life... is a state of mind

[thehefner]

Saw Peter Sellers' BEING THERE at the AFI last week. I'm still thinking about it. I think it was excellent, but I just don't know. Even though the ending was spoiled for me (one of the worst endings to ever have spoiled! God! Still so pissed), my reaction after seeing this film was a hushed "... wow."

I'm so tempted to make an icon of that last shot, but I'd hate to spoil it for anybody else. Yeah, that film's going high up on my list of Top Ten Favorite Last Shots/Endings:

1.) Aguirre, Wrath of God
2.) The Long Good Friday
3.) Being There
4.) Blood Simple
5.) Birdy
6.) The Wicker Man
7.) The Fly (Cronenberg)
8.) Night of the Living Dead
9.) Spider-Man 2
10.) Ravenous

(although I'm still thinking about putting SHAUN OF THE DEAD, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON, (for the same reasons as THE FLY) and/or REAL GENIUS up there. That's the problem with these lists, they're ever-changing.)

I need to see it again with someone else. Maybe fiveseconddelay even though he would decry it for being too "John Hefner paced." Just because *you* can't take Sergio Leone movies... ;p

Comments

Re: how'ditgetburnedhow'ditget<i>burned?!</i>

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

Better than Branagh's Hamlet? Awesome!

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I definitely think so. For me, it's neck-and-neck with Branagh's HENRY V, which is still my favorite of his Shakespeare films, and the ultra-rare-if-you-find-it-dear-lord-see-it KING LEAR, directed by Peter Brook and starring Paul Scofield.

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

Amazon says $30 for a vhs copy and $25 for a PAL version DVD. Wow.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Of LEAR? Do-hoo-hoooo they now? Hmm! *considers this*

PAL? Is that some other way of saying all regions or certain kinds of regions...?

[civilbloodshed.livejournal.com]

Nah, it's some crap about the TV's, and color, and some-odd shit. My understanding is somewhat vauge, but the gist is that PAL is European a television broadcasting thing that's all fancified with like, more colors or something, while here in the good 'ole US of A it's NTSC formating for our tv's. Regions are a whole 'nother thing completely. You usually see the little symbol on your dvds by the region thing.

It's a downer. :(