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Posted by Victor Khomenko on April 26, 2001 at 13:25:16

In Reply to: "Tired of being a long woolf, Clark?" posted by clarkjohnsen on April 26, 2001 at 12:59:10:

***Your response is that of a man obsessed by the need to see it all. Indeed, videos satisfy your appetites.

Alas, yes, as the life is getting shorter the realization that so much is still remaining untried is growing...

***But the writer's point was something else, that there is no longer a sense of Occasion about movies that would lead younger people into becoming film buffs in the first place.

"Young people"? You mean that "lost" Titanic generation that no one is going to miss?

Aren't we discussing the endless beauty of sailing onboard the Tea Clipper? Those were the days...

But what's gone is gone, Clark. Never mind those good movies, we are losing the 2-channel, for Pete's sake! You are crying over spilled wine at the Titanic dinner table.

***Plus one of the great experiences in life is to leave a movie theater with a friend or friends and talk about what you've all just seen, sometimes at great length! I have never seen a video engender such enthusiasm.

I DO have such friend, Clark - my wife. I have never been after large crowd of "friends" in the first place. We watch and we discuss, and we fight overs some of what we watch.

At some point the crowd begins to matter less and less, fuck it, and we stick to those who REALLY matter in out lives.

This is called getting wiser, or so I've heard.

I still recall the art movies theater opening in Wilmington many years ago. There were six or eight people in the room, Autumn Sonata was on the screen, and four of those six were wondering how on Earth they ended up in that misty room with no action on screen. The theater closed just few weeks after opening.

But I believe all this lamenting is largelly misplaced. In ANY field fine stuff is appreciated by a small minority, pens, shoes, arms, books... how many people read "Golden Ass"? Red October will do.

So in a nutshell I don't think there is anything NEW happening, more of the same old, same old...

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Topic - Videos v. Movies - clarkjohnsen 11:10:41 04/26/01 (32)

Am I cheap or just using common sense? - Dman 08:40:48 04/30/01 (1)

Wait for the Video Syndrome. - john dem 13:29:26 04/30/01 (0)

Rubbish and nonsense - Bruce from DC 02:09:38 04/28/01 (11)

Re: Rubbish and nonsense - Rich H 23:39:54 04/28/01 (2)

Re: Rubbish and nonsense - Bruce from DC 11:38:26 04/30/01 (0)

Well, well..... - Victor Khomenko 18:07:27 04/29/01 (0)

You raise some... points. - clarkjohnsen 10:54:58 04/28/01 (7)

Re: You raise some... points. - Bruce from DC 11:56:20 04/28/01 (6)

You had me up until The Maltese Falcon bit. - john dem 01:53:47 04/30/01 (5)

Re: You had me up until The Maltese Falcon bit. - Bruce from DC 11:46:51 04/30/01 (0)

My Views Exactly! - clarkjohnsen 10:49:09 04/30/01 (3)

Yeah, but... - Victor Khomenko 11:09:06 04/30/01 (2)

Victor, stop pulling our legs! <nt> - Bruce from DC 11:39:37 04/30/01 (1)

OK, OK, so it was IN phase... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 14:33:52 04/30/01 (0)

Thoughts - Dan G. 15:47:15 04/27/01 (2)

You raise some excellent points. - clarkjohnsen 10:43:53 04/28/01 (1)

Anytime Clark.(nt) - Dan G. 12:29:46 04/30/01 (0)

Re: Videos v. Movies - c1ferrari 03:13:17 04/27/01 (0)

Re: Videos v. Movies - Doug Schneider 22:53:39 04/26/01 (8)

Pissed off at stereo? - clarkjohnsen 11:55:42 04/27/01 (0)

"Today is better" - Victor Khomenko 08:24:29 04/27/01 (6)

Re: "Today is better" - Doug Schneider 09:23:10 04/27/01 (5)

I can't express... - Victor Khomenko 09:51:21 04/27/01 (4)

Re: I can't express... - Doug Schneider 12:05:00 04/27/01 (3)

Name that city... please... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 14:23:41 04/27/01 (2)

Ottawa, Canada! (nt). - Doug Schneider 15:48:39 04/27/01 (1)

That explains it. That whole town is four blocks across... - Victor Khomenko 20:59:12 04/27/01 (0)

Nonsense - Victor Khomenko 12:08:31 04/26/01 (4)

"Tired of being a long woolf, Clark?" - clarkjohnsen 12:59:10 04/26/01 (3)

Re: "Tired of being a long woolf, Clark?" I AGREE Clark.... - Rich H 22:16:01 04/28/01 (1)

"So sad and misanthropic - trying to avoid contact with their fellow man. " - clarkjohnsen 13:24:08 04/29/01 (0)

You woofing wolf you... - Victor Khomenko 13:25:16 04/26/01 (0)

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