Oh good! Another short one. Well, I've been studying these auteurs for a while, and I've seen just about every career pattern there is. If it were a spectrum, let's say Spielberg is a '1' and Terrence Malick is about a '6'. Let's make Jim Jarmusch a '4', if only because it takes him about four years to make a new pic. In the case of this week's auteur, St. John Smith, he would be a '10,' because he's only got one credit, 2000's Aphrodite Calls the Cops. I'm guessing the experience of making a film wasn't as fruitful as he thought it was going to be, and I'm also guessing that cast member Aylam Orian has had to change his number a few times ... but not just because of St. John. No, of course not! Don't be silly. But I am a sucker for a good title, as some of you may know. And it's a neat strategy: an ancient diety getting hung up in the maze of modern technology. Unfortunately, the only other one that comes to mind is Atlas Shrugged, Part II. What about when Atlas gets a bead of sweat rolling down his nose? Does he have an assistant to dab it off? Isn't it more satisfying to get it yourself... ooh! Just thought of another one! From the 30th Halloween Episode of "The Simpsons," the mini-episode titled "Heaven Swipes Right." That's one. Lord help me to think of a second one. Does Mio in the Land of Faraway count for anything? I guess you might as well include The NeverEnding Story while I'm at it. I guess you'll find more of this kind of mixing of the current and the ancient in literature, or in New Yorker cartoons. Movie titles have to be about the protagonist. Or if the protagonist is a famous one, you can go with a title like The Empire Strikes Back. In general, avoid whatever 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag did wrong.
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