Posted by Kevin at spider-wc063.proxy.aol.com on February 21, 2000 at 10:38:55:
In Reply to: Magnolia posted by R.O. on February 21, 2000 at 09:51:45:
: 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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