Tag Archives: George Clooney

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind + Fight Club

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Alice Thirteen
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind + Fight Club

Two films about bottoming out. Insomnia. Actors who direct. Chuck Barris, Charlie Kaufman, and the Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. George Clooney likes to play CIA. Set design. Bleach bypass. Old Spice commercial. The Gong Show. Our secret CIA drone war with Pakistan. Is the Fight Club twist OK? A conversation for people who don’t care about the kitsch of Fight Club. Michael finally explains his Fight Club issues. Chuck Palahniuk. Hitting rock bottom. A better side of the Frankenstein myth. Film making techniques used to further the dirty impoverished tone of the movie. Homoeroticism! Continue reading →

Downfall + Good Night and Good Luck

Posted on November 20, 2008 by Alice Thirteen
Downfall + Good Night and Good Luck

Introducing Hitler. Building anticipation. This is still Double Feature, so let’s compare Downfall to Cloverfield! WWII as a b story. Uncanny Iraq parallels. Socialism. Obeying the leader. Brief moments of violence. Absence of score and foreign films. A different perspective. Why you should love George Clooney more than you already do. Challenging authority. Archive footage. Stories don’t always have two equal sides, goddamnit! New media. What happened to the news? The failures of old media. The Danish cartoons. Blashpemy. Actually letting the terrorists win. You’re not neutral, you’re a failure. The Chicago Zombie March. The titular line. Continue reading →