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by George_Chabot,  in Books
Howard Hawks (Even on Valley of the Kings) anytime, as opposed to Spielburg, Stone, Scorsese, etc. I'd like to read Farber's book, based on your excellent write-up, William! Thanks,
George
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Mar 25 '04
7:03 am PST
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Bravo (Reply to this comment)
by ChrisJarmick
No need to say more.
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Feb 12 '04
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Re: sorrry.... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Hi Michelle:
Yeah, I agree with you, the picture isn't that great and makes me appear somewhat villainous.
Glad you liked the epinion!
-Bill
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Dec 16 '03
1:30 pm PST
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sorrry.... (Reply to this comment)
by kiljoi
you look like a villian from a Star Trek movie.
Great review!!
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Dec 16 '03
5:46 am PST
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Re: :) (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Another guy who consistently works from a termite angle: Richard Linklater (Slacker, Before Sunrise, Dazed and Confused, Waking Life).
Farber has made positive comments re Before Sunrise, come to think of it.
Thanks again!
-Bill
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Dec 09 '03
7:50 am PST
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Re: Hmm... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Really not sure I can name many (any?) mainstream films that would be put into the termite category...
Hi Ander:
Low budget stuff would generally tend toward termite art. So independent film vs. big studio productions. The film should have the ability to nail down a moment "without glamorizing it." Also: "the feeling that all is expendable, that it can be chopped up and flung down in a different arrangement without ruin."
This last comment is directed more at painting, I suspect, but there are films where this could apply.
"Repo Man" is a good example of termite art.
Thanks for the comment.
-Bill
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Dec 08 '03
5:29 pm PST
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:) (Reply to this comment)
by anderclayton
Note that I was talking about mainstream films that came out this year or so...
Though recently it seems like films are either made for the masses or made for one particular mass (including the intellectual mass) rather than actually trying to push boundaries. It does seem like most of the films actually trying to do that recently are foreign films. At least those are generally the ones that come to mind.
Ander
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Dec 08 '03
3:55 pm PST
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Hmm... (Reply to this comment)
by anderclayton
Sigh.
*grin* This would be one of those times that I wish I had taken a few film courses in college (they weren't offered though so that might explain it).
I could see the comment applied to Open Range. I wasn't exactly enamoured of the film myself and it seemed a bit of a glory project... It is definitely not something that is pushing any boundaries and is mostly just kinda there. Nobody was particularly offended by it so it wasn't one I couldn't point people to when they asked me for something to see but it really wasn't much of anything (comments that would apply even more to Secondhand Lions)
Really not sure I can name many (any?) mainstream films that would be put into the termite category... Maybe thirteen? :) Not sure about that one. Quite a few films that I enjoyed but nobody really seems too terribly interested in pushing the envelopes too much nowadays in the mainstream. :) Not that I complain about the films being produced necessarily (I am not in the category of people being against what would be placed in the nontermite section of films) but...
Shrug.
Ander
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Dec 07 '03
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Re: In inscribing my copy of the book, (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
It takes more than making a movie in an out-of-fashion genre to be a Farber "termite"!
That it does. Although I haven't seen "Open Range" so I can't comment.
I'd love to hear Farber lecture (and I live not so far away from him). When was this? And, if you recall, do you remember what he talked about?
-Bill
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Dec 05 '03
1:25 pm PST
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Re: A nugget of a pick.... (Reply to this comment)
by WilliamJones
Nick, thank you so much. A "nugget of a pick"? You bet, if by "nugget" you mean diamond.
-Bill
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Dec 05 '03
1:19 pm PST
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In inscribing my copy of the book, (Reply to this comment)
by Stephen_Murray
Farber wrote that "it reads better than my lecturing," though I found his wrestling with expressing his ideas in person very interesting. Since he was writing, the termites have prospered. If ever there was a white elephant, it would be Kevin Costner. It takes more than making a movie in an out-of-fashion genre the be a Farber "termite"!
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Dec 04 '03
10:24 am PST
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A nugget of a pick.... (Reply to this comment)
by NFP
...and a fascinating look between the covers.
Very interesting reading this, as I'm sure is the book.
Kudos.
nick
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Dec 04 '03
5:13 am PST
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