tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703983863002652001.post2181742149474739109..comments2024-03-21T08:50:20.533-07:00Comments on Pirates & Revolutionaries: Death of a Selfhood: Pathetic Inauthenticity in Phoenix's and Affleck's I'm Still HereCorry Shoreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021754334885248079noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703983863002652001.post-22664626860039144082011-05-25T08:29:37.653-07:002011-05-25T08:29:37.653-07:00So true. And thanks for the "The woods are bu...So true. And thanks for the "The woods are burning boys!" quote, one of the best, and I since forgot it. <br />After reading this post by Jtriley, I began changing my mind on the subject:<br /><br />http://jtriley.blogspot.com/2011/05/inauthenticity-of-joaquim-phoenixs-im.html<br /><br />In a few weeks, I will have my next take on it, which will include some material by Orson Welles and the production of truth through fakery.Corry Shoreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10021754334885248079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1703983863002652001.post-35966255065757209102011-05-18T14:05:05.174-07:002011-05-18T14:05:05.174-07:00I was a fan of Joaquin Phoenix - I suppose I still...I was a fan of Joaquin Phoenix - I suppose I still am. Fine actor. Thing is, you can be really talented but not too bright, and I think Phoenix and Afleck fall into that category. This is what happens when people with lots of money and time on their hands get an idea that the rest of us would have discarded as impracticable. In more skilled hands, such a project may have had potential as a bit of self-critical irony. Instead it becomes ironic on a completely different level.<br /><br />"The woods are burning boys!" Authenticity, or the lack thereof, is killing us all. Willie Loman is tragic on multiple levels, not least of which is his profound lack of introspection. Miller was critiquing the American dream--and rightly so. But the real torture is when you know you're inauthentic but you can't do a fucking thing about it.Aboniloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370224131559283053noreply@blogger.com