Comments on: De Niro and Depardieu Getting Handjobs

By: giuseppe girimonti greco

giuseppe girimonti greco — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:46:59 +0000

Bernardo Bertolucci, not Bertoluccio !
Conformista, not Conformisto !
I just red here some crazy comm., so I prefer to correct the mistakes, ’cause it isn’t useful to make objections against so many prejudges …
(an italian cinéphile)

By: Bunny

Bunny — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:13:38 +0000

I saw this movie with my Dad when I was in my early or mid-teens and remember this scene perfectly. I also remember walking out shortly after, not because of the threesome but because the film was so terrible. I think it was Robert Duvall killing a cat by smashing his head against the critter that was the clincher for us to walk out. I suppose it was another example of Bertolucci’s heavily Marxist world view much like Il Conformisto, but it’s always good to throw in a threesome or double handjob to keep people focused on politics.

By: MJK

MJK — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:39:59 +0000

I completely agree with you about the geek subculture, Bacchus, though it’s not really limited to the internet. It must be like the urge that drove gunslingers in the Old West to see who was the fastest draw. And I know it’s a bad habit I share.

By: Bacchus

Bacchus — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:10:01 +0000

Thanks everyone. I definitely am rubbed a little raw as SydneyGal puts it, and I have overreacted at least a bit to mostly-friendly helpfulness. And if some small portion of that helpfulness was delivered with classic geek tactlessness, well, I’m too much the geek myself to take offense (in theory) on that basis.

Having said all that, I remain convinced that there is an internet subculture that thrives on the game of going around the web finding error, pointing it out, and delivering a metaphorical “neener neener” to rub it in. That crew baffles and annoys me — but has not visited this thread despite my initial “the internet sucks at delivering conversational tone” misimpressions.

By: MJK

MJK — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 13:44:11 +0000

Yes, I am a movie geek, and I sincerely appologize for overwhelming you with movie information. I obviously didn’t do a very good job of expressing myself, as I was just trying to share, not overwhelm. In addition to being a movie geek, I’m a hardcore Wikipedia contributor, and as a result I tend to launch into “article mode” without a lot of warning.

And, just one last comment–as a conniseur (sorry for misspelling) of erotica, you just might enjoy the other Bertolucci films I mentioned. You’ll see more examples of big name stars doing the deed after they were famous.

By: SydneyGal

SydneyGal — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:04:44 +0000

Bacchus dear, is it not possible that some of these commenters, feeling like they’re in conversation with Eros Blog, feeling like they’re on speaking terms with the great Bacchus, merely reply to your post on those friendly terms? Possibly, having as you say received a number of irritating “ZOMG you’re wrong” posts lately, you’re rubbed a little raw in this area, perhaps not unlike the appendages of the gentleman in the previous post?

Of course, it’s also possible that movie geeks are, indeed, geeky, and as such are, indeed, irritating.

By: Fausten

Fausten — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 08:23:05 +0000

Reading down the column of comments, I was surprised by your touchiness, Mr. Bacchus. I don’t know what other comments you may have received and preferred to spare us, but I do see the extra information provided by some coontributrs as just that, and not one-upmanship. In any case, they’re more interesting than the one-liners that tell us pretty much what we already know…