hometown 4.5.18+hometown-1.2.1"If you see fraud, and you don't say fraud, you are a fraud." N.N. Taleb
Finally, a bio. Past and present interests:
#comics #rpgs #sf #physics #literature #environmentalism #music #politics #antideathpenalty #law #photography #computers #film #journalism. Film collector, reader, journaler. #physicalmedia
I'm also a vegetarian/pescatarian of 35 years.
New rule: if you don't post original stuff, don't like or comment on something I posted, I may not follow back.
Thrift and used store haul. #dvds #vhs #bluray #physicalmedia #haul #3goodthings
Currently watching Bombay Talkie (1970), directed by James Ivory. It's charming so far.
The second film on deck for the night is The Sure Thing (1985), directed by Rob Reiner, starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.
It might just be cool enough yet to go outside.
Game store and thrift shop haul today. #physicalmedia #books #dvds #film
A lot of negligent, thirsty-ass vampires gonna bite it.
Too hot for outdoor exercise. I'm a wimp. Two movies tonight.
First up, Spun (2002), a drug crime black comedy directed by Jonas Åkerlund, starring Jason Schwartzman, John Leguizamo, Mena Suvari, Patrick Fugit, Peter Stormare, Alexis Arquette, Deborah Harry, Rob Halford, Eric Roberts, Chloe Hunter, Nicholas Gonzalez, Brittany Murphy, and Mickey Rourke.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spun
After that, The Lark Farm (2006), directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, starring Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi and others, about the Armenian Genocide.
Productive day at work. Also, picked up 4 milk crates at a garage sale.
Heated up some vegetables on the stove, after putting one of my volunteer butternut squashes in the oven to bake. The veggies I'll eat right now.
Two movies tonight.
First, Army of Crime (2009), directed by Robert Guédiguian, about a WWII French Resistance unit led by an Armenian. Serious.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Army_of_Crime
Second, Paint (2023), directed by Brit McAdams, starring Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Ciara Renée, Stephen Root, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Lucy Freyer, Lusia Strus, and Michael Pemberton. It's about a small time TV paint show rivalry. Funny.
Wealth represents a demand on future resources, which may not ever materialize. It also prevents use of present resources by the poor (or by the public).
Three movies tonight, if you will.
First Bloody Sunday (2002), a docudrama directed by Paul Greengrass, starring James Nesbitt, Tim Pigott-Smith, Nicholas Farrell, Gerard McSorley, and Kathy Kiera Clarke. It's about the Troubles.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(film)
After that, a duo of Shinya Tsukamoto films.
First, Tokyo Fist (1995), starring the director, his brother Kōji Tsukamoto, and Kahori Fujii.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Fist
Second, Bullet Ballet (1998), starring the director, Hisashi Igawa, Sujin Kim, Kirina Mano, Takahiro Murase, Tatsuya Nakamura and Kyōka Suzuki.
Just finished Croupier (1998), a British thriller directed by Mike Hodges, starring Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee and Nicholas Ball. A writer becomes a croupier. I remember renting this on VHS back in the day. I found it on DVD recently and snapped it up. Good movie.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croupier_(film)
Next up, Birth (2004), a psychological thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer, starring Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Cameron Bright, Danny Huston, Arliss Howard, Peter Stormare, Ted Levine, Anne Heche, and Cara Seymour.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_(2004_film)
Lastly, I think Radioflash (2019), a post-apocalyptic thriller directed by Ben McPherson, starring Brighton Sharbino, Dominic Monaghan, Will Patton, Fionnula Flanagan and Miles Anderson.
Welcome to the hot take and spitballing machine that is social media.
Ran errands for my Dad today at lunch and after work, so I ate one of last season's stuffed peppers for lunch.
After the last errand, I stopped at a flooring place and priced out what it would take to redo the floors in two rooms. Affordable.
When I got home I decided to make a veggie lasagna, which I just put in the oven.
Also:
I was able to move my project work to a different stage and run up against another obstacle to ask for help with.
Thinking about what movies to watch tonight. I have thousands to choose from just in this room, most of which I have never seen. Here you go:
Confess, Fletch (2022), directed by Greg Mottola, starring Roy Wood Jr., Annie Mumolo, Ayden Mayeri, Lorenza Izzo, Kyle MacLachlan, and Marcia Gay Harden. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confess%2C_Fletch
Two Moon Junction (1988), directed by Zalman King, starring Sherilyn Fenn, Richard Tyson, Louise Fletcher, Burl Ives, and Kristy McNichol. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Moon_Junction
Just finished Reacher S1 D3 (I'd watched the first two last night, not just the 1st).
Now I'm starting The Prophet's Game (2000), directed by David Worth, starring Dennis Hopper, Stephanie Zimbalist, Robert Yocum, Joe Penny, Sondra Locke, Michael Dorn, Don Swayze, and Shannon Whirry. It's about the race to catch a serial killer.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/w2XnggQCSvk
The Onion is absolutely killing it with the new Infowars upgrade!
Dad's now at a rehab facility after his operations and nearly weeklong hospital stay. I had a little walk with my friend after work and missed his call. I'm sure now that I've started a movie he'll call.
First movie is Dark Journey (1937), a British spy movie directed by Victor Saville, starring Conrad Veidt, Vivien Leigh and Joan Gardner.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Journey_(1937_film)
I'm currently about 1/5 of the way in to Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140 and enjoying it, as I have every goddamn thing he's ever written. Seriously, it's all good. Long stories, with lots of human interest for all their high concepts.
#3goodthings because I just saw someone else's from earlier
Hey. #3goodthings
Dad got through his toe surgery well. He has an angiogram set for his legs tomorrow as they're fully blocked, which wouldn't have been found if he hadn't gone through the hospital intake rigamarole.
Got some cool movies in the mail today. I haven't been sharing hauls with you for a week but you're about to get slammed. This one includes an Assayas film, six Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman films, and Samurai II: Duel at Ichijoji Temple, all on DVD, the last one Criterion. I'm watching Demonlover (2002), directed by Olivier Assayas, first.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonlover
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samurai_II:_Duel_at_Ichijoji_Temple
So you can read all about it.
Screw this whole business. I'm starting Reacher S1, D1. No, I haven't read the books, but I've seen the movies and some clips from this show. I'm ready to go.
Two movies tonight. Don't ask.
First up, Red Surf (1989), directed by H. Gordon Boos, starring George Clooney. Crime story about surfing and drugs.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100468
Second, Robinson Crusoe (1997), directed by Rod Hardy and George T. Miller, starring Pierce Brosnan, William Takaku, Polly Walker, Ian Hart, James Frain, and Damian Lewis.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Reine_Margot_%281994_film%29