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Tag Archives: The Double Life of Veronique
What Happiness Feels Like
Irene Jacob, “The Double Life of Veronique” It has that same potential for peril and agony, shivering on the periphery. Perhaps that is what makes happiness so sweet.
Movie Marathon on Block Island
While I had tons of time to read, and walk, and have visitors, and write, and dream, I also had an orgy of movie-watching out on the Island. I brought some movies with me, but for the most part, I … Continue reading
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Tagged A Place in the Sun, Cary Grant, Clark Gable, Cyd Charisse, Deborah Kerr, Elizabeth Taylor, Fred Astaire, Fredric March, George Sanders, Gloria Grahame, Hedy Lamarr, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, In a Lonely Place, Ingrid Bergman, Jimmy Stewart, Joan Crawford, John Ford, Johnny Guitar, Josef von Sternberg, Karl Malden, Katharine Hepburn, Kay Francis, Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, mirrors, Montgomery Clift, Philadelphia Story, Robert Duvall, Robert Mitchum, Rosalind Russell, Shelley Winters, Tennessee Williams, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Veronique, Wes Anderson
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The Ladybug Symmetry
I have been thinking about a day on the beach many years ago when I came across two ladybugs on the sand and accidentally separated them. I was not in a good way that summer, morbid, paranoid, and sensitive to … Continue reading
End of Summer Movie Quiz: My Answers
Dennis Cozzalio presents: Dr. Smithâs Lost in the Space at the End of Summer Movie Quiz. I live for his seasonal quizzes! I have answered (in my typical fashion) with images and Youtube clips rather than just words. It’s been … Continue reading
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Tagged All That Jazz, Bob Fosse, Cyd Charisse, Dana Andrews, Eminem, Ewan McGregor, Howard Hawks, Jim Carrey, Joan Crawford, John Travolta, Lance Kerwin, Leo McCarey, Liza Minnelli, Maggie Cheung, Marlene Dietrich, Nicole Kidman, Oliver, Only Angels Have Wings, Paul Thomas Anderson, Ralph Macchio, Rita Hayworth, Running on Empty, Saturday Night Fever, Sidney Lumet, Strait Jacket, The Darjeeling Limited, The Double Life of Veronique, Wes Anderson, Zodiac
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The Double Life of Veronique Haunts Me
Ted writes beautifully about one of my favorite films of all time. A while back, I wrote a post about it – which, in my editor’s cap, I look at and want to re-write … but whatevs … here it … Continue reading
Is There Someone Else Out There? The Double Life of Veronique
I saw it with Barry (a family friend) at a great little movie theatre on the University of Chicago campus. He really wanted me to see it. He had loved it … so when I was living in Chicago, I … Continue reading