The terror and beauty of the dream come from the connection of previously unrelated mundanities of life.
David Mamet"Based on a true story" is a come-on, the aesthetic equivalent of "no loan request refused." For, at best, the creator has fashioned a film based on his understanding of, interpretation of, and reduction of the report of an actual occurrence.
David MametCulture exists and evolves to relegate to habit categories of interactions the constant conscious reference to which would make human interaction impossible.
David MametThe Oscars demonstrate the will of the people to control and judge those they have elected to stand above them (much, perhaps, as in bygone days, an election celebrated the same).
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