It is so exhilarating to come across a new path in the woods. We drove over near the clubhouse in Durand and parked our car along Kings Highway so we could ski off into the undeveloped western part of park. We’ve been over here before and we’re always surprised how big this park is. We are still able to explore and get lost and that is a wonderful feeling.
John Gilmore brought an Andy Warhol movie over on Saturday night. It was more than I needed to know about his sex life. Give the guy a little respect. You wouldn’t even be in this movie if it wasn’t for Andy. It was called the “The Complete Picture” so we were warned. Had some great footage of the early hand drawn pop days and paintings that were painted rather than screened. Kind of old fashioned. The thing that bothered me the most was having someone read Andy’s words. The producers didn’t have access to real recordings so an actor read quotes out of “A to B and Back Again” or “The Philosophy of” I couldn’t even listen to what they were reading, the voice was so not Andy. I wouldn’t think that any one who ever heard his voice would trample on it. Don’t even get me started on Bowie’s portrayal in the Basquiat movie. Warhol had a distinctive, delicate and charming speaking voice. You didn’t know whether to take the words at face value or look for the philosophical twists. Same experience as looking at his art.
Our neighbors bought a new tv yesterday and I helped set it up. I came back across the street to paint and I heard later that Rick was only able to get dvd picture in black and white only. I guess I plugged one of the yellow cables in the wrong spot. Rick picked up a “District 9” to christen the thing with and he popped the corn. It is a sci-fi mocumentary and I found it hard to get a look at the aliens with all those squirmy thing attached to their face. And I didn’t give a hoot about the lead character so I fell asleep – in someone else’s house. I can’t wait to hear if our friends on the west coast liked it or not. I saw it on their NetFlix list.
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What did you think of Jared Harris in “I Shot Andy Warhol?” He was pretty good, wasn’t he? What about Crispin Glover doing Warhol in the Doors movie.
Also, some really great happenin’ DVDs — Moon and Big Fan. Both killer especially Big Fan. (and Extract is good if you liked Office Space). District 9 was kind of squirmy and we got lost in a few places. But we loved how there were selective subtitles for the aliens and one of us was talking like an alien for a night or two. Did you ever see The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada? That was intense.
i gave district nine a thumbs up even tho it was a little pop at times, now the valley of elah, i don’t know, it didn’t seem to cover any new ground. some movies need to be seen on the big screen. the hurt locker was good, it didn’t do well at the box office. the director kathryn bigelow was married to james cameron (avatar). avatar is playing at a new imax close to my house and i need to get really stoned and go see it. movies that go much over two hours don’t get me rushing to the cinema.