****

 

 

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

SalaamShalom

Peace!!!!

 

 

 

****

 

 

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

 

DAVID LYNCH

 

1946 - 2025

 

 

!THANKS FOR ALWAYS BEING

 

WEIRD ON TOP

 

AND

 

WILD AT HEART,

 

DAVID!

 

 

!!MAY THE ETERNAL DREAM

 

NOW BLISSFULLY UNFOLD!!

 

 

!!!YOUR LIFE

 

WILL BE COMMEMORATED

 

EACH MONTH

 

WITH A LINE

 

FROM ONE OF YOUR

 

MOVING PAINTINGS

 

OR

 

TELEMOVING PAINTINGS

 

IN THE TITLE

 

OF THIS SITE!!!

 

 

!And

 

Happy

 

40th anniversary

 

to

 

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,

 

which are

 

pondered

 

in the latest

 

and

 

more thoughtfully

 

re-re-re-revised edition

 

of the

 

Villenueve "essay",

 

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

 

35th anniversary

 

also

 

to

 

Lynch, MacLachlan,

 

Sheryl Lee, Dana Ashbrook,

 

James Marshall, Lara F. Boyle,

 

Sherilyn Fenn, Gary Hershberger,

 

and

 

the rest of the talented 

 

cast and crew

 

of

 

the twilit and allegorical

 

telemoving painting series

 

TWIN PEAKS [1990-91]!

 

 

!!DAMN FINE SERIES!!

 

 

 

 

!Feel free

 

to

 

also check out

 

the

 

re-re-re-re-re-revised

 

Lynch "essay"

 

for

 

the beginnings of insight

 

into

 

the allegorical

 

and

 

implicitly Lynch addressing

 

Gillian "Gill" Armstrong

 

indie docufeature film

 

MY BRILLIANT CAREER [1979],

 

the twilit, allegorical,

 

and

 

implicitly Lynch roasting

 

Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau

 

indie docufeature telefilm series

 

TANNER '88 [1988],

 

the twilit, allegorical

 

and

 

Ozian themed

 

telemoving painting series

 

TWIN PEAKS [1990-91],

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Tim Burton roasting and toasting

 

Lynch indie moving painting

 

WILD AT HEART [1990],

 

the

 

twilit, allegorical,

 

and Ozian themed

 

Jim Jarmusch

 

indie docufeature film

 

GHOST DOG [1999],

 

the

 

daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

Lynch and Riley Lynch toasting

 

Tomas Alfredson

 

indie docufeature film

 

TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY [2011],

 

the

 

twilit, allegorical,

 

slightly CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Lynch and Emily Stofle roasting

 

Sir Ridley Scott

 

indie docufeature artbuster

 

THE COUNSELOR [2013],

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Lynch toasting

 

and

 

Sir Scott and Denis Villenueve roasting

 

indie docufeature film

 

THE DEVIL HAS A NAME [2019],

 

and

 

the first thoughts

 

on

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

and CGI enhanced

 

Christopher Nolan

 

indie docufeature film

 

OPPENHEIMER [2023]!

 

 

****

 

!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,

 

James Cameron, Jay Cocks,

 

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",

 

and

 

the revised

 

the King Cameron

 

"essay"

 

for a re-re-re-revised

 

look

 

at

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed,

 

and

 

implicitly Francis, Eleanor and SCC

 

toastin'

 

and

 

John Landis and Frank Marshall

 

roastin'

 

Cameron indie docufeature Zonebuster

 

TRUE LIES [1994],

 

a

 

re-re-revised look

 

at

 

the

 

twilit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Lucas

 

and

 

Walt Disney Company

 

addressing

 

docufeature Zonebuster

 

TITANIC [1997],

 

a

 

re-revised look

 

at

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed,

 

and

 

implicitly Lucas and Martin Scorsese

 

roastin'

 

and

 

Coppola clan and Richard Kelly

 

toastin'

 

animaction Zonebuster

 

AVATAR [2009],

 

a revised look

 

at

 

the

 

daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Cameron toastin'

 

Chrisopher Nolan

 

Batman Trilogy,

 

and,

 

the first thoughts

 

on

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Cameron and Corman

 

toasting

 

and

 

Nolan roasting

 

Lance Daly

 

indie docufeature film

 

BLACK '47 [2018],

 

and

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

CGI enhanced, Ozian themed

 

and

 

implicitly Cameron toasting

 

and

 

Nolan roasting

 

Edward Norton

 

docufeature film

 

MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN [2019]!!!!!

 

 

****

 

 

!And

 

while you are in the

 

Zone Warriors

 

section,

 

check out the

 

Sarah Polley "essay"

 

for

 

the first insights

 

into

 

the daylit, allegorical,

 

and

 

CGI enhanced

 

indie docufeature film

 

WOMEN TALKING [2022]!

 

 

****

 

 

!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]!

 

 

 

****

 

 

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-re-re-re-re-re-revised

 

on

 

April 18, 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

 

the rest of the Spawn Universe

 

and

 

Garic of Canuckleboney

 

in

 

the "essay"

 

on

 

film "scholar"

 

Gary W. Wright!!

 

 

!!!!HaW!!!!

 

 

****

 

 

In addition,

 

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,

 

along with

 

some more likely

 

thoughts

 

on

 

the twilit, allegorical

 

and

 

implicitly Cameron, Lynch

 

and

 

Spielberg roasting

 

animaction artbuster

 

EDWARD SCISSORHANDS [1990],

 

in the 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]!

 

 

****

 

 

 

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!!!

 

 

 

 

****

 

 

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.

 

 

 

****

 

 

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

 

 

 

Betsy Arakawa

Jeff Baena

Cartelo

Bruce Glover

Guy

Gene Hackman

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, Sir Anthony Hopkins,

Dan & Eugene Levy, Julia Louis-Dreyfus,

Cobie Smulders, and Carel Struycken

Damian Maracle

Moja

Nidhua Muktadir

New Orleans Terror Attack Victims

Joan Plowright

Mike Rinder

Suzette Penton

Sammy

Zinna

 

 

 

 

 

 

****