****
There can be
no more exceptions
or privileges.
Everybody must be equal...
The power of peace
must be dominant.
- Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky
!'Nuck said,
Brother Vol!
!!!!Mir
PeaceSalaam
Shalom!!!!
****
!SHOCKED SPEECHLESS
AND
TYPELESS
BY THE HELLFIRES
SWEEPING ACROSS
THE GREATER LOS ANGELES AREA
THE LAST FEW DAYS,
THE ALLEGORICAL JIM MORRISON
DOORS CLASSIC
"THE END" [1967]
PLAYING IN
MY STUNNED HEAD
ALL THE WHILE!
!HELLUVA BAD WAY
TO START 2025!
!LET'S HOPE
THE WIND STOPS BLOWING
AND
THE HEROIC FIREFIGHTERS
GET THE FIRES OUT SOON!
!GOOD LUCK
AND
GOD BLESS
TO EVERYONE
IN THE GLAA!
****
!EXIT 2024
2025'S ZONE WARRIOR
GETS HIGH ON YOU
AND THE ENERGY YOU SHARE
CUTS WRIGHT ON THROUGH
THE ALLEGORICAL FICTION AND FILMS
OF THE DAY!
- Gardevil,
with thanks to Neil Peart
****
!Started off 2025 right
by sitting down
on New Year's night
to experience
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
Kathryn Bigelow
indie docufeature artbuster
STRANGE DAYS [1995],
still one of the greatest films
ever made,
and still the greatest film
ever made
by a female film artist!
!!BRAVO
and
Happy Pre-30th Anniversary
to Bigs,
Ralph Fiennes, Tom Sizemore,
Juliette Lewis, Angela Bassett,
Michael Wincott, Brigitte Bako,
Richard Edson, Glenn Plummer,
Vincent D'onofrio, William Fichtner,
and
the rest of
the talented cast of crew
of
STRANGE DAYS
on a brave film
well done!!
!!!BRAVO,
AND ENCORE!!!
!!!!ENCORE!!!!
!!!!!And
feel free
to drop by
the Zone Warriors section
for the beginnings
of a
transformed
Bigelow
"essay"!!!!!
!I CAN HARDLY WAIT!
****
!Happy
40th anniversary
to
David Lynch,
Kyle MacLachlan, Sean Young,
Francesca Annis, Jurgen Prochnow,
and
all of the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical, Ozian themed,
and implicitly David Cronenberg toasting
indie moving painting DUNE [1984],
still cleansing the universe!
Indeed,
to prove that
the allegorical spice still flows,
DUNE
has inspired two films
by Denis Villeneuve
and talented company,
and
a new telefilm series
in the form of
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
DUNE: PROPHECY [2024],
which implicitly roasted
Jeff Bezos
in the form of
Padishah Emperor Javicco Corrino-
played by Mark Strong.
!!Long live the fighters-
and the writers!!
!!!Kull wahad!!!
!!!!SHAI'HULUD!!!!
****
!Happy 40th anniversary
also
to
Francis Coppola,
Richard Gere, Diane Lane,
Nicolas Cage, Laurence Fishburne,
and
all of the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical
and
implicitly Lynch, John Landis,
and
Steven Spielberg addressing
indie docufeature artbuster
THE COTTON CLUB [1984]!
!Happy 40th anniversary
as well
to
Peter Hyams,
Bob Balaban, John Lithgow,
Helen Mirren, Keir Dullea,
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of the
twilit, allegorical
and CGI enhanced
docufeature film 2010 [1984]!
!And,
last but not least,
Happy 40th anniversary
to
Norman Jewison,
Denzel Washington, Howard E. Rollins jr.
and
the rest of the talented
cast and crew
of
the twilit and allegorical
indie docufeature film
A SOLDIERS' STORY [1984]!
****
!Happy
25th anniversary
to
Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez,
Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard,
Michael C. Williams
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical,
Ozian themed
and
implicitly Luc Besson, James Cameron
and
Catherine O'Hara
addressing
indie docufeature film
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT [1999]!
****
??NEED
TO ESCAPE
THE HELL FIRES??
Then
feel free to
drop by
the
Zone Warriors section
and read
the
first rough
and
mistake and hole filled
draft
of
TRICKY MOUSE,
the rewatched,
rethunked,
rewritten,
and
re-re-re-re-re-re-revised
on
January 12, 2025
"essay"
on
the Walt Disney Company
now
with the first revised thoughts
on
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
S.J. Clarkson
indie super satirical
animaction film
MADAME WEB [2024]
and
the Deadpool Trilogy!
?Keep movin' forward?
!And
of course,
while you are in
the Zone Warriors section,
make sure
you check out
the beginning of a
rewatched, rethunked,
rewritten, and re-re-revised
"essay"
on
the film art of
Neill Blomkamp
complete with new thoughts
on
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
indie docufeature film CHAPPiE [2015],
and
also drop by
the Frolickin' Frank Miller "essay"
for
consternatin' insights
into
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, and Ozian themed
Angsty Angel M. Soto
super satirical animaction film
BLUE BEETLE [2023]!
!!And
don't forget
to
check out
the "startling" insights
into
rantin' and ravin' l'il Spawn
and
Garic of Canuckleboney
in
the "essay"
on
film "scholar"
Gary W. Wright!!
!!!And and
!SHABAM!
Don't forget those
intoxicating "insights"
into
the SHAZAM films
in
the Richard Kelly "essay"
and
the slightly revised
David Lynch "essay"!!!
!!!!HaW!!!!
****
THE SMART PHONE
HAS BECOME THE NEW RETINA
OF THE MIND'S I.
THUS,
THE MEDIUM
IS THE TEXT MESSAGE
THAT CONVEYS
THE PERMANENCE OF TRANSIENCE.
- Doctor Brian O'Blivion
****
"I often say
that there are two languages:
the words that I wrote-
the words you can understand-
and behind that,
there's a silent language."
- Jon Fosse,
winner of the
2023 Nobel Prize in Literature
****
"It sounds silly,
but when people talk about
Jane and Finch
or Downsview,
certain images
come to mind,
and a lot of those images
don't have the beauty...
There's so much history
and impact
that comes out of our community
that gets overlooked
because of media narratives
that have been there
for decades."
- Kayode Brown,
CEO of BGRAPHIC,
TORONTO STAR,
Together section,
Sunday, January, 21, 2024,
p. A16.
****
!And,
if I may interject,
Happy belated 40th anniversary
to
Quentin Tarantino,
Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman,
John Travolta, Bruce Willis
and
the rest of the talented
cast and crew
of
the daylit, twilit and allegorical
indie docufeature film
PULP FICTION [1994]!
!Happy 40th anniversary
as well
to
Nick Castle,
Alex Guest, Catherine M. Stewart,
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of the
daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
indie docufeature film
THE LAST STARFIGHER [1984],
still guarding the Frontier
after all these years!
****
!Happy 40th anniversary
as well
to
Ron Howard,
Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah
and
all of the rest of
the fine cast and crew
of the
daylit and allegorical
indie docufeature film
SPLASH [1984]!
!!The world is still in luv
with a mermaid!!
****
!Happy 40th anniversary
also to
Ivan Reitman,
Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson,
Rick Moranis, Bill Murray,
Harold Ramis, Sigourney Weaver
and
the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
docufeature film
GHOSTBUSTERS [1984],
still savin' the world
each summer!
****
!HaW!
If Anya Taylor-Joy's
indie road warrior Furiosa
comes from a land up over
that resembles
and
implicitly symbolizes Canada,
is Furiosa
implicitly linked to
indie allegorical warrior Gardevil?
?Is
Gariosa
battling her way down
a full throttle
Wright line nightmare
our destiny
this summer?
!HaW!
At any rate,
given the release
of
FURIOSA,
and the
45th anniversary
of
the release of MAD MAX,
how fitting that I recently noticed
an implicit George Miller
addressing intent
to the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
Tim Burton animaction artbuster
DUMBO [2019]
that is explored
in more detail
in the Tim Burton "essay"
in the
Zone Warriors section.
****
!!BRAVO
to
Francis Coppola,
Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza
and
the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the daylit, allegorical
and CGI enhanced
indie docufeature film
MEGALOPOLIS [2024]
on the premiere
of this thought provoking film
at Cannes '24!!
!!!BRAVO,
AND ENCORE!!!
!!!!ENCORE!!!!
****
!And
Happy
45th anniversary
to
Maestro Coppola,
Martin Sheen, Laurence Fishburne
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the eerily and presciently twilit,
allegorical, Ozian themed
and
implicitly John Huston
and
George Lucas addressing
indie docufeature artbuster
APOCALYPSE NOW [1979],
making it fitting that
a revised and expanded look
at this
GREAT WILD FILM,
and
an equally revised and expanded look
at
THE INCREDIBLE HULK tv series
can now
both be found
in
Chapter 4
of
THE WIZARD OF FORCE!
!In addition,
Happy
25th anniversary
to
Sofia Coppola,
Kirsten Dunst, Josh Hartnett,
James Woods
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical
and CGI enhanced
indie docufeature film
THE VIRGIN SUICIDES [1999]!
!Happy
25th anniversary
as well
to
Spike Lee,
John Leguizamo, Adrian Brody,
Mira Sorvino
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical,
Ozian themed
and
implicitly Lucas addressing
indie docufeature film
SUMMER OF SAM [1999]!
!And
Happy
belated
20th anniversary
to
Sir Peter Jackson,
Viggo Mortensen,
Elijah Wood,
Sir Ian McKellen,
Bernard Hill,
Andy Serkis,
and
the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly
Lucas roasting
and Jason Reitman toasting
indie animaction film
THE LORD OF THE RINGS:
!THE RETURN OF THE KING [2003]!
and
!Happy
belated
25th anniversary
to
Lana and Lilly Wachowski,
Keanu Reeves
Carrie-Anne Moss,
Laurence Fishburne
and
the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly Lucas toasting
and
Vic Morrow roasting
indie docufeature film
THE MATRIX [1999]!
and
!Happy
belated
40th anniversary
to
Alex Cox,
Emilio Estevez, Dick Rude,
and
the rest of
the talented cast and crew
of
the twilit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
indie docufeature film
REPO MAN [1984]!
and,
last but not least,
!Happy
belated
45th anniversary
to
Miller,
Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne
and
the rest of the
talented cast and crew
of
the eerily and presciently
twilit, allegorical
and
implicitly David Cronenberg addressing
indie docufeature film
MAD MAX [1979]!
****
!Of course,
feel free
to
drop by
the
Sarah Polley "essay"
for
revised and expanded
insight
into
the daylit, allegorical
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
and
Nia DaCosta
super satirical animaction films
CAPTAIN MARVEL [2019]
and
THE MARVELS [2023]!
And,
while definitely not
the
Ultimate Edition,
I have nonetheless
finally
completely rewatched,
rethought, rewritten,
and revised
the "essay"
on
the allegorical film art
of
Sir Ridley Scott
in the
Zone Warriors
section,
so feel free
to
check it out!!
!Feel free
to also
ponder
the first thoughts
on
the daylit, allegorical,
and CGI enhanced
Christopher Nolan
indie docufeature film
OPPENHEIMER [1923]
in
the David Lynch "essay",
and
the
re-re-revised
Burton "essay",
which now includes
some more likely
thoughts
on
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced, Ozian themed
and
implicitly Lucas roasting
and
Disney CEO Bob Iger toasting
animaction artbuster
DUMBO [2019]!
Don't forget to ponder
the
the completely rewatched,
rethunked, re-revised
and
expanded "essay"
on
the film art
of
Ben Affleck,
and
also feel free
to ponder
the re-revised
Lee Ang
"essay"
for
mind bending insights
into
the daylit, allegorical,
CGI enhanced and Ozian themed
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
indie docufeature film
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE
ALL AT ONCE [2022]
and
the first thoughts
on
the twilit, allegorical
and
CGI enhanced
indie docufeature films
RIDE WITH THE DEVIL [1999]
and
GEMINI MAN [2019]!!
!!Make sure you also
drop by
the
Zhang Yimou
"essay"
for slightly revised insights
into
the twilit, allegorical
and
Ozian themed
docufeature film SHADOW [2018]
and
the daylit and allegorical
docufeature film
CLIFF WALKERS [2021]!!
!!!'NUCK SAID!!!
****
RIP
SRV
Gone
but never forgotten.
!Thank you
for
TEXAS FLOOD [1983]
and
COULDN'T STAND THE WEATHER [1984]!
****
"...Quite the movie fan
is Holly Gibney
(although she hasn't been in
an actual theater
since the previous spring),
and she enjoys
Hollywood tentpole movies
every bit as much as art films.
One of her faves
from the eighties
is Conan the Barbarian,
and her favorite line
from that film
is spoken by a minor character.
"Two or three years ago",
the peddler says of Set
and his followers,
"they were just another snake cult.
Now they're everywhere.""
- a paragraph from p. 17,
and another misquote from p. 326
"...Holly channels The Empire
Strikes Back. "Everything
means something, it does.""
and still another quote from
the all too fittingly
and
ominously twilit p. 382
"..."Excuse my husband, " Emily says.
"He's upset and it makes him
garrulous.""
and
this Fourceful and final one
from p. 389
"...I have a bad feeling about this,
Ba."
from
the allegorical
and
implicitly Stan and Joan Lee roasting
Stephen King
indie docufiction novel
Holly [2023]
that affirmed
the implicit link
of
lonely, eccentric,
indie, solitary,
STAR WARS luvin',
and mystery solvin'
Holly Gibney
to
equally lonely, eccentric,
indie, solitary,
STAR WARS luvin',
and allegory crackin'
Gary Wright.
****
"Very few critics
work carefully,
thoughtfully enough.
To see a film once
and
write a review
is an absurdity."
- Stanley Kubrick
from p. 106
of
STANLEY KUBRICK: interviews,
ed. by Gene D. Phillips
****
"...The truth is always the best,
the only trouble is-
what is the truth?"
- Rockie
from
OUT IN THE OPEN:
life on the street [1997]
****
"...Then
when we in turn
write, speak
or do things,
we release our ideas
out into the environment,
where they can infect
new brains.
Ideas,
like viruses,
thus proliferate
at prodigious rates,
changing at prodigious rates,
as they do so."
- George P. Smith
****
"...Received opinion
is
often wrong
and
usually boring;
the text is yours
to interpret...
This ability
to read symbolically,
to view
the very world around us
symbolically,
is at the heart
of
the whole literary
[and cinema games].
To accept things
at first glance
to be
as they appear
on the surface
is to be trapped
in the literal.
To be able
to see
symbolic possibilities
allows one
to begin to make
connections
between things
that at first
seem to have
little to do
with each other."
- Doctor David R. Williams, PhD
from pp. 88 and 136
of
SIN BOLDLY:
Dr. Dave's guide to writing
the college paper [2004]
****
"...The Evil
running rampant
around the world
shows no sign
of disappearing.
It hasn't changed
since I became
a Hero for fun.
In other words,
I am having no effect
on society.
I'm not sad about that.
I do this for fun,
so I just need
to satisfy myself."
- from
the intriguingly garish,
twilit, allegorical
and
CGI enhanced
One and Murata Yusuke
indie manga
ONE-PUNCH MAN:
volume one,
p.92.
For some equally garish thoughts
on
ONE-PUNCH MAN,
with "...his lifeless expression
to his bald head
to his unimpressive physique"
[from the Chapters/Indigo Books website],
check out
the
Wright "essay"
in
the Zone Warriors section.
!Wright on!
****
...life is the same as death
but the soul continues
in the same blinding light
- Ti Jean Kerouac
from
the 123rd Chorus
of
MEXICO CITY BLUES
****
And remember,
when in the Greater Toronto Area [GTA],
always visit
Image Collections,
the
finest emporium
of
collectibles, games
and
narrative art
in Streetsville,
the "Village in the City"
of
Mississauga.
!!'Nuck said!!
****
RIP
Jeff Baena
Cartelo
Guy
Greg Hildebrandt
Jon Landau
Lily
Los Angeles Hell Fire Victims,
including Rory Sykes
Magdeburg Market Attack Victims
Malibu and Pacific Palisades homes
of Billy Crystal, Anna Faris,
Mel Gibson, John Goodman,
Paris Hilton, Anthony Hopkins,
Eugen Levy and Cobie Smulders
Moja
Nidhua Muktadir
New Orleans Terror Attack Victims
Mike Rinder
Suzette Penton
Sammy
****
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