Been busy as hell of late, although things might be slowing down a tad thankfully.
Been working on filling my new iPod with the remaining CDs in my collection that wouldn't fit on my previous one (right now I am ripping this Tony Joe White box set I just got in the mail - great stuff). I'm nearing the end and I still haven't filled the thing yet! Technology. It's a wonderful thing.
I just got back from a New Orleans Film Fest screening of an old Jean-Pierre Melville film from 1969, called Army of Shadows, a kind-of thriller set amidst the French Resistance of WWII. The picture has never been formally released or available in any form in the US, and seeing that Melville is an exceptional filmmaker (he is an absolute master when it comes to the cool, deliberately-paced gangster thriller), this particular screening was not to be missed. The film following it was Terry Gilliam's new picture, Tideland, which I normally would have stayed for, however I watched a bootleg DVD copy that was sent to me, and thought it was one of the worst films I have seen this year, or in recent memory. I love Gilliam too! I even stood by The Brothers Grimm, which even he has no real love for, but this film is ugly, pointless, boring. I really don't know what the hell Gilliam was thinking making this shit, or even what he saw in the book (which I read, by the way, and thought the book was one of the worst things I have ever been subjected to).
Oh well, here's to hoping he gets to resurect The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
This wed. I think I will make the drive back for the screening of Sketches of Frank Gehry, mainly because the director, Sydney Pollack, will be there. I think I'll bring my DVD copy of Jeremiah Johnson to sign.
And thurs. I think I'll go ahead and catch Babel, mainly because Zoe, an old Tower co-worker wants to go, and following that film there will be a screening of This Film is Not Yet Rated, which looks interesting.
So, obviously I will be doing a lot of driving. As long as my car can handle it, I have no problem with that. Hell, that's what my iPod is for - keeping me company.
p.s. It was exactly a year ago that I got a message from a certain someone on myspace telling me they liked the fact that I listened to The Yardbirds and knew who The Velvet Underground were.
Been working on filling my new iPod with the remaining CDs in my collection that wouldn't fit on my previous one (right now I am ripping this Tony Joe White box set I just got in the mail - great stuff). I'm nearing the end and I still haven't filled the thing yet! Technology. It's a wonderful thing.
I just got back from a New Orleans Film Fest screening of an old Jean-Pierre Melville film from 1969, called Army of Shadows, a kind-of thriller set amidst the French Resistance of WWII. The picture has never been formally released or available in any form in the US, and seeing that Melville is an exceptional filmmaker (he is an absolute master when it comes to the cool, deliberately-paced gangster thriller), this particular screening was not to be missed. The film following it was Terry Gilliam's new picture, Tideland, which I normally would have stayed for, however I watched a bootleg DVD copy that was sent to me, and thought it was one of the worst films I have seen this year, or in recent memory. I love Gilliam too! I even stood by The Brothers Grimm, which even he has no real love for, but this film is ugly, pointless, boring. I really don't know what the hell Gilliam was thinking making this shit, or even what he saw in the book (which I read, by the way, and thought the book was one of the worst things I have ever been subjected to).
Oh well, here's to hoping he gets to resurect The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
This wed. I think I will make the drive back for the screening of Sketches of Frank Gehry, mainly because the director, Sydney Pollack, will be there. I think I'll bring my DVD copy of Jeremiah Johnson to sign.
And thurs. I think I'll go ahead and catch Babel, mainly because Zoe, an old Tower co-worker wants to go, and following that film there will be a screening of This Film is Not Yet Rated, which looks interesting.
So, obviously I will be doing a lot of driving. As long as my car can handle it, I have no problem with that. Hell, that's what my iPod is for - keeping me company.
p.s. It was exactly a year ago that I got a message from a certain someone on myspace telling me they liked the fact that I listened to The Yardbirds and knew who The Velvet Underground were.