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SXSW: Annette Kellerman was willing to FUCK... PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, that's why THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED!!!
Hey folks, Harry here... If you've ever wondered who gave a FUCK, Annette Kellerman's your woman! Our perky peppy drop dead gorgeous she-spy was dipping a toe and even a camel toe into the festival on day one seeing FUCK, PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION and THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED. She rules. Let her rule you!
Hey everyone! It's Annette Kellerman here again with my annual batch of
SXSW Film Festival reviews. The fest got off to a great start for me with
a feature documentary called FUCK.
FUCK
I SO love that my first review for this year's festival is for a film called
FUCK. Fuck is my favorite expletive. Actually, doesn't it seem as though
the word fits any pretense in which it is uttered? It can be a interjection
(fuck!), a verb (go fuck yourself), an adjective (fucking idiot). I mean,
with some creatively placed prefixes and suffixes, fuck can be used to create
entire sentences...I'm sure the talkbackers will have no problem taking
it from here. In the film FUCK, director Steve Anderson attempts to address
the history, age old questions, and taboos surrounding everyone's favorite
naughty word. In classic documentary style, Anderson combines film and
TV (HBO) clips with talking head celebrity interviews--however, in a spin
on the traditional format, "chapters" are divided by hilarious animation
from Bill Plympton, talking heads include everyone from Ron Jeremy to Pat
Boone, and everyone is saying fuck over and over again. (okay, not Pat
Boone, but you get the idea) It's great!
Starting with "man on the street" type interviews, the film begins with
the history of the word, and its seems everyone has their own version of
its origin. Fornicating Under Consent of the King, For Unlawful Carnal
Knowledge, and just about any other acronym you can imagine is mentioned.
Though the true origin of the word is questionable, the entertainment is
in the speculation.
As the film progresses, the celebrity interviews juxtaposed with film clips
featuring the F bomb actually inform as they amuse. Who knew that NWA's
"Fuck The Police" was the first work of art to ever incite FBI interest
and a subsequent "dissaproval" letter. If only they had footage of Eazy-E
reading that letter! I also learned that MASH was the first major motion
picture to utilize the word in the line, "Your fucking head is coming right
off!" (I knew Altman earned that honorary Oscar!) Did you know that fuck
has been said 861 times on Deadwood so far?
Aside from fun facts, the film also touches on the presidential use of the
expletive in several quotes and recordings of JFK, Nixon, and even our current
commander in chief who offered one of my newest favorite phrases, "If you're
gonna fuck me, you gotta kiss me first." The doc eventually turns to the
real issues at hand- censorship by the FCC and MPAA and how it affects our
right to free speech.
Overall, FUCK was a great documentary- fun and informative without taking
itself too seriously. If you get the chance, you should definitely fucking
check it out!
Next on my list tonight was
A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION
Brought to us by the acclaimed director who gave us the first F bomb in
film (you know I couldn't resist). Now, I'm not really a fan of the radio
show at all. I consider myself somewhat of an NPR geek, and I can tolerate
loads of snore-worthy public programming, but something about Garrison Keillor's
voice just turns me into a zombie. Nevertheless, I was curious to see Altman
bring the show to life on the big screen. It's still A Prairie Home Companion
only with Altman-esque behind the scenes banter and mishaps. To me the
best parts of the film were the ones that seemed most improvised. Lily
Tomlin and Meryl Streep completely own in that department. Out of the "skits"
performed onstage, John C. Reilly and Woody Harrellson totally steal the
show with their song "Bad Jokes."
All in all, I just wasn't overjoyed with the film, and Garrison Keillor's
voice is only slightly less boring when synched with his visage. If you're
a fan of the radio series, you'll probably love the film. Or if you are
a die hard Altman fan, it will still appeal to you in that rambling, no
plot sort of way. But if you're going to see it to check out Lindsay Lohan
in her first attempt at a movie with actual cred, you'd be better off renting
Mean Girls again.
My last film for tonight was
THIS FILM IS NOT YET RATED
Directed by Kirby Dick, this feature documentary literally investigates
(the director actually hires a PI) members of the MPAA voting board while
posing important questions about the validity and neccessity of such a seemingly
arbitrary system for its ratings. I know that Harry and Quint are gonna
go off on this one, so I'm going to spare my soapbox rant, but it you've
ever wondered about the MPAA and its criteria for rating films, this doc
is an absoute must see. It made an excellent double feature with FUCK-
I got to see puppet sex from TEAM AMERICA twice, and I also got to see two
great Kevin Smith rants. (does he wear the same jersey for every interview?)
So that's my first night at SXSW! Expect more from me in the coming days.
Annette
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and variations on it can actually make a whole sentence; i heard a taxi driver in Dublin say it in reference to his old car. I quote 'The Fucking fuckin' fucker's fucking fucked'. Coolest sentence ever.
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Yeah motherfuckers! Fuck that fuckin' shit!
It's not big and it's not clever. But I do love that word, beatch! -
It's funny that MASH in the F film, Robert Altman and the This Film is Not Yet Rated in the same interview. When MASH came out, I was twelve. It was rated "M" (mature audiences meant 17 or 18 or older) I put on my best make-up and managed sneak myself and my friends in. I thought I was sooo coooool, but I really loved that movie and saw it three or four times. Thanks for the cool interviews. Annette, can you start a controversy on Wednesday night, after V for Vendetta, and ask why the heck this film is rated "R"? I've seen pg movies worse than that one.
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I meant "reviews" not interviews.
I don't know why I get up so early on a Saturday. -
SXSW....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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"I must be dreaming."
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read Alan Sherman's "The Rape of the A.P.E" (American Puritan Ethic).
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...also from "The Rape of the A.P.E.", to wit: 1- eating, 2 - drinking, 3 - sleeping, 4 - FUCKing, 5 - taking a good healthy shit.
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Welcome to the fold Ms. Kellerman.
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This was posted as part of my AFI Fest coverage back in Nov. on AICN----This is a fucking documentary about the word fuck and how fuck has found its fucking way into legal fucking battles concerning the first fucking amendment. There
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Yeah, muthafucka!
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It had to be said.
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"I want more life... smurfer!"
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D-12! We ain't goin nowhere! We're still smokin' crack, nigga!
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SXSW here I come. Flight leaves in a little over 2 hrs. Man I'm gonna party hard. I'm going out of the way and already apologizing for my actions before I even arrive. Should be alot of hot bitches there too. Great music, films, food, women. Sweet! What more can a 25 year old playa like myself ask for :^D
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Yep.
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I think I'll try to see that one. the MPAA is so assinine in their rating descisions, I want to see if this film casts any light onto why. G'ster, STFU, you are not fooling anyone here, you are about as "gangsta" as Gomer Pyle, check yourself you wannabe.
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Fuck, it's just growing up so fast.
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The natural sequel to FUCK. That's a movie that should be made!
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Bitch, shut the fuck up or I'll put you to work on the streets. Hoe.
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annette kellerman is the little much needed dose of female brain on this site. I'm not living in the us but am fortunately able to get some npr programming: listening to the prairie home companion was always just sooo weird for me....that I'm more than anticipating this film... just the title for example is something i never really got. however: bring on some more female writers, will you...
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Are you an actual honest to goodness female talkbacker, or just a cross-dresser that put on your make-up to get into MASH? I would guess that AICN doesn't get a whole lot of ladies here.
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An empty threat that you make because you know you'll never have to follow through? Weak. Get off of your Jr High's library computer and get back to class little boy wannabe.
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If you're going to add prefixes and suffixes, you can do the same with many words. "Shit", for example. Interjection, check. Verb, check. Adjective ("Shitty"), check. Noun, check. Adverb ("shittily"), um, check.
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I thought this was a movie about beastiality between a girl and her pet. Fuck.
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Bitchez like you ain't shit
Only good for cooking
Cleaning
Sucking dick
And that's it
I'm responsible for killing John Candy
I got JonBenet Ramsey in my 98 Camry
I don't give a fuck who you are
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Go troll someplace fagster. Your 6th grade mentality and banter are useless. You wouldn't last 10 seconds in the real gang world you poser, you'd be dead or turned into the shot callers bitch in a blink.
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stalking Chad Michael Murray or some other TV star, whoring yourself for their money like the Cali golddigging slut you are?
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She's not even 20 years old, and she's making really smart choices like this. It seems very popular to take shots at her, but in the little work she's done, she has shown a lot of growth in just a few years. I would love to see her get her hands on a really meaty role.
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Gayster, the adults are talking, go back to your GTA fantasy world.
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