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Re: 845 The Squid and the Whale

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 7:47 pm
by knives
domino harvey wrote:Mr Jealousy is the best Woody Allen film not made by Woody Allen
With the caveat that it is Allen like The Metamorphosis is Dostoyevsky.

Re: 845 The Squid and the Whale

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2016 8:04 pm
by Gregory
swo17 wrote:Mr. Jealousy is wonderful. It would be great if Criterion could rescue that and Highball from OOP obscurity.
Highball would be quite an interesting choice for Criterion to release.
Noah Baumbach wrote:And it was a funny script. But it was just too ambitious. We didn't have enough time, we didn't finish it, it didn't look good, it was just a whole... mess. [Laughs.] We couldn't get it done, and I had a falling out with the producer. He abandoned it, and I had no money to finish it, to go back and maybe get two more days or something. Then later, it was put out on DVD without my approval

Re: 845 The Squid and the Whale

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2016 3:03 pm
by jazzo
knives wrote:
domino harvey wrote:Mr Jealousy is the best Woody Allen film not made by Woody Allen
With the caveat that it is Allen like The Metamorphosis is Dostoyevsky.
I get a very screwball comedy/What's up Doc?/Woody Allen vibe off of Mistress America, as well. I know not too many folks are fond of this one, but I found it a very warm thing to curl up to.

Re: 845 The Squid and the Whale

Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:13 pm
by swo17
I just learned that this brief scene from The Squid and the Whale features Greta Kline (the other child of Kevin Kline and Phoebe Cates) who now performs music under the moniker of Frankie Cosmos.

Re: 845 The Squid and the Whale

Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2017 5:49 am
by flyonthewall2983