****
Alas,
forty years ago
in
the early morning hours
of
Friday, July 23, 1982,
a special effects explosion
caused a helicopter
to crash and kill
actor/writer/director Vic Morrow
and
illegally hired and employed
child extras
Renee Chen and Myca Le
on
the George Folsey jr. produced
John Landis set
of the
Kathleen Kennedy
associate produced,
Frank Marshall produced,
and
Landis and Steven Spielberg
executive produced
Landis, Spielberg,
Joe Dante and George Miller
docufeature film
TWILIGHT ZONE:
THE MOVIE [1983],
outraging audiences
and film artists,
changing film art
and
the Temple Theatre forever,
and kicking off
an implicit,
brutal, bitter,
and
allegorical Zone War
in
fiction and film art
that continues to this day.
!May the anguished souls
of
Myca, Renee and Vic
be at peace today,
and
may traumatic disasters
never befall
another film set!
****
!HAPPY
40th
BIRTHDAY,
CANADA!
!!MAY
YOU HAVE
MANY MORE!!
AND
!HAPPY
40th ANNIVERSARY,
CANADA'S
CONSTITUTION!
!!LONG MAY YOU
SUPPORT
AND
INSPIRE US!!
!!!And
thanks for signing
your crowning achievement,
our
new Constitution,
into law,
Queen Elizabeth II!!!
!!!!BRILLIANT!!!!
****
!Happy
40th anniversary
to
Don Coscarelli,
Marc Singer, Tanya Roberts,
and
the rest
of
the talented cast and crew
of
the eerily and presciently
twilit, allegorical,
and
Ozian themed
indie docufeature film
THE BEASTMASTER [1982]!
!!And
check out
the
rethunked, revised,
and rewritten
ultra super special
scholar's cut edition
of
the Don Coscarelli essay
in
the Zone Warriors section
for
a completely new look
at
THE BEASTMASTER,
forty years young
today!!
!!!LONG MAY IT MASTER
THE BLOCKBUSTER BEAST!!!
!!!!YoW!!!!
****
!Happy
40th anniversary
to
Slava Tsukerman,
Anne Carlisle,
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the twilit and allegorical
indie docufeature film
LIQUID SKY [1982]!
!!As the song says,
shine on ya
crazy diamond!!
!And
Happy
belated 40th anniversary
to
Tim Burton, Vincent Price,
and
the talented
crew of the
allegorical indie
short animation film
VINCENT [1982]!
!Happy
40th Anniversary
as well
to
Steven Lisberger
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
the eerily twilit,
allegorical and CGI enhanced
animaction film TRON [1982]!
!And
Happy
40th anniversary
to
Philip K. Dick
and
Sir Ridley Scott
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
that Great Flawed Film,
the eerily and presciently twilit,
allegorical, CGI enhanced,
Ozian themed
and
implicitly George Lucas
addressing
indie docufeature artbuster
BLADE RUNNER [1982],
released forty years ago
today
on June 25, 1982,
which,
despite its many faults,
is still worth sitting down with
and
re-experiencing.
!Make sure you also
re-experience its great,
memorable
and
haunting
Vangelis composed soundtrack,
as well!
****
!Happy
40th Anniversaries
also
to
John Carpenter
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
the eerily and presciently
twilit and allegorical
docufeature film
THE THING [1982],
to
John Milius
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
the eerily twilit, allegorical
and
implicitly George Lucas roasting
docufeature film
CONAN THE BARBARIAN
[1982],
to
George Miller
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
the eerily twilit, allegorical
and
implicitly Lucas
and
Steven Spielberg roasting
indie docufeature film
THE ROAD WARRIOR [1982],
and to
Nicholas Meyer
and
the equally talented
cast and crew
of the allegorical
and
computer generated imagery
[CGI] enhanced
feature film
STAR TREK II:
THE WRATH OF KHAN [1982],
which literally
saw
the birth
of
the brave neo world
of CGI enhanced
film art.
!!YOW!!
!And
Happy Belated
Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary
to
"Lucky" Luc Besson
and
the talented
cast and crew
of
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed,
and implicitly Lucas addressing
docufeature film
THE FIFTH ELEMENT [1997],
long may it save the world
and
keep shinin' that
little light of luv!
!!PERFECT!!
****
Well,
for what it's worth,
the latest version
of
Chapter 10
of
THE WIZARD OF FORCE
is fiittingly finished
and
ready to read today,
May 25, 2022,
the 45th anniversary
of
the release
of
STAR WARS
EPISODE IV: A NEW HOPE
on
May 25, 1977,
hopefully
it will inspire me
to revise
and rewrite
the other nine chapters.
So feel free
to click on Chapter 4
and then Chapter 5
to get at Chapter 10,
and see what you think.
****
There can be
no more exceptions
or privileges.
Everybody must be equal...
The power of peace
must be dominant.
- Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
****
!G'day people!
Hope you are
staying healthy.
By the way,
if you need
to escape from
the infuriating
and
depressing
war in Ukraine
for a while,
drop by
the Zone Warriors
section
for the latest
revision
of
the "essay"
on
the allegorical
docufeature
and docufeature artbuster
film art
of
Stanley Kubrick,
the twilit and allegorical
film art
of
Sir Peter Jackson
and
the latest
revised look
at
the brilliant film art
of
Richard Kelly,
complete
with a
thoughtful look
at
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced
and
implicitly Kelly
and
George Lucas addressing
Derek Cianfrance
indie docufeature film
THE PLACE BEYOND
THE PINES [2012].
Also
finally revised
and
rewrote
the edifying "essay"
on
the superlative
indie docufeature film art
of
Richard "Gold" Rush.
!Action!
!!NOW!!
!The
"essay"
on the
indie docufeature film art
of
Gia Coppola
has also been
revised
and
rewritten
to make it
nothin' special!
The thoughtful look
at
the Dune series
by
Frank Herbert
has also
been re-re-re-revised
for
greater
incandescent illumination,
so
feel free
to
click on
the recently revised
Terry Gilliam
"essay"
to ponder that,
as well as
the also recently revised
"essays"
on those other
Masters of cinematic mayhem,
Tim Burton,
Alex Cox,
Frank Miller,
Robert Rodriguez,
and
Slava Tsukerman.
!IT'S INTENSE!
****
!HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
James and ULYSSES
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
TO YOU!
!Yes!
!FEBRUARY 2, 2022,
was indeed
THE 100th ANNIVERSARY
of
THE PUBLICATION
of
the allegorical James Joyce
indie docufiction novel
ULYSSES (1922)
and
the 140th birthday
of
James Joyce!
!SO RAISE
A GUINNESS
OR
A JAMESON
TO JIMMY
and
ULYSSES
this
anniversary year!
!!SLAINTE CHARAS!!
****
DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO ADJUST
YOUR COMPUTER.
This is the latest update
from
the poor ol' Gardevil
coming to you
live n burnin
from
Slotek HQ
deep in the heart
of the
Free Village of Streetsville.
This update concerns
the
already
slightly revised,
twilit, allegorical
and
CGI enhanced
Zonebuster film art
of
James Francis Cameron
and
cannot be stopped.
It can however
be trusted
as it emanates
from the only free
and
honest source
on planet Earth.
A free
and
honest source
dedicated to ensuring
that
audiences understand
the truth
about
the dread allegorical
Zone Wars,
in order to
hold film artists
to account.
Peace and luv...
Out.
- Gardevil
****
!Feel free!
to
also check out
the
rethunked,
rewritten
and
revised
"essay"
on
Sarah Polley
to
bask gratefully
in
the refreshing
and
rejuvenating
daylight
of
!Polleywood!,
complete
with
an already revised look
at the daylit, allegorical
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly Polley toasting
Jon Turteltaub
docufeature film
THE MEG [2018]!
****
Make sure ya
also check out
the
Zone Warriors
section
for
revised "essays"
on the
twilit and allegorical
film art
of
Ben Affleck,
Luc Besson,
Kathryn Bigelow-
including
a revised look
at
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly Lucas addressing
indie docufeature artbuster
STRANGE DAYS [1995],
!D'oh!-
Neill Blomkamp,
Tim Burton,
James Cameron-
the latter
with another
slightly revised look
at
the Nolan
BATMAN TRILOGY-
Gia (GC) Coppola,
Sofia (SCC) Coppola-
now including
revised thoughts
on
the twilit and allegorical
Terry Zwigoff
indie docufeature film
ART SCHOOL
CONFIDENTIAL (2006)
and
the twilit, allegorical
and CGI enhanced
SCC indie docufeature film
ON THE ROCKS (2020)-
Don Coscarelli,
Alex Cox,
Guillermo Del Toro,
Johnny Depp,
Sir T.V. "Terry Baby" Gilliam,
Sir Peter Jackson,
Angelina Jolie-
the latter slightly revised
yet more again-
Richard Kelly-
also slightly revised again-
Stanley Kubrick,
Frank Miller,
Sean Penn,
Sarah Polley,
Jason Reitman-
the latter now
with
expanded thoughts
on
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and
Ozian themed
docufeature film
GHOSTBUSTERS:
AFTERLIFE (2021)-
Robert Rodriguez,
Richard Rush,
Sir Ridley Scott,
Quentin Tarantino,
Slava Tsukerman,
Denis Villeneuve,
and
Gary W. Wright-
the latter
now expanded with
already revised thoughts
on the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly Gardevil addressing
Jon Turteltaub
docufeature film
THE MEG [2018]
and
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced
and
implicitly Gardevil addressing
Jon Watts
super satirical animaction film
SPIDER-MAN
NO WAY HOME [2021].
****
"...This country
is
something that must be chosen-
it is so easy to leave-
and
if we do choose it
we are still choosing
a violent duality."
- Margaret Atwood
from p. 62 of
THE JOURNALS
OF
SUSANNA MOODIE (1970)
****
"...There are no interpretations
but only misinterpretations."
- Harold Bloom,
from
THE ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE
(1973)
Aaaarrggghhh!!!
- poor ol' Gardevil
****
"Very few critics
work carefully,
thoughtfully enough.
To see a film once
and
write a review
is an absurdity."
- so sayeth Stanley Kubrick,
from p. 106
of
STANLEY KUBRICK: interviews,
ed. by Gene D. Phillips
****
"Once,
we were artists.
!Pure!
But we,
all of us,
we became a distraction,
compromised
for the sake of fame,
comfort,
the approval
of strangers...
We
sing and dance
not to entertain
but to distract people
from the crushing gears
of a capitalist machine
that has no ideals
save for
greed and violence.
And let's not
kid ourselves,
Hollywood
is the best PR firm
the gunmakers
ever had.
What a sick culture...
This is a system
of soul-murder.
And history
will not be kind to us
for our complicity,
because
we know better."
- so sayeth
Jim Carrey
on
pp. 102-3
of
the allegorical
Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon
novel,
Memoirs
And
Misinformation (2020)
****
"...Then
when we
in turn
write,
speak
or do things,
we release
our ideas
out into
the environment,
where they
can infect
new brains.
Ideas,
like viruses,
thus proliferate
at prodigious rates,
changing
at prodigious rates
as they do so."
- George P. Smith
****
"The Evil
running rampant
around the world
shows no signs
of disappearing.
It hasn't changed
since I became
a Hero for fun.
In other words,
I am having no effect
on society.
I'm not sad about that.
I do this for fun,
so I just need
to satisfy myself."
- from
the intriguingly garish,
twilit, allegorical
and
CGI enhanced
One and Murata Yusuke
manga
One-Punch Man:
volume one,
p. 92.
Of course,
for
fittingly punchy
"insights"
into
One-Punch Man,
drop by
the
"essay"
on
Gary W. "Gardevil" Wright
in the
Zone Warriors
section.
!'Nuck said!
****
"Power is lost or won,
never created
or
destroyed."
- Immaculee Constantin,
from p. 100
of the
twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced
and
implicitly Gardevil roasting
David Mitchell novel
THE BONE CLOCKS (2014)
****
"...A pestilence does not have
human dimensions,
so people tell themselves
that it is unreal,
that it is a bad dream
which will end.
But it does not always end
and,
from one bad dream
to the next,
it is people who end,
humanists first of all
because
they have not prepared
themselves."
- THE PLAGUE
by Albert Camus
p. 30.
****
"...The sugar
was sweeter
when you gave
it
to someone else
to taste."
- Harper Grayson
from p. 206
of the twilit, allegorical
and
CGI enhanced novel
THE FIREMAN (2016)
by Joe Hill
****
...life is the same as death
but the soul continues
in the same blinding light
- Ti Jean
from 123rd Chorus
of
MEXICO CITY BLUES
****
"...The truth is always best.
The only trouble is -
what is the truth?"
- Rockie
from
Out In The Open:
life on the street (1997)
****
"...Received opinion
is
often wrong
and
usually boring;
the text is yours
to interpret...
This ability
to read symbolically,
to view
the very world
around us
symbolically,
is at the heart
of the whole
literary
(and cinema games).
To accept things
at first glance
to be
as they appear
on the surface
is to be trapped
in the literal.
To be able
to see
symbolic possibilities
allows one
to begin to make
connections
between things
that at first
seem to have
little to do
with each other."
- Doctor David R. Williams, PhD
from p 88 and 136
of
SIN BOLDLY:
Dr. Dave's guide to writing
the college paper (2004).
****
"...Life,
he realized,
was a profoundly
complicated thing.
It was filled with awe
and wonder
and beauty,
but it was also filled
with heartbreak
and
loneliness.
Maybe that was what
made it
so precious.
You could never know
what to expect next,
or who might
step into
or out of
your world.
And the truth was
that we were all
navigating the mystery
together."
- from
the implicitly
Jason Reitman
addressing teen novel
Superman: dawnbreaker (2020)
by Matt De La Pena,
pp. 204-5
****
And
remember,
when in
Mississauga,
always visit
Image Collections,
the
finest emporium
of
collectibles,
games
and
narrative art
in
Streetsville,
"...the town in the city"
of Mississauga.
!!'Nuck said!!
****
RIP
Neal Adams
Manbir Mani Amar
Julie Amato
Reza Baraheni
Peter Bogdanovich
Boris Brott
James Caan
Katrina Castro
Julee Cruise
Don Cullen
Charlbi Dean
Philip K. Dick
Olivier Dundas
Queen Elizabeth II
Mikhail Gorbachev
Andrew Gregorovich
Rockin' Ronnie Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins
Anne Heche
Elaine Herzberg
Howard Hesseman
Bo Hopkins
William Hurt
Olivia N. John
Guy Lafleur
Michael Lang
Ray Liotta
Meat Loaf
Stuart MacMillan
Hudson Madsen
David Milgaard
Nichelle Nichols
Shane O'Connor
Neena Pacholke
Lindsey Pearlman
Wolfgang Petersen
Sidney Poitier
Ivan Reitman
Brent Renaud
Rene Robert
Marnie Schulenburg
Brayden Smith
Michel Subor
Bjarni Tryggvason
Vangelis
Victims of the
Robb Elementary School shooting
in Uvalde, Texas
Victims of the Ukrainian War
including
the Mariupol Drama Theatre
bombing
Leon Vitali
David Warner
Robyn G. Wiley
Shane Yellowbird
****
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