Well, dear readers, I am sitting here like so much fish, listening to the sounds of silence – no, not the Simon and Garfunkel hit, but the actual sounds of silence. Sometimes one simply needs the sounds of silence, and this must be one of those times because everything is silent except for the tippy-tapping of my fingers on my tippy-tappy handy-dandy keyboard. I did watch a motion picture earlier, one I’d seen and enjoyed quite a bit – the French motion picture from France entitled The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun, from a French novel of the same title by Sebastien Japrisot (but in French), which had previously been made into a movie starring Samantha Eggar and Oliver Reed. That one’s okay but not as good as this redo. Here’s what I wrote back in 2016 when I first saw it.
“I then went to the Flix of Net and watched a French motion picture from France entitled The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun. I’d always been intrigued by the title of this but could never catch up with the original film version made in 1970 with Samantha Eggar and Oliver Reed. This remake is quite watchable, and I really enjoyed it thoroughly. It’s not perfect by any means, but the lead actress, who’s actually not French but Scottish (you would never know) is really terrific and she makes the whole thing worthwhile. Both films were adapted from a 1966 novel by French writer Sebastien Japrisot – he was quite popular and a lot of films were made from his books – aside from the two based on this book, the film The Sleeping Car Murders is based on a book by him, as is Rider on the Rain, A Very Long Engagement, Adieu, Ami, Trap for Cinderella (two film versions), And Hope to Die, and a few others. He was known as the Grahame Greene of France. It’s interestingly directed and has an interesting score. If you have Netflix, you might want to give it a try.”
The ending doesn’t quite work as it should, but my third viewing last night was just as enjoyable as the first two, mostly due to Freya Mavor, who is really wonderful in it. Prior to that, I got nine hours of sleep, got up, answered e-mails, got the good news that we’re just about sold out for the Kritzerland show, cut the remaining chicken breast into two thinner halves and one of the halves into a chicken sandwich on an onion pocket – very good. Then I rested my voice and relaxed until three, when our rehearsal began. Everything went very smoothly, everyone was solid on lyrics, and everything is coming together quite nicely. We wrapped it up just before seven. I then made the other half of the chicken breast into another sandwich on the remaining onion pocket and this one was even better. Then I watched the movie and here we are.
Today, I’ll be up when I’m up, and then it’s a ME day. I do have to go to the mail place and the ATM, but that won’t take very long. I’ll probably get food while out doing that – perhaps a Subway sandwich or some Gelson’s ribs – something along those lines – then I’ll come home and eat, rest my voice, and watch, listen, and relax.
Tomorrow is our stumble-through, so I’ll be up by ten-thirty at the latest, Brent and Kerry arrive at 12:45 to run their numbers, then at two we do the stumble-through. Even with notes, we should be done by three-thirty. Then, if I’ve found a free seven-day trial thing, I’ll watch the Tony Awards, even though I know I’ll probably loathe most of the numbers they do, but we’ll have our Annual Tony Awards Bash right here no matter what. Monday is sound check and show and I will have a full report for you and most likely some photographic photographs to share.
Well, dear readers, I must take the day, I must do the things I do, I must, for example, be up when I’m up, have a ME day, go to the ATM and mail place, pick something up to bring home, food-wise, eat, and then watch, listen, and relax. Today’s topic of discussion: Do you ever just like to sit and listen to the sounds of silence, or do you get antsy when there’s no sound coming at you? Let’s have loads of lovely postings, shall we, whilst I hit the road to dreamland, happy to have had a very smooth second rehearsal.