2020.02.29 … Watched … The Killing (1956) | Stanley Kubrick
2020.02.28 … Watched … Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)
2020.02.27 … Abandoned … House of Games (1987) | David Mamet
2020.02.26 … Watched … Possessed (1948) | Curtis Bernhardt
2020.02.24 … Watched … Thieves’ Highway (1949) | Jules Dassin
2020.02.22 … Watched … The Big Clock (1948) | John Farrow
2020.02.20 … Read … Be Cool (1999) by Elmore Leonard
2020.02.19 … Watched … The Naked City (1948) | Jules Dassin
2020.02.18 … Watched … Nightmare Alley (1947) | Edmund Goulding
2020.02.17 … Watched … Call Northside 777 (1947) | Henry Hathaway
2020.02.16 … Watched … Crossfire (1947) | Edward Dmytryk
2020.02.13 … Watched … Brute Force (1947) | Jules Dassin
2020.02.12 … Read … Rum Punch (1992) by Elmore Leonard
2020.02.10 … Watched … Kansas City Confidential (1952) | Phil Karlson
2020.02.09 … Watched … The Maltese Falcon (1941) John Huston
2020.02.08 … Watched … Murder, My Sweet (1944) | Edward Dmytryk
2020.02.07 … Watched … To Have and Have Not (1944) | Howard Hawks
2020.02.07 … Watched … Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) | Anatole Litvak
2020.02.05 … Watched … Raw Deal (1948) | Anthony Mann
2020.02.04 … Watched … T-Men (1947) | Anthony Mann
2020.02.03 … Abandoned … Fail-Safe (1964) | Sidney Lumet
2020.02.02 … Watched … Safety Last! (1923) | Fred Neymeyer
2020.02.02 … Read … Beautiful Boy (2008) by David Sheff
2020.02.01 … Watched … Kiss Me Deadly (1955) | Robert Aldrich
Movies Watched -- House of Games (1987)
102 minute running time, so the right length, but this was terrible and I abandoned it at the ten minute mark and fast forwarded through … dumb story, bad dialogue, bad acting, awful late 80’s look, unattractive female lead with a butch haircut … just dreadful. David Mamet directorial debut, ugh. A rare case where John Farr gets it completely wrong and leads me astray. Avoid this one, full red rating.
A little page in the history of the short con
Movies Watched -- Possessed (1947)
108 minute running time so about ten minutes too long, but this was interesting… a mental illness movie … Joan Crawford plays a disturbed, hysterical woman (yet again) … it wasn’t a great movie but it was good enough to get a green-go rating, and may be a top five movie from 1947. John Farr recommended it.
Take her to psycho
How That Work?
More Summer Walker … I think she’s great .. But I wish she’d stop mutilating herself with the tats and piercings.
Drug Names
Found a nice list of drug names in David Sheff’s book, “High.” I’m especially interested in the street names.
Name; common commercial name; and street names:
Cannabinoids
Marijuana; weed, pot, grass, dope, Mary Jane, herb, chronic, blunt, ganja
Club Drugs
Flunitrazepam; Rohypnol; circles, forget pill, date rape drug, roofies
GHB; Gamma-hydroxybutyrate; G, grievous bodily harm, liquid ecstasy
MDMA; ecstasy, E, Molly, roll, X, XTC, MDMA
Dissociative Drugs
PCP; Phencyclidine; angel dust, boat, hog, love boat
Ketamine; Ketalar CV; cat tranquilizer, cat valium, special K, vitamin K
Dextromethorphan (DXM); (found in some cough and cold medicine); dex, triple c, robo, robotripping
Hallucinogens and Psychedelics
LSD; Lysergic acid diethylamide; acid, blotter
Psilocybin; magic mushrooms, shrooms
Mescaline; peyote, buttons, cactus, mesc
Opioids
Heroin; Diacetylmorphine; H, horse, junk, smack
Opium; Laudanum, paregoric; Big O, black stuff, hum
Other
Synthetic pot; spice, K2, black mamba
Inhalants; poppers, whippets, huff, laughing gas
Bath salts; cloud 9, stardust, white lightning
Anabolic steroids; Anadrol, Oxandrin, Durabolin, Depo-Testosterone, Equiposide; roids, gear, juice, pumpers
Prescription Opioids
Codeine; Captain Cody, schoolboy
Fentanyl; Actiq, Duragesic, Sublimaze; China girl, dance fever, goodfella, jackpot
Methadone; Dolophine, Methadose; Amidon, fizzies (with MDMA: chocolate chip cookies)
Morphine; Duramorph, Roxanol; M, Miss Emma, monkey, white stuff
Oxycodone; OxyContin, Percadon, Percocet, Roxicodone; Oxy, oxycotton, hillbilly heroin, percs, roxies
Oxymorphone; Opana; biscuits, blue heaven, blues
Hydrococdone or dihydrocodeinone; Vicodin, Lartab, Lorcet; vike, Watson-387
Hydromorphone; Dilaudid; D, dillies, footballs, juice, smack
Meperidine; Demerol; Demmies, pain killer
Propoxyphene; Darvon, Darvocet
Prescription Sedatives and Tranquilizers
Barbiturates; Phenobarbitol, Amytal, Seconal, Nembutal, Phentobarbital, Luminal; Barbs, reds, yellow jackets
Benzodiazepines; Xanax, Librium, Klonopin, Valium, Ativan, Halcion; downers, sleeping pills, tranks
Sleep medications; Lunesta, Sonata, Ambien; Mexican Valium, R2, roofinol, rope, rphies
Prescription Stimulants
Amphetamines; Biphetamine, Dexedrine, Adderall; Bennies, black beauties
Methylphenidate; Ritalin, Concerta; JIF, Skippy, the smart drug, vitamin R
Stimulants
Cocaine; Cocaine hydrochloride; blow, bump, coke, dust, nose candy
Methamphetamine; Desoxyn; meth, crank, tweak, ice, crystal, speed
I'ma Need More Than a Hug
Short and sweet, well, maybe sweet isn’t the right word, but I love it, short and true … great voice, great song.
Watch her full Tiny Desk concert … boy, she’s good.
Movies Watched -- Thieves' Highway (1949)
94 minute running time, so the perfect length … really enjoyed this one, 1940s California, moralizing wasn’t heavy-handed and it was pretty dark, all things considered … even the weird bits that Zanuck tacked on the end couldn’t ruin what came before … and the great Dassin staged an amazing fruit truck crash … this is a green-go, recommended movie. John Farr recommends this one too.
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This ain't no lace pants business … [or lace bra]
Movies Watched -- The Big Clock (1948)
96 minute running time … the story was sort of interesting, but not really … all these Americans speaking in fake British accents, high class ya know … Charles Laughton was in Island of Lost Souls (which I liked) and Ray Milland was in Dial M for Murder (which I liked), but I wasn’t thrilled with this and wouldn’t recommend it. Falling down the elevator shaft was a great scene, but one great scene doesn’t a good movie make. John Farr recommended this.
Could I invent a name like Casimir Kowalski?
Movies Watched -- The Naked City (1948)
96 minute running time so the perfect length … I liked this one, gets a coveted green-go rating … Jules Dassin from Middletown, CT … much better than Brute Force, no heavy-handed moralizing here, just a crime story from the Big City … Muldoon the old Irish L.T. … great shots of 1940s New Yawk City, esp. the closing scene with the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance (as seen from the Williamsburg Bridge) … John Farr liked this one too.
Eight million stories….
Movies Watched -- Nightmare Alley (1947)
110 minute running time … weird and wonderful, this movie was a jaw-dropper for being made in 1947, I loved it … truly handsome Tyrone Power plays a con man, a “mentalist” … carnival workers, “carnies” … no idea why it was titled “Nightmare Alley” (I mean the book it was based on was titled that) … green-go for sure … learned afterward that this is a cult movie, “legendary,” and I can understand why. Hard to believe it was made in ‘47, way ahead of its time. John Farr also liked it.
I figured you were trying to make a chump out of me.