1 Topic by maxkeanu (edited by maxkeanu 2014-11-14 04:57:11)

Topic: Lou Bloom

Went to see NIGHTCRAWLER... Jake Gallyenthal, wow!, man plays a terrific psycho in the character of Lou Bloom. A clamped-down, claustrophobic and creepy performance! An insane Leopold Bloom in LA.  Fast-action car-fag action, raw ambitions of your typical LA mad-man confabulating, flim-flamming Dale Carnegie logic , all-the -while  espousing a wacko used car salesman's moral and ethical issues on a reluctant intern with bloodshot, but with starry eyes and business school musings.  Story plays out in LA-LA Land under mostly horror nights of mercury-vapor lamp skies.  Rivals Paul Schrader's New York Gothic tale, TAXI DRIVER, IMHO.

The tone: Dostoevsky's future nightmare. The location:  The pain/gain LA neighborhoods of Nietzsche's later ramblings. The moral & ethic questions:  Oden, when he gets really heavy. The tempo: Terry MacDonald's letter and word perfect jammings of dialog crisp, and— bam, bam! bam! Then toss in a bit of vsworld for poetics!

A forceful performance by Renee Russo that amps up the insanity of Bloom. Stong female, another, wow!

AND BTW- can someone here start a literary fiction group? thanks.

Crime writing now scares me! LOL

max

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Re: Lou Bloom

Hey, Max - Why don't YOU start a litertary fiction group?

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3 Reply by maxkeanu (edited by maxkeanu 2014-11-14 15:08:50)

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jack the knife wrote:

Hey, Max - Why don't YOU start a litertary fiction group?

Hey, Jack— I not that literate, and besides, I'm waiting for the literary return of JEliz.

And, grammar and, me and good spellen (lol) don't get along toooo well; lol. Then there's finding a name, making a graphic... get me another Paxil!

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4 Reply by dagnee (edited by dagnee 2014-11-14 18:09:36)

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maxkeanu wrote:
jack the knife wrote:

Hey, Max - Why don't YOU start a litertary fiction group?

Hey, Jack— I not that literate, and besides, I'm waiting for the literary return of JEliz.

And, grammar and, me and good spellen (lol) don't get along toooo well; lol. Then there's finding a name, making a graphic... get me another Paxil!

Um...Max...I think it would be good therapy for you to start and moderate a group. Literary fiction sounds like it's right up your alley, pardon the cliche, it's your style of writing even with the science fiction stuff you wrote when I first knew you.

As for spelling...that's why God invented spell check and this site has that on every-fucking-thing that requires typing.

As for grammar...I flunked English. Yes as in BIG RED F. The only good grades I got in that class were for a couple of short stories I wrote. BUT I have no fear when I write because what some call bad grammar I call style.

Don't wait for someone else...DO IT.

dags smile

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I would start a lit-fic group but I keep getting this error message:


You reached the limit of 5 joined or pending groups for Premium Membership.
Joined Groups : 5, Pending Groups : 0.

Upgrade for Platinum Membership to be able to apply to this group or to create a new group.

Platinum Membership (wow!)- This costs: first born male child, an ocean-going yacht for SOL, and indentured servitude at the Next Big Writer sugar plantation in Alabama.

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