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The venerable and exceedingly intermittent Plastic Podcast, which has outlived the two blogs with which it was intertwined, and whose audio archives were difficult to ...
Daily Plastic is a Chicago-based movie blog, a collaboration between Robert Davis and J. Robert Parks, the same pair who brought you the wearable movie tote, the razor-thin pencil pocket, and that joke about aardvarks. If you know the whereabouts of the blue Pontiac Tempest that was towed from the Plastic Parking Lot on the evening of August 7th, 2008, or more importantly if you've recovered the red shoebox that was in its trunk, please contact us at your earliest convenience.
Davis was the chief film critic for the late, great Paste Magazine (which lives on now as a website) from 2005 through 2009, and he counts this interview with Claire Denis among his favorite moments. Every once in a while he pops up on Twitter. He's presently sipping puerh in Chicago, even at this hour. Meanwhile, Parks, whose work has appeared in TimeOut Chicago, The Hyde Park Herald, and Paste, is molding unsuspecting, college-aged minds in the aforementioned windy city. Media types are warned to stay clear of his semester-sized field of influence because of the distorting effects that are likely to develop.
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I haven't seen Vivre sa Vie (waiting for the big screen experience later this winter), so I can't speak to how the two films compare. But this juxtaposition of film posters outside the Music Box theater pleased me.
J. Robert, I consider "Vivre sa vie" to be Godard's best film (and a personal favorite). Wonderfully inventive, formally interesting, beautifully shot, and it's a fascinating, if unorthodox, character study. I think you'll enjoy it. I've sadly never seen it on the big screen.
I'm with Michael in thinking it Godard's best film, at least most days. I'm lucky enough to have seen it in 16mm, but am eager for a 35mm opportunity coming up in two weeks.
Funnily, that's right around when Wendy and Lucy opens here, too. Shall investigate this connection!
Thanks, guys, for the advance buzz. Not that I would miss it, but now I know I won't miss it. It's funny how the vagaries of rep programming and distribution mean I have certain huge holes in my film history. Other Godards I haven't seen include: Le Petit Soldat, Masculine-Feminine, Two or Three Things I Know about Her. It'll be great to catch up with another one.
Nice!