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tod
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response 134 of 144:
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Jul 8 15:38 UTC 2004 |
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albaugh
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response 135 of 144:
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Jul 8 19:05 UTC 2004 |
I do try to iron all my comments before posting...
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jvmv
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response 136 of 144:
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Jul 9 06:16 UTC 2004 |
#re 134
Dear tod, I know that Iris is a character of the film. I also
know what she represents in the film and represents for
Travis Bickle. We can discuss the plot if you maybe want that one.
But in the context of our debate I didn't understand why you'll
call me Iris. Metaphorically I could understand the meaning
however I don't really know what you want to achieve.
So that you didn't prove your point.
Listen tod, I don't have anything against you. I'm not your enemy
and just consider you my opponent in a kind of game. So I
shake hands with you.
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jvmv
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response 137 of 144:
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Jul 9 06:30 UTC 2004 |
re# 132
Thank you Mary.
re# 133
Although you haven't won the cause, don't forget
to send the charging of the defense to tod.
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remmers
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response 138 of 144:
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Jul 9 20:53 UTC 2004 |
I wasn't speaking of Tod specifically, just making an observation about
your posts.
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jvmv
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response 139 of 144:
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Jul 11 08:35 UTC 2004 |
I'll see you in court. LOL
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tod
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response 140 of 144:
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Jul 12 16:15 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 141 of 144:
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Jul 19 01:38 UTC 2004 |
I notice that you're obtaining positive results
in studying movies. Dont stop doing it.
Let's clear this up. I suppose that there's nothing
much one can do about the debate here except to accept
it philosophically.
Well, I thought that we were speaking about messages
in Taxi Driver & now you mention an underlying message.
Wish it were that simple. Listen, I haven't counted the
exact number of messages, but I would say that at least "many".
I don't get someone to agree with me but it's no wonder
that you will have it that you is right. Okay, I'm prepared
to improvise if necessary.
You know Scorsese films has psychotic characters living
in closed worlds where their lunatic behavior seems
the norm then Taxi Driver underscores Travis' outsider status
by giving us a realistic world that he is isolated from,
is the story of a man living the proverbial life of
quite desperation. Travis, like Norman Bates hides his
insanity behind a facade of banality & nurses it with
his loneliness.
Jodie Foster, playing the child prostitute to whom
Travis hopes to play savior, still has the youthful
freshness and wise innocence that made her a shape of
hope in the world. Travis wants to save her & Iris is
saved from the clutches of evil & Travis has become a hero.
Well, Scorsese at least suggests anyway that in the
end Travis Bickle is still insane, & armed & dangerous.
But Scorsese provides us with at least two great
scenes. It was when as a passenger graphically
boasting of his plans to murder his wife seems to
be Scorsese's way of showing that there are people
who are even crazier than Travis. Why? To suggest that
Travis is justified in his paranoia?
Also the final climatic bloodbath provided only a
cheap shock at the time. Such over the top mayhem
doesn't underscore the brutality of the violence, it
trivializes the rest of the fim.
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tod
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response 142 of 144:
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Jul 19 18:30 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 143 of 144:
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Jul 22 08:35 UTC 2004 |
Way Out -- playtime
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remmers
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response 144 of 144:
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Aug 6 11:10 UTC 2004 |
A restored 70mm print of Playtime is making the rounds in the US.
I hope that it comes to Ann Arbor at some point.
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