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Eternal Sunshine
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- Jimmy B
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Now, when you say you spend time comparing Eternal Sunshine to Inception, are there any spoilers to Chris Nolan's latest film in this commentary? I haven't seen it yet (though I really bloody want to). This can obviously also be open to anyone who has listened to the podcast, not just Teague 
- Jimmy B
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Thanks Teague. I shall listen to the commentary tonight
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Nice commentary. Enhanced a movie that, at times, can be difficult to revisit. It just pulls all kinds of old haunts/loves back to the foreground. Film has a long history of approximating 'Dream-like' states. For 'Inception,' I felt that if the "Lasagna" (good line) was made any more difficult or random, like real dreams, the movie does not become a huge Blockbuster. I guess I should give the American audience more credit, but I think that the structure of each level of dreams allowed more people to follow the plot. Strictly as a heist film, "Inception" certaintly works IMO.
For another look at dreamscapes, I recently watched "Dreamscape" with Dennis Quaid. Where Psychics are used to enter peoples' dreams. Some to be used for good (erase horrible nightmares) and bad (assasinate Freddy-style). Many of the Dreams look like Tim Burton designs. Difference is the 'Magic beans,' which in this case is the old standby of telepathy to enter your dreams.
Just thought it was funny a picture from 26 years ago could compare to this Summer's Biggest hit.
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Okay, this is really going to bother me.
You guys made a passing mention of the whole "That place burned down 30 years ago!" thing. What's the name of that movie? Does anybody know? Cause I've been searching the Internet for it and cannot find one shred of evidence that that movie ever existed.
Speaking of, you guys should do the horrible remake of "The Forgotten" with Julianne Moore.
Oh, and great commentary.
- Teague
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Thanks sir.
I don't know about the joke, but I know it's funny as hell and I plan to repeat it until it becomes annoying.
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"That place burned down 30 years ago." - Sounds like the opening act in every "Are you afraid of the dark"/ "Twilight Zone"/ "Outer Limits" I've ever seen.
- Dorkman
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It would have been twenty years ago TODAY.
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13 2010-08-11 17:59:32 (edited by paulou 2010-08-11 18:30:03)
- paulou
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- Zarban
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"Sartre" and "Camus". But I'll give you the douche points anyway. I've got plenty.
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Camus can do, but Sartre is smartre!
/isalsoadouche
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I've heard people say that Joel is boring, but I don't believe that's the case. I think they just had to erase so much of him to get rid of Clem, there was almost nothing left the next morning.
I had one of those great experiences, watching this movie the first time completely ignorant of anything about it. I was a big fan of Being John Malkovich and quoted it with all my friends. I knew this was written by the same guy, so I had been meaning to check it out. Then one day, I went over and picked it up at the video store (ah, days before netflix), not realizing the date was valentines day, exactly a year after the film was set. Add to that the fact that I was trying to get over someone at the time, and it ended up being one of the really moving film watching experiences of my life. Even listening to you guys talk about the movie, I was moved by the sheer force of my own memories.
Inception didn't have the same impact, but I did like seeing on the big screen all the ideas Nolan stole from the Matrix 2 screenplay I wrote in 2003.
- Matt Vayda
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Ah, another of my favorites. And another of my pillars of hopeless romanticism. Not much to say other than that. As for the Inception comparisons, having finally seen it, I have to say I prefer Eternal Sunshine.
- Zarban
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That's a detention, slacker, for you and your beatnik friends.
- Doctor Submarine
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You were too late! He's been dead for twenty* years!
*two**
**not actually dead
"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague
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