tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post1445379840597428146..comments2024-03-13T06:02:45.251-05:00Comments on Cinema Romantico: In Memoriam: Tony ScottUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-15336838609714590112012-08-25T15:57:12.449-05:002012-08-25T15:57:12.449-05:00THAT would be a really interesting post. They have...THAT would be a really interesting post. They have kind of seemingly influenced one another back and forth, haven't they?Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-24678030326758802902012-08-23T20:19:59.132-05:002012-08-23T20:19:59.132-05:00When The Savages came out, I was *this close* to w...When The Savages came out, I was *this close* to writing a post entitled "Oliver Stone does his best Tony Scott impersonation." Of course, you COULD say that Scott's own style was influenced by some of Stone's films, namely, Natural Born Killers. (Not coincidentally, Tarantino has collaborated with both guys, and I guess so has Trent Reznor, if you count the fact that about six NIN songs appear in Man on Fire, and Reznor was music supervisor on NBK.) I might have actually written the post if I hadn't been on vacation at the time.Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-57444777533802582022012-08-23T20:10:04.445-05:002012-08-23T20:10:04.445-05:00Thanks. I'm guilty of having employed Tony Sco...Thanks. I'm guilty of having employed Tony Scott's name in a less than nice fashion as well. His style has just become so prevalent I think it's easy to use his name as shorthand when you're describing another film like it.<br /><br />I have not seen Deja Vu but, man, do I love Crimson Tide. That's just pure entertainment to me.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-48137135763902010642012-08-23T10:42:04.133-05:002012-08-23T10:42:04.133-05:00I've been trying to figure out how to acknowle...I've been trying to figure out how to acknowledge Scott's passing on my own blog, and I think I'm just going to let it go. Every mention I've made of the guy (probably three or four over the course of 3.5 years) has been a disparaging comment that uses such films as Domino and Man on Fire as though they were the sum total of what he did. I like to conveniently forget that I really like Crimson Tide and Deja Vu, in addition to the two classics you mention.<br /><br />Nice piece, as always. Derek Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13750747272647975591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-36500180233657467762012-08-22T21:48:56.544-05:002012-08-22T21:48:56.544-05:00Very good point. I thought about him when I re-wat...Very good point. I thought about him when I re-watched True Romance on Monday night (because I had to) and how Patricia Arquette made it on to the contenders list if not the final bracket for your Performances of the 90s and yet Christian Slater was nowhere to be found.<br /><br />It might be odd to compare Slater to Montgomery Clift but when I read Clift's biography earlier this year they talked about how he never won an Oscar because he always disappeared into the fabric of the movie - he just became ONE with the movie. And I think that's kind of what happened with Christian Slater in True Romance. He's so perfect for that part you don't even notice what he's doing as an actor.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-59144091748635257642012-08-22T15:27:37.807-05:002012-08-22T15:27:37.807-05:00Scott's passing is sad (and he's done such...Scott's passing is sad (and he's done such good work producing with Ridley, specifically <i>The Good Wife</i> most recently). You, and everyone else, writing about TRUE ROMANCE makes me sad for another reason, though - Christian Slater.<br /><br />I mourn the the state of his career. Surely, surely he should have amounted to something better? He's not untalented.<br />Andrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-2718109370045381852012-08-21T21:13:20.428-05:002012-08-21T21:13:20.428-05:00Alex: As will I. It's just a shame that on acc...Alex: As will I. It's just a shame that on account of going out how he went out that now the public is probably going to be his family through the ringer. It would be nice if they were just left to mourn in peace.<br /><br />Ruth: Thanks. It is GOOD cheese. The BEST cheese! I am yearning to re-watch it so bad right now. I really should own it.Nick Priggehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17895803287589438170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-40194868331751023922012-08-21T14:20:18.316-05:002012-08-21T14:20:18.316-05:00Man, you write tributes like nobody's business...Man, you write tributes like nobody's business Nick! TOP GUN was THE coolest movie in the 80s, you said it, the unrepentant cheesiness is legendary but like I said on my post, it's GOOD cheese!! I saw the clips with the 'Take My Breath Away' song last night and just embrace it for what it is, a bombastic good fun... and gorgeous men in uniform, ehm.<br /><br />I love what you wrote here... 'We give our movies happy endings with big orange sunsets and bouncy tuneage because real life so rarely affords them' So true isn't it? Well at least Tony shall have his happy endings in his movies.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17951989.post-36806190076626636242012-08-21T12:59:24.927-05:002012-08-21T12:59:24.927-05:00Very moving, eloquent tribute here. I love your ex...Very moving, eloquent tribute here. I love your explanation as to why he is no longer with us. It is his business indeed.<br /><br />Either way, I will definitely miss the uniqueness he brought to the game.Alex Withrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887018476048271594noreply@blogger.com