Comments on: Outsider Writers–The Speak Easy w/Scot Young

By: jck hnry

jck hnry — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:27:44 +0000

dear god…edit me…i am a windbag…

By: Scot

Scot — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:58:04 +0000

alan
king kong must have got left on the cutting room floor–by accident

By: David Blaine

David Blaine — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:29:56 +0000

Interesting, and actually a sneaky way to get these poets to reveal their relative ages, Scot. I was thinking more along the lines of Ms. Petty with the old b&w movies. Then the films like Star Wars jolted me back to the reality that there are a lot of poets here younger than my own kids.

A few of my all time faves are A River Runs Through It, U-Turn, Leaving Las Vegas, American Beauty, All the Pretty Horses and Angela’s Ashes. Great cinematography all. Great multi faceted messages about life and society. They make me re-think my values and beliefs each time I view them.

By: db cox

db cox — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 05:52:06 +0000

movies? “five easy pieces”, “save the tiger”, “the last picture show”, “paris, texas”, “dr. strangelove”, “taxi driver”, “all quiet on the western front”, “paths of glory”, “saving private ryan”, “platoon”, “midnight cowboy”, “chinatown”, …

By: alan catlin

alan catlin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 04:58:55 +0000

I was a million dollar movie man myself And King Kong was the man Thought I answered that question but I didn’t see my response listed. One of the biggest shocks of my life was finding out the million dollar movie these came from the Movie Gone from the Wind which I’ve never seen Been exposed to vast chucks of it but never actually watched the movie. Used to bet the Village idiot about who as going to win the war Even came him he confederates with points but he wasn’t going for it if i was really cruel I would have pushed the envelope but at some point you have to ask yourself where’s you self respect? It’s worse than stealing money form a baby, At least the babies aren’t drunk the way he was. Usually anyway. The Kongster rules thirteen times a week. Mighty Joe Young a close second A the good old days jungle love…………….

By: Scot

Scot — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:55:48 +0000

oh pat it only gets better from here

By: howie good

howie good — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:19:27 +0000

Why was I so serious? I should’ve got wrecked and then answered the questions.

By: Pat King

Pat King — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:12:19 +0000

I loved this! The Surrealists used to do this all the time in their publications–ask one question and ask a bunch of poets to respond, then they’d publish the answers. I’ve always wanted to see a modern version!

By: Joie Cook

Joie Cook — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 01:12:18 +0000

How interesting the impact of cinema into
the poet’s life. Great question.
For the record, my childhood fave was
“To Kill A Mockingbird” w/Gregory Peck,
by Harper Lee.