NP - wallowing in the banal

[Mark Thibodeau]

By the way, Joseph, to my mind, the greatest satirist in the English
language of the last 30 years is probably the UK's Chris Morris, who gave
us JAM, The Day Today, Brass Eye, and the magnificent, underappreciated
jihadi terror satire Four Lions. Have you seen that one yet? It's a couple
years old, but well worth the effort of tracking down. I was heartened to
learn that Morris' next film is currently in the pipeline, and should be
out next year.

Also, don't forget BLACK MIRROR! All six episodes of Season Four premiere
on Netflix tonight!

Jerky

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 2:37 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Joseph, you haven't gone out to see a movie (in theater I'm guessing)
> since GHOST STORY?! The Peter Straub adaptation from the early 1980s?! Is
> this true?!
>
> If you want a powerful satire, try The Lobster. It's on Netflix still.
> Lanthimos' follow-up, The Killing of a Sacred Deer, was tremendously
> something, just not quite sure what.
>
> J
>
> On Wed, Dec 27, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
>
>> I don’t quite get what people mean by mawkish. Sentimenatlized sickliness
>> is not what I think of with this film maker, but even if his work has some
>> of that it still intrigues me because he seems to be interested in the way
>> weakness connects to strength, and the whole phenomena of unlikely allies.
>>   I have been working on an essay called beautiful monsters, which
>> actually is what I thought of in hearing an outline of the Shape of Water
>> story. Haven’t gone out for a movie since Ghost Story.( that too may  have
>> been mawkish, but I found it also thought provoking.) No close theatres
>> here so it will be a trek in a severe cold spell to see it, but I am hoping
>> for food for thought on my essay in progress.
>>
>> Is anyone attempting powerful satire in film? Any suggestions?
>>
>>   -
>> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>>
>
>
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