tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post6244097948018684072..comments2023-06-30T05:06:42.335-04:00Comments on My Life, at 24 Frames Per Second: Artistic Consumption Log, Aug. 13, 2012 - Aug. 19, 2012: "RIP Tony Scott" EditionKenji Fujishimahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-50958343528163368322012-08-21T23:38:46.669-04:002012-08-21T23:38:46.669-04:00Two things:
1. I assume you're joking about ...Two things: <br /><br />1. I assume you're joking about the Michael Bay thing. At the very least, I'd like to think I'd feel the same sense of tragedy if Bay were to do the same thing Tony Scott did. That said, maybe if I actually got around to watching most of his films, I'd feel differently; I hope not! (I've only seen <i>The Rock</i> and <i>Armageddon</i>. I actually like <i>The Rock</i>!)<br /><br />2. You'll read more about this next week, but I actually got around to watching Scott's 2006 film <i>Déjà Vu</i> and...I think with that and <i>Unstoppable</i> he was on his way toward maybe positively refining that ADD aesthetic that so drove me up the wall in <i>Domino</i>. We'll never know now, obviously. (Have you seen <i>Déjà Vu</i>? It's actually really good, as is <i>Unstoppable</i>. Also, I think, for all its surface flash, his skill with directing actors has been unjustly ignored.)Kenji Fujishimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10635553450551818306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27825798.post-57391012252542568612012-08-21T23:29:48.356-04:002012-08-21T23:29:48.356-04:00Tony Scott was a bad director, but it's sad th...Tony Scott was a bad director, but it's sad that his life ended this way. (I have a soft spot for TRUE ROMANCE because of the quirky duo and a great scene with Hopper and Walken; but the real credit for the scene should go to Tarantino's writing and the actors' acting.) <br /><br />Now, if Michael Bay were to jump off a bridge...<br /><br />Andrea Ostrov Letaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478113002321077670noreply@blogger.com