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Well, just barely. Landline fixed after panic that I wouldn't have phone or internet over the long weekend because phone guy came early, checked line outside, reported it was a mess and he couldn't believe I was getting dsl service at all. Sooooo he fixed outside wires called in to office where they had to fix lines in the 18th street station (wherever that is) & he'd get back to me so he could ask for the auto message saying line was being repaired (on for a week) could be removed. What he forgot to mention was that my internet service would be disrupted while they were fixing the line in the...whatever station. Aighhh. It took four hours but hey, I spent the time inputting all the titles, etc of books I found in publishing catalogs that I want for review. Plus finished going through the catalogs I picked up at BEA that I hadn't had time to skim.
And even read a couple of printouts of stories subbed for Best Horror #3. Gave in and turned on air-conditioner. It's hoooot. I knew spring would be gone and we'd jump right into summer. At least it was a little breezy outside by the time I left for my po box.
Watching Romance and Cigarettes directed by John Turturro. It's a goofy movie with a very fine cast. James Gandolfini is a middle aged construction worker (high steel) who is cheating on his wife (Susan Sarandon) with a flame haired Irish woman (I think her accent was Irish--Kate Winslet, who was initially unrecognizable to me). Daughters played by Mary Louise Parker, Mandy Moore, and Aida Turturro--which is weird as 2 of those 3 don't seem young enough to play Gandolfino and Sarandon's daughters). They burst out into song a lot --seems like a tacked on musical idea that doesn't quite work although the acting and energy pulls it off. And yes, I was moved by the end.
A Face in the Crowd written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Elia Kazan is indeed the masterpiece it's proclaimed to be. Out in 1957, the movie is prescient in many ways-- it's about an Arkansas hobo (Andy Griffith, who if you've only seen in The Andy Griffith Show is a must-watch-I can't believe that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar)picked up from jail by a radio producer (Patricia Neal) for her program A Face in the Crowd. "Lonesome" Rhodes as he's dubbed, has a homey personality with a touch for populism and a subtle dark streak. We learn that he's a womanizer from the get-go but there's a subtlety throughout that makes it difficult to know whether he's a bad egg from the start or develops into one as he gets into a powertrip as his ego runs away with him. Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, and Anthony Franciosa are also in it.
And even read a couple of printouts of stories subbed for Best Horror #3. Gave in and turned on air-conditioner. It's hoooot. I knew spring would be gone and we'd jump right into summer. At least it was a little breezy outside by the time I left for my po box.
Watching Romance and Cigarettes directed by John Turturro. It's a goofy movie with a very fine cast. James Gandolfini is a middle aged construction worker (high steel) who is cheating on his wife (Susan Sarandon) with a flame haired Irish woman (I think her accent was Irish--Kate Winslet, who was initially unrecognizable to me). Daughters played by Mary Louise Parker, Mandy Moore, and Aida Turturro--which is weird as 2 of those 3 don't seem young enough to play Gandolfino and Sarandon's daughters). They burst out into song a lot --seems like a tacked on musical idea that doesn't quite work although the acting and energy pulls it off. And yes, I was moved by the end.
A Face in the Crowd written by Budd Schulberg and directed by Elia Kazan is indeed the masterpiece it's proclaimed to be. Out in 1957, the movie is prescient in many ways-- it's about an Arkansas hobo (Andy Griffith, who if you've only seen in The Andy Griffith Show is a must-watch-I can't believe that he wasn't nominated for an Oscar)picked up from jail by a radio producer (Patricia Neal) for her program A Face in the Crowd. "Lonesome" Rhodes as he's dubbed, has a homey personality with a touch for populism and a subtle dark streak. We learn that he's a womanizer from the get-go but there's a subtlety throughout that makes it difficult to know whether he's a bad egg from the start or develops into one as he gets into a powertrip as his ego runs away with him. Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, and Anthony Franciosa are also in it.
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