Alright Michael?...forgive me but these responses are really all "asides"
http://adamcurtisfilms.blogspot.com/
Link is to "The Trap" ,and the other superb Adam Curtis "zietgiest" collage style docs that i probably plugged before...my HBO screensaver had kicked in just now,reminding me that i will have to relent and buy the season four boxset of "The Wire" ..backtracking...I'm not too interested in the "U2" film ,but have just seen,and highly recommend "Joe Strummer..the future is unwritten"..Bono was hugely influenced by him and is included in the role call,along with: Jim Jarmusch ,Johnny Depp,john Cusack and Steve Buscemi..It's by Julien Temple ( "Glastonbury" ),and has a great style.Apart from the necessary "talking heads" ,mainly round "camp fires" ,"found footage","home movies" and rostrum camera work are merged with Temple's film of "the Clash" right from the first rehearsals,to "breaking America" and beyond to "the Mescaleros" ,remember how HUGE they were?..it's a superb film.
Also,before the moment passes,if i was one of those "The Office" supersnobs,then news is that i have seen the light..the second episode that is,the "diversity class" ,following the "Chris Rock routine incident".I am a complete convert,this is ,after all just the depiction of just another small company Office,this time in Scranton? (is it?).After the ,almost word for word "pilot" ,comparisons become redundant.
Now i've got something like forty episodes to look forward to.
Take it easy.
Chris M

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