I don't know what to say…..i worry...

Tennessee Williams — Sometimes—there's God—so quickly!

F. Scott Fitzgerald:

Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes—a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an æsthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.

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It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——

So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

There is so much beauty in the world yet so so so much sadness. Yesterday's Royal Wedding brought joy to so so many. Princess Diana in her time did her best to make the world just that little bit of a better of a place. Every 'Royal' is different. Every celebrity. Every....It is not 'one size fits all' criticism.

No-one is a saint.

Asia Argento's impassioned speech last night at the Cannes Film Festival. Amazing.
But Ms. Argento: if you do that, you do have to put all your private/sexual history on the line! That may not be fair nor even 'just'.  Yet in someone else's eyes they may well prove both. (btw- Your father made amazing movies that were/are/will be the inspiration of horror genre cineastes.)

But I worry.

I was surrounded by the British film critics that Monday morning (I think..) after Lars von Trier's controversial press conference way back when. I did write of this at the time (and still mean no ill will to all those I enjoyed watching movies with over the years) but none of them had watched the press conference in full and in context. There is a difference in meaning...

I worry.

I worry about Arthur Miller's The Crucible effect. I worry about the British tabloids with always so much power that basically forced David Beckham and his family to flee the U.K. he loved so much. I worry about American 'hear-say' being accepted as undisputed truth.

I worry that Bill Cosby might indeed be innocent even though a court of law has decided otherwise.





some sad sad movies…haunting me on a Sunday:

The Wrong Man

This Property is Condemned

A Place in the Sun



                                                    Once upon a time...



                                                           tomorrow...

Who wants to live in Amerika...electricity in ...what happened to My lovely island ameriRico...

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he will pay $4.5m (£3.2m) to cover the lapsed US financial commitment to the Paris climate accord.

$4.5m- hey- what a financial burden to Amerika. ...

https://nypost.com/2018/04/15/schumer-warns-against-proposed-canine-security-cuts/

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Women in music...

4days (as of April 3) left to listen in: BBC Radio 3's Late Junction International Women's Day show. Fab crazy, beautiful, soulful music/sound and gobsmacking comments about how sound men still see women as aliens to their world. Amble Skuse a member of the Orchestra For Females And Laptops aka OFFAL recounts male attitudes on sound jobs and it was even suggested to another member that she use a male internet pseudonym! She very graciously admits he was trying to help..but..

There’s a sessions podcast (UK only) and a transcript that I still can’t find..


Plus ca change...

Someone say hello to the trees on Primrose Hill for me. And where art thou my crazy beautiful friend who dragged me out one night in ferocious thunder and lightning to hug you all?

Everyone should visit the Wallace Collection btw. A 1720s selfie...?

Did you once tear my ticket at the Almeida, Xavier?...- those were the days…

What...

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Wahn! Überall Wahn!

the wondrous tree..


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ask yourself . why?

Cirque du Soleil: Aerialist Yann Arnaud dies in Florida show

...Trapeze...

where does an elephant go...?

It is so sad to read (already on the cards) that Toys R Us is set to finally close or sell all of its 885 stores in the US in the coming months, the BBC understands. That move would put about 33,000 jobs at risk. A wonderful idea that became another wonderful idea and…all those happy, enthusiastic, passionate staff- where will they all go?


The Elephant Song

Tears before bedtime, Zebedee

I am so so elated by actress Sally Hawkins' Oscar win. I think I cry more than you do! :) And so so pleased for The Shape of Water. It enlists every movie trope one can imagine. Then makes it real. That said: everyone should see Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky with Sally Hawkins. How Mr.Leigh makes the real real without a single movie trope (well…he does use a little music..;) is why he is a genius also.

Phantom Thread's amazing (she is! and I would argue the whole night that without her even with that amazingly handsome chap opposite her it just would not be the great movie that it is) Vicky Krieps was working to pay her bills in Europe (her words;) but there was Lesley Manville at the Oscars. Back onstage in London tomorrow Tuesday night in Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey Into Night. She plays alongside some guy Jeremy Irons..who he;) Someone is going to film that for future generations aren't they!

I want to hide under the sheets and feel very humbled. And I hate that word 'cause it is so often used so cringe make-ingly. In the case of Mike Leigh actors it is the only true quality. And I imagine the same with Guillermo del Toro actors as well. 


We know what we are trying to forget.

i remember...

I can't ever forgive you for what you did Prime Minister Tony Blair. And I can't forgive myself either for some things. You were on the massive geo-politcal stage, though. That being said, THIS Brexit interview is the wisest thing that you ever said. As a point of protocol are you Prime Minister or former PM? I rather like that White House quality of always being President even after death. One of the many ironies of the U.S.A. You don't write the cheque this week and one's name is gone pronto from the marquee. But as President no matter what one did u live on forever.