Comments on: The Silent Flute http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/ Blogging politics, culture, sociology and life from Brisvegas Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:32:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Mark http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-401034 Mark Sat, 08 Sep 2007 15:23:17 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-401034 Brian took me and my sister to see this when we were kids at the old Valley Twin! It may have been my idea. I taped it and am watching it now. It's a hoot! The guy in the cauldron properly played his role for laughs, I thought. Brian took me and my sister to see this when we were kids at the old Valley Twin! It may have been my idea. I taped it and am watching it now. It’s a hoot!

The guy in the cauldron properly played his role for laughs, I thought.

]]> By: Hilker http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400553 Hilker Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:51:29 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400553 Way too over the top and ham-fisted adolescent for me, though the guy in the cauldron was interesting, could have been straight out of a Samuel Beckett play. Way too over the top and ham-fisted adolescent for me, though the guy in the cauldron was interesting, could have been straight out of a Samuel Beckett play.

]]> By: Cliff http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400466 Cliff Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:48:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400466 That was a strange movie. I switched on when he was talking to a guy who'd been in standing in a cauldron of oil for ten years trying to dissolve his genitals off. That was a strange movie. I switched on when he was talking to a guy who’d been in standing in a cauldron of oil for ten years trying to dissolve his genitals off.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400438 Kim Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:12:14 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400438 Mitchum is just about the best male American actor. Evah. Mitchum is just about the best male American actor. Evah.

]]> By: FDB http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400436 FDB Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:09:36 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400436 God I love Dead Man. Johnny Depp, Jim Jarmusch, Mitchum, Niel Young... I found it a bit low on the wimmens, but then JJ's movies always are aren't they? God I love Dead Man.

Johnny Depp, Jim Jarmusch, Mitchum, Niel Young…

I found it a bit low on the wimmens, but then JJ’s movies always are aren’t they?

]]> By: Pa'vlov's Ca't http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400430 Pa'vlov's Ca't Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:01:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400430 Seconded re Mitchum. Far more menacing with far less effort than (even) Robert de Niro in the original version of <em>Cape Fear</em> c. 1960. And breathtaking in his cameo appearance in that great, great movie <em>Dead Man</em>, shouting at the stuffed Grizzly in his office. Seconded re Mitchum. Far more menacing with far less effort than (even) Robert de Niro in the original version of Cape Fear c. 1960. And breathtaking in his cameo appearance in that great, great movie Dead Man, shouting at the stuffed Grizzly in his office.

]]> By: Antonio http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400416 Antonio Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:41:33 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400416 Ah yes, It's a fantastic movie! David Carradine did a really good job playing all of the "bosses". He has a really interesting discussion of the making of this movie and working with James Coburn in his autobiography. Ah yes,

It’s a fantastic movie! David Carradine did a really good job playing all of the “bosses”. He has a really interesting discussion of the making of this movie and working with James Coburn in his autobiography.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400328 Nabakov Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:39:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400328 But for me, the coolest US male movie star ever is Robert Mitchum. He got busted for pot decades before it was fashionable. "I'll play anything except a dwarf or a lesbian. No damn good at either." "Just paint eyes on my eyelids and move me in front of the camera." Made Jack Nicholson look like Lindsay Lohan. But for me, the coolest US male movie star ever is Robert Mitchum. He got busted for pot decades before it was fashionable.

“I’ll play anything except a dwarf or a lesbian. No damn good at either.”

“Just paint eyes on my eyelids and move me in front of the camera.”

Made Jack Nicholson look like Lindsay Lohan.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400327 Nabakov Thu, 06 Sep 2007 17:34:07 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400327 Yes, I forgot about Owen Wilson. He definitely has a certain timeless rascal with a heart of gold quality about him too. And remember Owen, it's not over till the fat lady sits on you. And oh yes, two more classic US male movie stars (not actors) in the same vein I discussed above: Clark Gable and George Clooney. Yes, I forgot about Owen Wilson. He definitely has a certain timeless rascal with a heart of gold quality about him too. And remember Owen, it’s not over till the fat lady sits on you.

And oh yes, two more classic US male movie stars (not actors) in the same vein I discussed above: Clark Gable and George Clooney.

]]> By: anthony http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400324 anthony Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:52:22 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400324 I did enjoy that Nabs. I want that hair and I'll have those glasses. And spot on on the modern pretenders. Lot to be said for a job outside of acting for grounding like a mechanic - I think Russ would have been all the better for a six month stint in a meat packers. Sad though to see the news on Owen Wilson too, he had that rare effortlessly disarming quality. <blockquote>And like all the others I’ve just mentioned, even in bad films he was always great value.</blockquote> Thats the star value in one. I did enjoy that Nabs. I want that hair and I’ll have those glasses. And spot on on the modern pretenders. Lot to be said for a job outside of acting for grounding like a mechanic - I think Russ would have been all the better for a six month stint in a meat packers. Sad though to see the news on Owen Wilson too, he had that rare effortlessly disarming quality.

And like all the others I’ve just mentioned, even in bad films he was always great value.

Thats the star value in one.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400322 Kim Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:46:09 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400322 No time for that. You've got a haiku to compose. And some portraiture to supply. http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/04/guest-post-by-audrey-hard-to-believe-but-apparently-even-feminists-can-be-sexy/#comment-400305 No time for that. You’ve got a haiku to compose. And some portraiture to supply.

http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/04/guest-post-by-audrey-hard-to-believe-but-apparently-even-feminists-can-be-sexy/#comment-400305

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400320 Nabakov Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:42:48 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400320 A great <a href="http://members.home.nl/batenroger/top%2035/Image8.jpg" rel="nofollow">screencap</a> of James Coburn at his insoucient best. An American actor playing an Irish terrorist in Mexico, filmed by an Italian in Spain. Now don't get me started on "Danger: Diabolik" or we'll be here all night. A great screencap of James Coburn at his insoucient best. An American actor playing an Irish terrorist in Mexico, filmed by an Italian in Spain.

Now don’t get me started on “Danger: Diabolik” or we’ll be here all night.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400313 Kim Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:35:58 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400313 Or a rhetorical question met with a rhetorical question. Very Zen! ;) Or a rhetorical question met with a rhetorical question. Very Zen! ;)

]]> By: MH http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400310 MH Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:27:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400310 <blockquote>Any ideas, MH?</blockquote> (Wry smile). A rhetorical question met with a rhetorical answer. Mmm... as the Sage said, "the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown." But, seriously, a couple of names in response: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang.

Any ideas, MH?

(Wry smile). A rhetorical question met with a rhetorical answer. Mmm… as the Sage said, “the phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown.”

But, seriously, a couple of names in response: Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400307 Nabakov Thu, 06 Sep 2007 16:21:52 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400307 Then you will enjoy <a href="http://aftergrogblog.blogs.com/agb/2006/11/presidents_anal.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> Ants. I mean the film, not the review of course. Oh, yes, James Coburn. For me he's up there with Bogie, Mitchum, Marvin, Warren Oates, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson in creating a classic American male movie archetype - a star power rascal almost accidently cast as a hero. Crowe, Cage and Gibson try to do it now but they're too tight-arsed and self conscious. Tho I thought Russell did make a good Aubrey in Master and Commander. And Coburn also had the sly self-deprecating humour of Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Jeff Bridges and Robert Downey Jr. And like all the others I've just mentioned, even in bad films he was always great value. Coburn's last film, "The Man From Elysium Fields" is well worth seeing. He does Hemingway better than Hemingway. Plus as a bonus, Mick Jagger shows he can actually act well. Then you will enjoy this Ants. I mean the film, not the review of course.

Oh, yes, James Coburn.

For me he’s up there with Bogie, Mitchum, Marvin, Warren Oates, Al Pacino and Jack Nicholson in creating a classic American male movie archetype - a star power rascal almost accidently cast as a hero. Crowe, Cage and Gibson try to do it now but they’re too tight-arsed and self conscious. Tho I thought Russell did make a good Aubrey in Master and Commander.

And Coburn also had the sly self-deprecating humour of Douglas Fairbanks Jr, Jeff Bridges and Robert Downey Jr.

And like all the others I’ve just mentioned, even in bad films he was always great value.

Coburn’s last film, “The Man From Elysium Fields” is well worth seeing. He does Hemingway better than Hemingway. Plus as a bonus, Mick Jagger shows he can actually act well.

]]> By: anthony http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400298 anthony Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:51:42 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400298 Man, I love James Coburn - anyone that can do In Like Flint and later do Cross of Iron is just gold. I can't watch him and Donald Sutherland at the same time for fear of my head exploding. <blockquote>I wonder though why enjoyment of Asian genre cinema is so often framed in terms of “campâ€? and irony?</blockquote> Not around here my friend. Man, I love James Coburn - anyone that can do In Like Flint and later do Cross of Iron is just gold. I can’t watch him and Donald Sutherland at the same time for fear of my head exploding.

I wonder though why enjoyment of Asian genre cinema is so often framed in terms of “camp� and irony?

Not around here my friend.

]]> By: Nabakov http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400293 Nabakov Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:40:49 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400293 Seen it, enjoyed it but life's too vibrating to watch it again. But if you haven't seen it, it is worth seeing. Low budget, exuberant and whacky exploitation flicks with no one really in overall control is not the worse thing you can do with your life. Whether it's making 'em or enjoying 'em. An interesting sidelight on James Coburn. He was doing acid in 1962, provided through a CIA contractor who went seriously off the reservation. Seen it, enjoyed it but life’s too vibrating to watch it again. But if you haven’t seen it, it is worth seeing. Low budget, exuberant and whacky exploitation flicks with no one really in overall control is not the worse thing you can do with your life. Whether it’s making ‘em or enjoying ‘em.

An interesting sidelight on James Coburn. He was doing acid in 1962, provided through a CIA contractor who went seriously off the reservation.

]]> By: Kim http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400278 Kim Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:02:50 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400278 Amanda - yikes! Any ideas, MH? Amanda - yikes!

Any ideas, MH?

]]> By: MH http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400275 MH Thu, 06 Sep 2007 15:00:18 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400275 <blockquote> “the first mystical martial arts adventure�</blockquote> Hmm... a little Bruce Lee hype. How about the 1929 Shanghai silent classic "Red Heroine"? I wonder though why enjoyment of Asian genre cinema is so often framed in terms of "camp" and irony?

“the first mystical martial arts adventure�

Hmm… a little Bruce Lee hype. How about the 1929 Shanghai silent classic “Red Heroine”?

I wonder though why enjoyment of Asian genre cinema is so often framed in terms of “camp” and irony?

]]> By: Amanda http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400274 Amanda Thu, 06 Sep 2007 14:59:31 +0000 http://larvatusprodeo.net/2007/09/07/the-silent-flute/#comment-400274 I would but I used up my bandwidth limit last week and am stuck on dial up until off peak starts at 2am. ;-) No YouTube pour moi. Even LP is a trial. I would but I used up my bandwidth limit last week and am stuck on dial up until off peak starts at 2am. ;-) No YouTube pour moi. Even LP is a trial.

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