Recent content by Winston

Ever had one where you wake up and look over to your woman (or guy) and they wake up as well and then begin to morph into a rabid monster, only to wake up again, look over to your gal still with that nightmare fresh in your mind, only to have the same scenario occur again? and again? and again...

hmmm, never heard that one myself, but it's possible. Funny how we still think of north as up and south as down, even though it's all kind of arbitrary anyway. http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg

Well I beg to differ, just from my own observations of filmmaking. When I say "modern production", I'm talking more generally about movie making - I'm not just talking about CGI and special effects, but the whole style of directing, actors performances, fight scenes etc etc - which in my own...

Hey skiroomalum, as I stated in the first post, a heap. In more detail, off the top of my head: post office, factotum, ham on rye, women, hollywood, pulp, and the days run away..., south of no north, septuagenerian stew, the captian is out to lunch, love is a dog from hell, more notes of a...

Seeing as this topic came up again... It's easy to forget that "Barfly" was made in 1987, that's 27 years ago(? my maths isn't great) and any film viewer knows that realism and capturing moments in film has come a long way since then, just as it had from 1960 to 1987... That said, Barfly was the...

I think roni makes a valid point "it's possible to be both, metaphoric AND literal" As a recurring theme, often the sun is almost a background character - just doing what the sun does. Equally it is given a distinct personality, albeit a harsh, unforgiving one, devoid of any emotion per se...

Hello forum, Thought I should do the right thing and say hello, from New Zealand. Between jobs and bored, medicated, and on a good day with whisky in the belly. Obviously a fan of Buk, if you need to do the "so what have you read?" question, I'll just say the novels, most of the short story...