<?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.post116980857834996867..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/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.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>20</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117003647442226120</id><published>2007-01-28T21:07:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T21:07:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;Why is it that anonymous posters are always the r...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;Why is it that anonymous posters are always the rudest ones? Could it be they feel marginalized, powerless? Might their anonymous concealment permit them to act out without having to take responsibility either for their views or their style? Perhaps. I&#39;m willing to admit there are useful reasons to be invisible, but attacking other posters gratuitously isn&#39;t one of them.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Do you </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117003647442226120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117003647442226120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1170036420000#c117003647442226120' title=''/><author><name>The Final Judgment</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15876056244441430371</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-322183753"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117002259398158841</id><published>2007-01-28T17:16:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T17:16:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dearest Curtis: Actually, it was Johnson’s Minsk d...</title><summary type='text'>Dearest Curtis: Actually, it was Johnson’s Minsk discount outlet that seemed the funny-not-falling-flat (and propelled the dancing bear), but that post appears to have been overlooked. What happened to careful readings? &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;On Woody: If only he were, as you claim, “vastly overrated.” Most Americans don’t care for him, which is why his work does much better in Europe (probably has something </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117002259398158841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117002259398158841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1170022560000#c117002259398158841' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18245811513028331681</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-427946957"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117001850385855097</id><published>2007-01-28T16:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T16:08:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>&quot;With Pecos Amos and the Dropleaf Kid, by Shaker C...</title><summary type='text'>&quot;With Pecos Amos and the Dropleaf Kid, by Shaker Creek he made a stand...&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Curtis, dear man, you seem not to care which end of the cannon is up. Which signals no final judgment -- Lord no, not even a temporary restraining order. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;It&#39;s Sunday morning, and no doubt, we might all profit from another wee sermon on humility, respect, and dedication. Are temperance, thrift, and </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117001850385855097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117001850385855097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1170018480000#c117001850385855097' 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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-117000610388871318</id><published>2007-01-28T12:41:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-28T12:41:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear judge:  Good.  You rose to the bait.  Why is ...</title><summary type='text'>Dear judge:  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Good.  You rose to the bait.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why is it that anonymous posters are always the rudest ones?  Could it be they feel marginalized, powerless?  Might their anonymous concealment permit them to act out without having to take responsibility either for their views or their style?  Perhaps.  I&#39;m willing to admit there are useful reasons to be invisible, but attacking </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117000610388871318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/117000610388871318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1170006060000#c117000610388871318' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 28, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116995234093972682</id><published>2007-01-27T21:45:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T21:45:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>CurtisWow. Amazing pedigree there. Leave it to an ...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Wow. Amazing pedigree there. Leave it to an anti-globalist pseudo-aristocrat to say my parents were the Rockefellers&#39; gardener and to give some bogus pedigree for his family as if that were some kind of cogent argument or incisive riposte. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Pssst. . .here&#39;s one secret that goes along with capitalism, free trade, and ruthless competition. . .It was introduced in the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116995234093972682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116995234093972682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169952300000#c116995234093972682' title=''/><author><name>The Final Judgment</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15876056244441430371</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-322183753"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116994755673553468</id><published>2007-01-27T20:25:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T20:25:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This made me wonder what Lutheran Surrealist furni...</title><summary type='text'>This made me wonder what Lutheran Surrealist furniture might be.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116994755673553468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116994755673553468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169947500000#c116994755673553468' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116994441557622801</id><published>2007-01-27T19:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T19:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron, I enjoyed this review of Babel, which I just ...</title><summary type='text'>Ron, I enjoyed this review of &lt;I&gt;Babel&lt;/I&gt;, which I just saw this morning.  It was good, but I liked Syriana better, and for that matter regarding films on globalization, I liked Richard Linklater&#39;s &lt;I&gt;Fast Food Nation&lt;/I&gt; adapted from Schlosser&#39;s book quite a bit more.  I disagree with your characterization of the Tokyo characters as &quot;comic relief,&quot; though I agree with your perception of the </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116994441557622801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116994441557622801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169944380000#c116994441557622801' title=''/><author><name>Lee Herrick</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/13989557906560291595</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-541253829"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116993828600779761</id><published>2007-01-27T17:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T17:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Curtis, sweetheart, no one appears to be questioni...</title><summary type='text'>Curtis, sweetheart, no one appears to be questioning the purity or integrity of the Shaker community or its goods. It’s that very essence, in fact, juxtaposed with the blaring commercialism of the balloon-lined Minsk outlet and dancing bear wearing the fluorescent sandwich board that’s, um, real funny.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I recommend the following titles to heal thy earnestness: Woody Allen’s Side Effects, </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116993828600779761'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116993828600779761'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169938260000#c116993828600779761' title=''/><author><name>barnes</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/18245811513028331681</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-427946957"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116993761761935235</id><published>2007-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T17:40:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blast and golly! Is nothing Shaker anymore?I ask y...</title><summary type='text'>Blast and golly! Is nothing Shaker anymore?&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I ask you, Colonel: Are you yourself, or a talking chair?</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116993761761935235'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116993761761935235'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169937600000#c116993761761935235' 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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116992588839980882</id><published>2007-01-27T14:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T14:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>The last original Shaker died a couple of years ag...</title><summary type='text'>The last original Shaker died a couple of years ago.  I met her.  Very nice lady.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Linda Butler did a nice little monograph of toned silver prints of the Shaker community/compounds some years ago.  The Shaker craftsman movement was a fascinating branch of American furniture and architectural design.  And the people who practiced it did so with humility, respect and dedication.  How </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116992588839980882'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116992588839980882'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169925840000#c116992588839980882' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116991559710449279</id><published>2007-01-27T11:33:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T11:33:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Can&#39;t help it, I love the idea of a Shaker Furnitu...</title><summary type='text'>Can&#39;t help it, I love the idea of a Shaker Furniture Ranch. I picture it as a discount outlet, somewhere on the outskirts of Kiev or Minsk, one of those relentless stores that is always just on the verge of going out of business as loudly as it can. Everything must go! Globalization sale! With Made in China stamped on the bottom of every chair</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116991559710449279'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116991559710449279'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169915580000#c116991559710449279' 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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116987851986387790</id><published>2007-01-27T01:15:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-27T01:15:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Final Judgment:Where did you grow up?  On the...</title><summary type='text'>Dear Final Judgment:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Where did you grow up?  On the Rockefeller Estate (I mean as a gardener)?  Just an ordinary legume.   &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just what is it about so-called &quot;globalization&quot; that you think works to anyone&#39;s advantage?  It has brought no one prosperity.  I think it&#39;s you who needs the lesson in economics.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This isn&#39;t the place, of course.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was born and raised </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116987851986387790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116987851986387790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169878500000#c116987851986387790' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 27, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116986534311597827</id><published>2007-01-26T21:35:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T21:35:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ron--props for some of your thoughts, but I didn&#39;t...</title><summary type='text'>Ron--props for some of your thoughts, but I didn&#39;t think the Anglos got a soft landing. On the contrary, in keeping with the  humanistic message of the film, Blanchett-Pitt&#39;s encasement in mediatization is meant to be just as tragic as the other characters&#39; fates.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;That said, I consider such humanism trite and sentimental. Moreover, I deeply resent this movie&#39;s participation in the latest</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116986534311597827'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116986534311597827'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169865300000#c116986534311597827' title=''/><author><name>The Final Judgment</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/15876056244441430371</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-322183753"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116985013363230600</id><published>2007-01-26T17:22:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T17:22:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Man, I&#39;ve been wanting to see Beerfest for months....</title><summary type='text'>Man, I&#39;ve been wanting to see Beerfest for months.  Let us know how it is.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116985013363230600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116985013363230600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169850120000#c116985013363230600' 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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-326822307"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116984647389405651</id><published>2007-01-26T16:21:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T16:21:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>These movies sound fun. Recently I saw Jay Chandra...</title><summary type='text'>These movies sound fun. Recently I saw Jay Chandrasekhar&#39;s Super Troopers on the IFC and was wowed to see that multicultural film had really truly arrived.  I liked Super Troopers so much I rented Club Dread.  That was even better.  Tonight I&#39;m looking forward to Beerfest, all by the same director...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I think you might like these films, too. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Not that many white people get killed</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116984647389405651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116984647389405651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169846460000#c116984647389405651' title=''/><author><name>Kirby Olson</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/05952289700191142943</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1262696662"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116984309586756947</id><published>2007-01-26T15:24:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T15:24:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Far more coherent than any of these is the documen...</title><summary type='text'>Far more coherent than any of these is the documentary Life and Debt (2001). The interview segments with Michael Manley are particularly telling. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;This trio may offer &quot;multiple story lines,&quot; but the contrivance is arguably closer to the old Hollywood &quot;big picture&quot; narratives of The Longest Day or How the West Was Won than to the wandering, improvisational pacing of Nashville. And a big </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116984309586756947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116984309586756947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169843040000#c116984309586756947' 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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-895736745"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116983425101946264</id><published>2007-01-26T12:57:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T12:57:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Hey ron,I haven’t seen any of these films yet – th...</title><summary type='text'>Hey ron,&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I haven’t seen any of these films yet – this ’globalization’ film-thing seems fascinating – what a construct… so that Altman is a guru, the bit part actors are all thieves – and film itself has sunken into the bowels of desperate need… at least harking back 30-40 years ago… your film criticism reads like your literary criticism… like your faschionista criticism – well, let’s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116983425101946264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116983425101946264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169834220000#c116983425101946264' title=''/><author><name>w.</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01330509508149332419</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-534740713"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116982401111695413</id><published>2007-01-26T10:06:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T10:06:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I am really pleased to come upon this discussion o...</title><summary type='text'>I am really pleased to come upon this discussion of &lt;I&gt;Babel&lt;/I&gt;, mostly because I agree that this is not a great movie. I may have a personal dislike against Inarittu&#39;s movies. I detested &lt;I&gt;Amores Perros&lt;/I&gt;, and &lt;I&gt;21 Grams&lt;/I&gt; was alright--probably my favorite of the bunch--but I think these are all largely forgettable. To pass these three off as a trilogy, as has happened, seems extremely </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982401111695413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982401111695413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169823960000#c116982401111695413' title=''/><author><name>Patrick Dillon</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/04175884937968045605</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1634681312"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116982308841967521</id><published>2007-01-26T09:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T09:51:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Iñárittu&#39;s earlier Amores Perros was a big influen...</title><summary type='text'>Iñárittu&#39;s earlier Amores Perros was a big influence on this current cycle of ensemble movies, especially Crash.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982308841967521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982308841967521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169823060000#c116982308841967521' title=''/><author><name>Rob</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16268274654514766037</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1041318391"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116982168347309830</id><published>2007-01-26T09:28:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2007-01-26T09:28:00.000-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Le Carre&#39;s The Constant Gardener is another film w...</title><summary type='text'>Le Carre&#39;s The Constant Gardener is another film which would fit into the &quot;globalization&quot; category--a story of a corporate pharmaceutical firm using an African population to free-test an experimental drug, with scenes in Africa and England.  Actually, with the close of the Cold War, Le Carre&#39;s subject has become the evils of exploitation, arms trade, etc., just as Ambler had done a generation </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982168347309830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/116980857834996867/comments/default/116982168347309830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html?showComment=1169821680000#c116982168347309830' title=''/><author><name>Curtis Faville</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01813159652010352331</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/2007/01/warning-spoilers-below-what-i-think-of_26.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-116980857834996867' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/116980857834996867' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1749964855"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="January 26, 2007"/></entry></feed>