tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post2829761094682629104..comments2023-05-08T10:26:50.123-04:00Comments on Tales of OdieNary Madness: A Demander Sings of EbertFest: Post Fiveodienatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-47320355128642172912012-05-10T09:20:14.575-04:002012-05-10T09:20:14.575-04:00Tyger,
First of all, thanks for attending our pa...Tyger, <br /><br />First of all, thanks for attending our panel and for your comments. You have 9 EbertFests on me, and I'm somewhat ashamed of the fact that I hadn't attended more of them even when I lived 4 hours away. <br /><br />I've always considered movie watching a social event, and despite all the aggravation and the exorbitant price, I still like to see movies on a big screen. Even when I was a kid watching Drive-In Movie or Million Dollar Movie on TV, I was rarely by myself. My cousins, and later, my siblings, were usually there with me, crowded around the one TV in the house. One of us would have to be the antenna sometimes, holding the hanger or adjusting the rickety metal bars on top of the TV (I'm showing my age here), but we all enjoyed the idea of watching a movie together.<br /><br />When I'm doing the On Demand stuff, I am usually by myself and more than likely, because I travel so much for work, watching it on the laptop from which I'm currently writing you. This does not give me the same feeling I get when I am at theater. It doesn't change my opinion of a film at all, but, for example, I wish I had seen Sleepless Night on a big screen and not a Dell computer.<br /><br />Jim has some interesting points in his article, which I'd like to respond to more fully later. As for the panels, they should let me moderate one of 'em. I'd crack the whip and people would behave. :)odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-90991420279270566882012-05-10T07:23:08.252-04:002012-05-10T07:23:08.252-04:00Odie,
These festival dispatches are great. I'...Odie,<br /><br />These festival dispatches are great. I've been an Ebertfest regular for 11 years, and I love it when a talented writer blogs about his experiences. I wanted to say hello to you, Steven Boone and Jim Emerson after the panel discussion, but I'm just too damn shy... maybe next year. Steven started an interesting discussion about theatrical distribution and who decides what gets shown in which theaters. Unfortunately, the format of the Ebertfest panel inevitably leads to digressions, tangents and other verbal detours that derail in-depth discussion. VOD versus theatrical release is often thought of as a question about access for independent filmmakers, i.e. VOD being the choice of last resort after the much more desirable option, a theater, refuses to open its doors. You and Steven might be intrigued by this essay that Jim Emerson wrote a few years ago:<br /><br />http://blogs.suntimes.com/scanners/2008/05/too_personal_to_share_with_an.html<br /><br />For me, it describes a new model of cinematic engagement. The home video revolution has made it possible to interact with a film on a highly personal, instead of social, level; almost akin to reading a book. If you, or Steven, have any thoughts about this topic, I'd love to hear them.<br /><br />ChrisTyger Flowershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161238610357257877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-39495666129185161262012-05-09T10:43:36.282-04:002012-05-09T10:43:36.282-04:00My Demander-in-Chief,
I'm glad we did get to ...My Demander-in-Chief,<br /><br />I'm glad we did get to meet up for a bit. I didn't get to spend enough time with a few people I was hoping to see, but I'm glad for the time I did. <br /><br />Next year, you, me and Boone will have to do that interview I was trying to get set up this year. Boone vs. Odie would be MUST SEE TV!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-13551096745506559272012-05-08T23:16:39.835-04:002012-05-08T23:16:39.835-04:00This is so good. As I told you, for me this year&...This is so good. As I told you, for me this year's Ebertfest was all about getting to see Odie & Boone, to be present in the same place at the same time! I didn't get to spend as much time with you guys as I wanted to (that never happens), but having the three of us in the same spot was a high that'll help get me through the rest of the year...jim emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09386602046961936044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-37540457639027051032012-05-08T13:53:14.268-04:002012-05-08T13:53:14.268-04:00Boone, or should I say "Boonetney Farnsworth,...Boone, or should I say "Boonetney Farnsworth," <br /><br />Please tell me you used a welder's torch to cut the gov'ment cheese and cooked the grilled cheese sandwiches in a steel melting furnace. <br /><br />If we can't be Bill and Sidney, we can be Dewey Hughes and Petey Greene. Regardless, I'm better for knowing you, and when we do take over the world, we'll do our own version of Beyond the Valley of The Dolls entitled "Beyond The Alley of the Dawgs." We'll have twice the breastesses in our version.<br /><br />I was more than happy to pose for that picture, if only so I can tell Diana Ross that Steven Boone is the guy with the hat. Miss Ross, you want to stab the other guy for that Mahogany Review!odienatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10926978706604468636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-22138753604439391362012-05-08T10:56:09.971-04:002012-05-08T10:56:09.971-04:00Oops, I missed the part where you mentioned Compus...Oops, I missed the part where you mentioned Compuserve and the Answer Man book. Skimming too fast for the gummint cheese passages.Steven Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-7745998573967285132012-05-08T10:31:36.186-04:002012-05-08T10:31:36.186-04:00GOVERNMENT CHEESE. Hahaha. I feel terrible that I ...GOVERNMENT CHEESE. Hahaha. I feel terrible that I was not around to help you feel less alien during that convo, brother. A lot of my formative movie watching happened in my parents' basement watching cable, eating gummint grilled cheese.<br /><br />Odie, you are my big brother, all heart, and, yep, the reason I got back into writing about film six years ago. Our friendship is a blessing. If you look closely at that picture of you, Roger and me, you can see that I'm choked up.<br /><br />Part of it is the understanding that your internet correspondence with Roger goes far back into web 1.0, and his deep influence on your work goes back much further, shining through in everything you write. (You're quoted in some of his movie books, too, I believe.)<br /><br />In other words, if somebody reads through your essays, reviews and even your crazyass emails to me, they will see that you've already produced your own "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" (breastesssessss!!!) and "Life Itself" (lyrical yet down to earth memoir). As your "agent," I'm just waiting to cash in.<br /><br />I played the wall at Ebertfest, as I am wont to do in social situations, but I'm with you wherever, brother, always. Well, I'll have to set a few limits on "wherever," but anyway--<br /><br />Me, Cosby? I'm nowhere near that funny, man. I'd say the Little Seymour/Big Percy analogy works better--or maybe you're both Cos and Sid, and I'm Bootney Farnsworth.Steven Boonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10533736956366847765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6428571352587006564.post-8777809145735507032012-05-07T22:52:28.225-04:002012-05-07T22:52:28.225-04:00Good to see you again Odie.
And yes, your epic ta...Good to see you again Odie.<br /><br />And yes, your epic tale of government cheese was about as foreign to me as it was to Michal.Mark Pfeifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12098023129216356791noreply@blogger.com