Good morning, all.
Up too late last night watching wonderful movies, conked out on the couch, transferred self to bed at six in the morning, and am just now up and sipping wonderful coffee. It's going to be a hot one today, though only moderately hot, not hot like in DO THE RIGHT THING which is the first movie I watched yesterday. Hadn't seen it in close to ten years, and it was wonderful to experience it again, especially in HD.
Next, BARBARIAN AND THE GEISHA, with John Wayne oddly but enjoyably cast as the first American Consul to Japan in the 1850s. This was all new to me and I really liked it.
Finally, coincidentally to the above notes, that masterpiece THE CONVERSATION. I'd seen this a few times over the years, of course, and always loved it, but I'd had the relatively recent Blu-ray release sitting in a to-watch stack for too long, and suddenly, that time was now. Having recently thrilled to FIRST NUDIE, I'd wanted to revisit some more Cindy Williams of the period, and that's all I had, so I put it in thinking I'd watch a few scenes and continue to save the whole movie for another day. Think again. From the opening shot in the main titles to those curious strains of music by David Shire, I was hooked. Hooked! And I stayed hooked to the very end. It had been too long since I'd been blown away by this film on any level at all, and this was the greatest yet.
I don't get in a triple feature like this as often as I should. These followed EARTH VS. THE SPIDER the night before. Haven't decided what's next.
