Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe is both loose and tight. It’s so loose, as they shot a scene on a real Mexican street, the camera is following Marlowe when it catches two real dogs really fucking. And zooms in on them. It made the final cut. And that’s tight.
January 16, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe is both loose and tight. It’s so loose, as they shot a scene on a real Mexican street, the camera is following Marlowe when it catches two real dogs really fucking. And zooms in on them. It made the final cut. And that’s tight.
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who also directed the number one movie of 1987, crime thriller “3 Men and a Baby,” which grossed a quarter billion dollars.
January 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who also directed the number one movie of 1987, crime thriller “3 Men and a Baby,” which grossed a quarter billion dollars.
Letterboxd blowing up is going to save movies — give a boost to good filmmaking too (honestly not that we need it.)
SO MANY great movies this year. My favorites:
-Furiosa
-Challengers
-I Saw The TV Glow
-Anora
-Nosferatu
-The Subsrance
-Inside Out 2
-Conclave
Follow my letterboxd! jdryznar.
SO MANY great movies this year. My favorites:
-Furiosa
-Challengers
-I Saw The TV Glow
-Anora
-Nosferatu
-The Subsrance
-Inside Out 2
-Conclave
Follow my letterboxd! jdryznar.
December 29, 2024 at 5:53 AM
Letterboxd blowing up is going to save movies — give a boost to good filmmaking too (honestly not that we need it.)
SO MANY great movies this year. My favorites:
-Furiosa
-Challengers
-I Saw The TV Glow
-Anora
-Nosferatu
-The Subsrance
-Inside Out 2
-Conclave
Follow my letterboxd! jdryznar.
SO MANY great movies this year. My favorites:
-Furiosa
-Challengers
-I Saw The TV Glow
-Anora
-Nosferatu
-The Subsrance
-Inside Out 2
-Conclave
Follow my letterboxd! jdryznar.
“Yacht Rock” is more than a skit. It’s twelve 5-9 minute compete stories, with multi-dimensional characters who have wants and needs. You root for them. The term stuck not only because it fits the musical vibe, but because the webseries put the music in the context of heroes’ journeys.
More importantly, because of "Yacht Rock" a lot of Black artists are being recognized again as "rock": George Benson, Roberta Flack, The Commodores, The Pointer Sisters, and Kool & The Gang.
The bigger question is: why does it take a comedy skit to give artists recognition?
The bigger question is: why does it take a comedy skit to give artists recognition?
December 29, 2024 at 5:41 AM
“Yacht Rock” is more than a skit. It’s twelve 5-9 minute compete stories, with multi-dimensional characters who have wants and needs. You root for them. The term stuck not only because it fits the musical vibe, but because the webseries put the music in the context of heroes’ journeys.
Anyone who took 5 seconds to read the liner notes of the two most popular albums of 1982 knew.
Thanks to @billsimmons.bsky.social
for the terrific Yacht Rock doc.
It’s a ton of fun and even a music nerd like me learned a lot about music history.
The Toto guys backed up Michael Jackson on Thriller. Who knew ?
for the terrific Yacht Rock doc.
It’s a ton of fun and even a music nerd like me learned a lot about music history.
The Toto guys backed up Michael Jackson on Thriller. Who knew ?
December 10, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Anyone who took 5 seconds to read the liner notes of the two most popular albums of 1982 knew.
Cool. More Tatooine.
Lucasfilm is cooking up a role for Jeremy Allen White. The Emmy winning star of #TheBearFX has joined #TheMandalorian & Grogu, THR has confirmed. It is said he will voice the son of Jabba the Hutt, Rotta the Hutt bit.ly/3Vwlbfw
December 10, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Cool. More Tatooine.
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Supiciously absent from the Yacht Rock documentary, McGruff's Steely Dan pastiche --
youtu.be/ztT7peG4RcY?...
youtu.be/ztT7peG4RcY?...
McGruff The Crime Dog - Alcohol Abuse (1986)
YouTube video by Mei Clover
youtu.be
December 8, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Supiciously absent from the Yacht Rock documentary, McGruff's Steely Dan pastiche --
youtu.be/ztT7peG4RcY?...
youtu.be/ztT7peG4RcY?...
We need to work on our ability to listen, class.
Steely Dan is not Yacht Rock yall, not even a little yachty
I’ve only just started this yacht rock doc, but I feel thrown by the idea that Steely Dan is part of it… To me, yacht rock is defined by a) earnestness b) chillness and c) the genre of the low-expectation seduction song (i.e. I’m not talking about moving in and I don’t want to change your life!)
December 7, 2024 at 10:33 PM
We need to work on our ability to listen, class.
We really need to work in our attention spans as we watch the doc.
How was "Come Sail Away" NOT in the friggin' Yacht Rock Documentary? This is nonsense. Go ahead, call the manager! I'll wait.... #AT40
December 7, 2024 at 10:31 PM
We really need to work in our attention spans as we watch the doc.
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Two of the major themes of yacht rock are “Jesus Christ, I need a divorce” and “now I am so lonely.”
December 7, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Two of the major themes of yacht rock are “Jesus Christ, I need a divorce” and “now I am so lonely.”
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Everything about the Yacht Rock doc is fantastic. The music, history, and absurd name. Biggest takeaway is confirming my belief of Hall & Oates/Fleetwood Mac/Eagles NOT being in the genre. I feel validated. I died on the right mountain.
December 7, 2024 at 9:46 PM
Everything about the Yacht Rock doc is fantastic. The music, history, and absurd name. Biggest takeaway is confirming my belief of Hall & Oates/Fleetwood Mac/Eagles NOT being in the genre. I feel validated. I died on the right mountain.
Yyyyyyup.
My primary takeaway from the #YachtRock documentary on HBO is that “Thriller” is a Yacht Rock album orchestrated by Quincy Jones, performed by Toto, and sung by Michael Jackson.
December 7, 2024 at 4:50 PM
Yyyyyyup.
What is there to “discuss?”
lol they were discussing whether steely dan is yacht rock on cnn last night shit is getting out of hand
December 7, 2024 at 4:13 PM
What is there to “discuss?”
Nope. Scientifically proven not to be. www.yachtornyacht.com
December 7, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Nope. Scientifically proven not to be. www.yachtornyacht.com
Read her evolution in this thread. This is why I love this documentary so much.
I’ve only just started this yacht rock doc, but I feel thrown by the idea that Steely Dan is part of it… To me, yacht rock is defined by a) earnestness b) chillness and c) the genre of the low-expectation seduction song (i.e. I’m not talking about moving in and I don’t want to change your life!)
December 7, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Read her evolution in this thread. This is why I love this documentary so much.
Best use of your weekend time, people.
In honor of all the Christopher Cross talk on here since the Yacht Rock documentary, I'm going to relisten to one of the Beyond Yacht Rock guys' most astutely-observed (and -named) genres
December 7, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Best use of your weekend time, people.
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“Hahaha, yeah! That’s us! We’re pointers!”
December 6, 2024 at 3:01 PM
“Hahaha, yeah! That’s us! We’re pointers!”
Heart Beat
The Pointer Sisters · So Excited! (Expanded Edition) · Song · 1982
open.spotify.com
December 6, 2024 at 2:34 PM
Agreed. It’s the Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, pt. 1 of post-apocalyptic films. But I’ve only seen both movies once.
“Furiosa” gets better with every rewatch.
December 5, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Agreed. It’s the Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, pt. 1 of post-apocalyptic films. But I’ve only seen both movies once.
Getting just one person being turned on to this song is the one of the greatest things the Yacht Rock Documentary has done.
Really trying to figure out how this bop remained under my radar for so many years.
#YachtRock
youtu.be/hhPQ2IHZLf8
#YachtRock
youtu.be/hhPQ2IHZLf8
Lucky
YouTube video by Brenda Russell - Topic
youtu.be
December 4, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Getting just one person being turned on to this song is the one of the greatest things the Yacht Rock Documentary has done.