Movies Watched -- Walkabout (1971)

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100 minute running time so the right length, but could have been cut a bit more by eliminating extra shots of reptiles consuming one another … this was a weird one, not sure what it was about, modernity versus prehistoric man .. Roeg definitely enjoyed shooting 19-yo (err, 14-yo?!?) naked Jenny Agutter cavorting in a waterhole (she was beautiful for sure) .. I didn’t hate this, it was capital A.R.T. art for sure, but it may have been a little too abstruse for these Neanderthal. “A provocative rumination on time and civilization,” yeah yeah I know.

Bedding down on a boulder

Movies Watched -- Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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118 minute running time so 20 minutes too long … Frank Capra wartime “comedy” … gorgeous Cary Grant making faces … the story was sort of bizarrely funny, but you have to be in the right mood for it, and I wasn’t really. You can give it a miss.

The cook’s son

Movies Watched -- The Russia House (1990)

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122 minute running time so 20 to 30 minutes too long … I don’t know if the story was any good, it didn’t make a lot of sense to me, and I didn’t really care about it … what was interesting was seeing footage of 1990-era Russia and seeing Sean Connery fake-playing a saxophone … Michelle Pfeiffer was beautiful (never forget she was Miss California in 1978) but I don’t know how bad her fake Russian accent was, I assume it was really bad … don’t know why this movie was in my queue, but I wouldn’t recommend it. Maybe John Farr is to blame? No, he isn’t.

Eet ees not relevant

It's Awful Sad We Need Boys Like You

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I’ve loved Natalie Merchant since I heard her for the first time back in 1987 on In My Tribe (she’s a fellow Gen-Xer) … she’s smart and beautiful and has a great voice and a talent for songwriting … one of the greatest artists of my generation for sure … I just stumbled across this live version of Gun Shy and was reminded of her brilliance:

Perfect Execution

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It’s good to grade your daily performance when you day trade for a living. This is my checklist and I assign 20 points to each action; perfect execution is a 100% score.

1) Did you patiently wait for your play to appear? (no rando trades, no FOMO trades, no revenge trades)

2) Did you correctly size your bet? (no oversizing or undersizing)

3) Did you instantly place your initial protective stop once filled? (no tinkering, no pulling stops)

4) Did you correctly manage the open position? (adding, tightening stop)

5) Did you exit all of your position at target? (no premature evacuation, no partial profits taken)

With Me, You and I, and Us

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Norma Tanega sings Jubilation … Alone I can’t fly … beautiful song, a real 60s vibe, resonates with all fellow Gen-Xers, I bet:

Movies Watched -- Odd Man Out (1947)

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116 minute running time so at least 20 minutes too long … kind of interesting, but got talky and super heavy on morality, allegorical, and filled with Christian symbolism so I wasn’t that thrilled … unusual ending, didn’t see it coming … this was a John Farr reco. This guy bothered to identify all the semi-Biblical characters of Odd Man Out .

“… the film is telling me to give Johnny’s situation a more abstract significance. And, finally, that significance comes through loud and clear when Johnny shouts out the agape verses from 1 Corinthians, and Lukey and the doctor discuss his soul. This is not your usual heist movie.” That’s an understatement!

Mister, give us a penny

Movies Watched -- The Phantom Carriage (1921)

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107 minute running time which is fairly long for a silent movie … heavy-handed morality tale about the dangers of demon liquor and what it does to marriages and families, etc. Made use of double exposure (see screencap) to good effect … I wasn’t super thrilled with it, but Ingmar Bergman apparently watched it at least a hundred times. This was a John Farr reco.