Friday, March 31, 2006
Flatmate Wanted
Have just found out I have been accepted to move into a new flat!! Joooy!!!! :o)
Very nice 3-bedroom place with decent sized lounge, good kitchen and all the mod-cons. About 5mins walk to the centre of Christchurch.
Am now on the lookout for a flatmate - if interested, or know anyone who might be, drop me a line.
Very nice 3-bedroom place with decent sized lounge, good kitchen and all the mod-cons. About 5mins walk to the centre of Christchurch.
Am now on the lookout for a flatmate - if interested, or know anyone who might be, drop me a line.
Sunday, March 12, 2006
Ninja Hacky-Sacking
"...the diffinitive cinematic statement about hacky sacking can be found in the early eighties character study masterpiece American Ninja.
John, the James Dean-esque rebel of an army platoon is standing around by his truck when a spontanious game of "sack" arises amongst some other officers. Suddenly the hacky sack is kicked to him! The group all turn their eyes to him. His eyes look to the ground, studying the object at his feet. The tension mounts. Join in? Stand his ground aloof? Give them the cold shoulder? The intertextural narrative of the scene perfectly sets up the later exposition of existential searching John must do as he tries to bridge the gap between his identity as an American and his powers as a Ninja. Seldom has film so eloquently used the past time of a leather pouch of sand being kicked to comment upon the duality of spirit amongst our brothers and sisters torn between social acceptance and their closet skills as stealth Ninjitsu.
Masterful."
(Recently posted on a chat-board I lurk on.)
The most eloquently, piss-yo-pants-funny comment I have read in ages!!! I was almost literally rolling on the floor!!!!!
John, the James Dean-esque rebel of an army platoon is standing around by his truck when a spontanious game of "sack" arises amongst some other officers. Suddenly the hacky sack is kicked to him! The group all turn their eyes to him. His eyes look to the ground, studying the object at his feet. The tension mounts. Join in? Stand his ground aloof? Give them the cold shoulder? The intertextural narrative of the scene perfectly sets up the later exposition of existential searching John must do as he tries to bridge the gap between his identity as an American and his powers as a Ninja. Seldom has film so eloquently used the past time of a leather pouch of sand being kicked to comment upon the duality of spirit amongst our brothers and sisters torn between social acceptance and their closet skills as stealth Ninjitsu.
Masterful."
(Recently posted on a chat-board I lurk on.)
The most eloquently, piss-yo-pants-funny comment I have read in ages!!! I was almost literally rolling on the floor!!!!!
Monday, March 06, 2006
Klaatu Barada Nikto
Tonite was first nite of FilmSoc, which we opened with a science-fiction double feature of:
and
I've witnessed Ms Fonda strut her "innocent" stuff many a time on the big screen (and it's still a great campy giggle), but this is the first time I've seen TDTESS. I now truly understand why this is regarded as a classic of 50's sci-fi cinema and has endured so long. It is a near perfect time-capsule of American culture at the time and is one of the best commenatries of media-induced atom-age paranoia in the history of film. Great performances, beautifully framed, and it still carries the power to unnerve even the most jaded viewer after all these years.
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Dropping like flies
Further to that previous post, quite a few other big(ish) underground stars have passed away recently as well:
Don Knotts
(which you probably already knew...)
Al "Granpa Munster" Lewis
Peter Benchley
(writer of JAWS)
Jack Wild
(Artful Dodger in OLIVER! and Jimmy in HR PUFNSTUF)
Walerian Borowzyk
(director of LA BETE, EMMANUELLE 5, IMMORAL TALES)
All will be sadly missed by those who know... and can be bothered remembering...
Don Knotts
(which you probably already knew...)
Al "Granpa Munster" Lewis
Peter Benchley
(writer of JAWS)
Jack Wild
(Artful Dodger in OLIVER! and Jimmy in HR PUFNSTUF)
Walerian Borowzyk
(director of LA BETE, EMMANUELLE 5, IMMORAL TALES)
All will be sadly missed by those who know... and can be bothered remembering...
