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(Msg. 1) Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:38 am
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William Freidkin. He would be *perfect* considering his masterpieces
are based around the cat and mouse game between the 'cops' and the
'robbers' with an underlying theme of the blurring between the two
entities. The French Connection for example sees Popeye Doyle acting
more criminal than 'Frog 1' yet he is the law...SURELY such themes are
parallelled in Scanner. Surely Freidkin is the only man who can truly
portray the dark underbelly of drug culture in LA and the blurring
between the prey and the hunted.

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 12:38 am
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On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:38:41 +0100, Gil0 <gilo DeleteThis @com.com> wrote:

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 >William Freidkin. He would be *perfect* considering his masterpieces
 >are based around the cat and mouse game between the 'cops' and the
 >'robbers' with an underlying theme of the blurring between the two
 >entities. The French Connection for example sees Popeye Doyle acting
 >more criminal than 'Frog 1' yet he is the law...SURELY such themes are
 >parallelled in Scanner. Surely Freidkin is the only man who can truly
 >portray the dark underbelly of drug culture in LA and the blurring
 >between the prey and the hunted.

  Cronenburg gets my vote.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Sun Sep 12, 2004 2:34 am
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In article <auo6k059ofopap1cvc0lq69r05s5o50oqr.RemoveThis@4ax.com>,
spammrwhippiespam.RemoveThis@spamyahoo.spimcom says...
 > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:38:41 +0100, Gil0 <gilo.RemoveThis@com.com> wrote:
 >
  > >
  > >
  > >William Freidkin. He would be *perfect* considering his masterpieces
  > >are based around the cat and mouse game between the 'cops' and the
  > >'robbers' with an underlying theme of the blurring between the two
  > >entities. The French Connection for example sees Popeye Doyle acting
  > >more criminal than 'Frog 1' yet he is the law...SURELY such themes are
  > >parallelled in Scanner. Surely Freidkin is the only man who can truly
  > >portray the dark underbelly of drug culture in LA and the blurring
  > >between the prey and the hunted.
 >
  > Cronenburg gets my vote.
 >
 >

Oh YES ! Cronenburg every time for anything Dick related...
Freidkin is so over

And for Scanner Darkly you have to be half insane before you
start ... 'course part of the problem is knowing which half...

Pinky

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Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of
government. It has its origin in the principles of society and the
natural constitution of man. It existed prior to government, and would
exist if the formality of government was abolished. The mutual dependence
and reciprocal interest which man has upon man, and all the parts of
civilised community upon each other, create that great chain of onnection
which holds it together. The landholder, the farmer, the manufacturer,
the merchant, the tradesman, and every occupation, prospers by the aid
which each receives from the other, and from the whole. Common interest
regulates their concerns, and forms their law; and the laws which common
usage ordains, have a greater influence than the laws of government.

In fine, society performs for itself almost everything which is ascribed
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 2:03 am
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Whippie a écrit :
 > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 21:38:41 +0100, Gil0 <gilo DeleteThis @com.com> wrote:
 >
 >
  >>
  >>William Freidkin. He would be *perfect* considering his masterpieces
  >>are based around the cat and mouse game between the 'cops' and the
  >>'robbers' with an underlying theme of the blurring between the two
  >>entities. The French Connection for example sees Popeye Doyle acting
  >>more criminal than 'Frog 1' yet he is the law...SURELY such themes are
  >>parallelled in Scanner. Surely Freidkin is the only man who can truly
  >>portray the dark underbelly of drug culture in LA and the blurring
  >>between the prey and the hunted.
 >
 >
  > Cronenburg gets my vote.
 >


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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 1:21 pm
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In article <2qjrsiF10bbrbU1 RemoveThis @uni-berlin.de>,
regis.gronoffle_munster_du_frigo RemoveThis @ifrance.com says...
 > David Lynch
 >
 >

The trouble with Lynch is he now "knows" that the weird bits are what
people like so he goes out of his way to do them as much as possible

this ruins everything

The best example of this is Twin Peaks - the first series was normal
except for "something weird going on" and a few "odd" character traits

as soon as they realised the weird was what people liked they took out
the "normal" and flooded it with weird rubbish

totally ruined it and relegated it to crackpot heaven

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 7:35 pm
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On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:21:04 GMT, Pinky <left.DeleteThis@hand.com> wrote:

 >In article <2qjrsiF10bbrbU1.DeleteThis@uni-berlin.de>,
 >regis.gronoffle_munster_du_frigo@ifrance.com says...
  >> David Lynch
  >>
  >>
 >
 >The trouble with Lynch is he now "knows" that the weird bits are what
 >people like so he goes out of his way to do them as much as possible
 >
 >this ruins everything
 >
 >The best example of this is Twin Peaks - the first series was normal
 >except for "something weird going on" and a few "odd" character traits
 >
 >as soon as they realised the weird was what people liked they took out
 >the "normal" and flooded it with weird rubbish
 >
 >totally ruined it and relegated it to crackpot heaven

  Hey Pink I was about to respond to the Lynch vote, but I see
you've already said it all, imo.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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(Msg. 7) Posted: Mon Sep 13, 2004 9:47 pm
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In article <c3jbk09op7hqumssv3q73in7dm7nfcjfs2 RemoveThis @4ax.com>,
spammrwhippiespam RemoveThis @spamyahoo.spimcom says...
 > On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 10:21:04 GMT, Pinky <left RemoveThis @hand.com> wrote:
 >
  > >In article <2qjrsiF10bbrbU1 RemoveThis @uni-berlin.de>,
  > >regis.gronoffle_munster_du_frigo@ifrance.com says...
   > >> David Lynch
   > >>
   > >>
  > >
  > >The trouble with Lynch is he now "knows" that the weird bits are what
  > >people like so he goes out of his way to do them as much as possible
  > >
  > >this ruins everything
  > >
  > >The best example of this is Twin Peaks - the first series was normal
  > >except for "something weird going on" and a few "odd" character traits
  > >
  > >as soon as they realised the weird was what people liked they took out
  > >the "normal" and flooded it with weird rubbish
  > >
  > >totally ruined it and relegated it to crackpot heaven
 >
  > Hey Pink I was about to respond to the Lynch vote, but I see
 > you've already said it all, imo.
 >
 >

Nice to know I'm not alone in that - thanks !

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