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Mar. 6th, 2009
I am flooded with narrative.
Movies this Past Week:
Burn After Reading (precise, caustic, hilarious), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (shapeless and sloppy but with good actors), Nina's Tragedies (just about fucking perfect. tragedy and comedy dancing a tango, mystical, mythical and totally down to earth), Save Me (passionate, compassionate, well-acted and very very whole).
Novels I'm Currently Reading
Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game (an amazing, dark, poetic book about two 18 year old friends in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war), Sebastien Japrisot's A Very Long Engagement (on audiobook, rich French novel of World War I. Avoid the horrible movie adaptation at all costs).
Comics I'm Reading
Watchmen. Omg is it fucking pretentious! And static. So doesn't work.
As an antidote, I'm eating great quantities of Grant Morrison, specifically The Invisibles and the 7 Soldiers of Victory I am happy.
I also just finished Alison Bechdel's brilliant, sad and wonderfully structured "tragicomic" memoir, Fun Home. She's the creator of the comic Dykes to Watch Out For which has been running in indie papers for 20 years.
Plus TV!
Lost continues to cook. OMG, that Ozymandian statue? Damages is trashier this season, but still smart fun; and watching great New York stage actors going at it is wonderfully satisfying. Survivor 18 is starting to bubble and brew.
Looking at this daunting list, I wonder how I am capable of enjoying this many tales at once, but I am content to listen to my hunger and feed it.
Movies this Past Week:
Burn After Reading (precise, caustic, hilarious), Vicky Cristina Barcelona (shapeless and sloppy but with good actors), Nina's Tragedies (just about fucking perfect. tragedy and comedy dancing a tango, mystical, mythical and totally down to earth), Save Me (passionate, compassionate, well-acted and very very whole).
Novels I'm Currently Reading
Rawi Hage's De Niro's Game (an amazing, dark, poetic book about two 18 year old friends in Beirut during the Lebanese civil war), Sebastien Japrisot's A Very Long Engagement (on audiobook, rich French novel of World War I. Avoid the horrible movie adaptation at all costs).
Comics I'm Reading
Watchmen. Omg is it fucking pretentious! And static. So doesn't work.
As an antidote, I'm eating great quantities of Grant Morrison, specifically The Invisibles and the 7 Soldiers of Victory I am happy.
I also just finished Alison Bechdel's brilliant, sad and wonderfully structured "tragicomic" memoir, Fun Home. She's the creator of the comic Dykes to Watch Out For which has been running in indie papers for 20 years.
Plus TV!
Lost continues to cook. OMG, that Ozymandian statue? Damages is trashier this season, but still smart fun; and watching great New York stage actors going at it is wonderfully satisfying. Survivor 18 is starting to bubble and brew.
Looking at this daunting list, I wonder how I am capable of enjoying this many tales at once, but I am content to listen to my hunger and feed it.