tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797704986960636076.post5101702292264257271..comments2023-05-18T07:40:48.750-05:00Comments on Christopher Plummer's Tympani Room: I Loved You When It Was Cool!Plaid Avengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12986995060356232803noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3797704986960636076.post-84191977450810141292007-02-27T11:40:00.000-05:002007-02-27T11:40:00.000-05:00Anyone remember that episode of Animaniacs about t...Anyone remember that episode of Animaniacs about the Goodfeathers wanting to sit on the head of the statue of scorsese?<BR/><BR/>I was going to get all ranty about the insinuation that by thriving in your chosen profession you are automatically "The Man" after 35 years (and I mean 'the establishment' not Eugene Levy thank god), but I deleted that. I just want to say that the idea of Lucas, Coppola, Spielberg and Scorsese being an anti-indie, anti-foreign film cabal bent on safeguarding American Major Studio Film is really insane.<BR/><BR/>Really insane.<BR/><BR/>But these men are, in a sense, the establishment, because they are established. That's what happens when you excel at something for a long time.<BR/><BR/>Sometimes you excel at making movies of people looking at things, sometimes you excel at disappearing to make subpar wine, and sometimes you excel at awkwardly employing diagonal wipes till the cows come home... but if, while you're doing this, you are continually redefining every aspect of your profession for 40 years (give or take), you deserve a little clout.notroberttownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00571186237381918668noreply@blogger.com