From far, from eve and morning

[sovay]

After a complete and surprising failure to find anything by E.M. Forster in a used book store in the Boston area—I can only conclude he is beloved and never put up for sale—I gave up and bought A Room with a View (1908) from the Harvard Coop this afternoon; Maurice is next. Tomorrow, Eric and I see Låt den rätte komma in (2008) at the Kendall.

Happy birthday, nineweaving!

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[sovay]

Spoiler: we both thought it was incredibly good; I thought it was the second-best movie I've seen this year (after The Fall and edging out In Bruges).

I don't know if Let the Right One In is an empirically lesser film than The Fall; I really dislike ranking art, especially since a given piece can appeal more on a given day. The Fall blew me away visually on a scale that Let the Right One In didn't. Right now, I feel more haunted by Let the Right One In. We'll see how they settle out. I'm very glad we saw them both.