in memoriam

[thehefner]

My favorite moment of that film.

Some random girl who observed my speaking mannerisms, the way I use my whole body to tell a story, suggested that I do a silent film someday. And maybe she just wanted me to shut the hell up, but honestly, the idea's held a lot of appeal. Even if modern-day silent movies haven't worked out so well for Mel Brooks or Jackie Gleason (has anyone actually seen GIDOT? I long to track it down someday).

Comments

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Mimedom has lost one of its most powerful voices.

(See what I did there?)

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Hey, at least you didn't say "A moment of silence" or something.

The obituary on aintitcool.com was blank.

And heya, when your pile goes down a little bit, mind if I also send you by some of the revised Gilda-centric chapters for your reactions? So I can get a second opinion besides Bloo's?

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Go ahead, it'll go on the pile!
I will get to them, I promise. It's just that I seem to have acquired a social life rather suddenly. That, and I'm hip-deep in a fabulous comic project. With watercolours. Terrifying, terrifying watercolours.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I hope your life is getting somewhat less bugfuck. And I do understand how terrifying, terrifying watercolo(u)rs can be. If you mess up, you're stuck with it... FOREVER!

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

Actually, I kind of like it bugfuck. It's all the good kind of bugfuck these days. The only problem is that it slows me down comics-wise and reading-wise.

Yeah, oil pretends it's all badass, but it's a big pushover, really. You gotta watch out for watercolour, though. It's always the quiet ones.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Not to mention ME-wise! LAVISH!

Seriously, though, if you haven't gotten to the Two-Face stuff yet... well heck, then hold off until I send you the Gilda stuff, and you can backtrack a bit. I imagine you'll be able to keep up.

And your assessment of oil vs. watercolo(u)r amuses me greatly. I'll need to tell my artsy brother that one.

[little-dinosaur.livejournal.com]

As for acrylic, it's like the most popular girl in high school: easy, brightly-coloured and mostly plastic.

[jellied.livejournal.com]

I'm a quarter-French. And I hate mimes.
There. I said it.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

I don't think you're alone on that count.

I'm not a fan by and large either. But I respect him as a performer, and really, I just wanted an excuse to post that scene. SILENT MOVIE was a well-intentioned and admirable effort by Brooks, but ultimately rather forgettable, save for that scene.

[jellied.livejournal.com]

There are some exceptions, I happen to enjoy the Perils of Pauline for instance. And I'm currently watching the Agnes Varda's "Les Fiances du Pont Mac Donald"--

I just happen to dislike most of the genre. Though I really can't articulate as to why--