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Haines His Way => Daily Discussions => Topic started by: bk on April 14, 2014, 12:53:51 AM
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Well, you've read the notes, the notes spoke of cake and finishing same, and now it is time for you to post until the finished cows come home.
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And the word of the day is: CUITTLE!
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Two that come immediately to mind are the documentary on the recording of the original Company cast album and the Lincoln Center Follies concert, not for their artistry in the art of documentary but mainly for their content.
I just remember how excited I was to see them originally, with all the stars and backstage, behind-the-scenes chatter.
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Good morning, all! I could not get to sleep last night. I don't know if it's connected to the lower back problems, but my legs, once I'm lying flat, go bananas with shooting pains and much tingling and throbbing in my feet. Last night, it was especially virulent before things calmed down and i fell asleep.
This morning, I've got a few more items to remove from my bathroom, and then I will lie down and doze until the super shows up.
Yes, DR singding, 3-time Grammy winner Judith Sherman is my friend and producer of the foundation's recordings. I met her when she produced John McGlinn's 1984 Book-of-the-Month Club recording "Songs of New York," She also produced four or five NYC Gay Men's Chorus recordings for Pro Arte and Virgin Classics.
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good morning to all
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I watched a documentary a couple of weeks ago about the Michael Morton case. (Don't recall the title.)
Morton was convicted of murdering his wife; spent 25 years in prison until he was proven innocent with DNA evidence. They also caught the real killer.
The Texas district attorney who prosecuted the case was proven to have withheld evidence from the defense. He lost his law license and spent a short time behind bars.
Excellent documentary.
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Cake is a good thing-- especially on a Monday. I'll have to get some. It won't be Parisian cake, of course, but I'll come up with something.
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Good morning, all.
Got a busy day ahead of me, and must get started on it soon.
The 90th birthday party was great last night and the food was exceptionally good. We were about 45 people in a private banquet room of a nice neighborhood Italian jernt. I'd never been there, but the food and service far exceeded my expectations for any such mass dinner. I had a humongous and most excellent New York Strip Steak with mushroom sauce, done perfectly. Just perfectly. And the birthday boy was very happy and had a great time, all 90 years of him.
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I love documentaries, but don't remember what I answered last time. I should go look. But what I know I'd add is the few American Masters programs I've seen, such as the Johnny Carson one BK wrote about, and -- I hope I'm right in remembering it was an American Masters -- the one on Glenn Gould in particular. Don't know how many there have been, but I'd like to revisit these and see a lot more.
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I've got a question for BK--
The ones you're posting about sound intriguing, but where do you find these?
It sounds you like you've known about certain titles in advance, and were just waiting for the time to watch them. Are they on DVDs that you've had sitting around? Or do you search the TV channels or On Demand, and there are actually enough out there at any given time to pull down several within a couple of days?
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Monday morning greetings! I had a much-needed 10-hour sleep and feel quite refreshed. Tonight is our AAUW Middletown April meeting and I get to tell our members about the wonderful awards we received at the state convention.
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DR Vixmom, in 1979 I had a severe case of bronchitis that required several trips to the doctor. His nurse eventually said, "Why don't you just get pneumonia - we know how to cure THAT!" Not that I'm recommending that, but I thought the laugh might help you feel better.
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Good morning, all.
It's storming here with plenty of lightning to add to the show.
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Went to the diabetes doctor this morning. She wants me to finish this master's thesis and get the stress out of my life. As if her statement didn't add its own stress level.
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Spike Lee's 4 Little Girls
Hoop Dreams
Resnais' Night and Fog
What I've seen of Shoah qualifies it for this list.
Winged Migration
Man on Wire
Spellbound
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Sometimes I just click on HBO Documentaries On Demand and see what's there.
That's how I found:
Something's Wrong With Aunt Diane....my favorite documentary currently.
I also enjoyed DR EDISAURUS' documentary about Sacco and Vanzetti.
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Yesterday I saw a comedic enterprise titled The Comedy of Errors by a new playwright William Shakespeare.
It was set in the Old West.
I have to say that it worked very well. The director did a very good job as did the entire cast. I laughed from beginning to end. The costumes were also very good, and the set was great!
The lighting was a little dark sometimes, but there you are. They also used some Appalachian music for pre-show and intermission rather than actual Western tunes.....
We sat on the FRONT row so we were almost in the show, since seating was onstage.
I would see it again....but yesterday was the last day.
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The father tells about the loss of two sets of twins at sea.
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My bathroom may become the longest running epic in the story of my life: the supples have not arrived yet for the repair, so tomorrow- or Friday - the super will show up and knock down the rest of my ceiling. The repair may not begin before next Tuesday. Sice I've emptied it, the moving ordeal is over until I need to put everything back. What's frustrating is living with the facilities out of various shopping bags.
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How is tonight different than any other night?
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DR ELMORE there are some poor people without shopping bags.
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Victor Young was in my mailbox today.
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A blessed Passover for all who are observing.
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And happy red moon tonight.
There was an early black musical named Red Moon.
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More vibes for Vixmom.
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I'm up - at least a pretty good night's sleep of a little over eight hours.
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All these documentaries show up on Netflix as recommendations anytime you finish one.
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We just had the worst hailstorm here in Austin that I have ever seen.
The stones were coming down in sheets; thought my windows were going to break.
We lost electricity for about an hour.
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Victor Young was in my mailbox today.
Must be a big mailbox.
::)
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Got a bunch of stuff done.
Now, must do a bunch of other stuff.
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There's always more stuff.
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And there's always another page.
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Namely, Two.
(Which rhymes, most appropriately, with Namely You.)
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DR ChasSmith - next, you'll be telling us that we deserve one who's willin'. :)
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We just had the worst hailstorm here in Austin that I have ever seen.
The stones were coming down in sheets; thought my windows were going to break.
We lost electricity for about an hour.
Wow. Has the whole storm passed or did you just get your power back?
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Scary weather here, too.
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Rob Stevens' first review is up and running. Just go to our main page for the notes and click on Now Playing on the left menu bar - or, click this link: http://www.haineshisway.com/now-playing/
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Excellent. Love it. A great addition to the ol' site.
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Two documentaries that I saw last year on Netflix were quite excellent.
Once was about the Freedom Riders during the 1960s and other was about Fred Phelps and his horrifying family.
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Interesting review.....
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Rob Stevens' first review is up and running. Just go to our main page for the notes and click on Now Playing on the left menu bar - or, click this link: http://www.haineshisway.com/now-playing/
That's great!
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Two that come immediately to mind are the documentary on the recording of the original Company cast album and the Lincoln Center Follies concert, not for their artistry in the art of documentary but mainly for their content.
I just remember how excited I was to see them originally, with all the stars and backstage, behind-the-scenes chatter.
Ditto and Ditto!
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I also enjoyed DR EDISAURUS' documentary about Sacco and Vanzetti.
As did I...I also saw (in a real movie theater) A.K.A. Doc Pomus (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2300769/reference). That was very informative and entertaining.
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Ah yes the COMPANY documentary....and also by the same people....MOON OVER BROADWAY about the Broadway travails of the Ken Ludwig show MOON OVER BUFFALO.
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Rob Stevens' first review is up and running.
Huzzah!
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Busy day. Completed medical paperwork. Completed laundry (required HHW mention). Completed and submitted a job application. Walked the dog. Prepared for tonight's seder. Check, check, check, check, and check!
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What I like about Rob is he's a real critic - not everything he sees will get a rave and so it will actually mean something when he does give one.
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All songs chosen (this was a HARD show), assigned, and now music is being gathered - all we need now is a guest star and frankly with this show I don't even care if we have one.
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Happy Monday, All!
Are Mondays ever that? Maybe, if you eat cake. :D
It's so nice to have a Rob Stevens' review here already. Great addition to the site, BK.
Not much here today, just business mostly. Learned my big solo vampire number yesterday. Easy to learn, because it goes exactly where you think it will. Some nice things in it though.
I'm not sure which night the new Kritzerland show is, but it is likely to be May 4th, and if so, I'll be in vampire-land and will have to miss it. Booooo! :'(
Looks like today is a "have your cake and eat it too" kinda day. :P
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Good afternoon.
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Nice review from Mr. Stevens.
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My frustration level is rising regarding the actions of people in the workplace. Luckily, I've left a paper trail if anyone wants to challenge me on things. Young and "entitled" people are working my last nerve.
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Will shortly be on my way to our first Li'l Abner rehearsal.
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Hope it goes well, BK!
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On the Tumwater front, Victor Young at Paramount (http://www.kritzerland.com/vic_young_Para.htm) has arrived!
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My all-time favorite documentary (in reality a documentary series produced by BBC which tends to step away from what the documentarian/presenter is discussing by inserting "a personal view by" or some such language):
CONNECTIONS by James Burke
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My all-time favorite 1A documentary is a kind of cinematic jape by one of my all-time favorite directors, Orson Welles:
F FOR FAKE
This, along with CONNECTIONS, are two documentaries, perhaps non-traditional, that I always find entertaining and see something new in each viewing.
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I forgot the TOD:
Here's a couple memorable docs, both on music:
Sting's "Bring on the Night"
20 Feet from Stardom
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I also loved Henri-Georges Clouzot's THE MYSTERY OF PICASSO which shows the artist create an original work for the purpose of filming his process then destroying the art work, thereby the only place that the art work "exists" and doesn't exist, simultaneously, is in the documentary itself.
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I have seen all of Werner Herzog's documentaries. There is usually something in them to warrant repeat viewings. A more recent one that he made was about the cave paintings in France that was quite good.
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The Prologue to the movie THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY (THE ARTIST WHO DID NOT WANT TO PAINT) is a very good example of a documentary featurette. I always find the solemnity of the piece to put me in the mood for the story of Michelangelo, but somehow Chuck Heston takes me out of the 1500s and transports me to the Planet of the Apes.
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I saw a documentary on the life of Sir Georg Solti that was quite interesting if you are a classical music fan.
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There have been many documentaries about The Beatles. The one that I liked better than THE BEATLES ANTHOLOGY was THE COMPLEAT BEATLES narrated by Malcolm McDowell as it hit upon all the important points without taking up an entire week on the A-BEATLES-C television network.
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I love Herzog's documentaries. The Cave of Forgotten Dreams was the one you mentioned, Dan M. Also loved Encounters at the End of the World, Fata Morgana and Grizzly Man. I have a copy of Little Dieter Needs to Fly, but I haven't had time to watch it yet.
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And Burden of Dreams about the making of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo is great.
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While this is not a formal documentary, I have admired the montage underlying the opening credits of SOYLENT GREEN, which serves as a sort of documentary of moving from agrarian to industrial society leading to (oh no, not again) Chuck Heston! By the way, I believe that today is Soylent Red.
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There's a documentary on the unfinished films of Welles on the Criterion edition of F FOR FAKE which is called ORSON WELLES: ONE MAN BAND. That is a fascinating look at all of the stuff he left unfinished and that it was all over the world.
Since that time, we have been "given" the execrable Jess Franco's "completion" of Welles's DON QUIXOTE.
Which reminds me, the documentary about Terry Gilliam's equally ill-fated DON QUIXOTE was quite interesting as it showed Gilliam's continued run of problems that began back when he made THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN with John Neville, et al.
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And Burden of Dreams about the making of Herzog's Fitzcarraldo is great.
Yes! And the part when he eats the shoe yecch!
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I enjoyed COSMOS by Carl Sagan at the time it was first broadcast, but since then, I now agree with the professors I had at Cornell who felt that their colleague was very vain and self-aggrandizing. I can't watch it anymore because there's a scene where you are shown the Great Pyramid, Sagan to one side of it and the sun rising. One of the professors I had said that the scuttlebutt around campus was that Sagan thought he was Ra, the Sun god.
I had an encounter with Sagan on campus. I wasn't out to find him, but by mere happenstance he was just in front of me as we were both walking through a campus parking lot. All I wanted to do was to say hello. He noticed me, looked like a scared rabbit, dashed and darted to his VW Rabbit (yes, it was, and a convertable to boot) and drove right past me, looked at, but never acknowledged me in any way. I felt that I had "intruded" on his "space" (no pun intended) as he left the Space Sciences building. I've had a mixed feeling about him ever since. I mean all he had to do was wave back.
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I enjoyed the Martin Scorsese documentary A PERSONAL JOURNEY THROUGH AMERICAN MOVIES he did for the BFI. I'm not usually a fan of his movies, but there's no denying that he knows a lot about movies. I'm particularly interested in obscure or forgotten ones and learned much about same.
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I also enjoyed John Cassavetes's daughter's documentary on the Z CHANNEL. That was another place I "discovered" obscure or forgotten movies.
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Another group of films/movies that I find fascinating is the trilogy by Godfrey Reggio, THE QATSI films. Not really sure if they "qualify" as documentaries, but the photography, editing and the music by Phillip Glass, make them at least worthy of one viewing. I haven't seen Reggio's newest VISITORS.
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I have enjoyed all of the documentaries Robert Hughes has been associated with, like SHOCK OF THE NEW, and AMERICAN MASTERS.
Speaking of art history, the documentaries by Waldemar Januszczak are very good.
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There was a documentary on PBS a number of years ago called CONEY ISLAND by Ric Burns and was graced by the dulcet tones of Philip Bosco, whom I've always admired (he also is the product of an Italian father and a German mother) as an actor. (He's very, very funny in the Bill Murray comedy QUICK CHANGE, which I think was the awesome Jason Robards' final film.)
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That Z CHANNEL thing is wonderful. The only thing it lacked was actual footage of people and things here and there on, you know, the Z Channel. I think it had one or two tiny things, but nothing like what we'd want.
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Lots of great sounding docs mentioned in this here TOD. I'm tempted to go through it and copy/paste the titles, keep a list of things to watch for.
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I enjoyed COSMOS by Carl Sagan at the time it was first broadcast, but since then, I now agree with the professors I had at Cornell who felt that their colleague was very vain and self-aggrandizing. I can't watch it anymore because there's a scene where you are shown the Great Pyramid, Sagan to one side of it and the sun rising. One of the professors I had said that the scuttlebutt around campus was that Sagan thought he was Ra, the Sun god.
I had an encounter with Sagan on campus. I wasn't out to find him, but by mere happenstance he was just in front of me as we were both walking through a campus parking lot. All I wanted to do was to say hello. He noticed me, looked like a scared rabbit, dashed and darted to his VW Rabbit (yes, it was, and a convertable to boot) and drove right past me, looked at, but never acknowledged me in any way. I felt that I had "intruded" on his "space" (no pun intended) as he left the Space Sciences building. I've had a mixed feeling about him ever since. I mean all he had to do was wave back.
That's a very interesting encounter, Dan. Have you (or anyone else) been watching the new version of "Cosmos" with Neil deGrasse Tyson? How does it compare? I watched the first episode and have recorded the rest. Hopefully, I'll actually get to watch them...someday.
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I am catching up on my missed HHW days...and I keep wanting to comment on other HHWers comments...but of course the page the comment is on is closed, and if I commented on it now, it would make no sense.
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In other news: I was in a fashion show, walking the ramp last Saturday at our Holi festival, which was put on by our India-US group.
I had to dress in modern day cowboy attire, while others were dressed in attire from different parts of India. I think we pulled it off nicely. I will have to await photographic evidence or video footage. The show was choreographed, and I was quite surprised to not have fallen over my own feet...or anyone elses.
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The rest of the Holi celebration was great fun, as well. Especially the food.
My sister and brother-in-law (BIL) went. I was suprised that my BIL would go...he is sort of the racist type...anyone with brown skin and an accent is a terrorist, as far as he is concerned...and when a gentleman in a turban began chatting with him at the event, I expected the worst. Thankfully, nothing terrible happened.
Perhaps my BIL learned from going to the festival that people with other skin colors, religions, and languages are nice also. I sure hope so.
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Apologies if someone got to these first:
THE GOLDEN RING: THE MAKING OF SOLTI'S 'RING'
SING FASTER: THE STAGEHANDS' RING CYCLE
I don't remember much about the latter, but the former is not to be missed.
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Victor Young was in my mailbox today.
His body or his ashes?
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He wasn't in mine.
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The Prologue to the movie THE AGONY AND THE ECSTACY (THE ARTIST WHO DID NOT WANT TO PAINT) is a very good example of a documentary featurette. I always find the solemnity of the piece to put me in the mood for the story of Michelangelo, but somehow Chuck Heston takes me out of the 1500s and transports me to the Planet of the Apes.
I always remember what Michelangelo said after he finished painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Now they tell me they wanted wallpaper.
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There's a documentary on the unfinished films of Welles on the Criterion edition of F FOR FAKE which is called ORSON WELLES: ONE MAN BAND. That is a fascinating look at all of the stuff he left unfinished and that it was all over the world.
Since that time, we have been "given" the execrable Jess Franco's "completion" of Welles's DON QUIXOTE.
Which reminds me, the documentary about Terry Gilliam's equally ill-fated DON QUIXOTE was quite interesting as it showed Gilliam's continued run of problems that began back when he made THE ADVENTURES OF BARON MUNCHAUSEN with John Neville, et al.
I read somewhere that Gilliam has raised the money again to film Don Quixote. I think he wants Depp again for the film, but not sure if Depp wants to do this time around
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TOD: The " 7 Up, 14 Up," etc documentaries
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TOD Continued:
My friend Angelo's documentary called "The Woman Who Wasn't There." It's about a supposed 9/11 survivor who joined a survivor's group. She claimed that she was rescued from one tower but that her fiancé had perished in the other. She made it all up. It's really fascinating. It's on Netflix.
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Bathroom repair vibes for DR elmore!
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Health vibes for DR vixmom.
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Hope the L'il Abner rehearsal is going well.
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I made Crista Moore's mother very happy today. She came into the store today to send packages to her. I recognize the name and asked her if she was the Crista Moore who was the singer and actress.
She told me yes and asked me how I knew who she was. I told I knew she was in Gypsy with Tyne Daley and that she recorded a lot of songs for Bruce Kimmel albums like Peter Pan and Lost in Boston.
We chatted for a while and told me she would introduce me to her on her next visit to Boca.
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Crista Moore Page 4 Headshot Dance
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I made Crista Moore's mother very happy today. She came into the store today to send packages to her. I recognize the name and asked her if she was the Crista Moore who was the singer and actress.
She told me yes and asked me how I knew who she was. I told I knew she was in Gypsy with Tyne Daley and that she recorded a lot of songs for Bruce Kimmel albums like Peter Pan and Lost in Boston.
We chatted for a while and told me she would introduce me to her on her next visit to Boca.
That's pretty cool, Mike!
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Well, I must be off now. Today, Theater Artists Olympia's Midnight Sun Committee is having a meeting, then the Theater Artists Olympia Board of Directors is having a meeting, and then there's a rehearsal for "Chamber Music," for which I am finally needed at rehearsal as Assistant Stage Manager! It's going to be a long evening...but not horribly long.
Until later!
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Joshie and his brother Jeremy came by to deliver me more IRMA LA DOUCE work since i believe i will be stuck here tomorrow with the ceiling repair.
I'm having Mac problems this afternoon. I rebooted and now nothing is the same.
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Finished ACE IN THE HOLE, and am watching the 1980 documentary, "Portrait of a '60% Perfect Man': Billy Wilder".
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Looking forward to hearing about LI'L ABNER.
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Okay, back to it.
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Three scenes of GUYS & DOLLS blocked.
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The rest of the Holi celebration was great fun, as well. Especially the food.
My sister and brother-in-law (BIL) went. I was suprised that my BIL would go...he is sort of the racist type...anyone with brown skin and an accent is a terrorist, as far as he is concerned...and when a gentleman in a turban began chatting with him at the event, I expected the worst. Thankfully, nothing terrible happened.
Perhaps my BIL learned from going to the festival that people with other skin colors, religions, and languages are nice also. I sure hope so.
Sounds like fun. Especially the food. Not the BIL watching.
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I made Crista Moore's mother very happy today. She came into the store today to send packages to her. I recognize the name and asked her if she was the Crista Moore who was the singer and actress.
She told me yes and asked me how I knew who she was. I told I knew she was in Gypsy with Tyne Daley and that she recorded a lot of songs for Bruce Kimmel albums like Peter Pan and Lost in Boston.
We chatted for a while and told me she would introduce me to her on her next visit to Boca.
Nice.
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TOD: The " 7 Up, 14 Up," etc documentaries
Love those.
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Another documentary I had forgotten to mention earlier that I really enjoy is Hands on a Hardbody. I like the musical score for the most part, though I think the characters in the show are less interesting than the real people.
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Back from a fun read-through then some dinner.
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Page four? Really?
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Get me off this damn page.
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Watching a German drama, Sophie Scholl, tonight. My mom recently read the book and it brought a great deal of trauma back from her days in World War II. It was nominated for the Oscar for Foreign Language Film.
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I just read the title of today's notes as "Punishing the Cake".
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Ever watch a film that's only 90 minutes long, but it feels like you just sat through the entirety of Nicholas Nickelby - and still can't find a story? Yeah, me neither. *cough cough* :D
No wonder BK said no one ever saw it. And yes, I had to watch it as some work prep.
Thankfully, Forrest Gump is on now, so I don't have to poke out my mind's eye. :P
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I just read the title of today's notes as "Punishing the Cake".
I believe that was the original title of a cut reprise of "Finishing the Hat".
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Ever watch a film that's only 90 minutes long, but it feels like you just sat through the entirety of Nicholas Nickelby - and still can't find a story? Yeah, me neither. *cough cough* :D
No wonder BK said no one ever saw it. And yes, I had to watch it as some work prep.
Thankfully, Forrest Gump is on now, so I don't have to poke out my mind's eye. :P
I seem to be watching that right now.
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Home from a Passover Seder at the Temple.
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Now, I'm going to bed.
Goodnight.
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Watching more of Shoah tonight. Devastating.
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Anybody going to stay up to watch the blood moon tonight?
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One of the local ministerial lunatics has announced it's the end of the world. Sadly, people are paying attention because he has a huge following. I wonder what they'll say in the morning.
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I may wake up at 2 a.m. to watch it. The skies are clear now, so I should be able to see something.
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DR ChasSmith, can you move this on to page five?
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I need to get some sleep, if I'm going to get up at 2 a.m.
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Anybody going to stay up to watch the blood moon tonight?
I have been messing with the settings on my camera.
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Anybody going to stay up to watch the blood moon tonight?
I'm going to try
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Back from a wonderful Seder. And yes, we had an orange on the seder plate. :)
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I'm getting very sleepy...not sure if I can stay up
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Me too. I never sleep through the night, so I'll go outside a few times when I wake up.
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Got all the sheet music and have sent it out, so finally that's done.
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Okay, this is really irritating. Five pages? Really?
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I guess everyone must be on vacation or twiddling their thumbs or something.
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Joshie and his brother Jeremy came by to deliver me more IRMA LA DOUCE work since i believe i will be stuck here tomorrow with the ceiling repair.
I'm having Mac problems this afternoon. I rebooted and now nothing is the same.
~~~Resolution-of-Mac-Problems Vibes for Larry!!~~~
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Anybody going to stay up to watch the blood moon tonight?
I'd like to but it's completely overcast here in the PNW. :P
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Tonight's rehearsal for "Chamber Music" was supposed the first run-through off-book. As ASM, I was on-book, feeding them lines whenever they needed them. It went fairly well.
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They started with just a speak-through, and then they actually ran the show with blocking and a few of the props that they have. Most were off-book, but it's good, though. The first night off-book is always wonky and tonight was no exception. But overall, it was a good first off-book night.