Altman’s “The Long Goodbye” starring Elliot Gould as Phillip Marlowe is both loose and tight. It’s so loose, as they shot a scene on a real Mexican street, the camera is following Marlowe when it catches two real dogs really fucking. And zooms in on them. It made the final cut. And that’s tight.

Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who also directed the number one movie of 1987, crime thriller “3 Men and a Baby,” which grossed a quarter billion dollars.

Letterboxd blowing up is going to save movies — give a boost to good filmmaking too (honestly not that we need it.) SO MANY great movies this year. My favorites: -Furiosa -Challengers -I Saw The TV Glow -Anora -Nosferatu -The Subsrance -Inside Out 2 -Conclave Follow my letterboxd! jdryznar.

“Yacht Rock” is more than a skit. It’s twelve 5-9 minute compete stories, with multi-dimensional characters who have wants and needs. You root for them. The term stuck not only because it fits the musical vibe, but because the webseries put the music in the context of heroes’ journeys.

Anyone who took 5 seconds to read the liner notes of the two most popular albums of 1982 knew.

Cool. More Tatooine.

Supiciously absent from the Yacht Rock documentary, McGruff's Steely Dan pastiche -- youtu.be/ztT7peG4RcY?...

We need to work on our ability to listen, class.

We really need to work in our attention spans as we watch the doc.

Two of the major themes of yacht rock are “Jesus Christ, I need a divorce” and “now I am so lonely.”

Everything about the Yacht Rock doc is fantastic. The music, history, and absurd name. Biggest takeaway is confirming my belief of Hall & Oates/Fleetwood Mac/Eagles NOT being in the genre. I feel validated. I died on the right mountain.

Yyyyyyup.

What is there to “discuss?”

Nope. Scientifically proven not to be. www.yachtornyacht.com

Read her evolution in this thread. This is why I love this documentary so much.

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. Day 8.

Best use of your weekend time, people.

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“Hahaha, yeah! That’s us! We’re pointers!”

NBD just The Pointer Sisters over here being yachty as fuck. open.spotify.com/track/5ShSSb...

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. Day 6.

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Agreed. It’s the Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, pt. 1 of post-apocalyptic films. But I’ve only seen both movies once.

Getting just one person being turned on to this song is the one of the greatest things the Yacht Rock Documentary has done.

It goes hard in its own way. I love that!

#FilmSky #Movies 🎬🎥 Choose 20 films that have stayed with you or influenced you. One film per day for 20 days, in no particular order, gifs only. Day 4

Should sweep.

When the LA session scene’s most prolific horn players want to move to Hawaii and start a jazz fusion pop group you tend to get a yacht rock song or two. This one is essential. youtu.be/dUqfUR4ZL5g

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Here’s the only yacht rock song with gunshot sound effects and also banjo. By Quincy’s go-to guitarist Michael Sembello. m.youtube.com/watch?v=dhVz...

Great thread, great documentary. And, not to make everything political or intellectual but "Yacht Rock" - it's roots, development, and diffused cultural influence - is a story of the kind of cultural exchange that the enemies of diversity, equity, and inclusion want to erase.

Shoutout to Colin in Prince Edward Island for keeping the playlist up for us!

Here's the full certified Yacht Rock playlist (organized by @jdryznar.bsky.social) open.spotify.com/playlist/6kV...

“Yacht Rock” doc on Max and I love that Steve Huey and JD Ryznar started this as a comedy bit and now they are flat-out SCHOLARS of the genre.

If you’re not aware, @wingnoit.bsky.social has started a great online radio station that’s 100% Yachtski scale-certified music — all of it, even the stuff not on streaming. I cannot not stop listening; it *sounds* great, too! Can’t recommend strongly enough. #YachtRock

Jamelle Bouie is hands down the best NYC columnist (low bar but he clears it to the moon). It makes me so happy that he’s learned things from the YR Doc.

Excited about Mission: Impossible; Final Reckoning. Weird it’s not called Mission: Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Pt. 2. But I understand why. (Too many assholes didn’t watch Pt. 1!)

Got caught between the moon and LA City.

Wanna feel old? George W Bush is 78. He’ll be 80 in under 2 years. In other news, Dick Cheney is and always has been just 5 years older than W.

Now streaming. No excuses. In fact, I need to watch it again because I’m starting to forget why I liked it so much.

Congratulations Mission: Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Pt. 1 for its 2 Oscar nominations.

It's time fo you all to acknowledge this post.

Unless you are the kind of cold-hearted grump who would dislike Mission: Impossible; Dead Reckoning, Pt. 1, you will love Wonka.

Anyone? It didn’t stop being fucking incredible.

I heard MT Whents is coming to my house so I put down some tablecloths as per Hank’s suggestion.

Netflix algorithm, you saucy minx.

I worked at home today, spending the day with my wife. Our friend broke her toe so we’re watching a cool 6 year old while she gets patched up. Also, got dinner from Honeybird in La Canada. It was a good day.