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So Maeve Binchy and Gore Vidal have passed. Once, I was working a very boring job and found a Binchy book that somebody had left . I was surprised how much I enjoyed it. (Ha, ha, because I'm a snob). I read several others and like them, though I can't remember anything about them.
And Gore Vidal. I own several books of his. Remember when he called William Buckley a "cryo-nazi"? Good times! I'm glad he lived a long, snarky life.
Speaking of books, I've decided to donate a lot of my books about movies to the library. I realized that I hadn't looked at them for years and that I wouldn't want to pack them up and take them if I were ever to move again. (eta: I've already taken one box full to the library.) They're a mixed bunch. A book of all the films of James Mason (that voice! Mesmerizing!), general history of film books with lots of photos, etc. Time to let some other fan have at them. I like the idea of having lots and lots of books but mostly that's just my vanity.
Netflix movies
The Art of Travel (2008) - American youth on the road.
Writers: Brian LaBelle, Thomas Whelan/ Director: Thomas Whelan
Just another projection movie in which the white guys who made it have a guy who looks like them lose the shackles of an ordinary life. He travels wherever his whim takes him and is free, free, free. The hero dumps bride at their wedding (because she's a bitch and deserves it) and goes to Central America where he finds other white people who offer him a job and beautiful tourists who want to have sex with him. And then he travels with another girl besotted with him but he dumps her because he must be free, free, free.
Let's say I didn't like it.
Baby Mama (2008) - A woman finds her life empty without a child.
Writer/Director: Michael McCullers
This was disappointing. The plot traveled along predictable tracks and held few surprises. Only good thing was seeing the two leads, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. It would have been better if they had been the writers, too.
The Visitor (2007) - A sad man gets more involved in life.
Writer/Director: Thomas McCarthy
This is by the guy who did The Station Agent which I liked very much. He seems to write about families that are made not born.
The lead is a widower who's given up and just goes through the motions at his teaching job and the-book-that-he's-working-on (which is nonexistent and just an excuse not to do anything else).
A couple of immigrants draw him into their life where he confronts some things he (and we) would rather not know.
Worth watching.
So, looking through my books I thought of another idea for
{Take the 100 Things challenge!}
Scans of biographies I bought when I was in London. These I won't be giving away.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth. You can leave a comment at Dreamwidth or here.
And Gore Vidal. I own several books of his. Remember when he called William Buckley a "cryo-nazi"? Good times! I'm glad he lived a long, snarky life.
Speaking of books, I've decided to donate a lot of my books about movies to the library. I realized that I hadn't looked at them for years and that I wouldn't want to pack them up and take them if I were ever to move again. (eta: I've already taken one box full to the library.) They're a mixed bunch. A book of all the films of James Mason (that voice! Mesmerizing!), general history of film books with lots of photos, etc. Time to let some other fan have at them. I like the idea of having lots and lots of books but mostly that's just my vanity.
Netflix movies
The Art of Travel (2008) - American youth on the road.
Writers: Brian LaBelle, Thomas Whelan/ Director: Thomas Whelan
Just another projection movie in which the white guys who made it have a guy who looks like them lose the shackles of an ordinary life. He travels wherever his whim takes him and is free, free, free. The hero dumps bride at their wedding (because she's a bitch and deserves it) and goes to Central America where he finds other white people who offer him a job and beautiful tourists who want to have sex with him. And then he travels with another girl besotted with him but he dumps her because he must be free, free, free.
Let's say I didn't like it.
Baby Mama (2008) - A woman finds her life empty without a child.
Writer/Director: Michael McCullers
This was disappointing. The plot traveled along predictable tracks and held few surprises. Only good thing was seeing the two leads, Amy Poehler and Tina Fey. It would have been better if they had been the writers, too.
The Visitor (2007) - A sad man gets more involved in life.
Writer/Director: Thomas McCarthy
This is by the guy who did The Station Agent which I liked very much. He seems to write about families that are made not born.
The lead is a widower who's given up and just goes through the motions at his teaching job and the-book-that-he's-working-on (which is nonexistent and just an excuse not to do anything else).
A couple of immigrants draw him into their life where he confronts some things he (and we) would rather not know.
Worth watching.
So, looking through my books I thought of another idea for
{Take the 100 Things challenge!}
Scans of biographies I bought when I was in London. These I won't be giving away.
This entry was originally posted on Dreamwidth. You can leave a comment at Dreamwidth or here.