Category Archives: cinema

alternate casting

Posted on Sunday, 2002 August 18 by Anton

In Time Bandits, in the scene introducing Agamemnon, the script read: Helmet comes off to reveal Sean Connery (or an actor of equal but cheaper stature). Imagine, if you will, that the casting director hired Roger Moore. Later: I learned … Continue reading →

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it’s just as well

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

A month or two ago an old chum and I, time on our respective hands, discussed seeing a movie together. In brief, I suggested she meet me for Y Tu Mamá También, wires crossed, and she saw it alone. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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muppet mystery

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 14 by Anton

HIV comes to Sesame Street, and Tim Blair wonders how: How will the character’s contraction of the disease be explained? Sharing a needle with Oscar in his squalid street dwelling? Sex can be ruled out — Muppets don’t have genitals. … Continue reading →

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free the mouse

Posted on Monday, 2002 June 17 by Anton

Now showing (in Flash) at Electronic Frontier Foundation Action Center: Tinsel Town Club. Thanks and a tip of the mouse-ears to David Mankins for the link. 2006: That copy is gone, but here’s another.

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first taste of Bollywood

Posted on Sunday, 2002 June 09 by Anton

Watching some Indian equivalent of MTV, my housemate remarked, “Got good songs, now they need decent choreography. Call Paula Abdul!”

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the copyright wars

Posted on Saturday, 2002 June 01 by Anton

politechbot.com: Hollywood wants to plug “analog hole,” regulate A-D converters The people who tried to take away your VCR are at it again. Which raises the question: if “they” couldn’t do that, how did they since get powerful enough that … Continue reading →

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