HBO Documentary Films: Public Speaking - A Conversation w/ Fran Lebowitz (HBO)
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She's brilliant, every paragraph of her book had me laughing out loud
whoa this looks soooooo boring. deleting my hold for this at the library
I think it's interesting because it's unusual to see a woman with this kind of arrogance, unashamed to display her sharp wit.
God, I love her!
Hey there! Have you thought about the book Public Speaking for Frankenstein ? I got some great techniques from it and could then did a speech without fear.
Wow, this woman is really cocky. I have never heard of her until I looked up this trailer because it's a film by Martin Scorsese.
I'm always fascinated to listen to intelligent thinkers, but it totally ruins it for me when they're overly arrogant. I'm going to watch it anyways, partly to see if there is indeed a valid reason for this arrogance.
A different but valid view of public speaking
haha, i dig her lots, but i definitely violate her understanding of 'happy'. i am a genuinely deeply happy person, and have been for about 20 years, though, i was a miserable fuck for the first 25 years! ah, projection, ya gotta love it. she is a great mind, great discovery of the day for me!
- I suppose it's a bit of a wasted opportunity if one requires an A&E style Biography episode about her, but one can find out everything one needs to know about Ms. Lebowitz from the film. I think Scorsese did it in a straight forward way to showcase Fran, rather than himself. I found that the "Taxi Driver" footage took care of 2 things - it illustrated the things Fran was talking about at that moment in the film, & showed a checker, which I think was only secondary.
well, actually the footage from "Taxi Driver" is a nod to both the car that Fran owns (a checker) but more importantly it puts Martin Scorcese - the filmmaker making the film - into the story which is kinda tacky because he doesn't add much. Fran Lebowitz writes so little and is interviewed so little that this "conversation" is a bit of a wasted opportunity to find out more about her.
A random comment, lost somewhere in my browsing history, stating that Lebowitz reminded the commenter of a less sardonic George Carlin made me want to watch the doc. Afterwards I agree she might be less sardonic, but she's no Carlin. Not even close! Carlin's cynicism was motivated by disappointment with western society as the humanist he ultimately was. And it shone through. Lebowitz's observations just seem motivated by unabashed nostalgia. It doesn't seem very enlightened or enlightening.
- the footage from Taxi Driver has little to do with Fran's car & more to do with the conversation taking place while the footage is showing.
haha nice
She's great in the movie but the movie isn't very good. There's these silly asides about Martin Scorcese's "Taxi Driver" because she owns a checker and the pacing and editing is all really rudimentary. Fran's an original but the film is cramped and conventional.
She mentioned Buster Keaton...love her even more.
An obnoxious gay Jewish loudmouth from New York of all places?! I don't believe it!
I wanna get pissed with her
I REALLY NEED to know the name of the song that plays at the very end of this documentary...its an a foreign language... LOVE her BTW.
I finally watched the entire doc. After Goodfellas and Casino PUBLIC SPEAKING ranks as my third favorite Martin Scorsese film.
that's because she's always right.
Great speaking takes training. I've helped a few people and they quickly grow to love it.
