Tarantino

[Joe Allonby]

Now that I have a moment...

The Chuck Jones/Warner Bros Loony Toons tie in with the low art vs
High Art pile of crap. Unlike Disney's pretensions with Fantasia and
Snow White; Jones, Avery, McKimson etal were doing straight commercial
entertainment but hit the cultural target because their intended
audience consisted of adults.

The original Road Runner, "The Fast and the Furryous", was a one-off
intended to be shown to combat pilots in Viet Nam before feature films
on their movie night. Apparently, it was a huge hit and they demanded
more. The pilots strongly identified with ol' Wile E. Think about it:
high speed pursuit of an elusive target, equipment malfunctions, small
margin for error, general snafus, the fucking ACME Corporation of
America, all resulting in a horrifying high speed plummet from great
height and a feeling of utter futility. This is effective art. This is
great filmmaking.

It's better that it's a cartoon. A serious live-action drama would
have been a morale killer.

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com> wrote:
> Wile E. and I are old pals from the ACME Wars. He's like McGuyver,
> except with a strange combination of fanaticism and world-weary
> fatalism.
>
> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 8:24 PM, Page <page at quesnelbc.com> wrote:
>> If it is war you want, enlist Mr. Coyote, whom we know to be a favourite of
>> OBA.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Allonby" <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>> To: "Carvill, John" <john.carvill at sap.com>
>> Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>; <kelber at mindspring.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:42 AM
>> Subject: Re: Tarantino
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>>
>>> Are you implying that there is something wrong with Bugs Bunny?
>>>
>>> You realize that this means war.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 5:02 AM, Carvill, John <john.carvill at sap.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hmmm. I reckon Tarantino jumped the shark about a third of the way
>>>> through 'Jackie Brown'. R Dogs was a blast of frsh air compared to the
>>>> sort of rubbish that was around at the time. Pulp Fiction, despite being
>>>> about as deep as a birdbath and as realistic as Bugs Bunny, was
>>>> massively enjoyable. Jackie Brown wasted De Niro and wasn't half as hip
>>>> as an Elmore Leonard novel, but it was still just about worth watching
>>>> twice. Kill Bill, Grindhouse, etc.? Fuggedaboutit.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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