Rabbit, rabbit, rabbit (rabbit statue).
Καλο μηνα!
Another
Defiant Movie Recommendation
Director: Kyra Sedgwick
Writer: Rebecca Banner
Starring: Kevin Bacon (naturally),
Carrie Preston, Kyle Allen, Alexandra Shipp, Simon Helberg.
Keywords: Flowers, small towns,
eccentricity, grief
I have
more and more come to realise that I don't trust movie critics (sorry, Awix). Apparently
they didn't much like this movie. It's not something enough, and it's too much
something else, and after all it's just Kyra Sedgwick and her husband and their
friends making a warm little film about a family with a flower-farming business
and a son who's determined to go live on Mars.
Not much
to see, perhaps, unless you're like the Youtube commenters who were grateful
for the film because it helped them process their own personal griefs. I put it
on because I like Kevin Bacon, Carrie Preston, and Simon Helberg (remember Florence
Foster Jenkins? He played Cosme McMoon, a plum role). The young folk were
good, too, and the kids with their mini-marshmallow guns were a scream. Watch
it when you're in the mood.
Oddly,
earlier that day, I'd read a piece by someone who appreciated Dickens for his
willingness to explore the pain of grief and loss. I suspect that a revival of
emotional art, literature, and cinema may be just around the corner. Humans are
hurting. Sophistication is not the only game in town. And if somebody doesn't
do something about all the oppression, violence, and sheer theft going on
around the world, I predict that this will be followed by the Song of Angry
Men.
No
wonder that guy wanted to live on Mars.
Helicopter on Mars
By NASA
Picture
Quiz
(Answer tomorrow)
What is this?
Paigetheoracle's
Pareidolia:
The
Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
He says it's the 'elderberry monster'.
Video
of the Day:
Fjords,
with Surprise Ending
Galaxy Babe and Andy were up in Stavanger, Norway, earlier
this summer. They weren't filming The Odyssey, just fjords. But it was
about as hazardous. Good thing the
cinematographer had help.
Coming tomorrow: A visit to the open-air museum
brings a new puzzle and a conversation with some sheep.
Laterz,
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Editor
You've got more rabbit than Sainsbury's.
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