Cute song, Von Smith singing … the unlocked drummer character causing much hilarity … and the unblinking Jen Kipley with an alluring feline quality:
Afraid of Change
I guess this song was a big hit a couple years ago … I just heard it for the first time today … yeah, I’m hip, and liked it so here it is … Noah (isn’t that a boy’s name?) Cyrus singing July:
Movies Watched -- Ugetsu (1954)
97 minute running time… post-war morality tale though set in the 16th century, quit dreaming and put your nose to the grindstone, little man (and honor and respect your wives) … interesting fantasy/reality bits, no “special effects” in 1954 Japan, I guess, but they made do … many (including Farr) consider it a classic of Japanese cinema, and Miyagawa’s crane camera work is unique (opposite of Ozu), but in terms of being entertaining, I wouldn’t give it a recommended rating. It’s more of a film snob movie.
The war twisted our heads.
Come and See (1985)
142 minute running time which is pretty short for a Russian (Soviet) movie … the horrors of war … I think I heard someone compare this movie to Son of Saul (which was my favorite movie from whatever year it came out), so I rented it. Atrocities on full display, not for the faint of heart. Should you (come and) see it? Well, it depends on if you can stomach it, if you don’t fear the nightmares that may follow.
Rita Kempley wrote: “… [Klimov creates a] hallucinatory nether world of blood and mud and escalating madness.“
Not every race has a right to exist.
You Used To Call Me The Bestest
What a find by the Spotify algo … kind of a cross between Linda Ronstadt and Amy Winehouse … I think she’s 20 years old?!? Lily Moore has a bright future, I hope.
Could've Been Me If I Weren't Afraid
Honey Mooncie singing Should've Been You … love it.
Movies Watched -- White Material (2009)
105 minute running time … the story of a French family who have a coffee plantation someplace in Africa, and there’s some sort of civil war or unrest, and they don’t flee but choose to stay. What are you supposed to think about this? Are they just foolish? Isabelle Ooooo-pair comes across as a little crazy, then she goes full crazy (as does her pretty-boy son, the yellow dog). I wasn’t thrilled … Farr recommended it (“intense and absorbing exploration of emerging madness, all bound up in familial, racial, and national ties”), but it didn’t really ring true to me. Was Ooooo-pair really that disconnected from France? Was she that oblivious to the coming chaos and violence? Do you want to sympathize with her or pity her? You can give it a miss.
Anthony Quinn correctly writes: “… [the] real error is failing to spot the insoluble contradiction in Huppert's character: how can a woman so resourceful be so blind to the realities around her?”
Spoilers: They cut the scene in which the son kills his father … they made it ambiguous in the final edit how the father died, but in the deleted scene you can see he still has money on him after being shot and the son strolling off outside with the shotgun. I don’t know why they didn’t choose to show that in the end?
Tell me how to get home!
I've Got a Friend in Time
Liam Bailey singing Hold Tight … first discovered by Amy Winehouse … good body for playing rugby.
Dove into the Backseat of My Mind
Sarah Isen singing Blue … not super polished, but I like her voice:
Movies Watched -- The Lady Eve (1941)
93 minute running time … a W.D. By movie (Preston Sturges) … Henry Fonda plays a goofy heir to a beer fortune and Barbara Stanwyck plays the con woman who ends up falling in love with him … it’s silly and funny and well-written … I guess it’s a “classic” and is on hundreds of “top” lists, so I’ll give in and give it a green-go myself.
Let us be crooked but never common.