Goodfellas, Gore Fatigue, and Why I Still Write Violently
April 6, 2022 Lehan Edirisinghe
A long movie night of Zombieland, Goodfellas, 50 Cent, and screenplay worship turns into a confession that I do not even like gore that much anymore, even though disturbing, theatrical violence is still central to my writing style.
Supporting Kamal’s Objectivity Under the Rajapaksas
4:45 p.m.
I agree with Kamal and appreciate his objectivity in this which is difficult for him to show when he must report to the Minister of Defense: Gotabaya or Mahinda Rajapaksa who are probably pissed off at him.
Loving Zombieland and Jesse Eisenberg but Hating The Social Network
10:00 p.m.
(e)
I love Zombieland, I hate The Social Network, this guy Jesse Eisenberg is so good in this, it's one of my favorite movies, I love these movies
Writing Gore While Feeling Sickened by Violent Movies
10:15 p.m.
(b)
I don't like violent movies all that much now, i feel icky when i see blood.
I think that, i often write for entertainment, which is often disturbing, gore based or theatrical, because that's my style of writing
But i don't really like it that much.
i feel my stomach turn
Saying This Is What I Tell My PR Guy
10:15 p.m.
(c)
OMFG
This is what I tell my PR Guy all the time
All of the f***ing time
50 Cent’s “Many Men” With a Goodfellas Don Quote
10:30 p.m.
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50 Cent - Many Men (Wish Death) (Dirty Version)
https://youtu.be/5D3crqpClPY?t=166
"I'm like Paulie in Goodfellas--
You can call me the Don.. "
Wearing My Uniform but Skipping School for Grandma’s House
10:30 pm.
(b)
I also, will would wear my school uniform, take my school bag, and never go to school
i had like 10% school attendance, the car did a round and went back, I stayed at my grandma's place
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An American Psycho Joke About Being Made to Attend School
10:45 p.m.
AMERICAN PSYCHO DIALOGUE JOKE:
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Saying This Triggered Me
10:45 p.m.
(b)
This triggers me!
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Laughing That They All Know It
10:45 p.m.
(c)
Heheh
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They all know it
Saying Cool Guys Don’t Look at Explosions
10:45 p.m.
(e)
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Cool guys don't look at explosions
De Niro, Jimmy Hoffa and a Storm Shelter Design Nod
10:45 p.m.
(g)
Hehehe this guy De Niro did Irishman later!
With Pacino
Jimmy Hoffa
I think there's a nod to this in our storm shelter in CYB SPC HIL's floor plan...
Saying I Did Bad Things While Others Fell Into Trouble
11:00 p.m.
(b)
Heheheh
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Praising Goodfellas’ Tracking Shot as the Best in Cinema
11:00 p.m.
(d)
This is the single best shot in cinematography. It's this scene right here in Goodfellas by Michael Scorsese, it's a single tracking (follow) shot
Brilliant
Genius
The single best camera shot in history
They try copy it in 1917, they win Oscar for cinematography, but this is the best
It's so hard to get it done right, but it was, it just was
I love this sequence
One of my favorite movies
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Enjoying a Joe Pesci Scene and Remembering My Cousin Vinny
11:15 p.m.
I love this scene too
Omg i have seen clips of this on YouTube
Joe Pesci
Hehehe
I like him in My Cousin Vinny
Saying the Oscars Crowd Is Not So Funny After All
11:15 p.m.
(c)
Well, I guess, Oscars people aren't so funny after all
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A Screenwriting Phrase About a Cracked Sherbet Syrup Bottle
11:15 p.m.
(d)
SCREEN WRITING PROWESS:
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Correcting Scorsese’s First Name While Looking at One Frame
11:30 p.m.
(f)
Omg, it's not Michael Scorsese, is it, it's Martin Scorsese
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Look at this? this is one frame and
Noticing the Cigar Is Gone in the Next Frame
11:30 p.m.
(g)
This is the next frame
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Comparing a President Lehan Government to the People’s Action Party
11:30 p.m.
(h)
OMFG this sounds like a President Lehan government
The People's Action Party
Pay and pay motherf-cker
A Script About Prejudice and Dividing Customer Territory
11:45 p.m.
EXT. Lehan's Bird Cages in Garden -- (DAY).
SNAKE
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AISHA
Omg really? Why are they here? (So what?)
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INT. Lehan's Hell Entrance (Front Door) -- (VERY SOON THAT DAY)
SNAKE
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JACQUES
Thank you for letting me know (So, what?)
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INT. Thilanga's Dining Room -- (TOO SOON)
SNAKE
I want to be very clear on this. I don't want an "Israeli Palestinian problem" happening over here
THEY
I was here, these are my territory lines, I want this customer and that, you can have that
Reserved customers are mine
Saying They Don’t Make Good Movies Anymore
11:45 p.m.
(c)
They don't make good movies anymore, for the same reason what I write is so entertaining
Loving a Movie’s Shots After Watching Scorsese’s MasterClass
11:45 p.m.
(e)
Just such a good movie, I love all of these shots
I saw Scorsese's Master Class on film making or directing or something
Pauline Weiss, a Champagne Monopoly and Mislearned French
12:15 a.m.
(b)
She does look like Sarah Silverman!!
I always liked Sarah Silverman
And, Pauline Weiss, is like Paulie in Goodfellas, she's part of the French mafia world, the French mafia boss
Hehehe
She's gonna get me a lifetime supply of champagne, and then, I'll get the monopoly, and then ev'rybody going to have to buy champagne from me
https://youtu.be/aJOTlE1K90k?t=82
I told Pauline all the French words i learned, and she only ever said, "f--tre" and "p--tain"
I told her, that I thought b---h was la chien, but she corrected me, it's a common misunderstanding
An Adam Grant Office Sketch About Lehan’s Funny Journal
12:30 a.m.
INT. Dr Adam Grant's Office -- (RIGHT NOW).
BABYFACE BALDYLOCHS
Hello
SHRINK CLASSMAN
Hi Adam
BALDYLOCKS
Did you read the psychopath's journal?
SHRINK CLASSMAN
Yes, Lehan's so funny
Soft Cell’s “Tainted Love” and a Plea Not to Touch
12:30 a.m.
(h)
Soft Cell - Tainted Love:
Don't touch me please, I cannot stand the way you tease
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Thinking Jagath Could Retake the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress
12:45 a.m.
(d)
I think Jagath can take back the All Ceylon Buddhist Congress, from Rajapaksa's stooges now lol
Mixing Sweeney Todd, Serial-Killer Dialogue and a Rajapaksa Punchline
1:00 a.m.
(h)
Sweeney Todd -- "Pretty Women":
Bateman: Do you know what Ed Gein (Kemper*) said about women?
Van Patten: Ed Gein? Maitre d' at Canal Bar?
Bateman: No, serial killer, Wisconsin in the fifties.
McDermott: So what did Ed say?
Bateman: When I see a pretty girl telling the news on tv, I think two things. One part wants me to take her out, talk to her, be real nice and sweet and treat her right.
McDermott: And what did the other part think?
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