But really, can't you just lock everyone else in the church (or faculty club) with a big cross, thus scotching the wedding and the dancing? I suppose big crosses are hard to find at faculty clubs these days...
I hate when the blog gives me homework. Maybe I can find the denuncation online somewhere. I probably remember enough of the feel of the original to find it funny.
>David Horowitz needs to fight for more Whit Stillman films.
I so agree! Let's make an online petition.
SCMT, I like all the Whit Stillman movies, in the sense that I would give them all a "thumbs up, way up." I agree that Barcelona feels a bit more unified than Metropolitan or Last Days of Disco.
Ogged, Nothing to add. Except that I was dissaponted that the "you can't touch this" post didn't end up being about MC Hammer.
Usually when I'm on a date, I demand road-head while going through the drive-thru. If she refuses, I park as far away as possible and make her walk. It costs money to let your car idle while some flighty woman can't make up her mind about what she wants to order (fellas, you know what I'm talkin' about!).
I'm surprised that you like Metropolitan. I can't say I hated it, because I stopped watching after a few minutes, but I didn't find it interesting enough to stay in the room. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
But David Horowitz wouldn't actually get us any more films. Instead he would rant about the need to get more films and the un named forces that keep us from getting the films. And he'd ask us for money. Then he'd support legislation to allow us to hold accountable the un named forces responsible for denying us the movies. But still, no movies. And he'd hoodwink state legsislators into holding hearings and threatening to issue subpeonas and going on Hardball and sounding less like Solons and more like asses on the whole issue. And then he'd ask us for more money. And at the end of the day, no movies. David Horowitz is the master of the right wing dry hump.
Perhaps what we need is Jack Abramoff? Or maybe we can hire Delay directly?
Instead he would rant about the need to get more films and the un named forces that keep us from getting the films. And he'd ask us for money. Then he'd support legislation to allow us to hold accountable the un named forces responsible for denying us the movies
But benton, doesn't that sound liek an awesome result?
baa, I hadn't thought of it this way. It would be especially awesome if we got to appear on tv with our faces digitally altered or behind a curtain to protect our identities from the "movie bosses" who are denying us Whit Stillman.
Metropolitan is one of my favorite movies ever. I'm not sure what that says about me other than that any opinion I express in these comments has to conflict with SCMT. I didn't like last Days of Disco particlarly but enjoyed barcelona.
But anyone who hasn't watched metropolitan should.
I'm partial to Last Days of Disco myself. But then when it came out it seemed eerily like my life at the time. I was living in NYC with two friends who worked in publishing, one blonde and nice, the other brown-haired and bitchy, one of whom went to the same boarding school as Whit Stillman. And the female leads in that movie were supposed to have gone to a college down the road from me (Hampshire).
OK, random and OT, but every time I skim past the title of this post, I remember the intro to Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" where David Lee Roth says "I don't feel tardy." It's made for an interesting way of viewing this post.
I'd also like to note: PG goes out of town, excitedly hinting that she'll have sex. Ogged has "visitors" in town this weekend. Coincidence? Convenient camouflage?
Even better -- what if you're right, but neither one of them knows the other blogs. A couple of weeks from now, at the big ogged-profgrrl date, they can lock eyes in astonishment and say "My god, it's, it's, you!"
Chopper, I'm ashamed to say that that Van Halen line is a favorite of mine. I think I've even used it in school.
But you torture me with the PG thing. Her "boy" is definitely not me. For a while, I tried what you're trying now, and insisted that it was Labs. No, it's just some schmoe who probably doesn't even have a blog.
Wolfson, to be sent to that post is to be reminded of the strange comedic genius of the Gayatollah, and miss his regular postings all the more. (And yes, I just added "Gayatollah" to the spell checker.)
Seriously, what in Gawd's name do you guys like about Metropolitan? Based on the little of it I saw, I would have put it on one my "worst movies evar" lists. Immature Stillman is pretty painful; hell, I can crash a Dalton reunion if I want to hear that shite.
I probably should have told you that I am buying them dinner at the Greens...
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:44 AM
No, no you shouldn't have.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:46 AM
ogged, you need to show up and STOP THE WEDDING!
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:47 AM
I would, but they might MAKE ME DANCE!
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:53 AM
But really, can't you just lock everyone else in the church (or faculty club) with a big cross, thus scotching the wedding and the dancing? I suppose big crosses are hard to find at faculty clubs these days...
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:55 AM
Have you done this before?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:57 AM
Someone named Ben has.
Don't tell me you haven't seen this?
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:02 AM
I don't think I have. Now I'm pre-cuckolded and unhip?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:03 AM
Sorry, link in the above is busted
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:03 AM
Ah, that I have seen. But, typically, remember none of it.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:03 AM
Ogged has never seen the Graduate?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:04 AM
You need to watch the Graduate, and then immediate afterwards watch "Barcelona" to see Chris Eigeman deliver Whit Stillman's hilarious denunciation.
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:08 AM
I hate when the blog gives me homework. Maybe I can find the denuncation online somewhere. I probably remember enough of the feel of the original to find it funny.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:11 AM
David Horowitz needs to fight for more Whit Stillman films.
Posted by joe o | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:16 AM
Seriously, you should rent Barcelona tonight. And given your lonely, loveless existence, I know that you're free!
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:16 AM
You know, I think Barcelona may be the only Stillman movie I like entirely. Last Days of Disco was good, but a bit too patchy IIRC.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:16 AM
Thanks, baa, I'll see if the company is amenable.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:17 AM
>David Horowitz needs to fight for more Whit Stillman films.
I so agree! Let's make an online petition.
SCMT, I like all the Whit Stillman movies, in the sense that I would give them all a "thumbs up, way up." I agree that Barcelona feels a bit more unified than Metropolitan or Last Days of Disco.
Ogged, Nothing to add. Except that I was dissaponted that the "you can't touch this" post didn't end up being about MC Hammer.
Posted by Anonymous | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:34 AM
Usually when I'm on a date, I demand road-head while going through the drive-thru. If she refuses, I park as far away as possible and make her walk. It costs money to let your car idle while some flighty woman can't make up her mind about what she wants to order (fellas, you know what I'm talkin' about!).
Posted by F. Winston Codpiece III | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:37 AM
Give me that toothpaste, dad.
Posted by F. Winston Codpiece IV | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:38 AM
baa,
I'm surprised that you like Metropolitan. I can't say I hated it, because I stopped watching after a few minutes, but I didn't find it interesting enough to stay in the room. Maybe I'll give it another shot.
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:41 AM
But David Horowitz wouldn't actually get us any more films. Instead he would rant about the need to get more films and the un named forces that keep us from getting the films. And he'd ask us for money. Then he'd support legislation to allow us to hold accountable the un named forces responsible for denying us the movies. But still, no movies. And he'd hoodwink state legsislators into holding hearings and threatening to issue subpeonas and going on Hardball and sounding less like Solons and more like asses on the whole issue. And then he'd ask us for more money. And at the end of the day, no movies. David Horowitz is the master of the right wing dry hump.
Perhaps what we need is Jack Abramoff? Or maybe we can hire Delay directly?
Posted by benton | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:52 AM
Instead he would rant about the need to get more films and the un named forces that keep us from getting the films. And he'd ask us for money. Then he'd support legislation to allow us to hold accountable the un named forces responsible for denying us the movies
But benton, doesn't that sound liek an awesome result?
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:55 AM
baa, I hadn't thought of it this way. It would be especially awesome if we got to appear on tv with our faces digitally altered or behind a curtain to protect our identities from the "movie bosses" who are denying us Whit Stillman.
As long as we didn't have to send money.
Posted by benton | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 10:59 AM
Metropolitan is one of my favorite movies ever. I'm not sure what that says about me other than that any opinion I express in these comments has to conflict with SCMT. I didn't like last Days of Disco particlarly but enjoyed barcelona.
But anyone who hasn't watched metropolitan should.
Posted by NickS | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 12:18 PM
I'm partial to Last Days of Disco myself. But then when it came out it seemed eerily like my life at the time. I was living in NYC with two friends who worked in publishing, one blonde and nice, the other brown-haired and bitchy, one of whom went to the same boarding school as Whit Stillman. And the female leads in that movie were supposed to have gone to a college down the road from me (Hampshire).
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 12:47 PM
OK, random and OT, but every time I skim past the title of this post, I remember the intro to Van Halen's "Hot for Teacher" where David Lee Roth says "I don't feel tardy." It's made for an interesting way of viewing this post.
I'd also like to note: PG goes out of town, excitedly hinting that she'll have sex. Ogged has "visitors" in town this weekend. Coincidence? Convenient camouflage?
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:18 PM
Even better -- what if you're right, but neither one of them knows the other blogs. A couple of weeks from now, at the big ogged-profgrrl date, they can lock eyes in astonishment and say "My god, it's, it's, you!"
I see it as a Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie.
Posted by LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:21 PM
Chopper, I'm ashamed to say that that Van Halen line is a favorite of mine. I think I've even used it in school.
But you torture me with the PG thing. Her "boy" is definitely not me. For a while, I tried what you're trying now, and insisted that it was Labs. No, it's just some schmoe who probably doesn't even have a blog.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:22 PM
Damn, we did it again, LB.
Ok, *I'm* going home, though that means I'll be back online in about ten minutes.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:23 PM
Delete 28 before someone reads it, writes that movie, and I somehow get tricked into seeing it.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:23 PM
Why be ashamed? Van Halen I and 1984 are great fucking albums. The line I quote most often is from "Panama:"
I reach down
between my legs
and ease the seat back.
Delightfully sleazy.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:26 PM
If we're turning this into a movie, don't you see this more as a John Hughes Film?
Molly Ringwald is PG. Anthony Michael Hall is Ogged. Judd Nelson is "boy." Ally Sheedy is Wolfson. And Emilio Estevez is Labs.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:30 PM
That's a great scenario, LB. I think Labs suggested something similar way back in the day. You know, ex's parents are screenwriters...
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:43 PM
I know I suggested something similar once. Here we go. With bonus future active participle action!
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:46 PM
There you go, that's probably what I was thinking of.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 5:50 PM
Wolfson, to be sent to that post is to be reminded of the strange comedic genius of the Gayatollah, and miss his regular postings all the more. (And yes, I just added "Gayatollah" to the spell checker.)
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:01 PM
Is it me, or do you seem genuinely plaintive today Ogged (as opposed to mock plaintive)?
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:18 PM
Is that your more polite way of calling me a whore (ala SCMT) whenever I'm nice to someone?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:20 PM
No, actually it isn't. But I'll call you a whore if you really want me to.
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:29 PM
Uh, no.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:30 PM
Be fair, ogged. I don't do that anymore. Not since you became so "genuinely plaintive."
Posted by SomeCallMeTim | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:33 PM
Just being polite.
Posted by ac | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:33 PM
Why do I blog?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 6:35 PM
It's like hanging out with friends, without all the awkward enjoying yourself.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 7:02 PM
That's it. It's working perfectly.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 7:04 PM
baa, i love you more than ever, since "Metropolitan" is or was one of my favorite movies. Poor Tom Townshend-- can't even afford a decent overcoat.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 8:25 PM
Seriously, what in Gawd's name do you guys like about Metropolitan? Based on the little of it I saw, I would have put it on one my "worst movies evar" lists. Immature Stillman is pretty painful; hell, I can crash a Dalton reunion if I want to hear that shite.
Posted by SCMT | Link to this comment | 05-12-05 9:09 PM
I think Labs suggested something similar way back in the day.
a-HEM. (Comments didn't have timestamps at the time.)
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-13-05 6:49 AM
Yeah, but you can still link to them individually, Weinman.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-13-05 6:59 AM
I... I am filled with shame! This one.
The whole thread is pretty rockin', though.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 05-13-05 7:03 AM
Profgrrrl is a nice piece of some, Ogged.
It's just too late to stop the weddin'.
Posted by The Boy | Link to this comment | 05-13-05 9:31 AM