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Fantastic Four
Unlike Kirby's books this effort looks pretty generic.
I saw the 12th Oceans film. (What happened to 1-10?) Anyway, not crisp at all like 11. Nice to see the T-mobile lady land an acting job. I wonder if the "can you hear me now" guy will get a big break.
One sequence has members of the team watching the 1960 movie Incubus, the made-in-Big Sur all-Esperanto horror movie starring William Shatner and a live billy goat playing Satan. While I'm glad to see this obscurer-than-obscure movie get a little plug, here's a criminal example of the law that you should never cut to a movie that's better than the one you've made. (Blade Part the Third)
film as a subversive art
subcin
watching a 1/2 hour show on ifc about the 20th anniversary of spinal tap. they just mentioned that all non percussive members of the band were playing bass for the song "Big Bottom". this struck me as particularly funny. also, the original cut was 6 1/2 hours long.
practically giving it away.