tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post3404684525202001503..comments2024-02-25T09:45:48.931-05:00Comments on Lally's Alley: FAT CITY/OUT OF SIGHT/ATTACK THE BLOCKLallyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-23055288051303717942012-04-13T22:10:53.941-04:002012-04-13T22:10:53.941-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.JImhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13795849285955713444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-61128616143628601332012-04-13T16:01:20.760-04:002012-04-13T16:01:20.760-04:00Lal--Something tells me I'm glad I wasn't ...Lal--Something tells me I'm glad I wasn't at that particular party.We all of us did enough dumb things of various sorts when we were juiced back in those days.<br />Bob B.Robert Bernernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-25798725803781142312012-04-13T15:29:51.262-04:002012-04-13T15:29:51.262-04:00Bob, I never read the Berryman, but remember sitti...Bob, I never read the Berryman, but remember sitting on a couch at a party in Iowa City with hair down below my shoulders and he sat down next to me while I was looking in the other direction and started drunkenly sweet talking me like I was a coed until I turned around and then he got all flustered and apologetic.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-20139317034694595082012-04-13T15:19:44.286-04:002012-04-13T15:19:44.286-04:00Lal--Maybe the best exploration of what alcoholism...Lal--Maybe the best exploration of what alcoholism does to you is the memoir of his own struggle with it by John Berryman.It's excruciating to read his account of what a shit he was when he was on the sauce.<br />Bob B.Robert Bernernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-18940729589157057082012-04-13T15:14:20.973-04:002012-04-13T15:14:20.973-04:00Bob, I found BARFLY a little less than realistic s...Bob, I found BARFLY a little less than realistic since the Bukowskiesque "hero" never has the kind of "accidents" alcoholics I've encountered often have, and not just puking, etc. I can't remember the movie FAT CITY except for Susan Tyrell's indelible performance, but the book is definitely one of the most realistic depictions of the later stages of alcoholism I've ever read or seen anywhere. Should have probably made that point in the post.<br /><br />And K, a good old black and white '40s flick is my drug of choice these days.Lallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05310472614196384595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-36279184399813242832012-04-13T14:44:10.088-04:002012-04-13T14:44:10.088-04:00First of all, it's so odd that Bob B. should m...First of all, it's so odd that Bob B. should make a reference to "The Maltese Falcon" as I put it on very early this morning. I was sort of dreading a trip to the dentist and it never fails to take me out fo the present moment into a completely different world.<br /><br />But as for "Fat City," it might be a barometer of my state of mind when I see it. Sometimes I watch it and it seems like there's not a camera, it's just real life Sacramento, circa 1970. No "acting" whatsoever. Hollywood is a million miles away.<br /><br />Other times, its just maddening slow, a drumbeat of lowlife aimlessness.-K-https://www.blogger.com/profile/03289562368002376807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4567168789336947243.post-29802507907879801182012-04-13T10:22:52.254-04:002012-04-13T10:22:52.254-04:00Lal--Probably the best alcoholism movie since &quo...Lal--Probably the best alcoholism movie since "Lost Weekend" was "Barfly," a truly sobering film about alcoholics. Why does "Attack The Block" strike me as a pale avatar of "Clockwork Orange?" And why are so many flicks, especially dystopia escapist fantasies of power and control like the "Iron Man" series now coming out of video games? That and the vampire/zombie axis bespeaks a paucity of imagination in pursuit of the 18-49 dollar. He said, gnashing his teeth while settling back to watch another screening of "The Maltese Falcon."<br />Bob B.Robert Bernernoreply@blogger.com