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People say that your dreams are the only things that save you
For about half an hour the sky went sulfur-colored and a small typhoon fell out of it, complete with thunder and electrical brownouts. Now the sky is suffused with a sort of purplish apricot neon that makes the clouds and the wet streets and windows look like the color out of Walter Hill. Have some links.
1. I rate a mention in Michael Dirda's NecronomiCon report: "While I spoke briefly about 'The Sandman' and that phantasmagoric mind-boggler 'The Golden Pot,' one of the con's seven guests of honor, Sonya Taaffe, dazzled with her insights into Hoffmann's influence on contemporary film." Since several other panelists also talked about film, I think he must be referring to the point where I was considering Psycho (1960) out loud through the lens of "Der Sandmann." I'm really pleased. I was not expecting a shout-out in the Washington Post.
2. I do not like the new website of the Harvard Film Archive, partly because it takes forever to load on my computer and partly because all of my old links are now broken, but I appreciate that their next major program is The B-Film: Low-Budget Hollywood Cinema 1935–1959. I have seen a number of these movies, but not most of them in a theater, and I will cheerfully rewatch their cinematography at size. Of the ones I haven't seen, I have already pencilled in the double feature of Val Lewton's The Leopard Man (1943) and The Ghost Ship (1943) and am deeply looking forward to Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn in Daughter of Shanghai (1937).
3. The situation with Saturday's hate march in Boston and the violent response of police protection is receiving wider attention. It's not a pretty picture.
"Rebellion (Lies)" was the first song I ever heard by Arcade Fire; I got it from a mix CD a fellow grad student made for me in 2005. She called it One Song You Want and Fourteen Filler, with the predictable result that some of the filler is now more important to me than the song. I used to play it for all-nighters. It is probably not a good sign that I am listening to it on repeat again. I have a nice day and it reminds me what a fingernail margin of stamina I have.
1. I rate a mention in Michael Dirda's NecronomiCon report: "While I spoke briefly about 'The Sandman' and that phantasmagoric mind-boggler 'The Golden Pot,' one of the con's seven guests of honor, Sonya Taaffe, dazzled with her insights into Hoffmann's influence on contemporary film." Since several other panelists also talked about film, I think he must be referring to the point where I was considering Psycho (1960) out loud through the lens of "Der Sandmann." I'm really pleased. I was not expecting a shout-out in the Washington Post.
2. I do not like the new website of the Harvard Film Archive, partly because it takes forever to load on my computer and partly because all of my old links are now broken, but I appreciate that their next major program is The B-Film: Low-Budget Hollywood Cinema 1935–1959. I have seen a number of these movies, but not most of them in a theater, and I will cheerfully rewatch their cinematography at size. Of the ones I haven't seen, I have already pencilled in the double feature of Val Lewton's The Leopard Man (1943) and The Ghost Ship (1943) and am deeply looking forward to Anna May Wong and Philip Ahn in Daughter of Shanghai (1937).
3. The situation with Saturday's hate march in Boston and the violent response of police protection is receiving wider attention. It's not a pretty picture.
"Rebellion (Lies)" was the first song I ever heard by Arcade Fire; I got it from a mix CD a fellow grad student made for me in 2005. She called it One Song You Want and Fourteen Filler, with the predictable result that some of the filler is now more important to me than the song. I used to play it for all-nighters. It is probably not a good sign that I am listening to it on repeat again. I have a nice day and it reminds me what a fingernail margin of stamina I have.