Michael Douglas:The Angriest White Man?

in fact almost all MD's best roles are about what an idiot the character MD is playing is

I think Douglas makes good choices of contoroversial political films - even if what comes out isn't always great. He produced One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, is great in The China Syndrome and in Traffic he has his moments.

(After reading other posts. We are not supposed to identify with D-Fens, which is why he does things that we are supposed to cheer and in the order he does them. Sure the traffic and the idiocy of the fast food joint is good because when we start to identify we notice what horrible people we are ourselves. cf Man Bites Dog).

Explain Disclosure, then Dan. Crichton wrote the book in the wake of the Clarence Thomas-Anita Hill thing, when "sexual harrassment" = "political correctness." It's about the death of masculinity, the waning of testosterone. This is the undercurrent in America at the time. Same with FD.

And what of Robert Duvall's character? He's completely emasculated by his pill-popping basketcase wife!

i didn't identify with him hence yr theory is proved wrong!!

douglas carries with him the ambiguity of the weight of his earlier roles, inc. the idiot in basic instinct and the idiot in fatal attraction

You do not see a similar strain between these two movies, mark?

it's true it wz a social undercurrent at the time — cf newt gingrich, yes — but when gingrich shut the govt down he lost support, so that wz an undercurrent then too, and the film also speaks to that, ie MD gets mad at ther same things you do but then tackles this in the fashion of a wacko dingbat

another films i just realised is reffed = the swimmer!! viz travelling across LA in a non-scinationed direction = at once thrillingly disorientating and attractive (freedom from the social) and the act of a deluded person

Duvall is the nominal hero of the film and he also represents the lack of heroism in real life. He is representing the idea that life really isn't about good and evil, right and wrong - rather its often about having a bad day - hence even he sympathises with the non-sympathetic lead. (Changing Lanes presents a similar idea but really fluffs its ending).

Mark - are you saying that the audience will be influenced by MD's previous work? (The Swimmer - excellent).

Virtually every Hollywood flick has a point where the wacko is brought back into society (many times with death, more often with medals (think Die Hard & Lethal Weapon)). It would be "socially irresponsible" to do otherwise. And yes, MD attacks institutions that many would consider deserving in a way that most people would find revolting: which is why it works! If MD were to decide not to eat at MikkieD's, declaring their food not to his liking, then where's the drama? Yet, it's not too fictional. I would offer a guarantee that somewhere in the pitching of that movie they considered making D-Fens a postal worker.

(haha there was a stageplay of anne frank's diary which wz so bad that people in the asudience were shouting out "she's in the attic!")

Even if, in the course of the movie, the sexual harrassment angle was a red herring, you have to admit that for everyone else, it was awfully tasty red herring -- the movie got a lot of free press + publicity thanx to its 'provocative' subject matter. (The same is true for the use of VR in the movie.)

(sorry but halfway thru this thread Nitsuh stole my point so I'm stuck with just that)

But anyway, yeah, that I do know a lot of people who find the characters identifiable - particularly in Falling Down. I know a lot of people who've been laid off recently who are in love with the movie. I think it's just the two different cultures at work here. Everyone is seeing him as a complete nutter in this thread - but a lot of people I know, scarily or not, see him as a justified nutter, a man who went nuts because of what people did to him.

I like italics.

Anyway. Michael Douglas in the film is not viewed as some sort of crazy freak by the American viewing public. He is viewed exactly how you put it forth in the question. He's busted his ass to be rejected in a world that has come to be full of quotas favoring the non-white-male majority and nothing he does in a regular course of action will gain him back respect so it is time for war. Clearly this message is completely bitchcakes bonkers, but so are a lot of people...

Our economy provokes insanity, I guess. It's not on some steady hum, we have 5 years fabulousness, 5 years the dole, back and forth and no one here seems to learn from it so they have no savings and then have to blame everyone else when they get fucked over - who likes to blame themselves?

Not having any experience with British economic factors and the British version of the good ole boy, I really can't say for certain if this explains the divide...

Disclosure sounds terrible. Rising Sun doubly so.

Is that the film's fault? It's as much Falling Down's fault as Columbine was The Matrix's fault - take however you would choose to take such a comment.

i guess my earliest post shd prolly have said "falling down is about what a wacko idiot MD is gradually revealed to be": bcz i. he believed what he wz told and did what he wz told, and ii. he takes it out on those who are still caught at stage ii.

the film's deep message is that the us middle classes have been proletarianised right up to the point of actually realising this and combining with the rest of who they've become

but anti-cap radicalism is embedded, latent, in more us middlebrow art than you can shake a stick at

(strangest point in the movie: when md sees the black man wearing the exact same clothes as him protesting outside of a bank for being denied a loan ("they say i'm not 'economically viable,'" he screams) and there's a flash of recognition on md's face (message: gotta get a job at a bank so i can put them in their place, jk) -- i think this signifies not that they are similar (because would the protesting black dude really like md?), but that md sees himself as the new black man, the new victim. it's telling that the black man is protesting not getting a loan, not something more basic or volatile, like a lack of healthcare or something)

I absolutely agree. This was one of the things I really liked about the movie; it pulled people in with the "sexual discrimination like you've never seen it before!" angle and then served up a story about something completely different. I call this the "'When A Man Loves A Woman' Effect".

And Alan, it is a great film. I haven't seen it in several years, yet I remember it almost perfectly.

He's Dilbert on meth.

"I get rapped about that all the time, but I'm tired of women using sexual politics as a defense mechanism. I'm not against women, but I AM in defense of men."

Take as you wish.

(except i don't believe douglas pictures would be better if they were more cut-and-dry, and anyway oops i'm starting to like caruso but have always been creeped right out by douglas and his oeuvre)

I don't like David Caruso at all but King of New York is - fact - the greatest film ever made, besides Goodfellas.

http://the-tech.mit.edu/V113/N9/shumacher.09a.html

Haven't had time to read it yet, off to lunch!

explanation: i fancy macdowell hence distrust that i side w.him and fight it vs MD = uber-yuk so i feel sorry for him and squirm to discover ambiguity

I had forgotten about that scene, bnw. I think this solidies his status as the oppressed even more.

I haven't seen this movie in like forever, why do I remember this shit?

Oh, ILM NYC movie night! Falling Down, soon!

(unless you are arguing with tracer's inside knowledge)

so there's an intrinsic and interesting ambiguity-contradiction right there in the grain of the movie!!

I don't get the tool thing from Douglas - he has been in too many genuinely good films, and does take pick up risky films. He's not a great actor but knows how to pick them (which also explains his lousy choices too). Have you seen Wonder Boys MArk S = best film about writers block ever.

See, now that's just entirely unfair.

i hear mike douglas is a liberal too. i'd believe it.

QUICK TAKE:
Suspense/Thriller: A new movie star takes the law into his own hands to deal with the paparazzi that won't leave him and his family alone.

PLOT:
Fresh out of Montana, Bo Laramie (COLE HAUSER) has become the next big thing in Hollywood by starring in the action movie, "Adrenaline Force." Happily married to Abby (ROBIN TUNNEY) with whom he has a young son, Zach (BLAKE BRYAN), Bo would seem to have it all. Yet, the one thorn in his side is tabloid photographer Rex Harper (TOM SIZEMORE) who works for the publication Paparazzi and has taken an interest in snapping photos of Zach.

Bo doesn't mind being the subject of such media scrutiny as he figures that comes with the territory. But he draws the line at his family being subjected to the same. That leads to an altercation with Rex that leaves Bo arrested and having to shell out half a million dollars in a settlement to the photographer. Rex, however, isn't happy with just that. He and his paparazzi buddies -- Wendell Stokes (DANIEL BALDWIN), Leonard Clark (TOM HOLLANDER) and Kevin Rosner (KEVIN GAGE) -- then set out to hound the movie star and his family.

When that leads to a horrendous accident that leaves his wife injured and his son in a coma, Bo turns to L.A. detective Burton (DENNIS FARINA) for help, but the cop can't do anything without any witnesses. Accordingly, and with Rex and his crew repeatedly snapping photos of them everywhere he and his family appear, Bo decides to take matters into his own hands. As the harassment continues and the body count starts to rise, Burton begins to get suspicious about what's occurring, all while Bo tries to set things straight.

WILL KIDS WANT TO SEE IT?
Unless they're fans of someone in the cast or are interested in photography, it doesn't seem too likely that many will.

WHY THE MPAA RATED IT: PG-13
For intense violent sequences, sexual content and language.

CAST AS ROLE MODELS:

COLE HAUSER plays an actor who accepts intrusions into his life as part of his occupation, but becomes increasingly angered when the paparazzi focus on his family and then cause a bad car accident. He uses profanity and takes the law into own hands including murder and other acts that lead to more deaths.

TOM SIZEMORE plays a paparazzo who becomes obsessed with photographing and then ruining Bo's life. He uses profanity, has sex with a stranger (and then blackmails her with his secretly recorded tape of their encounter) and eventually tries to kill Bo and Abby.

ROBIN TUNNEY plays Bo's wife who's injured during one such incident and worries about their comatose son.

DENNIS FARINA plays the detective who's first assigned to investigate Bo's claim but then begins looking into the photographers' suspicious deaths. He uses some profanity and apparently lets Bo get away with breaking the law.

DANIEL BALDWIN, TOM HOLLANDER and KEVIN GAGE are Rex's coarse cohorts who help him in his quest against Bo and his family. They use some profanity.

OUR WORD TO PARENTS:
The following is a brief summary of the content found in this suspense/thriller that's been rated PG-13. Profanity consists of at least 9 "s" words and several slang terms for genitalia, while other expletives and colorful phrases are also uttered.
Some sexually related dialogue is present, we briefly hear and partially see a sexual encounter secretly recorded on video, some scantly clad dancers are seen and a tabloid cover photo shows a nude couple with black boxes superimposed over the man's crotch and woman's chest.

Violence consists of several deaths and murders (by gunfire, being dropped a long distance and an unseen bat assault), while fighting (some if it severe) and other struggling also occurs. That material and a bad car accident (with bad injuries) may be unsettling or suspenseful to some viewers, there are some bloody results, and all sorts of characters have bad attitudes.

A few characters drink and/or smoke, some drug references are made, and a family worries about their comatose son. Some initiative behavior is also present. Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.

For those concerned with bright flashes of light on the screen, a montage of flash bulbs going off creates just that, while a later scene also has flashes.

ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE
- We see a bottle of what looks like brandy in a limo.

- Miscellaneous people have drinks in a club where one woman appears rather intoxicated and wants to do shots with Rex, but he's interested in someone else.

- We see a faked tabloid headline about Abby being on drugs and there's more of the same later in the film.

- We hear that Leonard was previously arrested for narcotics possession.

- Wendell drinks liquor straight from the bottle.

BLOOD/GORE
- Following a bad car accident, we see Zach in a coma in the hospital with bad bruises and bad looking stitch wounds on his face.

- We see some dried blood on Bo's collar and then see a black and white image of Abby following the car crash where she has some blood on her face.

- We see a dead man lying on the floor with a little bit of blood around his head.

- We see a little blood in a man's boat (on the wall and on a baseball bat, etc.) that's been left there to set him up.

- A man has some blood on his head after being beaten.

DISRESPECTFUL/BAD ATTITUDE

- Bo confronts and attacks Rex for taking photos of his son.

- Rex and his minions have bad attitudes for hounding and essentially harassing Bo and his family for their photographs (that's especially true for Rex who makes it his mission to ruin Bo's career and life). They also take photos of their bad accident scene rather than help them, break into their place to hide surveillance cameras and Rex even tries to kill them.

- Bo eventually takes vindictive matters into his own hands regarding the paparazzi. He purposefully lets one die rather than save him, kills another with a baseball bat and sets up the others (resulting in another death).

- Leonard purposefully plants the seed of Bo's supposed infidelity in Abby's mind.

- Following a car wreck that's left Bo and his family injured and unconscious, all of the photographers descend upon the scene to get photos, with one slightly pulling down the top of Abby's shirt (mostly revealing just her bare chest beneath) to get a sexier shot.

- Rex blackmails a woman with a videotape he made of them having sex at another time.

- A man lets another man fall to his death (when the victim implies he's going to ruin the rescuer's life despite him rescuing the man).

- A detective seemingly and knowingly lets a man get away with murder (involving less than savory characters).

- We hear that Rex was previously charged with attempted rape.

- Wendell refers to Abby as a "bitch."

- Rex threatens to harm Zach if Abby or Bo calls the police about their break-in.

- Burton sarcastically tells a suspect that he'll be somebody's wife in a week (referring to being in prison and being raped by men - and some viewers might not like that reference).

FRIGHTENING SCENES
Scenes listed under "Violence may be unsettling, suspenseful or scary to younger viewers and/or those with low tolerance levels for such material.

- Rex and his team surround Bo and his family's car with vehicles and take rapid-fire photos of them (blinding him with their flashes). Bo tries to get away, but one bumps his car from behind. Bo eventually slams on the brakes, but an approaching truck smashes into the car at high speed, severely damaging the car. Bo and his family are all knocked out and we see the driver of the truck lying halfway onto the hood through the windshield (we later hear that he died of his injuries, while Abby had her spleen removed and Zach is left in a coma).

- We see a man entering Bo and Abby's place with his gun drawn (as police try to race there). The man fires some shots into what turns out to be an empty bed. Bo then punches that man, kicks him in the face and then repeatedly pummels him on the floor (in a brutal fashion). He then kicks him again and holds a gun on him.

GUNS/WEAPONS
Handguns: Carried and/or used to threaten, wound or kill others. See "Violence" for details.

- We see Bo holding a gun on the poster for his latest film.

- We see fake guns being prepared on the movie set.

IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

- Phrases: "That's bullsh*t," "They were the real sh*t," "No sh*t," "You piece of sh*t," "Oh sh*t," "Can you believe this pr*ck?" "I'm going to destroy your life and eat your soul," "Cold as hell," "Schmuck," "Freakin,'" "Damn straight," "What the hell /is that/are you doing (here)?" "Jackass," "Shut up," "Scumbags," "Jeez," "You're a moron," "Bitch" (woman), "Big ass," "I'll be a son of a bitch," "Freak" and "My ass."

- Abby wears a midriff-revealing top.

- Rex gives "the finger" to the TV (and Bo on it).

- Bo eventually takes vindictive matters into his own hands regarding the paparazzi.

- We see that Rex has paid workers to deliver Bo's household trash to him.

- Bo calls in a fake 911 call about one of the photographers waving around a gun, etc. (to get him in trouble).

- Bo hides in a pizza delivery car to get off his property without being seen.

JUMP SCENES
None.

MUSIC (SCARY/TENSE)

- A moderate amount of suspenseful and ominous music plays in the film.

MUSIC (INAPPROPRIATE)

- None, but there are some lyrics in a song playing on a car radio that we couldn't understand, thus offering the possibility of them containing potentially objectionable lyrics.

PROFANITY

- At least 9 "s" words, 2 slang terms using male genitals ("pr*ck" and "peepee"), 1 using female ones ("p*ssy"), 7 hells, 5 asses, 4 S.O.B.s, 3 damns, 1 crap, 4 uses of "G-damn," 2 each of "God" and "Oh my God" and 1 use of "Oh God."

SEX/NUDITY

- We see a tabloid cover that shows an apparently fully nude Bo and Abby standing (with black boxes superimposed over his crotch and her chest). A fan of Bo's shows him that and says he can sign his autograph across his crotch. His son later asks why there was a box across his "peepee."

- An actor on the set (real-life actor Vince Vaughn) jokes with Bo about tabloid reports indicating that Bo had a penile enhancement with which he supposedly surprised his wife. The actor goes on about that, wondering if Bo named it "Big Bo" or "The Albatross" and then keeps jokingly asking if he can see it.

- We see several quick shots of scantly clad dancers doing some sexy moves in a club.

- Following a car wreck that's left Bo and his family injured and unconscious, all of the photographers descend upon the scene to get photos, with one slightly pulling down the top of Abby's shirt (mostly revealing just her bare chest beneath) to get a sexier shot.

- Rex blackmails a woman with a videotape he made of them having sex at another time. We hear her sexual sounds and briefly see (in the background of the shot) part of the monitor that partially shows her in the "doggie" style position with movement (but no nudity). That woman shows some cleavage as she gets that news from Rex.

- We see a wall neon display that shows the outline of a woman's body as she sits (with a prominent breast outline).

- Burton sarcastically tells a suspect that he'll be somebody's wife in a week (referring to being in prison and being raped by men).

SMOKING

- Wendell and Kevin each smoke once.

TENSE FAMILY SCENES

- Bo and Abby worry about their son who's in a coma following a car accident.

TOPICS TO TALK ABOUT

- Celebrity and all of the trappings (good and bad) that come along with it.

- Paparazzi.

- Rex's statement that his kind provides a window of reality into celebrities' lives.

- A scene featuring the paparazzi chasing after Bo and his family in their car for photos (which results in a bad accident) may remind some viewers of how Princess Di was killed in a similar situation.

- We hear that Rex was previously charged with attempted rape.

VIOLENCE

- Bo confronts Rex for taking photos of his son. He then grabs Rex's camera, throws it to the ground and then punches Rex in the face, knocking him to the ground.

- Rex and his team surround Bo and his family's car with vehicles and take rapid-fire photos of them. Bo tries to get away, but one bumps his car from behind. Bo eventually slams on the brakes, but an approaching truck smashes into the car at high speed, severely damaging the car. Bo and his family are all knocked out and we see the driver of the truck lying halfway onto the hood through the windshield (we later hear that he died of his injuries, while Abby had her spleen removed and Zach is left in a coma).

- We see a man blast out through a window and land on a fire escape. He then tries to elude Bo and ends up falling several stories through a glass atrium, but we then see that it's just a scene being filmed in Bo's next movie.

- A person pulls their truck out onto the highway, unaware that a motorcyclist is headed his way. The biker wipes out and goes over the edge of a cliff. The driver races over to help and finally grabs a hold of the man's hand as he dangles upside down from the edge. When the biker implies that the driver's life is now his (meaning he'll sue him or use his photos, etc.), the driver lets go and the biker falls to his death (we hear, but don't see the impact).

- When a driver retrieves a gun from his car after being pulled over, various cops riddle him with bullets, killing him (no blood).

- After she discovers him and Rex in her home, Wendell grabs and struggles with Abby, eventually pinning her to the floor before running off.

- It's implied that a man kills another man with a baseball bat (we see him holding it and later see the dead man lying on the floor with a little bit of blood around his head).

- Rex breaks a window to gain entry to Wendell's home.

- We see a man entering Bo and Abby's place with his gun drawn (as police try to race there). The man fires some shots into what turns out to be an empty bed. Bo then punches that man, kicks him in the face and then repeatedly pummels him on the floor (in a brutal fashion). He then kicks him again and holds a gun on him.

I don't get the premise of Paparazzi AT ALL. From what I can tell, it's about a rugged-individualist Strong White Man mega-celeb whose family gets killed in some paparazzi-related Diana-style car-chase-wreck thingy, and then mega-celeb, like, what: hunts down and kills the paparazzi, Punisher-style? WTF? It'd be one thing if this was some kind of "it drove him mad" psychodrama thingy, but it's totally beyond me how this is supposed to come off as an action flick. Do the paparazzi have, like, guns and henchmen and shit? Is there some shadowy mega-paparazzo named "Esposito" who sits around with naked chicks and says surrogate-Mel will never get to him? Because I think we all know what paparazzi are actually like, and the thought of some dude busting into crappy LA-area apartments and knocking off fat defenseless middle-aged photographers is not only depressing but sort of grim and disturbing.

I have never seen a film because I'm "interested in photography." There was one movie about a photographer starring either Maggie G or Zooey D that I almost rented, though.

paparazzi looks like shit but it's fun to say "paparazzi" in an m.madsen-style grimace/man-whisper, hence CLASSIC to talk about

I hope the dialogue actually is, "You'll be somebody's wife in a week, meaning you'll be in prison being raped by men."

it's interesting how much focus re: this movie is on gibson, who seems to just be the kind of celeb-executive-producer common on many projects. but people seem to really be reading a lot into his involvement with this paparazzi!

i love the part in the trailer when sizemore goes "everybody wants a..." (whistle whistle whistle as he does something weird with his glasses) "...little peek."

directed by Mr. Gibson's former hair stylist (yes, really) Paul Abascal

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i forget that kirk douglas and sons are jewish. kirk even had a "second bar mitzvah" a while ago. he also said he wouldn't mind schtumping his son's wife.

kirk douglas is my hero.

it's not a very good book is it?

btw funny you should mention shampoo s1ocki cos i'm on the last chapter which is about shampoo w/warren beatty. do we like that film?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/08/04/michael.douglas.son.drugs/index.html

seems like something out of a movie

LEGALIZE METH

All About Michael Douglas • Methamphetamine

Hahahahahahahahahahaha

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2339/michael20douglas20aaa.jpg

thought thread was gonna be about
http://www.einsiders.com/features/images/mk_douglas.jpg

Solitary Man is good. I think I would have liked it a lot more if I didn't also see Crazy Heart, which is basically the same movie in a different setting.

Solitary Man was quite good. Michael Douglas really has a knack for playing a real son of a bitch. this movie definitely had its fill of discomfort though, and didn't end neatly, which I feared it would.

^^^ the not ending neatly I meant as a virtue

some great writing in it

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/16/michael-douglas-cancer-th_n_683824.html

Poor guy. I'm enormously fond of Michael Douglas. He comes across as a mensch in interviews.

http://thisisphotobomb.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/d458be17-948a-43e1-a7a1-b59171215a79.jpg

The photo says, "Hi! I'm still alive!"

how do you so totally misunderstand falling down?

you mean at the start of the thread?

watched solitary man on netflix the other night. man that was bad. but his willingness to play horrible people is commendable, i guess?

Falling Down the character is clearly sad and pathetic, no? If people have some other opinion, it's because they took the reviews too seriously, and who writes most film reviews? White males!

I liked Disclosure in a pulpy b-movie sense, like I enjoyed Basic Instinct. If you take them too literally, they are horribly sexist, but one has to ask why you would do that?

you mean at the start of the thread?

― Princess TamTam, Wednesday, January 19, 2011 4:34 AM (51 minutes ago) Bookmark

yeah, the film initially invites us to sympathize with "D-Fens" Foster's impotent anger and estrangement from what america has become, but then questions and undermines our willingness to do this, to share his perceptions and responses. this seems obvious to me. it's a movie about the once-dominant white male retreating into grudgeful (and potentially dangerous) bewilderment in response to his diminished role in a world that no longer so clearly reflects his will and desires. i don't think it critiques this new world so much as Foster's angry and paranoid view of it.

i'd guess that it's not so obvious since people still argue about this movie's POV all the time!

i just love the snowglobe scene:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-rD262adg8&t=3m25s

at 3:25 if it doesnt take u there

i do like the bewildered 'i'm the bad guy?' line at the end, most movies about this kind of character dont let them ask themselves that kind of question

i do like the bewildered 'i'm the bad guy?'

that's one of a few moments that makes the film's POV explicit, at least as i see it. it plays with the ways in which we decide who the "good guys" and "bad guys" are, and winds up sort of scolding us (and D-Fens himself) for our initial view of the situation and the character's role in it. which is a suspect gambit, of course, because we only see what the film lets us see, and didn't necessarily side with Foster during the opening act.

agree that it's open to interpretation, esp. wr2 the degraded quality of the america it sometimes seems to present.

seems to be v much a mirror of the viewer's political persuasions, d-fens is definitely a libertarian hero and many of the reviews seemed to take this pov - he's just a guy trying to get home! (in violation of a restraining order.) he never hits first! (except for the korean shopkeeper.) he doesn't kill anyone! (except the genuine nazi bad guy, which is the only defensible 'except' and the only one the d-fens apologists tend to acknowledge).

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jun/02/michael-douglas-oral-sex-cancer

the fuck are you on about buddy

a doctor writes

When asked whether he now regretted his years of smoking and drinking - common causes of oral cancer - the 68-year-old replied "No.

"Because without wanting to get too specific, this particular cancer is caused by HPV which actually comes about from cunnilingus," he said.

1) how specific could 'too specific' be? Naming the names?
2) Who needs privacy laws?

HPV comes from cunnilingus, good to know

The dude is totally right. The move to give HPV vaccines to kids is mostly to forestal cervical cancer.

High-risk HPVs cause virtually all cervical cancers. They also cause most anal cancers and some vaginal, vulvar, penile, and oropharyngeal cancers.

Cancer.gov:

The most reliable way to prevent infection with either a high-risk or a low-risk HPV is to avoid any skin-to-skin oral, anal, or genital contact with another person.

FYI.

that sentence basically reads "you're going to get HPV"

Hope this wasn't a PR tactic promoting Candelabra to let us know in the clearest way possible that Douglas himself is not gay.

honestly it just reconfirms my original stance on Michael Douglas ie dude is hella creepy

Hope this wasn't a PR tactic promoting Candelabra to let us know in the clearest way possible that Douglas himself is not gay.

I was wondering about that, the timing of this interview is kind of sketchy.

shoulda used a dental dam

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ2nJeuSlmCiyAXr4NWSv7IwEQWrpiSdMm810ccsc2V_dFEGBHXww

http://wonderly.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Girls-HBO-episode-3-all-adventurous-women-do-7.jpg

On the one hand, he's raised a serious health concern that we all should be aware of.

On the other, he's basically blaming CZJ and her <uncontroversial edit> for his cancer.

On the other, he's basically blaming CZJ and her <uncontroversial edit> for his cancer.

― Mark G, Monday, June 3, 2013 5:44 PM (47 minutes ago) Bookmark

he could've gotten it from brenda vaccaro

http://img2-2.timeinc.net/ew/img/review/010504/one_l.jpg

And now, his publicist is saying he a) didn't, and b) didn't say that.

Guardian interviewer fetching his audio recordings out..

Ok The Game, it's pretty funny that all the chaos that happens to him throughout the movie is swiftly disregarded at the end and he just wants to shag that woman.

That whole movie is ludicrous but impeccably made, which makes it work kind of like a good sleight of hand trick. Pulling a rabbit out of a hat is neat enough that no one ever questions why a rabbit would ever be in a hat to begin with.

Lewis Carroll aside.

It's certainly in my 'wtf lol but watchable' list

https://i.imgur.com/UqnSmz4.jpg

A pensive MD reflects on his anger
From Black Rain

Perfect Murder was a good, somewhat forgotten movie (loose remake of Dial M for Murdah)