Movies Watched -- Salesman (1969)
90 minute running time so the perfect length. I loved this one! It’s a sort-of documentary from 1969 made by a pair of Jewish brothers who followed a group of Irish-Catholic door-to-door bible salesmen doing their thing … it’s fascinating, hilarious, tragic, and deeply depressing all at once. Great recommendation from John Farr since I’d never even heard of it. Green-go!
Me father's on the force. He gets a pension.
Movies Watched -- Red River (1947)
133 minute running time, so way way way too long … I abandoned this at the one hour mark and should have quit sooner … Marion Morrison with his weird way of talking and walking … pretty boy Montgomery Clift may explain why John Farr recommended this, but I hated this one … dumb violence, fake Injun attacks, phony father-son psycho-drama, it just sucked. Total avoid.
Won't anything make a man out of you?
Movies Watched -- Downhill Racer (1969)
101 minute running time … I liked this one … an unusual movie, neat to see the ancient ski technology … Redford plays a selfish rogue, getting ahead with his raw talent and killer good looks … able to bang the hottest girl (Carole Carle) in the horseshit town he goes home to when not banging a sophisticated Ivanka beauty while in Europe, though she could take him or leave him … a good recommendation by John Farr, I’d never heard of this one, and I’m glad I did … green-go. For once the Criterion Collection gets it right with an English language selection.
I've got a chance to go to Denver this fall and study dental hygiene.
List of U.S. Stock Trading Venues
Investors Exchange (IEX)
Nasdaq BX (Boston)
Nasdaq PSX (Philadelphia)
List of Internalizers:
Alternative Trading Systems
UBSA — UBS ATS — UBS SECURITIES LLC
CROS — CROSSFINDER — CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
SGMT — SIGMA X2 — GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
EBXL — LEVEL ATS — EBX LLC
MSPL — MS POOL (ATS-4) — MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
JPMX — JPM-X — J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
BIDS — BIDS ATS — BIDS TRADING L.P.
LATS — THE BARCLAYS ATS — BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
DLTA — DEALERWEB — Dealerweb Inc.
ITGP — POSIT — VIRTU AMERICAS LLC (acquired Nov. 2018)
MSTX — MS TRAJECTORY CROSS (ATS-1) — MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
JPBX — JPB-X — J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
DBAX — SUPERX ATS — DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
KCGM — VIRTU MATCHIT ATS — VIRTU AMERICAS LLC
MSRP — MS RPOOL (ATS-6) — MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC
MLIX — INSTINCT X — BOFA SECURITIES, INC.
IATS — IBKR ATS — INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC
XSTM — CROSSSTREAM — NATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC
LQNA — LIQUIDNET H2O ATS — LIQUIDNET, INC.
BLKX — INSTINET BLOCKCROSS — NOMURA
INCR — INTELLIGENTCROSS ATS — INTELLIGENT CROSS LLC
LQNT — LIQUIDNET NEGOTIATION ATS — LIQUIDNET, INC.
ICBX — CBX — INSTINET, LLC (now Nomura?)
LMNX — LUMINEX ATS — LUMINEX TRADING & ANALYTICS LLC
CODA — CODA — CODA MARKETS, INC.
CBLC — CITIBLOC — CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
XIST — INSTINET CROSSING — INSTINET, LLC (now Nomura?)
PROS — TZERO ATS, LLC — TZERO ATS, LLC (formerly PRO Securities (PRO Securities LLC))
AQUA — AQUA — AQUA SECURITIES L.P.
PJCX — XE — PIPER JAFFRAY & CO (Formerly XE – WEEDEN & CO.L.P. WDNX)
USTK — USTOCKTRADE SECURITIES, INC. — USTOCKTRADE SECURITIES, INC.
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APOG — APOGEE — CITADEL SECURITIES LLC — Ceased on April 2, 2015
CSTN — AMERICAN LEDGER ATS — AMERICAN LEDGER ATS
Movies Watched -- Brief Encounter (1945)
86 minute running time … a Noel Coward play made for the big screen … an extramarital affair treated with great sensitivity, maybe too much sensitivity … "When I behold upon the night starred face huge cloudy symbols of a high … something with seven letters. Romance, I think. I’m almost sure it is.” A very British approach …I’ll give it a green-go rating for now, haven’t seen many movies from 1945 so it might get bumped off the list later, we’ll see.
I'm sure that the whole situation must seem inexpressibly vulgar to you.
Movies Watched -- The Naked Prey (1966)
96 minute running time … this wasn’t bad, but it’s not good enough to recommend either … survival in the African bush after being captured and set free (hunter and hunted stuff) … John Farr recommended this one, probably for the homoerotic element (you watch a handsome nearly naked guy (the writer-director himself) with an amazing physique for 90% of the picture). Glad I saw it anyway.
Watouvi
2020 Media Consumption Diary -- February
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