Posted by Mr. Bozak at boof.brainfood.com on February 21, 2000 at 14:19:24:
In Reply to: *Yawn* posted by Kevin on February 21, 2000 at 10:38:55:
: : Like him or hate him, P.T. Anderson has never had to apologize for one of
: : his films and will never make a film as horrible as Mallrats.
: Good Lord, you're a little late to the party on this one. I thought we'd
: wrapped up this shit ages ago.
: For the record, though (and for the zillionth time): I never apologized for
: 'Mallrats'. If you see the Indie Spirit Awards show where that apocryphal
: tale originated, I was clearly joking around.
: I love 'Mallrats'. I realize it may not be your cup of tea because no
: frogs fall from the sky, but a lot of folks seem to like it.
: Of course, a lot of folks hate it too.
: But then, that's pretty much the split on 'Magnolia' as well.
: Although we only subjected non-fans to ninety minutes of agony and spent
: merely six million to flop, whereas Paul subjected non-fans to over three
: hours of senseless horseshit and spent thirty five million to do the same.
: : I enojoyed Clerks and Chasing Amy,
: Thanks.
: : but talk about a "bloated sense of self-importance." You don't see P.T.
: Anderson's ugly mug in every one of his movies
: And running around making goofy faces makes me self-important?
: R.O. - you have to be nicer to me.
: : and if you look up pretentious in the dictionary it will say Dogma next
: to it.
: Accuse 'Dogma' of being poorly directed. Accuse it of being too wordy.
: But 'pretentious'? How can a film that doesn't take itself as seriously as
: 'Dogma' be pretentious? I mean, we had a rubber poop monster in it, for
: God's sake. The first cut of my flick was over three hours, but I had the
: good sense to cut it down. That's hardly 'pretentious'.
: : You're a poor loser K
: But what did I lose, R.O.? And conversely, what did someone else win?
:
: Look man, I didn't like 'Magnolia'. Big fucking deal. It's not like I
: wished testicular cancer on the guy.
: Although I see Paul wished testicular cancer on David Fincher in a 'Rolling
: Stone' piece.
: And at SNL this weekend, he got in Harvey Weinstein's face about Harvey's
: ability to get 'Cider House Rules' nominated from his sick bed, deeming it
: the 'Cider House Snooze' (which kinda made me chuckle) and offering that
: the film "fucking sucked."
: Who's the poor loser in that equation? I'd say the guy who wasn't simply
: thankful that his godawful screenplay got a nod, and instead wanted a Best
: Picture nom to boot.
: Me? I'm just happy my flick reached as many people as it did.
: No losers here, R.O. Just a guy who's counting his blessings.
: And hating ABC.
: And if all that makes me some kind of cock...
: Well then, goddammit - respect the cock.
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