In French. 118 minute running time so a little overly long, I could probably cut out a few minutes, but this is a great movie, absolutely a must-see, green-go. I’ve seen it before awhile ago so this was a re-watch and it was as good as I remembered it. There was a Hollywood re-make of this movie, which was a terrible thing to do given the greatness of the original, don’t see that one. Class envy and psychopathy a bad combo, I loved every minute of it.
Sunstroke
91 minute running time … Marlene Dietrich’s debut in America, Josef von Sternberg directing … I was surprised by the bawdy jokes and risque sexual humor throughout this movie… I guess in 1930 the production codes weren’t really enforced … this was made the same year as The Blue Angel, which is a much better movie, but this was interesting and I didn’t hate it … Gary Cooper plays the Foreign Legionnaire who is screwing all the women in town, including Marlene … I don’t think I’ll give it a green-go, but if you like early talkies, you should check it out.
May I keep this?
79 minute running time … Columbia noir, kind of a dumb story but I liked Aldo Ray’s broad back, blonde hair, and weirdly high voice … best part about this was Anne Bancroft (Mrs. Robinson) who played the femme fatale and she could smoke like a champ … did she die of emphysema? If you’re a noir fan, you should see it, but as I said, it really isn’t very good, though it clearly inspired the Coen Brothers.
Guys have been swarming around you ever since your second teeth came through…
Liz Vice sings Empty Me Out … love her voice:
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
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
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
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:
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)
Norma Tanega sings Jubilation … Alone I can’t fly … beautiful song, a real 60s vibe, resonates with all fellow Gen-Xers, I bet:
