1) I was sorry to read about the death of Vilmos Zsigmond, the great cinematographer. In addition to many (many) other great films, he shot Robert Altman’s two best-looking movies, McCabe & Mrs. Miller and The Long Goodbye. 2) … Continue reading
Interesting article about the “hot hand” as it applies to artists: “Bob Dylan and the ‘Hot Hand’“ The article focuses on Bob Dylan, but it covers some other artists as well (for example, did you know that Shakespeare wrote Henry … Continue reading
At my job, there’s a little screen in the elevators that shows news headlines (I guess in a failed attempt to distract people from looking at their phones). Today the screen reported a fall in blog use, saying that blog … Continue reading
1) I enjoyed reading this, “Robert Altman: the genius who’d ‘reinvented the language of cinema,’” though I think that claim is a bit overdone. I don’t think he did, nor was he trying to, reinvent the language of cinema. It … Continue reading
My ex was an equestrian, and so, every year when we were together we’d go to the National Horse Show. I really enjoyed this — it’s always fun to watch something really difficult and esoteric when you are with somebody … Continue reading
I read a pretty good piece on the New Yorker website that clarified some of my misgivings about the movie Inherent Vice: “Paul Thomas Anderson’s Nostalgia Trip“ Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation of “Inherent Vice” bears the burden of his manifest … Continue reading