Re: The Bottlerocket in the Rye
Matthew_Stevenson@baylor.edu
Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:06:16 -0500
didn't mean to imply that it wasn't original. just thought the writers were
having fun giving nods to salinger on the sly.
--matt
On Mon, 29 Jun 1998 20:34:36 -0400 winboog@gis.net (Robert Morris) wrote:
>
>
> I think you may have stumbled upon a very dangerous subject here. Bottle
>Rocket happens to be my favorite movie ever. Just last night a friend of
>mine and I made complete fools of ourselves in a coffee shop ( one of those
>snooty Cambridge ones, for those of you concerned with that sort of thing
>out there) discussing the true intricacies of the characters of Anthony and
>Dignan. You may be on to something here, but I thought that Bottle Rocket
>was such an incredibly original thing that any similarities are
>coincidental. Caw-Caw
> Robert Morris
>>
>> has anyone seen the movie _Bottlerocket_? if so, did you see any jds
>> overtones? like: the protagonist just getting out of a mental
>institution,
>> his precocious and loveable little sister (who is the only family member
>the
>> audience sees), the constant remarks against cynicism, and (really
>stretching
>> it) the fact that they drink tom collinses?
>>
>>
>> just having fun at the movies--matt
>>