The Fanciful Norwegian wrote:I'm surprised nobody has mentioned the old "Wet Paint" video from Sesame Street. That thing creeped me out as a kid for some reason.
Gaaah! Creepiest (at that age) thing I ever saw on Sesame Street.
JusteLeblanc wrote:not to start a tangent, but sesame street's beetles singing letter b always scared the crap out of me too.
I always thought the one about the signs was pretty weird ("No right turn/ No left turn/ What do we do?"). My favorite little clip was the one where they went to the Chinese Noodles factory, and the chocolate dipped vanilla popsicle factory.
Narshty wrote:That's the silliest term I've ever heard for a choc ice.
Well, it's a vanilla ice-cream popsicle, dipped in chocolate, as opposed to a straight chocolate popsicle. Sorry Narsh, but I was in a rush to head off to a meeting where I nap while government officials bicker with one another over how to file mail. I also hope everyone appreciates the numerous ways I've found to take discussions as far off-topic as possible.
Narshty wrote:That's the silliest term I've ever heard for a choc ice.
Well, it's a vanilla ice-cream popsicle, dipped in chocolate, as opposed to a straight chocolate popsicle. Sorry Narsh, but I was in a rush to head off to a meeting where I nap while government officials bicker with one another over how to file mail.
Oh, I was just curious as to whether that was the official US/Canadian term for a stick of vanilla ice-cream dipped in chocolate. Clipped tone unintentional.
Wow. I've never even seen that one. It is better. And I think "choc ice" is the silliest term I've ever heard for a stick of vanilla ice-cream dipped in chocolate!
matt wrote:Wow. I've never even seen that one. It is better.
I'm actually good with either, so long as the cover somehow incorporates the act itself. If they don't actually use images of the hands of the pickpockets engaged in the act of stealing, I'd assume the art department has been replaced by monkeys. Creative monkeys, with gigantic brains compared to other monkeys, who probably deserve to be paid more than I do ... but still monkeys.
matt wrote:And I think "choc ice" is the silliest term I've ever heard for a stick of vanilla ice-cream dipped in chocolate!
Yes! Thanks for the back up Matt ... though I'm not sure how it looks that my main supporter is a man with a cartoon drink for an avatar. That may not hold up very well.
I'd never seen the erotic subtext of Pickpocket before. Wow, it's clear I need to revisit my evaluations of Bresson. Is there a homoerotic subtext to Diary of a Country Priest that I've been missing all this time, too?
analoguezombie wrote:especially since (The Man Who Fell to Earth) includes a copy of the book
Wow, what a nice surprise! I've never been able to read the danged book; the only copy I ever had was typeset with a goofy rounded 70s sans-serif font that I'm sure looked stylish to someone in charge, but rendered the damned thing nigh on unreadable.
FilmFanSea wrote:
I find it very inventive. Yes, it has that Jackson Pollack-cum-Rorschach vibe, but the way the red Kanji characters of the title (which means "Chaos") emerge from within the 'chaotic' splatters of paint is quite creative. The paint blobs are also suggestive of the splattering of blood through war, while using the three primary colors represents the three sons of the story.
Plus, don't forget that paint splatter just looks neat.
Wouldn't mind a poster-sized image of the cover art, myself...
Maybe someone stole it from the artist while she was on the subway? And no doubt they're now having a long deadpan monologue about it in some dingy apartment.
