Did you read the excerpts from the forthcoming collection of Susan Sontag's journals in the Times this past weekend? I really liked the part where she said, "Most of the interesting art of our time is boring." I agree with that a lot. I don't know if I'd say "most of," but I like a lot of boring art, and boring things, and often find myself defending the benefits of boredom. (This post could quickly devolve into a semantical discussion of the precise definition of "boredom," but I will elide that. I also liked the part in the article where Sontag said, "I don’t care about someone being intelligent," [...]

Listen, you Cannes-going blog-bots and would-be critics: you need to shut your flapping fingertips about Tree of Life and Terrence Malick, right now. Yes, it's great that you got to see it, and yes, 50% of you were like "ooh, I need to see it again to know what I really think about it" (not you, Manohla dear), which is heinously annoying, especially for those of us for whom this is the Movie Event of the Year, and then you were all like, "well it's a long, atmospheric look at big questions!" Really? You think? A TERRENCE MALICK MOVIE? And "oh gosh, it's a big picture, sweeping, and maybe [...]

This "Warning: Terrence Malick Film!" sign, published by Next Projection (and, update! Apparently actually photographed by reporter Joe Meyers, which, should it really be that hard to find and give credit on the Internet people? Sheesh!) was posted for movie-goers at the Avon, in Stamford, CT. What's to even say? Do people really ask for their movie-ticket money back because… they were bored? Another reason to despise Connecticut. (via)

"'I think "Zoolander" is one of Terry’s favorite movies ever,' said Jack Fisk, Malick’s longtime production designer, who has known him for nearly 40 years. 'He watches it all the time, and he likes quoting it.'" —Terrence Malick is a big Zoolander fan, apparently. [Via]