Julian Bream’s brilliant version of Enrique Granados’s greatest composition:
Movies Watched -- Saint Jack (1979)
112 minute running so 20 minutes too long … movie adaptation of the Paul Theroux novel of the same name, Ben Gazzara plays a pimp in early 1970s Singapore … trouble is the DVD had poor quality audio and no subtitles, so it was tough to understand the story … interesting to see Singapore in the late 1970s though, still pretty backward … sex, homosexual sex, interracial sex, all topics the sex-obsessed Paul Theroux is into … I don’t think I would have been too thrilled with the movie if I could have understood it, though I do like Ben Gazzara, he’s an actor who took chances.
I have no time for him. He work all day, I work all night.
Movies Watched -- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
84 minute running time … horror movie made at the depths of the recession so pretty bleak … it wasn’t very well done, but there were some creepy bits for sure that I guess future filmmakers ripped off shamelessly … I wouldn’t recommend this movie though. John Farr liked it more than me.
World class case of Nippleitis
You're My World and My Weakness
Elli Ingram with “Rocket” … she has beautiful teeth, so don’t I think she’s a council flats kid:
Author Recommendations Circle Jerk
I borrowed a John Lescroart book from the library only to find that it was crap. According to the cover, he is a New York Times Bestselling Author. On the back were five glowing blurbs for John Lescroart from fellow bestselling authors. It’s safe to assume that not only is John Lescroart a crap writer, but so are C.J. Box, Karin Slaughter, Catherine Coulter, Gayle Lynds, and Robert Dugoni … all crap writers supporting one another in one big circle jerk.
Things Are Gonna Get Blurry
Elli Ingram with Bad Behaviour … I dig it:
Movies Watched -- Parallel Mothers (2021)
In Spanish. 123 minute running time so at least 23 minutes too long … pretty mild and mainstream for an Almodovar movie … Penelope Cruz still looks good for an old lady … beautiful people, beautifully dressed, beautiful apartments, no money problems … all this was nice, but it was kind of boring too. Fascist mass grave angle sort of interesting, but felt tacked on. Massive product placements from both Apple and Suzuki Motors. You can give it a miss.
She’s going to be dark like you.
Movies Watched -- Synonyms (2019)
In French. 123 minute running time so at least 30 minutes too long. This was a movie about a young Israeli man named Yoav and his big, thick cock. His big, thick cock is prominently featured throughout the movie because this was a French movie. Yoav is in Paris and he has abandoned Israel and swears never to go back. This was a weird movie and may have had some humor in the vein of Lanthimos, but I didn’t get it. I can’t recommend this and have no idea how it ended up in my queue, maybe Farr is to blame? No, he isn’t.
Jonathan Romney correctly writes: “"Synonyms can’t be faulted on individuality or indeed rage, but many viewers are likely to find it abrasive, grating, infuriating and other synonyms besides.”
Big, thick cock briefly under wraps (yes, a pun)
Let the Mind Enter the Void
Khobs by Issam Hajali … I don’t speak Arabic but there’s something nice about this song, I dig it:
Movies Watched -- The Breaking Point (1950)
97 minute running time … this was good, I enjoyed it … Manó Kertész Kaminer (Michael Curtiz) was a great director … I’m not a big fan of Jacob Garfinkle (John Garfield), but the other actors were all good, and the writing was really good (based on a Hemingway story) … interesting that this movie was “disappeared” after Garfield was blacklisted, and a real shame since it’s probably Curtiz’s best movie (much better than the overrated Casablanca). Thanks to John Farr for the reco. This is a green-go.
Give a little … roll with it … relax!