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SHAQ! Happy to see him doing well. Almost as happy as I am that France is bombing in the World Cup. Just as long as England doesn't win. Or germany (sorry chgriffen ).
sister graduated high school. shit i am old.
on the plane to/from Reno i read all of Brendan Behan's plays. Since I'm just about finished with all 1200 pages of Oscar Wilde's collected works, the most famous of which are plays, I think i'll make this the summer of reading things written for the stage. I have Sean O'Casey and some unread Shakespeare already. Will have to buy more. Excellent plan, yes.
L'Avventura - boring, boring, boring. had to watch the commentary to find out why is was supposed to be great. Blow-Up sucked too. me and antonioni, we don't get along.
Floating Weeds -- you can't say anything bad about Ozu. that's in the Geneva conventions.
Two Women -- Iranian movie about how Iranian women are shat upon. It's even worse for the intelligent ones, who could have been more than a baby factory. The state the movie portrays and the fact that Tahmineh Milani later got tossed in jail for her work, probably has something to do with why Islamic culture has gone from being a global cultural leader to a barren shitworld.
Gangs of New York -- overly theatrical, too long, of questionable historical merit..yep, this movie was clearly adapted from a Disney ride of some kind. i can't believe this is the guy who made goodfellas and casino, two of the best movies of the last century.
The Trial -- Orson Welles does Kafka. I hear it's not a very faithful adaptation, but who cares really? Welles is a genius and the movie is awesomely shot. Actually I just never read The Trial even though it's been sitting on my shelf for at last 3 years. If I had read it I would probably be like 'that fucking hack Welles!'
if the '70's were the golden age of american movies, is the '00's the golden age of american television? i'll put the sopranos, the wire, deadwood, six feet under, queer as folk, the shield, curb your enthusiasm, jon stewart taking over the daily show, chapelle's show, etc.. up against any tv made in any other decade, and that tv will look like suck. guaranteed.
Tickets to Russia purchased. Czech Airlines. August. Excellent. Food, vodka, and a wonderland of pirated software, music and video of all kinds. Jenia is going to Venice this weekend...her boss is taking the whole office. I should have become an architect and gotten a job in Europe. Fuck.
sister graduated high school. shit i am old.
on the plane to/from Reno i read all of Brendan Behan's plays. Since I'm just about finished with all 1200 pages of Oscar Wilde's collected works, the most famous of which are plays, I think i'll make this the summer of reading things written for the stage. I have Sean O'Casey and some unread Shakespeare already. Will have to buy more. Excellent plan, yes.
L'Avventura - boring, boring, boring. had to watch the commentary to find out why is was supposed to be great. Blow-Up sucked too. me and antonioni, we don't get along.
Floating Weeds -- you can't say anything bad about Ozu. that's in the Geneva conventions.
Two Women -- Iranian movie about how Iranian women are shat upon. It's even worse for the intelligent ones, who could have been more than a baby factory. The state the movie portrays and the fact that Tahmineh Milani later got tossed in jail for her work, probably has something to do with why Islamic culture has gone from being a global cultural leader to a barren shitworld.
Gangs of New York -- overly theatrical, too long, of questionable historical merit..yep, this movie was clearly adapted from a Disney ride of some kind. i can't believe this is the guy who made goodfellas and casino, two of the best movies of the last century.
The Trial -- Orson Welles does Kafka. I hear it's not a very faithful adaptation, but who cares really? Welles is a genius and the movie is awesomely shot. Actually I just never read The Trial even though it's been sitting on my shelf for at last 3 years. If I had read it I would probably be like 'that fucking hack Welles!'
if the '70's were the golden age of american movies, is the '00's the golden age of american television? i'll put the sopranos, the wire, deadwood, six feet under, queer as folk, the shield, curb your enthusiasm, jon stewart taking over the daily show, chapelle's show, etc.. up against any tv made in any other decade, and that tv will look like suck. guaranteed.
Tickets to Russia purchased. Czech Airlines. August. Excellent. Food, vodka, and a wonderland of pirated software, music and video of all kinds. Jenia is going to Venice this weekend...her boss is taking the whole office. I should have become an architect and gotten a job in Europe. Fuck.