****
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
Peace
Salaam
Shalom!!!!
****
!EXIT 2023
2024'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
****
And,
with the 40th anniversary year
of
the release of
the twilit, allegorical and CGI enhanced
Joe Dante, John Landis,
George Miller and Steven Spielberg
docufeature film
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE [1983]
now passed,
we are now finally free...
of the Twilight Zone.
!!FREE AT LAST!!
****
THE SMART PHONE
HAS BECOME THE NEW RETINA
OF THE MIND'S I.
THUS,
THE MEDIUM
IS THE TEXT MESSAGE.
- 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.
****
RIP
FRED ROOS
1934 - 2024
Casting director, producer,
and
friend of an era.
*
RIP
ALICE MUNRO
1931 - 2024
A true Nobel woman.
****
RIP
ROGER CORMAN
1926 - 2024
Legendary cheapskate,
with a shrewd and knowing eye
for a talented
young film artist.
!To B,
or not to B,
he answered that question!
****
RIP
ELEANOR COPPOLA
1936- 2024
The world will miss
your Soul of Lightness.
****
RIP
NORMAN JEWISON
1926-2024
"THEY CALLED HIM
MISTER JEWISON!"
****
!Happy 40th anniversary
to
Ron Howard,
Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah
and
all of the rest of
the fine cast and crew
of the
daylit and allegorical
docufeature film
SPLASH [1984]!
!!The world is still in luv
with a mermaid!!
****
!Happy 40th anniversary
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]!
****
!!THAT'S THE SPIRIT!!
!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
Saifeddin I.A. Abutaha
Amarakoonmubiayansela G.G. Amarakoon
Iris Apfel
Shawn Barber
James "Jim" Beard
Edward "Ed" Broadbent
Neil Burroughs
Aaron Bushnell
Christopher J. Chambers
John Chapman
Cheng Yixuan
Herbert Coward
Crocus City Hall music center
and audience
Carol Culleton
Pikria Darchia
Alain Derasp
Peter De Vries
Shannen Doherty
Nyima Dolma
Darren Dutchyshen
Shelley Duval
Darshani Ekanyake
Jeannie Epper
Jimmy Fagan
Joe Flaherty
Jacob Flinkinger
Laizawmi Frankcom
David Gail
Ashlee Good
Yuvraj Goyal
Savannah Graziano
Benji Gregory
Russell Grigg
Francoiose Hardy
Bill, Bridget and Caleb Harrison
James Henderson
Bernard Hill
Nathan G. Ingram
Norman Jewison
Vanessa Kurpiewska
Toby Keith
Noor I. Khan
Dexter S. King
Ziv Kipper
James Kirby
Annik Klepser
Madita Klepser
Kinga "Kay" Kriston
Maxim Kuzminov
Anastasia Kuzyk
Lori Ann Lapp
Annie and Jim Macdonald
Arlene MacNeil
Lynne Marta
Willie Mays
Tony McFarr
Cindy Morgan
Rex Murphy
Shawn Murphy
Alec Musser
Alexei Navalny
Bob Newhart
Christian Oliver
Samuel Paty
Joyce Randolph
Jean-Francois Ratelle
Bradley J. Reckling
Jack C. Rhoad
Lee Rigby
Callum Robinson
Jake Robinson
Matthew Rumble
Robert Sachs
Melanie Safka
Elizabeth Seremak
Richard M. Sherman
Dawn Singleton
McCanna Sinise
Damian Sobol
David Soul
Morgan Spurlock
Teresa Suliga
Donald Sutherland
Faraz Tahir
Tiananmen Square Defenders
Iryna Tsybukh
Vanessa Vigioni
Johnny Wactor
Nathalie Warmerdam
Donna Warren
Callie Weems
Mary Weiss
Ashwini Wickramasinghe
Inuka Wickramasinghe
Rinyana Wickramasinghe
Alfred Wong
Jade Young
****
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