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Annael
Half-elven
Jun 17 2009, 3:27pm
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well, if they had an actor as good as Jimmy Stewart . . .
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Ever see It's a Wonderful Life? There's such a moment there. George (Jimmy) has been waiting for four years for his brother to finish college and come home to take over the Bailey Building & Loan so George can finally fulfill his dream of world travel. But his brother gets off the train with a surprise: a wife, who tells George that her father has offered the brother a very good job. She walks off, and the camera stays on George's face. In 30 silent seconds you see him realize that his dream has ended for good, go into bleak despair, accept the situation, and pull himself together enough to smile at his brother.
I could see the actor hefting his knife, getting ready to strike, then looking at the miserable Gollum and his face softening from hatred to pity. We wouldn't know his specific thoughts but we'd recognize the inner shift.
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
How are you? ...
I have a thousand brilliant lies
For the question:
What is God?
If you think that the Truth can be known
From words,
If you think that the Sun and the Ocean
Can pass through that tiny opening
Called the mouth,
O someone should start laughing!
Someone should start wildly
Laughing – Now!
- Hafiz
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NARF and member of Deplorable Cultus since 1967
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Another unfilmable paragraph?
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jun 14 2009, 2:53am
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How about this?
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Finding Frodo
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Jun 14 2009, 3:45am
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That's better than anything I can think of
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jun 14 2009, 4:03am
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well, if they had an actor as good as Jimmy Stewart . . .
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Annael
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Jun 17 2009, 3:27pm
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Great example!
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Darkstone
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Jun 17 2009, 4:10pm
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Well done!
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sador
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Jun 14 2009, 6:00am
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Think of it from another perspective.
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Silverlode
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Jun 14 2009, 7:43am
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Yes - if the actor can show
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dernwyn
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Jun 14 2009, 4:41pm
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The thing that really makes it possible
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Silverlode
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Jun 14 2009, 7:50pm
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You don't film paragraphs.
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FarFromHome
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Jun 14 2009, 9:02pm
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You don't film books either.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 14 2009, 9:55pm
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Oh, I thought that was the issue...
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FarFromHome
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Jun 15 2009, 10:31am
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But you might film "moments"
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squire
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Jun 14 2009, 10:32pm
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Yes indeed.
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FarFromHome
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Jun 15 2009, 10:04am
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Film is a visual medium. A filmmaker should not, I judge,
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Curious
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Jun 15 2009, 5:48am
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The darkness is a serious problem.
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FarFromHome
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Jun 15 2009, 10:26am
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interesting question
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Jettorex
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Jun 15 2009, 3:12pm
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It depends on the actor.
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Darkstone
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Jun 15 2009, 4:52pm
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Well Said
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jun 15 2009, 5:24pm
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Lots of hammers in "The Hobbit", none proverbial.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 15 2009, 5:52pm
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It took me a while to figure out what you were referring to
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jun 15 2009, 9:06pm
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How were the clothes in the troll-cave hanging from the walls?
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sador
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Jun 16 2009, 6:36am
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Snails, too.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 16 2009, 1:03pm
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And trails. Lots of trails
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Voronwë_the_Faithful
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Jun 16 2009, 1:17pm
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"Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world, but for...?" //
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 16 2009, 3:48pm
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That's way beyond my pail.
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sador
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Jun 16 2009, 1:18pm
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And quite a tale.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 16 2009, 3:35pm
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and a Jail
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Jettorex
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Jun 16 2009, 1:56pm
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Yes, but not by that name. //
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N.E. Brigand
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Jun 16 2009, 4:03pm
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Only one?
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FarFromHome
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Jun 16 2009, 4:27pm
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try's to think of a rhyme
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cameragod
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Jun 17 2009, 10:20am
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But aren't you begging the question?
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FarFromHome
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Jun 17 2009, 1:29pm
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The answer is "no".
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Darkstone
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Jun 17 2009, 3:16pm
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Okay.
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FarFromHome
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Jun 17 2009, 3:57pm
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