PSA: What's on tonight - Page 2

automatic bzooty · 05.04.2009, 02:52 PM

blow-up is such an awesome movie.

i love the yardbirds bit. and the part where david hemmings and that model are just... rolling around, taking pictures, being sexy.

gmku · 05.04.2009, 02:53 PM

Yeah. Very cool. I love Vanessa Redgrave's part too. She's very strange in this one.

demonrail666 · 05.04.2009, 03:07 PM

The bit where David Hemmings plays her some jazz really makes me cringe. And before anyone suggests otherwise, I don't think that was the intention.

gmku · 05.04.2009, 03:15 PM

Mmm, I think it was partly. I'm serious. I have to admit I've always felt a little ambivalent about that scene, never sure what it's point is. But I think we're supposed to see Hemming luring the fly into his web, and that is a bit creepy.

LifeDistortion · 05.04.2009, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by NaiveMelody

And fine...Tom Waits concert is on Ovation RIGHT NOW.

I'm guessing Ovation is one of those Satellite channels? I don't get those.

NaiveMelody · 05.04.2009, 03:20 PM

Ovation is on cable I think, too...maybe the Digital Cable. But yes, I do have satellite....

gmku · 05.04.2009, 03:24 PM

Throughout Blow Up, Hemmings' character (Robert?) is always immersed in the imagination of his own reality. The film has him having trouble, by the end, distinguishing what is real and what is imagined. The scene with Redgrave and the record is another instance of this, where Hemmings is showing Redgrave something that isn't there, showing her the "imagined" beat behind the "real" beat.

demonrail666 · 05.04.2009, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by gmku

Hemmings is showing Redgrave something that isn't there, showing her the "imagined" beat behind the "real" beat.

I have to say. That's brilliant!

gmku · 05.04.2009, 03:30 PM

Not really. I've watched the thing obsessively like 10 times now. It becomes really obvious when the movie becomes etched in your brain like that.

But that is what the character of Hemmings is about. The real vs. the imagined. So in each scene he sort of plays this conflict out, and that's what I think he's doing there, too.

demonrail666 · 05.04.2009, 03:38 PM

Yes, I know about the issue of the real vs the imagined that runs throughout the film, culminating of course in him participating in an imagined game of tennis. (A difficult scene because it seems to suggest that prior to it he did actually have a grip on reality.) The idea of him trying to show her the 'real' beat behind the actual one never occured to me though and definitely allows the scene to make more sense than I'd previously credited it with.

It's an interesting film in general because it seems to insist upon the kind of 'deep' reading that its theme ultimately criticises.

Count Mecha · 05.04.2009, 03:53 PM

I can't say I really liked Blow-Up. There were parts I liked like the Yardbirds bit, and when he's initially photographing Vanessa Redgrave in the park, and a couple other parts. But overall I didn't really dig it. But that was just one viewing, maybe better luck on round 2.

gmku · 05.04.2009, 04:51 PM

Tonight, 630 Eastern, on the Sundance Channel: Robyn Hitchock: Sex, Food.

gmku · 05.08.2009, 04:46 PM

What about tonight, May 8? Any recommendations?

Rob Instigator · 05.08.2009, 04:53 PM

did ya see the monster thread????

tonite I am watching the Houston Rockets take on the LA Lakers.

gmku · 05.08.2009, 04:54 PM

That's, like, sports, right?

demonrail666 · 05.08.2009, 05:08 PM

Has Houston had an NFL team since the Oilers became the Titans?

floatingslowly · 05.08.2009, 05:18 PM

scattered thunderstorms with a light-to-moderate chance for the development of severe supercells.

gmku · 05.08.2009, 05:24 PM

Goddamn it, help me out here!

Diesel · 05.08.2009, 05:26 PM

hmm. Why do american football teams change their names? Houston Oilers was a classic name compared to the tennesee tits. I remember the season they came in with the carolina panthers, both shite names.

gmku · 05.08.2009, 05:27 PM

Fuck football. Sports represents the decline of western civilization.

05.04.2009, 02:52 PM	#21
automatic bzooty invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 2,859	blow-up is such an awesome movie. i love the yardbirds bit. and the part where david hemmings and that model are just... rolling around, taking pictures, being sexy.
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Yeah. Very cool. I love Vanessa Redgrave's part too. She's very strange in this one. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.04.2009, 03:07 PM	#23
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	The bit where David Hemmings plays her some jazz really makes me cringe. And before anyone suggests otherwise, I don't think that was the intention.
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05.04.2009, 03:15 PM	#24
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Mmm, I think it was partly. I'm serious. I have to admit I've always felt a little ambivalent about that scene, never sure what it's point is. But I think we're supposed to see Hemming luring the fly into his web, and that is a bit creepy. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.04.2009, 03:20 PM	#26
NaiveMelody stalker Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Montgomery, AL Posts: 477	Ovation is on cable I think, too...maybe the Digital Cable. But yes, I do have satellite.... __________________ I'm just an animal looking for a home and to share the same space for a minute or two.
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05.04.2009, 03:24 PM	#27
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Throughout Blow Up, Hemmings' character (Robert?) is always immersed in the imagination of his own reality. The film has him having trouble, by the end, distinguishing what is real and what is imagined. The scene with Redgrave and the record is another instance of this, where Hemmings is showing Redgrave something that isn't there, showing her the "imagined" beat behind the "real" beat. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.04.2009, 03:30 PM	#29
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Not really. I've watched the thing obsessively like 10 times now. It becomes really obvious when the movie becomes etched in your brain like that. But that is what the character of Hemmings is about. The real vs. the imagined. So in each scene he sort of plays this conflict out, and that's what I think he's doing there, too. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.04.2009, 03:38 PM	#30
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Yes, I know about the issue of the real vs the imagined that runs throughout the film, culminating of course in him participating in an imagined game of tennis. (A difficult scene because it seems to suggest that prior to it he did actually have a grip on reality.) The idea of him trying to show her the 'real' beat behind the actual one never occured to me though and definitely allows the scene to make more sense than I'd previously credited it with. It's an interesting film in general because it seems to insist upon the kind of 'deep' reading that its theme ultimately criticises.
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05.04.2009, 03:53 PM	#31
Count Mecha 100% Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ky Posts: 749	I can't say I really liked Blow-Up. There were parts I liked like the Yardbirds bit, and when he's initially photographing Vanessa Redgrave in the park, and a couple other parts. But overall I didn't really dig it. But that was just one viewing, maybe better luck on round 2.
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05.04.2009, 04:51 PM	#32
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Tonight, 630 Eastern, on the Sundance Channel: Robyn Hitchock: Sex, Food. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.08.2009, 04:46 PM	#33
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	What about tonight, May 8? Any recommendations? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.08.2009, 04:53 PM	#34
Rob Instigator invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: In the land of the Instigator Posts: 27,959	did ya see the monster thread???? tonite I am watching the Houston Rockets take on the LA Lakers. __________________ RXTT's Intellectual Journey - my new blog where I talk about all the books I read.
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05.08.2009, 04:54 PM	#35
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	That's, like, sports, right? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.08.2009, 05:08 PM	#36
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Has Houston had an NFL team since the Oilers became the Titans?
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05.08.2009, 05:18 PM	#37
floatingslowly invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 21,165	scattered thunderstorms with a light-to-moderate chance for the development of severe supercells.
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05.08.2009, 05:24 PM	#38
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Goddamn it, help me out here! __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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05.08.2009, 05:26 PM	#39
Diesel the destroyed room Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 594	hmm. Why do american football teams change their names? Houston Oilers was a classic name compared to the tennesee tits. I remember the season they came in with the carolina panthers, both shite names.
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05.08.2009, 05:27 PM	#40
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	Fuck football. Sports represents the decline of western civilization. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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