<?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.post2495574415426458548..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/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.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>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-7591831895503285982</id><published>2007-10-04T01:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-04T01:52:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>This comment has been removed by the author.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/7591831895503285982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/7591831895503285982'/><author><name>Murk Plectrum</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/16906246427435976604</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/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name='blogger.contentRemoved' value='true'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-220580364"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 04, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-6126391811914667768</id><published>2007-10-03T20:53:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-03T20:53:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Hello. This was part &amp; parcel with the pulled punc...</title><summary type='text'>Hello. This &lt;I&gt;was&lt;/I&gt; part &amp; parcel with the pulled punch. As was his behavior toward the son at the river in the climactic scene.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/6126391811914667768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/6126391811914667768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html?showComment=1191459180000#c6126391811914667768' title=''/><author><name>Ron</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/09250950725876683923</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://epc.buffalo.edu/authors/silliman/silliman2a.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-660918411"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-1805246539905987600</id><published>2007-10-03T01:22:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-03T01:22:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I disagree with Ron&#39;s interpretation. Viggo&#39;s supp...</title><summary type='text'>I disagree with Ron&#39;s interpretation. Viggo&#39;s supposed redemptive moment is later overturned when he reveals he was playing both ends against the middle to gain control of the London branch of the Russian mob.</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/1805246539905987600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/1805246539905987600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html?showComment=1191388920000#c1805246539905987600' 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/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-322183753"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 03, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-9021783107841709871</id><published>2007-10-02T21:30:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T21:30:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Some great observations.I was also disappointed th...</title><summary type='text'>Some great observations.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I was also disappointed that Cronenberg &quot;pulled his punches&quot; in the way you describe. I kept wondering if Mortensen&#39;s character was an undercover man, but dismissed it as impossible, thinking, &quot;If he is, he has to be the most hardcore undercover guy in the f***ing world.&quot;&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;But I thought the last shot of Mortensen&#39;s character, sitting in the former boss&#39;s </summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/9021783107841709871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/9021783107841709871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html?showComment=1191375000000#c9021783107841709871' title=''/><author><name>W. Australopithecus</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01493419010195823747</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f377/australopithecus1/blogopithecus.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-801818652"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-4398673985548964287</id><published>2007-10-02T16:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T16:51:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>great post, I enjoyed the film as well. I agree wi...</title><summary type='text'>great post, I enjoyed the film as well. I agree with your reaction to the deflated way in which the statement about Mortensen&#39;s character is carried out, but I don’t think it was holding anything back. I think both films serve very much as companion pieces and have been very intentionally crafted. When held up for comparison, you’ll find that the level of intricacy is impressively meticulous (</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/4398673985548964287'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/4398673985548964287'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html?showComment=1191358260000#c4398673985548964287' title=''/><author><name>fantomblog</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/14554390275055996646</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/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-234165413"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2007"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-277549712867536063</id><published>2007-10-02T16:04:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2007-10-02T16:04:00.000-04:00</updated><title type='text'>I feel you neglect the place of motivation in the ...</title><summary type='text'>I feel you neglect the place of motivation in the &quot;undercover&quot; factor for this film. Namely, what possible motivation would Mortensen&#39;s character -- not at all developed for a sense of greed, of power-hunger, and conveying consistently simple to non-existent personal ambitions -- have for choosing a life in the Russian mafia over one pursued with Watts&#39; character, for whom he clearly has deep and</summary><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/277549712867536063'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='https://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/2495574415426458548/comments/default/277549712867536063'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://ronsilliman.blogspot.com/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html?showComment=1191355440000#c277549712867536063' title=''/><author><name>MLClark</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/01341888699787827333</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/2007/10/at-two-points-in-david-cronenbergs.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738579.post-2495574415426458548' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3738579/posts/default/2495574415426458548' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-308038423"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="October 02, 2007"/></entry></feed>