http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/07/07/deadwood/ Bringing happiness and joy to the masses. Sunshine, anyone? Sat, 09 Oct 2010 05:05:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/07/07/deadwood/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Grumpasaurus.com » Tony Takitani - 4/5 Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:13:13 +0000 http://grumpasaurus.com/2006/07/07/deadwood/#comment-35 [...] There’s a gallimaufry of art house Art in the movie as well, which can float your boat or not, depending on your tastes. For me, it’s like a relaxing, thoughtful zen interlude amidst all the strife and turmoil of life. An expression and reflection of outward calm amidst crushing isolation and loneliness; an imposition of discipline to reign in some of the wild, potentially explosive emotions in life. It’s the restrained formalism also a nice counterbalance to the so-real-you-can-smell-the-horse-shit reality created in a series like Deadwood and without the overwhelming opulence and beauty of a Wang Kar Wai flick like 2046 or In the Mood for Love (the heartbreak remains). [...] [...] There’s a gallimaufry of art house Art in the movie as well, which can float your boat or not, depending on your tastes. For me, it’s like a relaxing, thoughtful zen interlude amidst all the strife and turmoil of life. An expression and reflection of outward calm amidst crushing isolation and loneliness; an imposition of discipline to reign in some of the wild, potentially explosive emotions in life. It’s the restrained formalism also a nice counterbalance to the so-real-you-can-smell-the-horse-shit reality created in a series like Deadwood and without the overwhelming opulence and beauty of a Wang Kar Wai flick like 2046 or In the Mood for Love (the heartbreak remains). [...]

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