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Monthly Archives: May 2006
David Thomson: Woody Allen
“Allen’s development in the eighties, his rate of work, and the sophistication of narrative were all seemingly devoted to ideas and attitudes against the grain of that decade. Yet Allen’s audience relied on urban yuppies, and his films only fostered … Continue reading
David Thomson: Robert Aldrich
Aldrich hails from Cranston, Rhode Island, by the way! Here is a bit from Thomson’s essay on him: “Kiss Me Deadly is still one of the best, and most surprising American films of the 1950s, a lucid transformation of pulp … Continue reading
David Thomson: Anouk Aimee
“Lola (60, Jacques Demy) came as a surprise and a relief: at last she was allowed to giggle, flutter, to be animated, and to breathe a cryptic song into the camera — “C’est moi. C’est Lola.” The most magical of … Continue reading
David Thomson: James Agee
“He was far from reliable — he could write off Kane as a reservoir of hackneyed tricks, and he was of the opinion that Chaplin and Huston were without equal in America. But he wrote like someone who had not … Continue reading
David Thomson: Isabelle Adjani
“There is something so frank, so modern in her feelings, yet so classical in her aura, so passionate and so wounded, that Isabelle Adjani seems made to play Sarah Bernhardt one day. Why not? She is a natural wearer of … Continue reading
The Books: “Thomas Jefferson : A Life” (Willard Sterne Randall)
Next Daily Excerpt: Next book in my American history section is Thomas Jefferson: A Life by Willard Sterne Randall Now I like Willard Sterne Randall’s books – I read his one on Hamilton, his one on Washington, and this enormous … Continue reading
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Tagged John Locke, politics, Thomas Jefferson, US history, war
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Two Things
From Tanya. Two of Your Everyday Essentials 1. Floss 2. Coffee Two Things You Are Wearing Right Now 1. Skirt 2. Sweater Two Things You Want in a Relationship 1. Humor 2. a sense of making-it-up-as-we-go Two Things That Scare … Continue reading
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A Real-Life Degas
Dancers perform during a dress rehearsal for the ballet ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ at the Royal Opera House in London, May 12, 2006. The first public performance of the ballet will be on May 15, 2006. REUTERS/Steve Lewis
Poseidon Notes
These notes are completely stream-of-conscious – along the lines of what I did with the abysmal Day After Tomorrow which, whaddya know, also had Emmy Rossum in it. Not a good sign. As I wrote this thing I suddenly got … Continue reading
Happy Birthday, Katharine Hepburn
That’s Katharine Hepburn in her “dressing room” on the “set” of African Queen. One of my favorite pictures of her ever. And today is her birthday. HEPBURN QUOTABLES: “I just don’t like to be half-good. It drives me insane. And … Continue reading