tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091980.post109633091012702798..comments2023-08-20T08:41:51.527-05:00Comments on At Home He's a Tourist: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091980.post-1096776602655278112004-10-02T23:10:00.000-05:002004-10-02T23:10:00.000-05:00Seems to me I've heard "right wing" applied to tra...Seems to me I've heard "right wing" applied to traditionalist mores as well as political views, but I'll concede that the phrase is vague at best. I still remember your paperback book arguing (persuasively) that libertarianism transcended the liberal/conservative divide.Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463900697710872788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091980.post-1096762218613487862004-10-02T19:10:00.000-05:002004-10-02T19:10:00.000-05:00Glancing at your posting about Le Regle de Jou aga...Glancing at your posting about Le Regle de Jou again, I'd suggest that the random promiscuous infidelity was offputting to your sense of morality, not to "right-wing" sensibilities, which as you and CSL note are quite different things.<br /><br />FelixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091980.post-1096750678229026622004-10-02T15:57:00.000-05:002004-10-02T15:57:00.000-05:00To be fair to Coffee and Cigarettes, the celebrity...To be fair to <I>Coffee and Cigarettes</I>, the celebrity factor can be interesting in itself--seeing Tom Waits in a mundane setting talking about mundane things is anomalous enough to pique the curiosity, if you're a Waits fan particularly. And if you don't like one premise, you just have to wait a few minutes (or use the fast forward) to see a different one. <br /><br />I remember C. S. Lewis pointed out that New Testament morality falls outside the usual right/left dichotomy: leftist in its concern with the poor, rightist in its sexual morality and hierarchalism (if that's a word). That observation seems borne out by people like Dorothy Day, Mother Teresa, etc. <br /><br />I think you'll like <I>Dragonslayer</I> and I'll give <I>Dark Star</I> a try (since I like Carpenter and Kubrick).Carloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463900697710872788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4091980.post-1096747749582027622004-10-02T15:09:00.000-05:002004-10-02T15:09:00.000-05:00Thanks for reminding me of Dragonslayer. I picked...Thanks for reminding me of Dragonslayer. I picked up a secondhand copy of the novelization many years ago, and was favorably impressed enough by the unusually complex plot and gritty feel to want to see the movie one day. I even stole a few bits of the plot for some high school exercises in "creative writing", all without ever actually seeing the movie. Some time this week I'll make a point of settling in with the DVD (if I can find it), some guttering candles for illumination, and some coarse rye bread and dark ale for an evening of terror and adventure in the dark ages.<br /><br />I take it Tom Wait's presence was not quite enough to make Coffee & Cigarettes palatable?<br /><br />Your response to La Regle du Jeu tempts me to launch another political rant. How frustrating it is that the two-sided paradigm of "right" and "left" assumes that anyone who disapproves of random sexual promiscuity must ipso facto be on the side of corporate embezzlers and warmongers, and, conversely, that anyone who disapproves of indiscriminately incinerating people with the "wrong color" of skin must also be in favor of casual orgies.<br /><br />Oh, and the best "revamped film school project" I've ever seen is John Carpenter's "Dark Star". Catch it if you can. It's very silly and very funny in a deadpan, zoned-out, ultra-low-budget kind of way. I think you'll particularly enjoy the dilemma of the bomb.<br /><br />FelixAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com