i don't find it talked about much but the man was truly an angel, even if at times he himself forgot this. after all, in his own words (about paris texas): "it wasn't odd to be in the lead, i took the same approach as i would to any other part. i play myself as totally as i possibly can. my own harry dean stanton act."


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so i mentioned the other day we'd been waiting to watch the pittsburgh pirates officially clinch a winning season after 20 years of putridity. i'd forgotten (in the way i seem to do so much more often now) that i'd long ago paid for a subscription to mlb's online distribution of all of its games and that we could use that service to watch the ( Read more... )

a perfect line, that. perfect, that is, in its casual appearance in roger ebert's review of will smith's seven pounds 2008, a review i peruse prior to watching the film, to reassure myself that it suits the mood of the evening. perfect, too, because mister ebert is well aware that i have never seen melville's "le samourai". he is not reminded of ( Read more... )