I think I need to come to terms with the fact that I’m no longer a movie guy. Looking at my media server, there are 130 movies out of the entire collection that are unwatched after years, despite my best intentions. I’m never home long enough to watch anything longer than 30 minutes before passing …
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Not Quite Fight Club
Dreamed that in 2000, actors Tim Roth and Francis McDormand moved to my hometown to document him fighting 12 different teenagers. Not like he’s a martial artist or anything, just him going around the area and finding 16 to 18 year olds who want to fight him. As if there was a nascent underground brawling …
Seattle Travelog Thu 10/27
Part of a series from the travelog of my trip to Seattle in October 2022. Up and at-em at 8:30, spontaneously. I think my body clock is adjusting. Rather, it didn’t. Pulled a late one — sobering up from going to sleep at 1:30. Oops. Granola bar and uncomfortable shower in a dim bathroom. I’ve …
Celluloid Smudges
You know you’re a film buff living in a film town when you can watch an indie film and your experience with the storytelling is diminished because you’re distracted by all the fingerprints of independent films. You’re watching the drama, but in your mind, you’re backtracking and imagining all the location decisions, the directorial compromises, …
Long Play
Relationship movies as romantic placebo? Yeah, I do that. Last night? “Chasing Amy”. After knowing the community more during the 14 years since seeing it, it finally made some sense. Tonight? “Before Sunset” (as referenced earlier); second viewing, first since reviewing “Before Sunrise”. It’s better the second time. Also, “Lost In Translation”, because it’s difficult. …