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About Fabrizio del Wrongo

Recovering liberal arts major. Unrepentant movie nut. Aspiring boozehound.

Some Posters Have More Oomph than Others

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes:

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Listing Movies: Double-Digit Directors

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: For some years now I’ve kept a spreadsheet containing information related to movies that I consider to be part of my personal pantheon. It’s hardly an exclusive list — it now includes over 2000 movies (I’m an inclusive sort of … Continue reading

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Linkage

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Harrowing. Comments are pretty spicy. Riffs for sale. Armond White must be the most talked about (and argued over) movie critic in the world. How gay. Towards a new art? How to take this as anything but … Continue reading

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A Movie Idea

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Someone should write a movie satire about a world-famous novelist, a prince of the academic set, who gets writer’s block and tries to cure it by authoring trashy romance novels under a pseudonym. As he’s accepting honorary … Continue reading

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“I Love Red Hair”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This bit from “Young Mr. Lincoln” is probably my favorite passage in all of John Ford. It’s Ford at his most Griffithesque; it’s similar in a number of ways to Griffith’s light pastoral works, the great … Continue reading

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Linkage

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Unleash the Beef shares the eulogy from his father’s funeral. It could almost serve as a eulogy for traditional American manhood. Related. Bring back the ’70s-style sex film! This strikes me as one of the great … Continue reading

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“Zack and Miri Make a Porno”

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I’m never quite sure what to make of Kevin Smith, but I found myself enjoying his “Zack and Miri Make a Porno.” With the possible exception of the Farrelly brothers, no one gets more pleasure out … Continue reading

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Linkage

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Amusingly cantankerous interview with the guys from Steely Dan. The older I get, the more I like Steely Dan. Why is that? (H/T Sax von Stroheim) Smart and hilarious deconstruction of the ethnic subtext of “The … Continue reading

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Booby Prize

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: What’s the deal with women who have huge knockers getting boob jobs? I don’t mean lifts or reductions; I mean surgery to make their already giant boobs even gianter. Case in point: legendary nude model Veronika … Continue reading

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Documentary Recommendations

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: I haven’t had much time to blog lately. Real life has kind of taken a dump on my internet profile. But I have managed to catch a few nice documentaries on Netflix Instant. Thought I’d pass … Continue reading

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