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2009 IN FILM

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:19:50 -0500

THE BEST, IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

Gomorrah (d. Mateo Garrone, Italy)*

Adventureland (d. Greg Mottola, US)

Hunger (d. Steve McQueen, UK)*

Star Trek (d. JJ Abrams, US)

Up (d. Pete Docter, US)

The Hangover (d. Todd Phillips, US)

The Hurt Locker (d. Kathryn Bigelow, US)

In the Loop (d. Armando Iannucci, UK)

District 9 (d. Neill Blomkamp, South Africa/US)

Inglourious Basterds (d. Quentin Tarantino, US)

A Serious Man (d. Joel and Ethan Coen, US)

The House of the Devil (d. Ti West, US)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (d. Wes Anderson, US)

Up in the Air (d. Jason Reitman, US)

A Single Man (d. Tom Ford, US)

*Films released in the US in 2009, but released overseas in 2008

FILMS I HAVEN’T SEEN

Avatar (d. James Cameron, US), The White Ribbon (d. Michael Haneke, Germany), Broken Embraces (d. Pedro Almodovar, Spain), The Road (d. John Hillcoat, US), Bright Star (d. Jane Campion, New Zealand/UK), Me and Orson Welles (d. Richard Linklater, US), Ponyo (d. Hayao Miyazaki, Japan), Coco Avant Chanel (d. Anne Fontaine, France), Crazy Heart (d. Scott Cooper, US), Nine (d. Rob Marshall, US), The Lovely Bones (d. Peter Jackson, US), The Messenger (d. Oren Moverman, US), Un Prophète (d. Jacques Audiard, France)

THE WORST**

Watchmen (d. Zack Snyder, US) - a rudimentary butchering of my favorite book.

Terminator Salvation (d. McG, US) - boring as hell

Public Enemies (d. Michael Mann, US) - again, boring as hell. Hated the handheld digital camerawork

Bruno (d. Larry Charles, US) - offensive, unfunny, and all over the place

Funny People (d. Judd Apatow, US) - overindulgent, and ruined by too much creative freedom. A movie about Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen would have been good enough; there was no need for the Leslie Mann subplot

Paranormal Activity (d. Oren Peli, US) - overhyped.

**I did not see Transformers 2, thus its absence on my list.

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“Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm; Time and fevers burn...

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:34:46 -0500

“Lay your sleeping head, my love,

Human on my faithless arm;

Time and fevers burn away

Individual beauty from

Thoughtful children, and the grave

Proves the child ephemeral:

But in my arms till break of day

Let the living creature lie,

Mortal, guilty, but to me

The entirely beautiful.”

-Lullaby, W.H. Auden

On converging circles of friends

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:55:38 -0400

Today was weird.

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On my summer so far

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:02:05 -0400

I am a New York Media Intern. It feels strange saying aloud, as it carries some almost mythical connotations. The coffee-wrangling, receipt-nagging, purposely silent figure traipsing around the city in black flats and a totebag. Immortalized in The Devil Wears Prada (if only I got free clothes out of this deal), and oft-remembered perhaps not fondly, but as a passage of necessity by most professionals in the industry, this period of my adult education is one I’ve happily predicted for years. Yet now that it’s here, I cannot say I’m welcoming to its outstretched, sweaty palms.

I find it’s easier to fill the role of outsider in any situation than it is to make an honest attempt at assimilation. I’ve already hedged myself against the other interns in the office, which isn’t the best situation to be in, but it wasn’t intentional. They just started to gravitate towards each other - especially the Monday ones - and left me out. I’m not bitter, as they still keep me privy to their conversation - the other day, Southern Sorority Sister #1 told Southern Sorority Sister #2 that she had a CRAZY AWESOME time at the Village Pourhouse this past weekend! I like one person at work - one of the PAs, Enzo. He went to Penn State and is round and white and all smiles. He’s nicer to me than any of the other interns and it makes me feel special. Probably because I told him that I didn’t feel comfortable around all the other women in the office, to which he responded, “That’s the most honest thing I’ve ever heard anybody say here.”

Today, I was writing down the timecodes for a shoot of Lara Spencer stand-ups in Times Square. There was much debate over whether or not the jewelry she was sporting conveyed a certain “gravitas.” Apparently, pearls are very gravitas-y. Who knew? I found it quite silly that the term “gravitas” was being tossed around as Lara read off the prompter, “The latest from the Michael Jackson autopsy report: were there needle marks all over his body?!” in the best mock-seriousness she could muster.

suck it bitch

Wed, 27 May 2009 21:35:33 -0400

suck it bitch

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On mixed-up memories

Wed, 27 May 2009 00:56:33 -0400

Her: So remember when you were seeing “Fast Eddie” and you left me on the boardwalk by myself to go meet up with him somewhere?

Me: Yeah, but I don’t remember leaving you there by yourself.

Her: Oh yep, you did.

Me: I would never do that. There had to have been another person.

Her: No one.

Me: It was stupid. We met up by 12th street and he was drunk and pissed on the beach as I watched.

Her: I remember you telling me that after you found me again.

Me: Oh.

I honestly don’t think I left her alone. Did I?

lookatthisfuckinghipster: Look at this potential threeway.

Tue, 19 May 2009 20:27:51 -0400

lookatthisfuckinghipster:

Look at this potential threeway.

mollysoda: collect: the heathers

Thu, 14 May 2009 19:12:27 -0400

mollysoda:

collect:

the heathers

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On completely irrational cadences

Tue, 12 May 2009 03:26:39 -0400

But I know my luck too well
Yes, I know my luck too well
And I’ll probably never see you again
I’ll probably never see you again
I’ll probably never see you again
Oh …

If only you knew.

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