watched the 1948 laurence olivier hamlet (again?). nice that it won an oscar and i have to believe that pauline kael was right in saying that despite "the omissions, the mutilations, the mistakes" (which are plentiful) "the rest of the play (had) been done so well." i could believe that at the time it was "the most exciting and most alive ( Read more... )

ophelia and the rolling stones and the passage of time,

while the stones can't get no satisfaction, i can and finally have, and after the passage of some number of days have received corresponding correspondence:

( no one may lay claim to her now )