NP - wallowing in the banal

[David Morris]

Am I the only one that...
Oops! Err.What were this about?

On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 11:01 PM Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

>  Thanks for the recommendations. Have not seen these so will be looking>
> Of JAM, Day Today and BrassEye where do you suggest starting?
> > On Dec 28, 2017, at 2:40 PM, Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
>
> -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://waste.org/pipermail/pynchon-l/attachments/20171229/a6f04934/attachment.html>