Slog - Comments on This Weekend at the Movies http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49 Opening this week, and concerning a number of topics that tend to excite Slog commenters--Portland, skate parks, sexuality--is Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park. Charles Mudede writes this loving review: Van Sant hired Wong Kar Wai's leading cinematographer, Christopher Doyle, and his protégé, Rain Kathy Li (Van Sant worked with Doyle a decade ago on a bad Hollywood project). In Paranoid Park, the photography, music, and editing (rather than the acting and writing) are mostly responsible for capturing the fleeting and timeless moments. The camera relentlessly searches for them, and when it finds them, the editing sacrifices the movement of the... Copyright 2008 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:33:27 -0800 Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:22:31 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by madamecrow I rarely think this, but Charles has it right on Paranoia Park. It's beautiful, definitely something you'd want to see on the big screen.

]]> madamecrow http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976453 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976453 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:28:34 -0800 Comment by gfish Charles likes van Sant? Is anyone surprised by this? It's like a match made in boring, pretentious hell.

]]> gfish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976462 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976462 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:36:56 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Senator Obama goes to Africa?

That's a film?

Seriously?

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976518 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976518 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:28:22 -0800 Comment by JMR Why suffer through any of these films when Lawrence of Arabia is playing at Cinerama this weekend?

]]> JMR http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976563 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976563 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:29:46 -0800 Comment by ratzkywatzky If you go to the Seattle PI's website and click for the description of Water, you get a description of the Deepa Mehta film. Several weeks ago, there was a film called Badland playing in town, and if you clicked on the PI's description, you got a description of the Malick film Badlands. Another reason to always use The Stranger's website to see what's playing.

]]> ratzkywatzky http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976596 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:06:28 -0800 Comment by boyd main Re: Snow Angels - Local musician Lusine co-wrote the score with Dave Wingo.

]]> boyd main http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976689 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/03/this_weekend_at_the_movies_49#c976689 Film Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:22:31 -0800