answers to the movie meme ~

i guess i picked hard films ~ !

1. The Diary of a Country Priest (nope, not italian ~ french ~ bresson)
2. "that weird western" Deadman ~ excellent jarmusch, at his best with a superb all-star cast.
3. Immortal Beloved (that's johanna in the courtroom) ~ no one got this one!
4. Glory ~ easy peasy even if it is an odd scene. kudos to lastremnant
5. The Mission ~ with some probing akirad got this one! yay!
6. Gangs of New York ~ it's mr. tammany hall. okay, a hard image from an otherwise obvious film (i couldn't just show bill the butcher!)
7. El Dorado ~ the only john wayne movie i'll watch more than once. don't get me started!
8. Master & Commander ~ akirad got this one the first try!
9. The Thin Red Line ~ oldcontemptible got this one ~ i'm impressed! thought it would be seriously tough. love this movie like nobody's business.
10. Andrei Rublev! ~ do i not rant enough about this film? best foreign movie ever made. period.
11. Jesus of Nazareth ~ couple of close guesses, but oldcontemptible nailed it. zeferelli's seminal tv movie on the life of Christ will never be topped. (and that's james farentino as simon peter).
12. Rumblefish ~ didn't expect anyone to get this one: coppolla's early art masterpiece. a gem!

thanks to everyone who played!

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toooooosday ~

i am a little run down and got off to a slow start this morning, but i finally have all the materials i need to work on my ADV contract (whew!) ~ so i got started on that (a week late already). i have a lot to do to catch up, but if i'm diligent, i can get it hammered out.

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i caught up on NaNo yesterday with a 3,500 word marathon, but i'm just shy of 38k and still 12k to go. 2k a day and i will make it, but i've written bupkis today.

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seen a handful of movies worth talking about but haven't had a chance to sit still and write something up. Good Night and Good luck (the MaCarthy/Murrow story) was really fine (and i love David Strathairn ~ named a character after him). The Reckoning (Wilhem Dafoe and Paul Bettany) was a good story with a poorly executed script (and strange directorial choices). And Snow Walker, a charming little "lost in the tundra" story ~ lots of nice snow. consider this a placeholder for when i can get back to actual reviews for these. tonight i am watching 21 grams (yeah, i'm slow). i tried to find To End all Wars that dsyndicate recommended, but vulcan didn't have it ~ foo on that.

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in news of the move: tentative date for launch is december 1st now. feh. i will get the truck tuesday night, load it wednesday, and leave early a.m. thursday. i have not arranged for movers on the far end yet, but i'm getting wiggy because we'll pull into town friday night and i need someone there saturday a.m. to unload.

i'll figure it out, i guess.

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had paella for dinner.

mmmm ~ paella.

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