tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post2049697700362312327..comments2024-03-28T20:37:08.491+11:00Comments on The Audient: Projecting again, posting about it againDerek Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-9808053266031241132012-05-14T03:25:03.657+10:002012-05-14T03:25:03.657+10:00Raising Arizona is a really beautiful flick.Raising Arizona is a really beautiful flick.northierthanthouhttp://northierthanthou.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-22881053647746408032012-03-07T14:17:27.025+11:002012-03-07T14:17:27.025+11:00Nick,
Wow, that's really an interesting take....Nick,<br /><br />Wow, that's really an interesting take. (And I never even thought of the secondary meaning of the title.) However, wouldn't you say there are other scenes that illustrate that idea more completely, and the Yanagita scene might just be a minor key version of that?<br /><br />I may be a little frightened of how well I've been able to keep seeing movies as a dad. I can tell you it helps to have no shame about watching a movie I don't care much about while my wife is gone and I'm the sole caretaker. As long as it's not scarring him, I'm okay with it. (That time I watched part of Altered States at like 2 in the morning with him there awake, staring at the screen? Yeah, not my finest moment.)<br /><br />Travis,<br /><br />Thanks for the kind words. I have always strived to achieve a balance between this blog being about me and being about movies. Rarely have I wanted to go in depth about technique, in part because it requires more research and preparation than I usually allow myself time for. And I don't usually write what I consider to be straight reviews, because I've done that in other formats and there are a lot of people who do it already (and do it quite well, including the gentleman I addressed in the first half of this response). But it's nice to hear that the me-ness of the posts is a sought-after quality among at least some of my readers, because I always worry it verges too close to the self-serving. But really, isn't the best writing in any forum the writing that reveals something about the writer?Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-40548924499543232412012-03-06T16:26:05.486+11:002012-03-06T16:26:05.486+11:00Perhaps it's just me, but your blog has become...Perhaps it's just me, but your blog has become increasingly casual and personal over the last several months. I can't speak for any of your other faithful readers, but I dig it. I find it more interesting to learn about you through the movies than to try to find something new to see in movies themselves.<br /><br />Oh, and by the way: Your remarks on <i>Raising Arizona</i> constitute the finest writing you've displayed yet. Nicely done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06381792002836474683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7877371347086447490.post-32246548890723819252012-03-06T08:17:29.440+11:002012-03-06T08:17:29.440+11:00I'm pretty sure I've written some variatio...I'm pretty sure I've written some variation of this comment before but so be it: being at that age where the thoughts of children become more real and, in turn, more terrifying your posts about balancing your parental duties with your film fanaticism give me faith. So thank you.<br /><br />In regards to Mike Yanagita, I read a lengthy article once (I forget where) where the author argued the point of that scene was to show how "far" people would "go" to get what they wanted, making it the film's most important scene. I'm not sure if I agreed or not, but I thought it was unique take.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.com