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Alain Delon is the slick predator.
Dennis Hopper is the wildcard.
Matt Damon is the bleeding heart.
Malkovich is Malkovich.
Barry Pepper is the invisible kid.
Andrew Scott is the black hole.
I wrote about all of the on-screen Ripleys on my substack:
Apr 26, 2024
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So I’m learning about Jim Jarmusch bc I’m watching Stranger than Paradise and I saw that he started a “tongue-in-cheek” “secret society” of men who look like they could be the sons of 1950s actor Lee Marvin.
Nick Cave, Iggy Pop, Josh Brolin, and the protagonist of Stranger than Paradise, among others, have been inducted into the Club. Details of their activities are hazy. Crucially: I finally have a crisp way to describe cartoony full-lipped bowling pin head white man physiognomy [e.g. Bret Easton Ellis, Ron Perlman, Anthony Bourdain]
Jan 21, 2024
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Homeboy embodied the slacker Gen X “it’s all bullshit, man” better than anyone. no one puts their hands in his pocket and hunches their shoulders better.
Jan 29, 2024
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If that dude shows up in something you know it’s about to get interesting
Apr 13, 2024
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I’ve never had a bad time
Oct 29, 2024
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Not every idea is a good idea. But maybe a small part of it is, or maybe it can grow into one, or maybe it will lead to the next good idea, or maybe you just need to get all those lousy ideas out of the way so the good ones have room to breathe.
Or maybe it just feels good to write and this fixation on good vs bad ideas is the thing that’s in the way.
Nov 4, 2024
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Recommending this for myself because I never do it but when I do it always helps me get what’s inside outside.
Apr 9, 2024