tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post9197984330405546379..comments2023-11-07T22:43:36.262-08:00Comments on Notes from the Ironbound: Some "Overlooked" Films Worth Checking OutUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-28159687195737903062014-06-29T19:08:58.482-07:002014-06-29T19:08:58.482-07:00Anon, that is really interesting. I love that fil...Anon, that is really interesting. I love that film mostly for how it totally nails the folkways of my Nebraska homeland. Oscar-nominated, so not overlooked, but certainly deserves to be better remembered.Werner Herzog's Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01918845193415571702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-86596727296583039502014-06-29T17:41:49.978-07:002014-06-29T17:41:49.978-07:00That's one thing I always found depressing abo...That's one thing I always found depressing about the movie biz. A perfect little gem of a film would come out for a few days, and then disappear. <br /><br />I'm not sure if "About Schmidt" was overlooked, but I remember one scene that stuck in my mind: Schmidt is listening to Rush Limbaugh as he drives. The director actually used a snippet of his show. Rush is saying something like "those democrats, always looking for a cloud in a silver lining."<br /><br />The film came out during a republican administration. It captured exactly what Rush does. During a republican administration he says things are great and the democrats complain about nothing. Then when a democrat is in, he says things are horrible. <br /><br />I felt like that scene somehow pinned Rush down, as his routine usually isn't meant to be heard ten years after the fact.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1597761046378693913.post-31145220027478720122014-06-29T12:41:40.560-07:002014-06-29T12:41:40.560-07:00I am working on a book-blog which can be seen at [...I am working on a book-blog which can be seen at [one word] theoryofirony.com, then clicking on either the “sample chapter” or “blog” buttons. My Rube Goldberg contraption of a brain processes the world with an odd, well-caffeinated kind of logic. Why is there an inverse proportion between the size of the print and the importance of the message? History. Art. Science. Religion. I call this eccentric thinking the Theory of Irony and if your busy schedule permits, why not give a read, leave a comment or create a link?<br /><br />P.S. Sorry if this seems like spam, but it has been written by a real person. A history junkie.Erik Von Nordenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03435513338340452873noreply@blogger.com