NP - This Xmas Season's Movies

[Charles Albert]

But for the curiosity peaked by this

http://loopingworld.com/misc/vcover.jpg

while commuting by bus to work 40 years ago, I would not be here.

*I am damn glad I KNEW NOTHING about it but Lonergan and Casey Affleck
before I went...*


*or I might not have gone. *
Casey Affleck is pretty good in The Killer Inside Me......he is EXCELLENT
in Drowning Mona (which could be the most underrated American comedy of the
past 30 years).

love,
cfa




On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> yet, even though trailers are not meant to be viewed....(do you by a book
> by it's cover; or worse, the catalog copy--if
> you ever get to see it; or the ISBN registration decryption?)----
>
> if you don't rather cry or tear up mightily with necessary stoic control,
> then you haven't 'seen' that is, felt it....even Casey does so briefly.
>
> I am damn glad I KNEW NOTHING about it but Lonergan and Casey Affleck
> before I went...
> or I might not have gone.
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 1:37 PM, kelber at mindspring.com <
> kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
>
>> The trailer certainly makes it look like a by-the-numbers guy-weepy (ya
>> know, like Shawshank Redemption). Is it drastically different from what's
>> shown in the previews? I stay far, far away from weepies of any variety.
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
>>
>>
>> Jim Frame <jbframe at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>> Not everyone liked it.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Joe Allonby <joeallonby at gmail.com>
>> To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> Cc: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>> Sent: Wed, Dec 28, 2016 2:31 am
>> Subject: Re: NP - This Xmas Season's Movies
>>
>> Why is the title misleading or ironic? It's the name of a town.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 11:23 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I just saw Manchester by the Sea.  It is a finely-crafted tale that
>>> jerked many tears from this sap.  Beside the great acting, its best feature
>>> is the telling of its story via seamless meshing of past with present.
>>> This meshing makes us quickly love and care for all the characters
>>> presented, but especially for the main one, a deeply broken man who always
>>> soldiers on through his great pain.  Highly recommended.
>>>
>>> The film's title is a misleading irony.  It is a spoof.  This ain't
>>> Masterpiece Theater.
>>>
>>> David Morris
>>>
>>
>>
>
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