tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post112911914882570071..comments2023-12-08T00:54:27.168+11:00Comments on Sorrow at Sills Bend: The Proposition, a very bad movie.lucy tartanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129778080794324102005-10-20T13:14:00.000+10:002005-10-20T13:14:00.000+10:00*lol* Tony: Dear Jim, this book has some good idea...*lol* Tony: Dear Jim, this book has some good ideas. I reckon every jumped up little pseud from Yonkers to yarraville (including Tracy Pew RIP) will get LOVE and HATE tattooed on his fingers. love Husty.BwcaBrowniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11500142856655553009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129516250675134462005-10-17T12:30:00.000+10:002005-10-17T12:30:00.000+10:00Okay, finally saw it, and I agree. Failure. Bloody...Okay, finally saw it, and I agree. Failure. Bloody, violent, unpleasant failure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129382478697485942005-10-15T23:21:00.000+10:002005-10-15T23:21:00.000+10:00Didn't this have Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore in...Didn't this have Woody Harrelson and Demi Moore in it?The Studenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11626494165852668333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129220839602987032005-10-14T02:27:00.000+10:002005-10-14T02:27:00.000+10:00Harsh. I totally disagreed with you on Downfall so...Harsh. I totally disagreed with you on Downfall so perhaps this film is for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129204846003912172005-10-13T22:00:00.000+10:002005-10-13T22:00:00.000+10:00The movie uses everyone, kills them and drops them...The movie uses everyone, kills them and drops them like hotcakes.<BR/><BR/>I liked the starkness, the unrelenting misery of it all.<BR/>Came out of it, thinking how awesome my life really is.<BR/><BR/>I really liked your review, you know way more about Australian movies and their elements than i do. I agreed with you in some bits, but i liked it. I'm simple that way in that i can state a few Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129183378898560202005-10-13T16:02:00.000+10:002005-10-13T16:02:00.000+10:00Really interesting to read about this. I'd decided...Really interesting to read about this. I'd decided not to see it after seeing numerous shorts, and just from them I could work out that David Wenham seemed to be basing his character on Richard Roxborough's hammy Duke in Moulin Rouge. <BR/><BR/>The review I heard on Deep End last week or so said that the film uses Aborigines well until they are no longer necessary and then drops them like hot Ampersand Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12245377686193859488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129181492016908532005-10-13T15:31:00.001+10:002005-10-13T15:31:00.001+10:00Oh, and I bought it at a second-hand bookshop on t...Oh, and I bought it at a second-hand bookshop on the Charing Cross Rd in January 1991.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789821484460689172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129181479646358892005-10-13T15:31:00.000+10:002005-10-13T15:31:00.000+10:00Haven't seen it yet, but that is a bloody good pro...Haven't seen it yet, but that is a bloody good provocative review.<BR/><BR/>I love it when someone pricks the balloon of a travelling fog of approval, and gives reasons. It makes the whole discussion much more multidimensional. <BR/><BR/>For what its worth, I'll drop a link onto Screen Hub.<BR/><BR/>- baristaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129181338631968362005-10-13T15:28:00.000+10:002005-10-13T15:28:00.000+10:00You never lend your books. That is madness.I'm at ...You never lend your books. That is madness.<BR/><BR/>I'm at work at the moment so I can't give you the words verbatim, but it's a short note about the book containing some good ideas.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789821484460689172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129174550927400982005-10-13T13:35:00.000+10:002005-10-13T13:35:00.000+10:00Tony, I am dead impressed. The novel is not easy ...Tony, I am dead impressed. The novel is not easy to find anywhere let alone with an inscription like that. Is there anything else written inside, marginalia of any kind? Do you think Agee used it writing the screenplay? <BR/><BR/>I was about to offer a few pitiful anecdotes about who owned some of my secondhand books before me, but I won't even bother now. <BR/><BR/>Now here is a Theory Nerdlucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129173800202166882005-10-13T13:23:00.000+10:002005-10-13T13:23:00.000+10:00You know something: I have an original version of ...You know something: I have an original version of <I>Night of the Hunter</I> signed by John Huston with a note to James Agee. He calls him Jim.<BR/><BR/>I just thought I'd share that.Tonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08789821484460689172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129171804246889372005-10-13T12:50:00.000+10:002005-10-13T12:50:00.000+10:00But mind you, looking grave and intelligent all th...But mind you, looking grave and intelligent all the time is hard work.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129171655619099122005-10-13T12:47:00.000+10:002005-10-13T12:47:00.000+10:00You say you are not to be trusted, but can we trus...You say you are not to be trusted, but can we trust you to be truthful about that?<BR/>Are you having us on?<BR/>Well yes, maybe some of us, but not me. I've summed you up. Completely. You have a Sunday-roast sensibility, and a predilection for floral-patterned carpet.<BR/><BR/>R.H.<BR/>(*Social commentator)<BR/><BR/><BR/>*Laugh all you like, I get paid for it.R.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04639593801088008224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129168333502754112005-10-13T11:52:00.000+10:002005-10-13T11:52:00.000+10:00Don't let me put you off. I'm not to be trusted. ...Don't let me put you off. I'm not to be trusted. <BR/><BR/>I've read a few more reviews today, and I'm starting to think that the reviewers are loving it because it's Nick Cave. I sympathise with that, but it doesn't change anything, not for me.lucy tartanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244574932248425378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129167893062601252005-10-13T11:44:00.000+10:002005-10-13T11:44:00.000+10:00Going to see it tomorrow night. I'm a bit concerne...Going to see it tomorrow night. I'm a bit concerned... hmmn.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10611988.post-1129163845970849412005-10-13T10:37:00.000+10:002005-10-13T10:37:00.000+10:00Ahh wellI quite liked it.Ahh well<BR/>I quite liked it.Cozalcoatlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13860756021115471862noreply@blogger.com