****

 

There are no interpretations

 

but only misinterpretations.

 

- Harold Bloom,

 

from

 

THE ANXIETY OF INFLUENCE

 

(1973)

 

 

 

Aaaarrggghhh!!!

 

- poor ol' Gardevil

 

 

 

 

****

 

 

The truth is always best.

 

The only trouble is -

 

what is the truth?

 

- Rockie

 

from

 

Out In The Open:

 

life on the street (1997)

 

 

 

****

 

 

 

!Hey, Fanatiks!

 

!Drop by

 

the

 

Zone Warriors

 

section

 

and

 

the James Cameron 'essay'

 

for

 

the first thoughts

 

on

 

the allegorical

 

Robert Rodriguez film,

 

ALITA:

 

BATTLE ANGEL (2019),

 

which comes across

 

better 

 

on

 

the small screen, 

 

a

 

revised look

 

at

 

A DANGEROUS METHOD (2011)

 

and

 

COSMOPOLIS (2013)

 

in the

 

David Cronenberg 'essay',

 

a revised look

 

at

 

BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967),

 

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE

 

(1971) 

 

and

 

EYES WIDE SHUT (1997)

 

in the 

 

Stanley Kubrick 'essay',

 

some thoughts

 

on

 

THE MAN WHO KILLED

 

DON QUIXOTE (2019)

 

in the

 

Terry Gilliam 'essay',

 

the first thoughts

 

on

 

the film art

 

of

 

Quentin Tarantino,

 

some thoughts

 

on

 

the allegorical

 

Quentin Tarantino film,

 

ONCE UPON A TIME...

 

IN HOLLYWOOD (2019),

 

in the

 

Gary W. Wright 'essay'

 

and also

 

the latest stuff

 

in the

 

William Gibson 'essay', 

 

which

 

proceeds

 

at the usual

 

intrepid snail's pace!

 

 

!'Nuck said!

 

 

 

****

 

 

!Bravo

 

to

 

Terry Gilliam

 

and Company

 

for 

 

one of the finest

 

twilit and allegorical

 

films of the year, 

 

THE MAN WHO KILLED

 

DON QUIXOTE (2019)!

 

!!Bravo, and encore!!

 

!!!!ENCORE!!!!

 

 

 

****

 

 

And how apropos

 

to reaffirm

 

in the 50th anniversary

 

of the Apollo moon landing

 

that this site

 

does its best

 

to take one step for fan,

 

and

 

one Skyrocking leap

 

for all fankind

 

each and every day,

 

Good People.

 

 

 

****

 

 

 

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'.

 

 

 

****

 

 

 

RIP

 

Andy Anderson

 

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Ginger Baker

 

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Robert Forster

 

Lucas Fowler

 

Graeme Gibson

 

Katherine Helmond

 

Julianne Kozis

 

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Peter Mayhew

 

Toni Morrison

 

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Lisa Sheridan

 

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