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14 comments:
Bizarre.
It look like something that has crawled out of the Rift in Time at Cafe Hopcott ...
Or perhaps one of our larger built visitors :-)
I just wonder how on earth they a) got him in there and b)managed to make him stay still long enough to take the photo.
I guess no one here has read "Dune"?
Yeah, of course we've read it. That doesn't make any of these other comments less apt.
I assume it's the one that was made into a film with all those underground sand worm thingies?
Thar be the one! David Lynch actually directed that movie... it would have been much better if they'd have let him have a free hand with it, but the studio ruined it as usual by making big editing cuts and insisting it be more commercial. Then again, if you're David Lynch, what are you thinking, directing a popular adaptation of Dune? Maybe he hadn't quite established himself yet to the point where he could fend off what might be lucrative offers in order to focus on doing quality work.
Now you see directors, film stars, everyone... the ones who care about the art part anymore, hopping back and forth between worlds, like Ralph Fiennes doing things like playing Voldemort (for a handsome sum, I'd imagine) to make his money, then putting his heart into indie films that probably are lucky to break even. I don't mind if good actors do this - Ian McKellan did the 3 X-Men movies after all and made them pretty good! It's the actors who only do either Oscar-material roles or big paycheck Pixar-type roles and never the small films that have something important to say that I lose respect for.
Wim Wenders, anyone?
Rob, if you've got Travelers and thingies coming out the rift of your Cafe, I think it may be time to close that rift.
@Raelha: 2 possibilities come to mind. A) It's a ragdoll cat (ever picked one of those up?); B) It's the real Dunecat, in which case nobody made him do anything.
Ah Meta!
Close the Rift in Time down just because a few strange things crawled through?
That would be censorship ... Now that would never do. Think of all the fun they could create :-)
Certainly can't fault you for your sense of adventure...
I've a delicate mind though and peered through the rift once too often. Mine's got that yellow police tape all over it now and is out of action for good.
Isn't it just a regular pussy cat stuffed into a stocking?
Stop it, maalie, you're ruining it for the children.
Wim Wenders: Yes, very interesting. I've only seen a few; 'Wings of Desire,' (so much better than the cheesy Nick Cage remake.) 'Don't Come Knocking.' which was beautifully shot and notable for the startling absence of peripheral characters and set extras; and 'Buena Vista Social Club.' which is a gorgeous documentary and well worth seeing for the fantastic musical experience which it is.
'Wings of Desire' is certainly his masterpiece, and up there amongst my very favourite films. I never even bothered seeing that Nicholas Cage movie because I knew it would be dumbed down and I'd hate it. It may even have been a cute movie if it hadn't had the gall to be a remake of one of the best films ever (in my mind).
'Paris, Texas' (downer) and 'Until the End of the World' (more uplifting) are two others I would definitely recommend along with what you've already mentioned. I'd skip 'Far Away, So Close' although it's not horrible, just mediocre. And why isn't Solveig Dommartin in more movies?? Oh... she died last year at age 45, just looked her up. How sad.
Back to Wim, He's not perfect and he's not for everyone, but I like his vision of the world a lot, usually, from things like his color palettes and soundtracks to pointing out loneliness and emptiness where it exists, and how people are always longing to fill that hole with something.
His movies hit me in the gut at the same time they're making me think, much like David Lynch's (one of my other favourite directors). Terry Gilliam is also great of course, though he frightens me a bit at times. Jim Jarmusch is awesome... well we could go on and on as usual.
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