Mario Dhingsa's Blog - Posts Tagged "val"

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📣The (VHS) Saint: Val Kilmer turns his camera on cinema itself, and redefines truth, illusion and success through 50 years of home video footage.

👍 Life supercut:
Poignant and poetic, melodic and melancholic, it's not only one of the most important records of modern film history; but also a tragic account of loss and fallibility, of industry vs artistry, and the wreckage in between.
(Plus there's the hidden sides to Sean Penn and Kevin Bacon. Simultaneously.)

👎Knife haircut:
The film's 'no regrets' message may be problematic given all that's been witnessed.
And your favourite Kilmer film may be covered less than you'd like. Squeezing 800 hrs into just two is an incredible achievement, so please Amazon Studios, how about a series now on the Kilmer Archives?...

🥇Best quote:
"I don't believe in death.
My whole life, I've tried to see the world as one piece of life.
Because when you pull back from the planet, you see that we're all one life source."

🙁Best depressing quote:
"How do you heal a broken heart?
What are the words that heal a broken heart?
I know that's not the most important question in the world,
But that's the ball and chain around my memory tonight."

🦇Best Batman quote:
"Every boy dreams of being Batman,
Because it actually is possible to be him.
He's a superhero without any super powers.
When I was in second grade, our family was invited to the set of the 'Batman' TV show.
To this day, one of my dearest memories is that of my father lifting me into the Batmobile."

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