tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post2126619106370564266..comments2023-09-26T10:32:38.023-04:00Comments on the dumping ground: beckettmarauder34http://www.blogger.com/profile/00651154474169358422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post-3293999561882924502007-08-08T04:19:00.000-04:002007-08-08T04:19:00.000-04:00True, perhaps; still, there is a difference betwee...True, perhaps; still, there is a difference between a deliberate, plodding pace as in many character-driven movies, and simply packing a movie with shots of the scenery that have no apparent bearing on the scenes just passed or imminent.<BR/><BR/>I also must confess I don't really care for Burton's style of acting, though I realize he was regarded as one of the greats of his day. Too flat and unemotional, even in Beckett's death, and not exactly easy to identify with. He need not go for histrionics, but a little more feeling would have been reasonable in a man who was supposed to be the king's right hand in drunken debauchery and self-indulgence.marauder34https://www.blogger.com/profile/00651154474169358422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post-17457120108332568282007-08-07T22:17:00.000-04:002007-08-07T22:17:00.000-04:00I loved this film, of course I also have chosen fi...I loved this film, of course I also have chosen films like Tokyo Story and Whales of August. Slow, despite America's preoccupation with getting around whatever is in front of it, can be beautiful. If you ever sit for a sesshin in a zendo, under strict silence, you suddenly get a new feel for the moment, and the kind of beauty it can provide - a moment to just enjoy as it passes in its unbridled splendor.<BR/><BR/>-AnthonyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9682979.post-34743210043200360722007-07-30T16:11:00.000-04:002007-07-30T16:11:00.000-04:00.......did you ever realize peter o'toole is a dou..........did you ever realize peter o'toole is a double phallic name?......lol.Oberonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510828255050663427noreply@blogger.com