Herzog still has it. In fact, has it more. His attachment to this guy is one of pure paternal affection, of the kind that he had for Bruno S. Only here the guy is this weird Hollywood-inflected loner/ outcast, and the amazing thing is, it’s not at all difficult to see him having become a…
Read moreA rule of thumb in film editing
Think of the woman in France who got her face rebuilt. She looks like a monster. It does little good to say “But think of what she looked like before”Because no one, seeing her for the first time. Ever appreciates that. Likewise, never pride yourself on what you’ve cut out from a prior version no…
Read moreCardinal Rule of Film Editing
Think of the woman in France who got her face rebuilt. She looks like a monster. It does little good to say “But think of what she looked like before”Because no one, seeing her for the first time. Ever appreciates that. Likewise, never pride yourself on what you’ve cut out from a prior version no…
Read moreRevelation in Coop
after running into Deb M. and her husband Jason in AM. Something about people vacillating between considering others as ends in themselves and others as means to ends.
Read moreSugi’s 42nd Bday
Sevi and I made “Rebecca & the Wolf” DVDChocolates from BierkraftBottle of St. Peter’s Cream StoutFor Dinner, Made:Balsamic-Roasted Seitan with Cipollini Onions (Shallots used as substitute)Buckwheat Vegetable Pancakes with Spicy Yoghurt Sauce (hold the spice)Maple Chestnut Mousse w/ Whipped Cream and Chocolate Shavings–all recipes compliments of Peter Berley’s “Fresh Food Fast”
Read moreSugi’s 42nd Birthday
Sevi and I made “Rebecca & the Wolf” DVDChocolates from BierkraftBottle of St. Peter’s Cream StoutFor Dinner, Made:Balsamic-Roasted Seitan with Cipollini Onions (Shallots used as substitute)Buckwheat Vegetable Pancakes with Spicy Yoghurt Sauce (hold the spice)Maple Chestnut Mousse w/ Whipped Cream and Chocolate Shavings–all recipes compliments of Peter Berley’s “Fresh Food Fast”
Read moreOo the shots, the shots!
Talk of the gorgeous cinematography is exactly analogous to picking up a novel and saying, “what wonderful use of the word ‘asseverate’ or ‘badinage’ or ‘quondam’.” What smart sexy words and look how well used! Or picking apart Mozart and saying, “lovely use of the ‘A note’ or the “arpeggio”. Certainly this kind of thing…
Read moreBook: Axel’s Castle – p 2
You read reviews of books of fiction on websites, and much it comes down to “The author took me away to another time and place.” Is this all that’s required? The consumer criterion ne plus ultra? It seems that the frame of interest is simply in titillating the consumer in this way of escape. Is…
Read moreWSJ vs. NYT
Mark Voelpel’s theory that businessmen want to know the truth. “What’s really happening in Iraq, or anywhere?” makes the Wall Street Journal politically neutral and objective in a way that the New York Times definitely is not. He feels the NYT is in the business of cultivating public opinion primarily to be pro-Israel, and that’s…
Read moreBook: Axel’s Castle
This book sat on my shelf for 18 years before I finally read it. (Had been a roommate’s I think.) Coming to it now, I was voracious for it. It’s made me realize how scattershot my knowledge of developments in literature really has been, despite the much vaunted English major at Yale. Granted, this study…
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