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Friday, December 7, 2007

This Was Handed to Me on Broadway

posted by on December 7 at 9:45 AM

The hander was a twenty-something “burner”-styled female standing in front of American Apparel. She had a large stack of copies and handed one to each person that passed.


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First, the list contains a few entries not visible on the above scan. Films 31-36 are Capturing the Friedman’s (sic), Shattered Glass, The New World, A Civil Action, Capote, and The Bourne Identity, respectively. Films 68-70 are The Last King of Scotland, Seraphim Falls, and High Heels and Low Lives, respectively.

Second, what the fuck? Every attempt to make sense of this list makes my brain hurt, and I’m beginning to think that’s the intended effect.

Is it an art project exposing the arbitrary nature of such year-ending lists? Or is it just the new project of the Broadway flyer-hander-outers who spent the ’90s trying to convince me all dentists were murderers?

Who knows, but I’m impressed.

Also, it’s true: The Holiday is the third best movie. Not fourth, not second. Third.

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1

Shattered Glass is a good flick.

Posted by SeMe | December 7, 2007 10:08 AM
2

The link to the pic doesn't seem to work on IE or Safari.

Posted by Clint | December 7, 2007 10:08 AM
3

What does "burner" style mean?

Posted by Mike Ness -smith | December 7, 2007 10:09 AM
4

Never mind.. Now it does..

Posted by Clint | December 7, 2007 10:09 AM
5

Most browsers can't display a TIF.

Posted by Fnarf | December 7, 2007 10:09 AM
6

I loved Shattered Glass. As for everything else...

Posted by Mr. Poe | December 7, 2007 10:25 AM
7

Can't see the TIFF image - try using a GIF. Using Firefox.

Posted by Will in Seattle | December 7, 2007 10:30 AM
8

Sorry, it loaded .... eventually.

I think by Burner-style they mean she had dreads. Most Burners don't but that's the myth.

Posted by Will in Seattle | December 7, 2007 10:32 AM
9

Now I see the list. Wow. I'm not impressed at all.

Do you have a commentary for The Long Kiss Goodnight, Schmader?

Posted by Mr. Poe | December 7, 2007 10:32 AM
10

Image reloaded as jpeg, hope that helps.

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 10:34 AM
11

Why the *fuck* is "The Apprentice" on that list????!!!?

Posted by bma | December 7, 2007 10:34 AM
12

yeah, I can't see the image either.

Posted by monkey | December 7, 2007 10:35 AM
13

I assumed he meant Darcy Burner.

Posted by Fnarf | December 7, 2007 10:35 AM
14

I love that The Weatherman and The Wickerman are back-to-back.

Posted by The General | December 7, 2007 10:35 AM
15

I don't think this a year end list... if it is, they are retarded. Some of these movies are oooold

Posted by Richard | December 7, 2007 10:36 AM
16

Not just "The Apprentice"—"Apprentice (TV)."

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 10:37 AM
17

Re: "Burner"-style: Styled as if going to or just returned from Burning Man.

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 10:38 AM
18

It seems to be what the average lard ass american would consider good movies. The vast majority of those titles are total shit. Actually shit on film would be more interesting (watch Pink Flamingos to understand what I mean)

Posted by Just Me | December 7, 2007 10:42 AM
19

I think John C. Reilly is in all of these.

Posted by DOUG. | December 7, 2007 10:42 AM
20

Agreed Poe that list is just plain lousy. mission impossible 3? no altman? Other than Shattered Glass- a film that exposes the insular, narcisstic self indulgent manipulative world of journalism- there is nothing there, maybe muholland drive.

mean streets, midnight cowboy, prince of the city, good fellas,to sleep with anger, pixote, 1900, bicicle thief, paris texas and the list goes on and on...

Posted by SeMe | December 7, 2007 10:43 AM
21

Poe: Re: Long Kiss Goodnight: Nope, no commentary yet, but I do agree is it an atrocious movie. Gallingly bad.

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 10:46 AM
22

I'm stumped. The list seems to be almost an arbitrary mix of some pretty good movies and some truly shitty movies. I'm completely baffled as to what the point could possibly be.

Posted by SDA in SEA | December 7, 2007 10:47 AM
23

my urban sensibilities tells me that this is an attempt to be ironic by a trendy hipster-targeting clothes store. Such attempts, when they are intended to be ironic but come from someone whose cultural trope is irony itself, go by the name of birony.

Those taking this list seriously are not yet post-bironic.

Posted by john | December 7, 2007 10:52 AM
24

girlfriends needs to get her some Netflix and see some movies made before 1999...yech to most of that list.

Posted by michael strangeways | December 7, 2007 10:52 AM
25
Agreed Poe that list is just plain lousy. mission impossible 3? no altman?

Gosford Park is not only Altman; I'm convinced that it's Altman's greatest movie.

Posted by shitbrain | December 7, 2007 11:23 AM
26

oops i didnt see 21.

Posted by SeMe | December 7, 2007 11:27 AM
27

Dear Shitbrain: Gosford Park is indeed great, but it's no Nashville.

In other news, your website is hilarious. (I would slog an excerpt, but the Schulz clan are some litigious motherfuckers.)

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 11:27 AM
28

I love Long Kiss Goodnight. It's half the other movies that don't deserve to be on that list.

Posted by Will in Seattle | December 7, 2007 12:01 PM
29

Don't get me wrong, I love The Long Kiss Goodnight, but I love it because it's terrible. In a good way.

"Mommy, are we gonna die?"
"No, baby. They're going to die."

"Bring in my little bitch."

"I was a chef!"

Posted by Mr. Poe | December 7, 2007 12:09 PM
30

I like the presence of the television show, and a whole trilogy taking up one spot.

Also, that the numbers seem purposefully not on their numbers (like Thirteenth Floor being at 30).

Maybe the girl decided to make a list of "best" movies as they were in theaters. Like, "D00d, My Super Ex-Girlfriend was, like, the best movie man." Which is, by far, my favorite inclusion in this list. I think it might have the most kep in this thing.

Posted by The Misanthrope | December 7, 2007 12:22 PM
31

Why the hell is My Super Ex-Girlfriend even on that list?? What hte hell?

Posted by kim | December 7, 2007 1:34 PM
32

@31 - someone has a fixation on a certain blond actress - that's why.

Posted by Will in Seattle | December 7, 2007 1:54 PM
33

omisweetbabyjesus, Shitbrain's blog and reimagining of Peanuts is hee-sterical!

and Schmader and I crossed swords over a controversial photo shoot on ANTM, but he's totally off my do not call list if he reveres "Nashville", the best movie of the '70s...

Posted by michael strangeways | December 7, 2007 2:03 PM
34

Oh, how I love Nashville. I am never happier than when I'm watching Lily Tomlin watch Keith Carradine sing "I'm Easy."

(However, "best movie of the '70s" is a tough tough call. Worthy non-Nashville contenders: The Last Picture Show, The Godfather.)

Posted by David Schmader | December 7, 2007 2:12 PM
35

Badlands...Smile...Three Women...The Changeling...A Wedding...Hair...Female Trouble...

Posted by michael strangeways | December 7, 2007 2:24 PM
36

I think the songs in Nashville are great...I listen to the soundtrack all the time. They need to turn it into a Broadway musical...

wait...strike that...that would probably suck.

Posted by michael strangeways | December 7, 2007 2:27 PM
37

best movie of the '70s" is a tough tough call.

Mean Streets.

Posted by SeMe | December 7, 2007 3:22 PM
38

I couldn't make it past the first hour of Nashville.

and I love that #20 needed to whip out that sentence in a blog comment post.

Posted by CM | December 7, 2007 5:56 PM
39

"lemony snicket" is not even a movie, it's a nom de plume.

Posted by ellarosa | December 7, 2007 7:57 PM

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