Will you step in line or release the glitch?

[sovay]

As a reminder to myself of the value of random film trivia, I seem to have convinced a kid to seek out Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) after he complimented me on my name and deprecated his own which I told him was a lovely name, the name of a river, the name of a psychopomp, and he perked up and asked if the movie was available in this region and I could tell him there was even a Criterion disc, since off the top of my head I had no idea where it was streaming, although the answer turns out to be all over the place. I hope he enjoys it. Comes with a free Edward Everett Horton. I have spent way too much of the day on the phone.

Comments

[gwynnega]

I hope the kid enjoys the movie!

[sovay]

I hope the kid enjoys the movie!

He seemed intrigued! I described it as a metaphysical bodyswap comedy since we did not have time to launch into the care and feeding of afterlife fantasies.

[viggorlijah]

Hey if you wanted to watch movies would you go with mubi or criterion? My kid really enjoyed the art film we watched and while I can torrent, a lot of the weirder older stuff isn’t easy to get. I’d like to replace my Disney account with one of those or is there a better third option?

[sovay]

I’d like to replace my Disney account with one of those or is there a better third option?

My primary sources for weirder older films that I can't get for free on the internet are the Criterion Channel and TCM. Criterion leans much more international, but I have gotten more windfalls of B-movies out of TCM. I have never actually had an account with Mubi! I saw their restoration of Tarsem Singh's The Fall (2006) last year thanks to a one-time pass from a friend and have otherwise not interacted with them beyond occasionally remembering to read their blog.

(I'm glad your kid enjoyed the art film! What was it?)

[viggorlijah]

Flow which is not an obscure film any longer thanks to the oscar, but decidedly an art film. Hmm, I will try Criterion for three months then!

[sovay]

Flow which is not an obscure film any longer thanks to the oscar, but decidedly an art film. Hmm, I will try Criterion for three months then!

Good luck! Here is the current list of films available on Criterion to give an idea of its range.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

As a reminder to myself of the value of random film trivia, I seem to have convinced a kid to seek out Here Comes Mr. Jordan

Excellent work! :D

I hadn't seen the cover of the Criterion DVD, it's wonderful!!

[sovay]

Excellent work!

Thank you! I will probably never find out if he did, but I can hope.

I hadn't seen the cover of the Criterion DVD, it's wonderful!!

It is! I like that they still illustrate covers as opposed to only compositing them. Some of the results look more like the covers of books than film posters—not a complaint—and there are others that design-wise I just love.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

I will probably never find out if he did, but I can hope.

I felt the same way last month, when I recommended Johnny Eager to someone! At least I tried, right?

And those are some great covers! The one for Blast Of Silence is especially good--I didn't know there was a graphic novel adaption of it, that's so cool!!

[sovay]

I felt the same way last month, when I recommended Johnny Eager to someone! At least I tried, right?

Fingers crossed!

The one for Blast Of Silence is especially good--I didn't know there was a graphic novel adaption of it, that's so cool!!

It's how I discovered the artist, several of whose comics with Ed Brubaker I read at the comics store I used to be able to walk to! [edit] The store is still there and I could still theoretically walk to it, I just moved several neighborhoods away.

[theseatheseatheopensea]

It's how I discovered the artist, several of whose comics with Ed Brubaker I read at the comics store I used to be able to walk to! [edit] The store is still there and I could still theoretically walk to it, I just moved several neighborhoods away.

What an excellent discovery! I really like this art style, and I can imagine that the movie looks great as a graphic novel.

[sovay]

I really like this art style, and I can imagine that the movie looks great as a graphic novel.

It's a four-page adaptation of the opening sequence in Penn Station and all of my photos of it came out iffy, so fortunately the artist himself posted the first two. (He could have done the entire film. I'd have bought it.)

[theseatheseatheopensea]

The opening sequence is excellent and it definitely looks amazing in graphic novel form, thank you for digging this up for me! (By the way, if you've ever written anything about this movie, or happen to do so in the future,I'd love to read it!)

[umadoshi]

I too hope that the kid likes the movie; I'm glad you two crossed paths.

[sovay]

I too hope that the kid likes the movie; I'm glad you two crossed paths.

Thank you! It was a nice interaction in a stumblingly tired day.

[asakiyume]

You're doing Good Work! Way to go! See, this is the beauty of random human interaction.

[sovay]

You're doing Good Work! Way to go! See, this is the beauty of random human interaction.

Thank you! I do not dislike interacting with people! I often dislike interacting with systems!

[asakiyume]

I was just talking about this w/the Tall One and his wife today. How humanity creates these systems, and then somehow actual humans end up being squashed in them, squishy bits caught by the turning gears. But yeah! Squishy human to squishy human is where it's at, especially when not complicated by power hierarchies.

[sovay]

Squishy human to squishy human is where it's at, especially when not complicated by power hierarchies.

I don't think it's possible for human interactions not to be complicated by power hierarchies on any level, but you can still do your best to reach through the gears.