Eat, Drink, Movie....and damned to work for a living !!!!
I have been horrendously slaving at work the past few days. Yes ! Work, the one that pays my bills and weekend debaucheries.
Understandably, I have had a paucity of time to meet up with the usual suspects who have been a supreme source of content for my blogs (euphemistically called "muses"). And, hence the frequency of my blogging turning south.
I have an hour's break before I put my head down to work on a perfunctory analysis for a 'Revenue Forecast' conferance call tommorow.
Despite the aggravating schedule, I have joyously stolen time to catch up on my fair share of movies. Especially, those sunday afternoons, when the humidity doesnt justify stepping out, wearing even the best of loose cottons. I have been watching classics. Thanks to a big let down of summer movies at the Movies this year, sans Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So here's my 'Stay-at-home-summer-siesta-time' viewing list.
HUD - Gals! this one will keep your mojo on an overdrive, courtesy Paul Newman's hunk factor! An intriguingly articulate story of contradicting value systems between a father and son. I was greatly moved by this flick, more so because of the recent bonding I have had with my dad. My dad is 72 and he scares me when he refers to this phase of his life as the "twilight years". Suddenly, I feel like I haven't thanked him enough for eveything I took for granted.
American Graffiti - Not to offend any Starwars fans out there, but hell! mating calls of frogs are more passionate than the courtship scenes of a plastic Queen Amidala and an annoyingly frigid Annakin Skywalker. Before I watched American Graffiti, I would have never believed if someone were to say that George Lucas could pack powerful and defining emotions and grit in his characters. But, now I have a new found respect for George Lucas the man who CAN make films without the CGI laden green backgrounds. The ubiquituous soundtrack of Motown hits in the flick are a delight. Whacky intelligent humor. Vivid images of semi-urban adolescent populus facing typical quandries in their love lifes.
The Last Picture Show - This 1971 flick had a screenplay that would make Charlie Kaufman introspect about his talent. I must confess, this flick left me the effect of an aphrodisiac. No! Its not attributed to the skin fest of an incredibly gorgeous Cybill Shepherd making her debut (Playing Jacy Farrow, a lead character). It's the screenplay - the clever juxtapositioning of female anatomy and lines (the talking kind) and the starkly stationary frame. This flick is light years ahead of it's time ..who am I kiddin! its ahead of our times. The best I have seen this summer.
Cat on a hot tin roof - Re-visiting this Tennesse Williams classic. I am in the midst of pre-production planning for my flick and its mind boggling to even think about the extent of location scouting I have to do. What I like about "Cat on a.." is the almost stage theater like presentation without compromising on the visual elements of onscreen narration. I could count the number of locations - should have been quite a relief for the production designer. Paul Newman hits the zenith of restrained acting in this flick.
Understandably, I have had a paucity of time to meet up with the usual suspects who have been a supreme source of content for my blogs (euphemistically called "muses"). And, hence the frequency of my blogging turning south.
I have an hour's break before I put my head down to work on a perfunctory analysis for a 'Revenue Forecast' conferance call tommorow.
Despite the aggravating schedule, I have joyously stolen time to catch up on my fair share of movies. Especially, those sunday afternoons, when the humidity doesnt justify stepping out, wearing even the best of loose cottons. I have been watching classics. Thanks to a big let down of summer movies at the Movies this year, sans Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. So here's my 'Stay-at-home-summer-siesta-time' viewing list.
HUD - Gals! this one will keep your mojo on an overdrive, courtesy Paul Newman's hunk factor! An intriguingly articulate story of contradicting value systems between a father and son. I was greatly moved by this flick, more so because of the recent bonding I have had with my dad. My dad is 72 and he scares me when he refers to this phase of his life as the "twilight years". Suddenly, I feel like I haven't thanked him enough for eveything I took for granted.
American Graffiti - Not to offend any Starwars fans out there, but hell! mating calls of frogs are more passionate than the courtship scenes of a plastic Queen Amidala and an annoyingly frigid Annakin Skywalker. Before I watched American Graffiti, I would have never believed if someone were to say that George Lucas could pack powerful and defining emotions and grit in his characters. But, now I have a new found respect for George Lucas the man who CAN make films without the CGI laden green backgrounds. The ubiquituous soundtrack of Motown hits in the flick are a delight. Whacky intelligent humor. Vivid images of semi-urban adolescent populus facing typical quandries in their love lifes.
The Last Picture Show - This 1971 flick had a screenplay that would make Charlie Kaufman introspect about his talent. I must confess, this flick left me the effect of an aphrodisiac. No! Its not attributed to the skin fest of an incredibly gorgeous Cybill Shepherd making her debut (Playing Jacy Farrow, a lead character). It's the screenplay - the clever juxtapositioning of female anatomy and lines (the talking kind) and the starkly stationary frame. This flick is light years ahead of it's time ..who am I kiddin! its ahead of our times. The best I have seen this summer.
Cat on a hot tin roof - Re-visiting this Tennesse Williams classic. I am in the midst of pre-production planning for my flick and its mind boggling to even think about the extent of location scouting I have to do. What I like about "Cat on a.." is the almost stage theater like presentation without compromising on the visual elements of onscreen narration. I could count the number of locations - should have been quite a relief for the production designer. Paul Newman hits the zenith of restrained acting in this flick.
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