Click image, nothing happens.At high noon in a packed pancake house in Los Angeles, California, the dainty, petite gamine neuresthenic Amanda Plummer whips out a huge-caliber revolver, leaps to a tabletop, squeezes off a few attention-getting rounds into the ceiling, and screams to 50 patrons something like
GET DOWN ON THE FLOOR MOTHERFUCKERS OR I WILL BLAST YOUR MOTHERFUCKING BRAINS ALL OVER THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW
in a startlingly sincere and convincing tone. I certainly would have licked bubble gum off the linoleum.
This public peepants moment takes place in the Neo-Noir masterpiece of psychopathia cinematica, "Pulp Fiction," by the Auteur Quentin Tarantino.
The quarterly periodical "Cahiers du Vleeptron" frequently discusses and attempts to diagnose Tarantino. Lately we are leaning towards some sort of glandular disorder, for which there is probably effective oral medication. Within six months, he could regularly experience the mental activity of an adult for the first time in his life.
On the other hand, I usually don't ask for my money back after seeing his stuff.
While you are pouring synthetic blueberry syrup on your waffles, the last thing you expect to see is Amanda Plummer going all Smith & Wesson in your face and shieking motherfucker.
PIZZAQ1 for Cineasts: What actor portrays her boyfriend or twin brother or fellow methamphetamine addict who is waving the other loaded revolver around, just as enthusiastically and happily as Amanda? 2 slices, imported Italian mozzerella.
PIZZAQ2 for X-Treme Cineastes:
What was in the attache case?
1 medium pizza, choice of 3 toppings.
PIZZAQ3 for X-Treme Cineastes:
What was in the metal ice-skates case in "Ronin" (by John Frankenheimer, co-scripted by David Mamet)?
1 large pizza, choice of 4 toppings, and 1 large Fanta-and-beer if it's summer.
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e-mail to f_minor, the community that worships the late Canadian pianist Glenn Gould
Gould said F Minor was his favorite key.
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The 2010 schedule of live theater and musicals at the Stratford (Ontario) Shakespeare Festival looks to be ... well, thrilling and magnificent, and Gouldheads who haven't had the pleasure and experience of attending this festival couldn't pick a better season to make its acquaintance, and touch an important dimension of Gould's legacy.
My wife and I have been dividing our getaway time for many years between the Stratford and the Shaw Festival (in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario). They're a half-day's drive apart, so you can fill a holiday with shows at both.
Both towns are beautiful and delightful to visit. Stratford in particular has scores of superb, duelling restaurants. During theater season you need a guide to find a bad meal.
(Keep well away from the swans; they're as nasty and dangerous as they are beautiful.)
The centerpiece of the 2010 Stratford season will be Christopher Plummer as Prospero in "The Tempest."
We saw him as King Lear a few years ago, certainly one of the thrills of my theater life. In our generation, Shakespeare doesn't get better than Plummer, and we also had the fantastic pleasure of seeing his daughter Amanda (her mom is Tammy Grimes) as Joan of Arc in Anouilh's "The Lark / L'Alouette."
Other but by no means all the 2010 treats at Stratford:
* As You Like It
* Dangerous Liasons
* Evita
* Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
* Peter Pan (Barrie's original)
* Kiss Me, Kate
* The Two Gentlemen of Verona
* The Winter's Tale
* Dangerous Liasons
* Evita
* Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris
* Peter Pan (Barrie's original)
* Kiss Me, Kate
* The Two Gentlemen of Verona
* The Winter's Tale
Just click around
and you're certain to find stuff that seduces and sings to you.
Bob the Culture Vulture
