The Age of Elitism

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This category refers to an old site I used to write for and co-run, based on the idea that we were self-mocking elitists. The articles within this section are mostly going to be from the series A Canadian, an American, a Lawyer, and an Elitist. The idea was that the four of us (or three, depending on who was available) would watch an agreed upon film, generally one by a famous director, but not one of his films that had been frequently analyzed, and write essays on the film. Then, without having read what the others had written, we would enter a chat room and discuss it. It is very much recommended that you watch the films first before reading the essays and chat, not only because of spoilers, but because most of what is said will make absolutely no sense to you. Also, keep in mind the time frame that these were written, from January 2004-November 2005, at least in terms of the matter of availability.

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1900

At Long Last Love

Au Hasard Balthazar

California Split

Cherry 2000

Dark City

Europa

Greetings

Heart of America

Kansas City Bomber

One-Eyed Jacks

Reds

The Tenant

To Live and Die in L.A.

Troll 2

Zabriskie Point

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MacGruber

By Adam Lippe

Those of us lucky enough to have seen Exhausted*, the 1981 John Holmes sycophant-umentary, may remember something the now world-weary director Julia St. Vincent, said on the DVD commentary. She described Holmes’ pursed lip expression during his moment of climax as one of his “monkey faces.”

Now as the title character in MacGruber, the adaptation of his reoccurring Saturday Night Live sketches, Will Forte doesn’t offer monkey faces exactly, but during his sex scenes, one of which is with his dead wife’s ghost, he offers a similarly ridiculous variation. Such excess is where Jorma Taccone’s MacGruber succeeds. When Taccone leaves behind the one note MacGyver parody that MacGruber was as a sketch and turns his movie into something energetically absurd[...]


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