tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post7908236900486072147..comments2024-03-25T21:14:21.671-04:00Comments on Listen Eggroll: Skandies: #11md'ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-67914177082610561722016-02-10T19:08:28.814-05:002016-02-10T19:08:28.814-05:00Sure. But it's not as if he's revealed as ...Sure. But it's not as if he's <i>revealed</i> as a snot-nosed toff. He's always one. And she likes him anyway. At no point in the film does she appear to start liking him any less. <br /><br />In any case, I would have preferred a much stronger emphasis on country and a whole lot less time allocated to romance. But, then, that approach would probably work better in...a novel.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-27969516060840241642016-02-10T18:59:59.071-05:002016-02-10T18:59:59.071-05:00He was a snot-nosed toff.He was a snot-nosed toff.Victor Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-23566185940229224242016-02-10T18:54:47.419-05:002016-02-10T18:54:47.419-05:00I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Victor....I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Victor. In the one I saw (twice), the Irish guy is perfectly nice, and the nice girl's decision to return to America (SPOLIER!) is motivated primarily by a former employer's blackmail threats regarding her husband there. <br /><br />Seriously, what makes you say Gleeson's character turns out not to be so nice? I have no memory of him being anything but decent. md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-31983482533412326942016-02-10T18:48:39.244-05:002016-02-10T18:48:39.244-05:00I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Mike. O...I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Mike. One of the guys turns out not to be so nice (this is part, but only part, of what I mean when I say that her return to Ireland sours it in her eyes, as it doesn't match up with her homesick memories)Victor Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-8426303217004461572016-02-10T18:36:28.066-05:002016-02-10T18:36:28.066-05:00I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Victor....I wish I'd seen the film you describe, Victor. What I saw instead, twice, was a film about a nice girl trying to choose between two nice guys (who happen to live in different countries).md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-67384892586967980702016-02-10T15:52:24.825-05:002016-02-10T15:52:24.825-05:00all the cool microbreweries and happnin espresso b...all the cool microbreweries and happnin espresso bars <br /><br />...<br /><br />oh ... you mean the film?<br /><br />...<br /><br />It's one of the best film you'll ever see about becoming a person for whom "home" is no longer "home." It's bathed in a kind of nostalgia, but utterly clear-eyed about how nostalgia ain't what it used to be. And ... yet ...Victor Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-3922774082459427882016-02-10T15:44:35.476-05:002016-02-10T15:44:35.476-05:00What's to like about Brooklyn? I truly don'...What's to like about <i>Brooklyn</i>? I truly don't get it.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03078377790942736019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-22105371664446239532016-02-10T13:43:39.930-05:002016-02-10T13:43:39.930-05:00Can't find PHOENIX itself, but the US trailer ...Can't find PHOENIX itself, but the US trailer at least credits Petzold as the sole writer, with Farocki listed as "Collaboration."Victor Mortonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-1088785602014196082016-02-10T12:29:15.796-05:002016-02-10T12:29:15.796-05:00Well I did give Ruffalo supporting actor points bu...Well I did give Ruffalo supporting actor points but for the better movie he was in where he played The Hulk.Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05902486713575127522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-30239775947266849552016-02-10T08:44:39.627-05:002016-02-10T08:44:39.627-05:00IMDb has Petzold credited for "Screenplay&quo...IMDb has Petzold credited for "Screenplay" and Farocki credited as "Co-writer." I file that under "Directed by Guy Maddin" + "Co-directed by Evan Johnson," which seems to me distinct from "Directed by Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson."md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-32169297018163098122016-02-10T08:37:53.831-05:002016-02-10T08:37:53.831-05:00The screenplay credit for Phoenix should be shared...The screenplay credit for <i>Phoenix</i> should be shared with the late Harun Farocki, I believe.Michaelhttp://academichack.netnoreply@blogger.com