February 4th, 2012 / 3:11 am
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So Ben Gazzara and Zalman King both just died on the same day? Ouch.

20 Comments

  1. February 4th, 2012 / 3:14 am A D Jameson—
  2. February 4th, 2012 / 5:31 am O—

      Ouch? Why, did they both drop dead and land on your feet?

  3. February 4th, 2012 / 9:39 am A D Jameson—

      Yeah, exactly.

  4. February 4th, 2012 / 9:53 am Craig Ronald Marchinkoski—
  5. February 4th, 2012 / 1:07 pm Anonymous—

      they were both ancient.  people die.

  6. February 4th, 2012 / 2:02 pm A D Jameson—

      Oh, thanks, I didn’t know. That clears things up.

  7. February 4th, 2012 / 2:05 pm Anonymous—

      Not really.  Unsure why ‘ouch’ was used.

  8. February 4th, 2012 / 2:15 pm A D Jameson—

      BECAUSE I’M SAD THEY BOTH DIED BECAUSE I LIKED THEM BOTH.

  9. February 4th, 2012 / 2:16 pm A D Jameson—

      Which is maybe irrational but, hey, sadness is irrational.

  10. February 4th, 2012 / 2:20 pm Anonymous—

      It’s cool A D.  I wasn’t trying to be a dick.  Sadness is a personal thing.

      OUCH didn’t feel sad to me.  I misinterpreted the post.

  11. February 4th, 2012 / 2:24 pm A D Jameson—

      Oh, I didn’t take it that way! I’m half-kidding. And only half-sad.  :)

  12. February 4th, 2012 / 2:25 pm A D Jameson—

      And they really did fall on my feet. I was barefoot, having shed my red shoes to cavort in the wild orchids with other husbands on opening night. We’d just murdered my Asian bookie and I wanted another event to record in my diary.

      I bet my toes throb for like nine and a half weeks (two moons’ worth).

  13. February 4th, 2012 / 2:27 pm A D Jameson—

      Many thanks for this!

  14. February 4th, 2012 / 3:13 pm O—

      Zalman King was the Antonioni of 80s soft-core. He also taught my sister how to have an orgasm. 

  15. February 4th, 2012 / 8:06 pm A D Jameson—

      Adding, if you’re anywhere near Chicago, you should join me for my Husbands/Female Perversions double feature.

  16. February 4th, 2012 / 8:08 pm A D Jameson—

      I thought Antonioni was the Antonioni of 80s soft-core? Speaking of which, Identification of a Woman just got reissued, I believe…

      And I will have sharp words for anyone who disrespects Zalman King. Whose name essentially meant “King Solomon”—pretty wicked, huh?

  17. February 5th, 2012 / 5:11 am O—

      When I was 16 the hardest sexual material I had access to was cable soft core. Zalman had good taste in women. I will give him that. The way he shot Sherilynn Fenn in Two Moon Junction made her look like a sex bomb. But then again, whoever shot The Wraith and Meridien made her look like a sex bomb, too, so maybe that has to do more with Sherilynn just being Sherilynn, but still, Zalman was able to create an erotic atmosphere, and not many directors are able to do that as well as he did, even though one could argue that creating an erotic atmosphere was really all he was good at. But it’s something. Which is better than nothing. Right now I’m working on nothing.

  18. February 5th, 2012 / 10:53 am A D Jameson—

      The man had skills. I think there’s a tendency to undervalue eroticism. Which is odd, since so many people appreciate it. If only privately.

      I think it just shows how Puritanical the US still is. We’re reluctant to admit, “This turns me on.”

  19. February 5th, 2012 / 11:02 am deadgod—

      I hadn’t thought of an other reading of the snippet–I thought, stingily:  do people really have so much trouble processing an expression of physical pain as a metaphor for emotional distress??

      –but Jereme’s (real) take is interesting.  People do say ‘ouch’ sardonically and even to express disapproval.

      Linguistic pragmatism:  Understanding is never commensurate with meaning, and is only ever more or less adequate.

  20. February 5th, 2012 / 11:44 am Greg Gerke—

      Oh lord, two of the main cogs of Cassavetes in the last eight months. Godspeed to Gena and Seymour.