July 3, 2004
While you're waiting for PTA to make a new movie, why don't you check out this fascinating Chris Marker-style photo narrative he recently made with Adam Sandler. I'm sure you'll agree that it's a brilliant piece of work that, like all of Anderson's ouput, effectively subjugates expectations. Like the wound in Adam Sandler's head, it's unexpectedly deep.
I was randomly thinking about Spider-Man 2 just now and suddenly remembered listening to Fresh Air way back in whatever year it was that Sam Raimi made The Quick In The Dead, and Terri Gross asked him what his goal as a filmmaker was; he said something to the effect that his dream was to make a film that would make people walk out of the theater feeling truly uplifted. As far as I and the majority of other people are concerned, he's succeeded. I can't stop thinking about that train scene; that's got to be one of the greatest action sequences ever filmed.
Today I'm going to watch Bergman's Smiles Of A Summer Night, which I checked out from the library; my next Netflix shipment hasn't arrived yet. To top that off, I had forgotten in my initial scheduling to take into account that there would be no mail this coming Monday. It's going to be tough to even make it to nine movies before the free trial is up. This is actually quite ridiculous. I should just go ahead and pay and keep the classics coming. Speaking of which, I guess I picked a rather fateful day to watch The Godfather . No need to say anything about it; obituaries are everywhere you look.
Posted by David Lowery at July 3, 2004 2:07 AM