Well, dear readers, the problem is that when one does nothing but relax all the livelong day and night, then one really has nothing to write about. Whereas, two went out on the town, did its thing, flitted about like a gazelle with a Mohawk, and has plenty to write about. Three, on the other hand, just ate leftovers, and that gets old very quick. In any case, back to one. One did nothing but relax all the livelong day and night, and, because I felt I was at one with one, I did the same. I did nothing. Oh, I did a bit of tooling about in my motor car, I did get a couple of packages today (items for our silent auction for the LACC evening have been coming in – signed musical quotes from Harvey Schmidt, Flaherty and Ahrens, Rupert Holmes – with more supposedly on their way). I got advance copies of the new Criterion DVDs of Forbidden Games and The Tales of Hoffman. I ate some food but did not overeat. Most of all, I sat on my couch like so much fish, doing nothing but watching DVDs and napping and letting my brain breathe. It was just what the doctor ordered (the doctor also ordered a pastrami on rye, but that’s another story), and if I can manage to get two more days of the same, I should be in fine shape to begin what starts a week of non-stop rehearsals, tech, and getting everything into shape for our show one week from this very day. This very day is Saturday, in case you hadn’t realized. I am always befuddled by these long weekends and never remember what day it is.
Yesterday (which was Friday, but didn’t seem like it), I managed to watch four count them four motion pictures on DVD. The first motion picture on DVD was entitled Love Me If You Dare, a film from France, which was quite a hit. It’s in the quirky Amelie mode, not my favorite style of filmmaking. I enjoyed it all right, but it’s not in the league of Patrice Leconte’s films. It’s just a bit too quirky for its own good, and the two leading characters are fairly obnoxious, which doesn’t help matters any. I then watched the second motion picture on DVD, entitled Borsalino and Company, a sequel to Borsalino. Alain Delon reprises his role, and it’s quite a good little programmer, with a good revenge motif. I’ve never seen Borsalino, so I was at a slight loss for the first fifteen minutes, but then the film starts to work on its own. Transfer is nothing to write home about, but it’s an enjoyable film. I then watched the third motion picture on DVD, which was entitled Mouchette, a film of Robert Bresson, from 1967. Mr. Bresson’s films take a bit of getting used to, but if you get on his wavelength they’re very rewarding. Mouchette is about 79 minutes long, and they are 79 of the most depressing minutes you’ll ever spend watching a motion picture. But, somehow, as intense and upsetting as some of the film is, the performance of Nadine Nortier, who plays the fourteen-year-old titular character, is so real and wonderful, that it gets you through the film. I certainly wouldn’t recommend it to everyone, but if you like interesting art films, you might just find this one rewarding. Basically, it’s a film that follows unhappy Mouchette, who lives in squalor, taking care of her dying mother and her baby brother, while her father treats her like merde, her schoolmates treat her like merde, and everyone else treats her like merde, including people she befriends. And that’s it. The ending is sad and oddly uplifting at the same time. I then watched the fourth motion picture on DVD, which was entitled The Flower of Evil, a good little Claude Chabrol film, which moved right along, even if it never really went anywhere. It has very good performances from a large cast, and the transfer looks swell.
What am I, Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? Well, why don’t we all click on the Unseemly Button below, because one simply must click away right about now, and since I’m at one with one then click I shall and the devil take the hindmost.
The notes are supposed to be up already, but I’m bidin’ my time ’cause that’s the kind of guy I’m. Oh, I could rush and finish them, but since there is currently no one on the site, I’m not feeling rushed or anything.
Today I shall try to do nothing whatsoever but relax, watch DVDs, tool around in my motor car, and also try to do a bit of patter writing. Tomorrow, I do have to go to my storage facility, and I do have to have a one-hour meeting about the LACC show, so it won’t quite be a full day of relaxing. And I shall continue my crash diet so that I can be lithe and svelte like a cat on a hot tin roof for the LACC show.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, for when one is out of things to say then one must be silent. That was quite profound, wasn’t it? And since I am at one with one, then silent I shall be, except for a plethora of posting. You see, just because it’s a holiday weekend does not mean we just forget about haineshisway.com. No, we must keep the spirit alive, we must light up the jernt, we must do what we must so that soon we can be the most popular site on all the Internet. Today’s topic of discussion: Who are your favorite singer/songwriters, and what are your favorite songs of theirs? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, so that I don’t have to get the bitch-slap machine out. I almost had to get it out of the closet yesterday – perhaps it will come out of the closet today.