“Watching old movies is like spending an evening with those people next door. They bore us, and we wouldn't go out of our way to see them; we drop in on them because they're so close. If it took some effort to see old movies, we might try to find out which were the good ones, and if people saw only the good ones maybe they would still respect old movies. As it is, people sit and watch movies that audiences walked out on thirty years ago. Like Lot's wife, we are tempted to take another look, attracted not by evil but by something that seems much more shameful -- our own innocence.”
-Pauline Kael

"How far are you going?"
"About thirty years."
-Back to the Future teaser trailer

Sunday, October 30, 2011

"The night was humid. Class dismissed. I have an enormous headache in my eye."

You know if I ever write this blog title again on this site, it will mean that I'm giving up. Hopefully that won't be the case, but family life and my own resistance to writing are proving big obstacles for me to overcome. As well as a horrible typing skill. Maybe it's the keyboard?
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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Intermezzo: Chariots of Fire

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Saturday, October 1, 2011

"I can sing while I read, I am singing and reading both."

I realized that there is a major element that is missing from my impressions of movies: the music. Music is often a very important part of a film and as I looked back on my previous posts I realized I had omitted this very important part of them.
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