Comments on: No Concessions: “My Blueberry Nights” http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/ your daily dose of pop culture Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:38:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Miss_Lisa http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/comment-page-1/#comment-40256 Miss_Lisa Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:09:46 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/#comment-40256 Wow, what a cast. It might not be a good film, but it would make a great Chanel No. 5 commercial. Wow, what a cast. It might not be a good film, but it would make a great Chanel No. 5 commercial.

]]> By: Miss_Lisa http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/comment-page-1/#comment-21218 Miss_Lisa Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:09:46 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/#comment-21218 Wow, what a cast. It might not be a good film, but it would make a great Chanel No. 5 commercial. Wow, what a cast. It might not be a good film, but it would make a great Chanel No. 5 commercial.

]]> By: DwDunphy http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/comment-page-1/#comment-21217 DwDunphy Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:47:26 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/#comment-21217 The description of the imagery, the eye-rolling title, the constant assertions that drama doesn't conclude so much as it just peters out whimperingly all stink of pretense, as if Wong was trying to make a big statement with a parody of an art film only to make, ta-dah, an art film. <br><br>And I can't buy into the concept of characters trying to "find themselves". It's an inherently selfish Boomer codeword for screwing around and getting by on burger-flipping, and in that I just can't possibly work up an iota of concern. The description of the imagery, the eye-rolling title, the constant assertions that drama doesn't conclude so much as it just peters out whimperingly all stink of pretense, as if Wong was trying to make a big statement with a parody of an art film only to make, ta-dah, an art film.

And I can't buy into the concept of characters trying to “find themselves”. It's an inherently selfish Boomer codeword for screwing around and getting by on burger-flipping, and in that I just can't possibly work up an iota of concern.

]]> By: kshane http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/comment-page-1/#comment-21216 kshane Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:06:21 +0000 http://popdose.com/no-concessions-my-blueberry-nights/#comment-21216 I loved Zabriskie Point then, and I'd love to love it now. Alas it is not available on dvd. If there was any small amount of good that could have come out of the great director's death last year it would have been the release of Zabriskie Point on dvd. I loved Zabriskie Point then, and I'd love to love it now. Alas it is not available on dvd. If there was any small amount of good that could have come out of the great director's death last year it would have been the release of Zabriskie Point on dvd.

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