<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post112942809990059691..comments</id><updated>2011-07-13T16:13:18.645-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Silliman&#39;s Blog: </title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Unknown</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112985927324538568</id><published>2005-10-20T21:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-20T21:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I have purposely avoided seeing Short Cuts all the...</title><summary type='text'>I have purposely avoided seeing Short Cuts all these just so I wouldn&#39;t ruin all of the images I created in my mind of Carver&#39;s characters. The last thing I want to do when reading Carver is think about any Hollywood stand-ins.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112985927324538568'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112985927324538568'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129859220000#c112985927324538568' title=''/><author><name>sir loins</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15142312462012742298</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-2042273000"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 20, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112967970529417583</id><published>2005-10-18T19:55:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T19:55:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Other films that I think are amazing for the same...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Other films that I think are amazing for the same reason (little plot and little script) that are also subtle about any sort of message (possibly also due to the process) are Jarmusch’s Mystery Train and Down By Law, as well as many Hal Hartley films.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;All but one of Hartley&#39;s scripts have  been published. Compare what&#39;s in print with what&#39;s on screen and it&#39;s clear that he scripts and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112967970529417583'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112967970529417583'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129679700000#c112967970529417583' title=''/><author><name>Kirk Johnson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05529898733002317995</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112966550081358032</id><published>2005-10-18T15:58:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T15:58:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;I’m also not sure that I find a film with a messa...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;I’m also not sure that I find a film with a message to be any greater than a film without one.&quot;  i might be forced to go along with this. however, i wonder, is a film without a message similar to a non-denominational church? that is, isn&#39;t taking no position is still, essentially, taking a position?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;as for your other interesting statement, &quot;I’m not sure whether films should be made to </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112966550081358032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112966550081358032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129665480000#c112966550081358032' title=''/><author><name>matt</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15962777687901447315</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-94088261"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112966126196163162</id><published>2005-10-18T14:47:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T14:47:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112966126196163162'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112966126196163162'/><author><name>Hot Whiskey Press</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15389657785162974191</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-450634720"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112965975087027471</id><published>2005-10-18T14:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T14:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I saw Crash.  I found the narrative structure to b...</title><summary type='text'>I saw Crash.  I found the narrative structure to be highly manipulative and annoyingly balanced.  While the film does have some interesting things to say, the way it says them came across as phony and contrived.  I had big problems with that.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Rather than compare the film with Robert  Altman&#39;s Short Cuts, I contrasted Crash with Mike Leigh&#39;s Secret &amp; Lies, which deals with race on a much </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112965975087027471'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112965975087027471'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129659720000#c112965975087027471' title=''/><author><name>speterme</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15418310802340579561</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112963704672627561</id><published>2005-10-18T08:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T08:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I haven&#39;t seen &quot;Crash,&quot; primarily because I usuall...</title><summary type='text'>I haven&#39;t seen &quot;Crash,&quot; primarily because I usually don&#39;t see any movie until it&#39;s aged a bit. But I just watched, with half my attention, &quot;Short Cuts,&quot; a couple of nights ago, and I liked it even better than I did ten years ago. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;A movie propels itself, it seems to me, primarily through emotion, not intellect. And at the end of &quot;Short Cuts,&quot; I could feel the pressure of something like </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112963704672627561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112963704672627561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129637040000#c112963704672627561' title=''/><author><name>Geof Huth</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04763053227479195348</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-599696549"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112963585338781768</id><published>2005-10-18T07:44:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2005-10-18T07:44:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>29 minutes shorter, right?I haven&#39;t seen Crash. I&#39;...</title><summary type='text'>29 minutes shorter, right?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I haven&#39;t seen Crash. I&#39;d be interested to hear, however, the degree to which the differences between Short Cuts and Crash turn into similarities between Crash and Grand Canyon? I&#39;ve seen SC and GC, so this would help me in deciding whether or not to see it.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Given the synopsis, I wonder whether it really counts as a good thing to have &quot;a lot to say&quot; </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112963585338781768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/112942809990059691/comments/default/112963585338781768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html?showComment=1129635840000#c112963585338781768' title=''/><author><name>Thomas Basbøll</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2005/10/finally-belatedly-i-got-around-to.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-112942809990059691' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/112942809990059691' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1754536893"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 18, 2005"/></entry></feed>