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Truly the work of a man who smoked 120 cigarettes a day.
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More It's no Jewel Robbery, which isn't necessarily a masterpiece to begin with. I think one's enjoyment of this film relies on how one feels about Kay Francis. Both of my stars are for her. Andy Devine shows up for a little bit too. Nothing offensively bad, but nothing memorable either.
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More "It cannot be said that Taipei is a modern and Western-style city, in the same way that one could affirm this of Shanghai, for example. Rather it is an example of some generally late-capitalist urbanization (which one hesitates, except to make the point, to call postmodern), of a now classic proliferation of the urban fabric that one finds everywhere in the First and Third Worlds alike." - Frederick Jameson, The Geopolitical Aesthetic
"How was Los Angeles?"
"It's just like Taipei."…
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This is pretty much my life right now. No, not hooking up with Parker Posey, but the post-graduating living with your parents, jerking off every day, being unemployed, and getting drunk as much as possible hits so close to home. Also, it's really funny. I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to Rohmer for my talky sad comedies when Chris Eigeman isn't there.
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