Word: weirdness
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...album of 2004). "Mixing two records takes discipline and creativity, but it's not talent," he says. "It's just output." When the hype cooled, Burton feared that his little gag might pigeonhole him as a novelty act. "I don't want to dismiss it, but it was a weird kind of success...
...only thing he was known for. Having spent most of the '90s with Blur, warring with Oasis' Gallagher brothers over the very important matter of which band was Britain's best, Albarn, 37, has since matured into something of a pop Brahmin, using his fortune to underwrite ambitiously weird projects. "I'm in a position to be charmed by audacity," says Albarn. "Brian's a good soul. You can't possibly dislike him. He's young, but he's a proper adventurer, and I wanted that spirit to drive...
...person Gates is not at all the stiff, unsmiling mandroid people make him out to be, or at least he isn't at this exact moment. He's loose and happy, cracking jokes and making fun of himself and talking smack about his competitors. True, his hair is weird, and his voice sounds as if still changing even though he's 49. But he seems different. Funkier. "I feel sort of unleashed," is how he puts it. Somehow humanity's most famous nerd has become kind of cool...
...opts by having its authors carry his film's critical narrative. The rest is a brisk mix of clips and interviews with Barenholtz and other exhibitors, as well as five of the six films' directors. Midnight Movies is a pertinent, poignant reminder of an era when all sorts of weird wonders filled the screen, at all hours of the day and night - back when progressive directors went about breaking taboos, not surrendering to Hollywood's fondness for feeding on its own carcass. A look at the other picture on display today might convince you that we have truly entered...
...idea of affirmative action for Asian Americans struck me as being pretty weird,” he said. “It should exist for groups that are very underrepresented...