I’m your nerd host, Chris Hardwick
Nerdist is a place where we nerds come together and share the nerdery that we find. It's also my home to various elements of the Nerdist Empire. You might recognize me from TV. You don't realize that's where you know me from, but it is. You think you went to college with me or I look like your cousin's friend, but that is not the case. At one time or another you stumbled upon me on your moving picture box in such cerebral gems as MTV's "Singled Out" and Noam Chomsky's "Shipmates." and so much more...
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And Stargate! Let’s not forget that! I look forward to listening to this one!
Box Office Mojo only has the movie at $14,459.00 world wide grosses? Was the line about the top grossing Canadian film a joke I missed?
I certainly remember Kathy Bates’s nude scene in ABOUT SCHMIDT, and even more the audience in the theater groaning (and the subsequent whining since); it did seem odd that relatively less noise came up when Jack Nicholson, absolutely no better to behold, was nude in the same film. Then again, I remember the audience in the theater for WILD THINGS groaning (at least a bunch of men) when Kevin Bacon turns around in the shower, and in top condition. My companion to both films remembers the audience reaction to a scene in another film in which two men are having sex; that time, the women in the audience were groaning (they were conventionally attractive men, I’m told). The lesson I take: people are often idiots in movie theaters about nudity, but they clearly are a little more startled that a woman who isn’t conventionally attractive might get naked. (My favorite IMDb whine in this wise was for the movie ORDO: “There’s plenty of Marie Josee Croze in the buff, if you like chilly 30-something blondes…”; while I can appreciate a bit of sarcasm (but for what really isn’t gratuitous nudity), the notion of “Ugh, 30-something” [and the very pretty Marie-Josée Croze at 33 or so] has certainly stuck with me.
Hey, I like writing, even in long sessions…though I’ve never made my primary living that way so far…
Good show, folks.
Martin Gero is the man!! I loved his stories and sense of humor. Thank you Riki for another great interview!!! I’m just loving “Making It”!!!