when u were just a stranger, & i was at yr feet

[concretekiss]

We waded into the sea up to our shoulders
made shallow talk for show, while waves
hummed white noise like wind shook trees
It was when I felt your foot slide
a stone to mine that I knew we
were secret agents. Geodes turned
between us & alibi spelled themselves
by touch in a braille of goosebumps

All dreams are poems if you tell them right



I may have thrown a tantrum at Circuit Shitty & kind of laughed maniacally at a "Customers 1st" sign & then tossed my USB drive into a random bin & exclaimed loudly I ain't buyin' shit heer! before stomping out, maybe, but the cashiers were acting like apathetic high-fivin' congregatin' no-good punkasses & I have been keeping it v. real lately.

In grooming my list of obligatory

Movies to See Before I Die - V6

~Blues Brothers (comedy)**** the scene with John getting the holy spirit is a sight to behold.
~Reuben and Ed (comedy) I cannot find this GD movie!
~Apocalypse Now (war drama)***** everyone is very sweaty & intense in this movie & needs a moist towlette.
~The Last Temptation of Christ (religious drama)* psssht
~Sunset Blvd. (showbiz drama)**** chilling, almost hilarious but kind of not
~Cabaret (drama) **** see it. 4 Liza's makeup alone.
~City of Lost Children (fairy tale) ***** YES. All Time Favorite! a magnificent cast & new fable.
~The Deer Hunter (war drama) **** Who knew Walken was once so endearing, innocent & broken.
~Elizabeth (historical/biographical drama)**** right up my skivvy clad castle lovin' alley
~Casablanca (war drama)*** notable; Ingrid you whore
~Lady Sings the Blues (biographical drama)**** Dianna Ross & Richard Pryor were superb.
~Hat Full of Rain (drug addiction drama) can’t find! :( ((((((((((((
~Panic in Needle Park (drug addiction drama- Al Pacino) *** bad recording may not've done it justice.
~Times Square (drama) *** very Legend of Billy Jean. Good punk soundtrack
~Valley Girl (comedy) * what was i thinking?
~Valley of the Dolls (showbiz drama) **** Sharon Tate & awesome Patty Duke 1-liners.
~Raising Arizona (comedy) ***** everyone was perfect in this movie. genius casting.
~Harold and Maude (?) *** meh
~Days of Wine and Roses (drug addiction drama)
~Godfather (mafia drama) **** "This is the last time you will be allowed to ask about my personal affairs"...oooooo
~Happiness (drama?)** gave me the creeps. I can't seem to see the amazingness of this that everyone speaks of.
~Gladiator (historical drama) ** like billiards, but with heads.
~I Shot Andy Warhol (biographical drama) **** grl crush on Lili Taylor.
~Disco Pigs (drama)*** Cillian makes bad decisions here. weirdness.
~Surviving Picasso (biographical drama)
~Boxing Helena (drama) * crappy softcore porn, could not finish
~Rosemary's Baby (drama) **** this is TOTALLY a comedy. someone lied to me.
~Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (drama, i've only seen parts of this) **** Bette Davis is a dream haunting genius
~Philadelphia (drama) **** back when cell-phones were bigger than bananas
~All About My Mother (foreign drama) **** hard to watch, cry cry cry
~One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (drama) ***** LOVED Nicholson here more than ever. So triumphant in some places & lead me to research.
~Freaks (?)
~It’s a Wonderful Life (drama) *** see Mr. Potter 4 classic villainry.
~Wild @ Heart (drama, black comedy) OMG Crispin! ***** I can't believe I missed this movie.
~Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (comedy) **** interesting! Don't drink wine while watching this or you'll have to keep rewinding.
~Four Rooms (comedy) *** Tim Roth was too twitchy.
~Noises Off (comedy) **** amazing physical comedy, line memorization, team work, awesome casting
~On the Town (classic) *** see it at least 4 Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra's tight sailor panted asses.
~Hair (musical) *** this is definitely an interesting movie to see now for how it addressed war, sexism & racism.
~Serpent and the Rainbow (horror) **** saw it alone. Screamed a little, maybe. Voodoo references too close to the bone for this Creole grl.
~Delicatessen (comedy/drama) **** charming, as Jean Pierre Jeunet's work always is.
~Palindromes
~Withnail & I (comedy) *** over-hyped. though now I know where the line "Even a stopped clock keeps the right time twice a day" comes from.
~Gone With the Goddamned Wind (I really don't care to see this, but feel I have to)
~Rocky (if only to prove I am not a terrorist)
~Airwolf
~Being There (comedy) ** they did a remake of this called Forrest Gump
~Winter Passing (drama) ** could not finish. too much staring. too many long pauses. the grl was pretty.
~Kung-Fu Hustle
~Orlando
~Corpse Bride **** charming. story of my life.
~Jacob's Ladder
~Hedwig & the Angry Inch (musical) **** love it like Rocky Horror
~The Sting ***** young Paul Newman. period.

In Addition:
~Citizen Kane
~Philadelphia Story
~Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
~Conan the Barbarian
~Waiting for Guffman
~Dr. Strangelove
~My Neighbor Totoro
~Pan's Labyrinth
~Welcome to the Dollhouse
~This is Spinal Tap
~Rock n Roll High School
~Everything is Illuminated
~Moonstruck
~The Diving Bell & the Butterfly
~Safe
~My Life Without Me
~Curse of the Golden Flower
~All About Eve
~The Red Violin
~Groundhog day
~The Graduate
~Brazil
~Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
~Wings of Desire
~Blazing Saddles (this BETTER be funny so help god)
~Stir Crazy
~Adam's Rib


I can't believe I'm watching Rocky 2nite. What a DickFlick. Suggestions are welcome as always, esp. comedy, with which I am hard to please. One day I will be able to say "I have seen every movie that was ever important," & I won't be lying like last time.


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Comments

[liquid-siftings.livejournal.com]

Rocky's not a bad movie -- much better than any of the sequels. Were it to be released today, it would be considered more of an Indy/Art film, with it's focus on character and it's storyline choices. Of course, that says as much about filmmaking today as it does about this film.

Glad to see The Philadelphia Story on your list -- one of the best comedies of all time.

You may have seen some of these, but let me add:

- Jump Tomorrow (feather-light, but delightful & quirky romantic comedy)
- Dr. Strangelove (one of the blackest - and funniest - comedies ever made)
- Chasing Amy (comedy, my favorite of Kevin Smith's movies. While not without flaws, it's smart, observant and funny)

and for non-comedies
- The Lion in Winter (incredibly acted & written historical drama with K. Hepburn, O'Toole, Hopkins, and a delicious young Timothy Dalton)
- The Conformist (try to get it subtitled - I don't think they dubbed it well)

There are so many others... you have a worthy, if herculean, task in front of you.

[flightviolation.livejournal.com]

seen Chasing Amy (cute) & Lion in Winter (amazing & Hepburn is phenomenal)

adding the otherz. forgot about Dr. Strangelove! thanks