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[Greg Wolfe]

Stef:

If you're sure you feel OK about doing this, then YOU'RE ON.

UPDATED LIST OF BLURBS STILL NOT TAKEN:

Breaking the Waves
The Cyclist (Bicycleran)
Summer/The Green Ray

[Peter T Chattaway]

Persona wrote:
: I hesitate for any of this. It's like writing about Hitchcock.

Oh man. I had to write an 1800-word article on Hitchcock a few years ago, and it took me forever because there was so much to say and I wasn't sure how to compress it all. And then, not too long ago, I had to compress my summary of Hitchcock's life, career and approach to faith down to only 800 words or so. Painful.

[Persona]

Which is why even though I'm on my third and fourth Hitchcock in the past 6-8 weeks, I don't write much. Cuz it's all been said already, and by people better than me. Although I know you love it when I resurrect old threads and I'm all like, "Wow! I really loved this film." And that's about it. Because, you know, it's all about me. (So poop on everyone else.)

[Andrew]

[tangent]A while back, when I was on a Hitchcock kick, I enjoyed reading the relevant sections of Truffaut's book-length interview of Hitch with each film. An amazing document...[/tangent]

[Greg Wolfe]

The FINAL THREE -- PLEASE HELP:

Breaking the Waves
The Cyclist (Bicycleran)
Summer/The Green Ray

[Persona]

You're going to have a hard time finding someone to blurb The Cyclist. It made the rounds with many of us on video years ago and is not available for viewing in any form I know of. We should drag Flickerhead back for that one, I think he's got a copy somewhere in that large room with all the CS Lewis books.

[gigi]

Persona, on 12 June 2010 - 12:09 AM, said:

You're going to have a hard time finding someone to blurb The Cyclist. It made the rounds with many of us on video years ago and is not available for viewing in any form I know of. We should drag Flickerhead back for that one, I think he's got a copy somewhere in that large room with all the CS Lewis books.

FWIW The Cyclist is available on ebay on DVD and VHS (NTSC). I'd get it myself but the postage to the UK is about a tenner.

[Tyler]

Persona, on 12 June 2010 - 12:09 AM, said:

You're going to have a hard time finding someone to blurb The Cyclist. It made the rounds with many of us on video years ago and is not available for viewing in any form I know of. We should drag Flickerhead back for that one, I think he's got a copy somewhere in that large room with all the CS Lewis books.

It's available on Netflix.

[Persona]

Wow. I guess it is. Well, I just took two others. Somebody else had to have voted for it. I don't carry that much weight.

Edited by Persona, 12 June 2010 - 06:37 PM.

[Greg Wolfe]

Dearest and Most Talented A&F Community:

Such is the abundance of brilliance, wisdom, and generosity among you that I have little doubt that THE LAST THREE blurbs for the Top 100 list will SOON be written.

The FINAL THREE:

Breaking the Waves
The Cyclist (Bicycleran)
Summer/The Green Ray

Yours Greatest Admirer,

GW

[Greg Wolfe]

Hey, Presto, we're down to TWO:

Breaking the Waves
The Cyclist (Bicycleran)

[Greg Wolfe]

It all comes down to ONE.

And I'm not surprised, since it's a hard one to watch and probably to write about.

Breaking the Waves.

Anyone?

Thx!

Greg Wolfe, on 14 June 2010 - 10:38 AM, said:

Hey, Presto, we're down to TWO:

Breaking the Waves
The Cyclist (Bicycleran)

[Overstreet]

I'll take it.

[Persona]

Hey, Jeff, I'll trade you my two for your one, Whaddyasay.

[Darren H]

Which two do you have, Stef? I might be willing to take one.

[Persona]

I got Brakhage and Cries and Whispers. I'll tell you what. You just do the writing and then I'll take the credit for it.

[Darren H]

Stef, so long as Greg can wait a bit for it, I'll take Brakhage off your hands. I've been looking for an excuse to buy the new, expanded Criterion Blu-ray set.

[Persona]

I'll start on Cries and Whispers and we'll see what he says. He looks, sometimes. (shhhh!)

[M. Leary]

Darren, that's why I was holding off on the Brakhage blurb I was supposed to write for this list. With things like 23rd Psalm Branch and Machine of Eden on there, it seemed more fitting. But those discs contain an avalanche of stuff. Godspeed.

Edited by M. Leary, 14 June 2010 - 06:51 PM.

[Greg Wolfe]

Um, let me recap, to see if I can get this straight.

Overstreet on Breaking the Waves

Stef on Cries and Whispers

Darren on Brakhage

Yes/no?

Thx, guys!!!