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Josh
Tierney
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About Me

The inventor of the three-man scarf, Josh Tierney is also an absurdist writer who can quite possibly make things out of his dandruff, and some legends say he may — or may not — believe in the supernatural. He is also the creator of JoshTierney.com and Spera-Comic.com.

Good movies are entertaining.
Great movies are engrossing.
The greatest films are alienating.

We go to the cinema to escape the lack of miracles in our lives.
We go to the cinema to see miracles occur in the lives of others.
We become changed by the cinema when, instead of providing that escape, we are shown how beautiful the world is regardless, and are reminded of our place in this beautiful world as conscious entities.

To be confronted is to think,
and I want to think,
so let greatness confront me
lest my mind become someone else’s.

Latest Update

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Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still

Only two of my favourite directors could create one of the worst things I've ever seen.

Favorite Films

Displaying 4 of 36 films

Style

  • Auteur-driven
  • Serene & subtle
  • Nouvelle vague
  • Avant-garde

Wall

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sodr2

15May11

awesome tastes

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keldon

28Dec10

Dude, your comment on Dune actually made me want to see the movie.

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localdjango

30Aug10

"I recall a rumour, put forth by Jean-Pierre Gorin himself, that he'll have his own Eclipse box soon. Hopefully this will be on it." Gorin was my professor at UCSD. He said Criterion is working with his to release his films in fact he was working on the restoration then. I think he showed the restored version of Poto but I missed that day in class. They should be out soon. He's a funny dude if you ever get a chance to meet him.

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Joshua Dysart

10Jun10

I'm totally cutting and pasting this somewhere... "Good movies are entertaining. Great movies are engrossing. The greatest films are alienating." Well said.

Reviews

Displaying 4 of 7 reviews.
The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

from http://joshtierney.blogspot.com/

The Limits of Control is a film that only ‘clicks’ once Bill Murray arrives in its final moments…  read review

Hunger

Hunger

Directed by Bullitt (what a world we would live in if this was actually true) and featuring a cast of actors who speak a language only vaguely resembling English, Hunger is a contemporary masterpiece…  read review

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

I don’t know if it was intended, but I felt that the first-person sequences — particularly the opening — were a metaphor for the filmgoing audience: sitting in a theatre or on our couches, we watch…  read review

Cloverfield

Cloverfield

Cloverfield (aka Duderfield, Brahfield, etc.) comes across as a remake of the other American Godzilla movie (the one starring Ferris Bueller), only Cloverfield is somehow more generic and lacking any…  read review

Ratings

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Routine Pleasures

Routine Pleasures

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.
Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

  • Currently 1.0/5 Stars.
My Crasy Life

My Crasy Life

  • Currently 4.0/5 Stars.