodchuck Chuck…? These are great and I think both of some use in understanding Stroszek. Steiner is a profile of world-champion ski jumper Walter Steiner, Woodchuck is a documentary of the 1976 National Livestock Auctioneering championship.

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