Comments on: Film Personality Test http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:23:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-303789 Sheila Ryan Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:03:01 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-303789 I'll bet Shaker dogs spin. I’ll bet Shaker dogs spin.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-303788 Sheila Ryan Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:02:39 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-303788 Amanda Mae: I must tell you about "Shaker Village Studies". I must, and I shall. Soon. Not shortly, but soon. Amanda Mae: I must tell you about “Shaker Village Studies”. I must, and I shall. Soon. Not shortly, but soon.

]]> By: Amanda Mae Meyncke http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-303767 Amanda Mae Meyncke Fri, 05 Dec 2008 16:41:13 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-303767 In highschool I only wrote papers about Mae West and the Shakers, and in college I only wrote papers about Kieslowski and Flannery O'Connor. In highschool I only wrote papers about Mae West and the Shakers, and in college I only wrote papers about Kieslowski and Flannery O’Connor.

]]> By: Kris http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-303609 Kris Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:32:09 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-303609 I don't care that I'm late, I'm playing. 1. The Big Lebowski 2. Rushmore 3. Coming Home (I can't believe that no-one has said that) 4. Mallrats 5. Jackie Brown 6. Paths of Glory 7. I dunno, maybe Punch-Drunk Love. PTA is a bit overrated IMHO. 8. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control Of the others: 9. Jaws 10. Strangers on a Train 11. Andrei Rublev 12. The King of Comedy 13. Out of Sight I am going to chuck in some of my favourite directors too: Krzysztof Kieślowski: Dekalog Mike Leigh: Secrets and Lies Werner Herzog: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser Hal Hartley: Amateur I don’t care that I’m late, I’m playing.

1. The Big Lebowski
2. Rushmore
3. Coming Home (I can’t believe that no-one has said that)
4. Mallrats
5. Jackie Brown
6. Paths of Glory
7. I dunno, maybe Punch-Drunk Love. PTA is a bit overrated IMHO.
8. Fast, Cheap and Out of Control

Of the others:
9. Jaws
10. Strangers on a Train
11. Andrei Rublev
12. The King of Comedy
13. Out of Sight

I am going to chuck in some of my favourite directors too:
Krzysztof Kieślowski: Dekalog
Mike Leigh: Secrets and Lies
Werner Herzog: The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Hal Hartley: Amateur

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301722 Sheila Ryan Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:21:02 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301722 Like Mary, I was hoping for pithy paragraphs. Fortune cookie wisdom. Bazooka Joe koans. Sydney Omarr psychoanalysis. Like Mary, I was hoping for pithy paragraphs. Fortune cookie wisdom. Bazooka Joe koans. Sydney Omarr psychoanalysis.

]]> By: Mary Jeys http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301676 Mary Jeys Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:09:47 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301676 Great. now I'm ashamed that my #9 isn't a Spielberg directed film. My error. I'll go with <em>Duel</em>. Does that make me a snob? Great. now I’m ashamed that my #9 isn’t a Spielberg directed film. My error. I’ll go with Duel. Does that make me a snob?

]]> By: Mary Jeys http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301670 Mary Jeys Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:05:29 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301670 1. <em>Fargo</em> 2. <em>The Royal Tenenbaums</em> 3. <em>Reservoir Dogs</em> 4. <em>Clerks</em> 5. <em>Death Proof</em>, I think. Although it was always <em>Reservoir Dogs</em> before. 6. <em>Barry Lyndon</em> (sorry, I'm not a snob, I swear) 7. <em>Boogie Nights</em> 8. <em>Mr. Death</em> 9. <em>Goonies</em> 10. <em>Suspicion</em> 11. He's produced better movies than he's directed. 12. <em>The Last Temptation of Christ</em> To change the sausage fest ness? Rebecca Miller's <em>Personal Velocity</em> To prove I'm a snob? Jean-Luc Godard's <em>Alphaville</em> To prove I'm not a snob? John Hughes's <em>The Breakfast Club</em> I could do this all day. But I don't know what any of this says about me. I am having paranoid visions of you all clucking and shaking your head now. Or yelling. Or shrinking away in fear and disgust. Can we get some pithy paragraphs about our personalities? 1. Fargo
2. The Royal Tenenbaums
3. Reservoir Dogs
4. Clerks
5. Death Proof, I think. Although it was always Reservoir Dogs before.
6. Barry Lyndon (sorry, I’m not a snob, I swear)
7. Boogie Nights
8. Mr. Death
9. Goonies
10. Suspicion
11. He’s produced better movies than he’s directed.
12. The Last Temptation of Christ

To change the sausage fest ness?
Rebecca Miller’s Personal Velocity
To prove I’m a snob?
Jean-Luc Godard’s Alphaville
To prove I’m not a snob?
John Hughes’s The Breakfast Club

I could do this all day.

But I don’t know what any of this says about me. I am having paranoid visions of you all clucking and shaking your head now. Or yelling. Or shrinking away in fear and disgust. Can we get some pithy paragraphs about our personalities?

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301501 Sheila Ryan Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:07:04 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301501 What makes this work (or not work), I believe, is some degree of common ground with respect to a directorial pantheon. On that basis, you may generate some interesting, worthwhile conversation. Otherwise . . . fuel for silly arguments. What makes this work (or not work), I believe, is some degree of common ground with respect to a directorial pantheon. On that basis, you may generate some interesting, worthwhile conversation. Otherwise . . . fuel for silly arguments.

]]> By: Daryl Scroggins http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301498 Daryl Scroggins Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:56:35 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301498 Not to worry about getting killed for a pick: who would bother after hearing that Wes Anderson "sucks [your] nuts." Not to worry about getting killed for a pick: who would bother after hearing that Wes Anderson “sucks [your] nuts.”

]]> By: Jonathan McNicol http://www.clusterflock.org/2008/12/film-personailty-test.html/comment-page-1#comment-301472 Jonathan McNicol Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:30:22 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=15553#comment-301472 Since John Gruber just pointed out that we're all idiots for not having included Scorsese in this (and, don't worry, I know I'm gonna get killed for picking this one): 12. <em>The Color of Money</em> Since John Gruber just pointed out that we’re all idiots for not having included Scorsese in this (and, don’t worry, I know I’m gonna get killed for picking this one):

12. The Color of Money

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