[tcb] Re: Oops...
- From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 08:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
It just goes to show that the newer they are the better they are but there is
more to go wrong with them.
KatrinaMartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hey Woody Allen sucks! What a mess he is...
Bay windows deserve the effort, just like Splits do! Bay windows are more
comfortable, then splits.
So there! I'll fight with ya.
Katrina &Dan Martin
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----- Original Message -----
From: Denis Dodson
Date: Thursday, April 14, 2005 9:44 am
Subject: [tcb] Re: Oops...
>I found it Felilniesque, but also showing a nod toward Woody Allen
>and his
>static camera. I believe it is a statement about man's vain and
>never-ending
>struggle against a distant God who seems to be holding him back.
>The vehicle
>begins it's journey being optimistic and powerful, but it takes
>very little
>time before it rattles and sputters to a pathetic stop, much like
>Sisyphus
>pushing the stone up the mountain only to see it roll back to the
>bottom.
>In the character's two statements, "Oops" admitting that the
>condition of
>his life is, at least in some small way, his own fault, but then
>towards the
>end of the film he says; "at least it runs", ironic because as we
>see, or at
>least heard, that alas, it indeed does not. The symbolic closing
>of the
>doors, showing his recognition of the futility of continuing, is
>important
>that we did not see or hear him actually lock the doors, meaning
>that the
>struggle will probably continue. Also we must note that the doors
>are the
>metal rolling type and not the warmer organic wood, illustrating
>our hero's
>disconnection with nature. Perhaps this is the root of his problem
>with a
>sometimes angry and spiteful God.
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>In closing I would say that they film is slightly overlong, but
>this may be
>necessary to illustrate the theme that life itself is often long
>and futile
>with little happening.
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>One question that the film asks me, personally is why would
>someone put so
>much effort into a Bay?
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Gerald V. Livingston II"
>To: "tcb" ; "list"
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>Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:26 AM
>Subject: [tcb] Oops...
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>>Sorry it's just a quick .wmv dump using Win MovieMaker. 3 minute
>clip,> roughly 3Meg. I made it almost 100 feet. You can hear it
>happening as I
>>round the corner.
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>>Longer message about what led up to that point later, after I
>get some
>>sleep.
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>>http://www.phorce1.us/ZoomZoom1.wmv
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>>Gerald
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Mark Sawyer
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