Hey guys. Checking my stats after a week in Las Vegas, I find that my review of Don't Look Now is getting a buttload of hits, ranking second just behind The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the original, benefitting no doubt from searches for the new one, just out on DVD) in my own personal hit parade.

Thing is, when I check the hits in my log, the vast majority of them have no referrer attached. In other words, people don't seem to be linking to my review from other pages, or finding it in a Google or Yahoo search. So really, I'm posting just in case anyone reading this has any idea why 1500 people might suddenly want to read about an old Nicolas Roeg film at my Web site. Thanks guys.

Also, in case you haven't heard, the legendary Mike D'Angelo has left Time Out New York.

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It's a sad day for all of us, re: Mike. Perhaps he's cribbing some of your notes for inspiration on his upcoming feature work...?

Posted by: patrick at April 26, 2024 03:46 AM

Why do you think PRIVATE PARTS is still so popular?

Posted by: Steve at April 26, 2024 06:36 PM

I think Private Parts must have benefitted from the recent dust-up over Howard's "banned by the FCC" campaign.

OK, scratch that. I just checked the logs, and it looks like that review gets a lot of hits after people run a Google image search for "private parts." No kidding.

Double-checking the stats, I see that "private parts" ranks number three among Internet search strings that lead people to my site. (Curiously, "don't look now" doesn't even rank in the top 20.) Here's the top 10 list.

10) texas chain saw
9) resident evil
8) shaolin soccer
7) the rundown
6) breaking the waves
5) kill bill
4) battle royale
3) private parts
2) texas chain saw massacre

And, of course, ...
1) nipples.

Posted by: Bryant at April 26, 2024 09:08 PM

Hi, Patrick! I wouldn't presume to know what Mike's reading for inspiration these days, but it's a lot more likely to be David Foster Wallace, I'd guess. He does seem to have an ongoing gig at Esquire, so one must keep one's eyes open for his stuff.

Nipples. Tee hee.

-bf-

Posted by: Bryant at April 26, 2024 09:14 PM

Well, giving credit where credit's due, them's some fiiiine nipples, bf. As in, blowing Janet outta the water fiiiiine.

Posted by: Dan Jardine at April 27, 2024 01:22 PM

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