Watching La fanciulla del West now, AIFG!
I didn't realize Met Opera was streaming daily! Will have to check out during the weekend. I only know that one famous aria from La Fanciulla but interesting to think that to Puccini, American West was just as exotic as Imperial China of Turandot.
Another streaming FYI: Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin just started streaming on Netflix. Kinda seems too on the nose nowadays with its depiction of craven behaviors of those on top of the political ladder. That said, it is VERY funny, even if it's not exactly a comforting viewing.
Another streaming FYI: Armando Iannucci's Death of Stalin just started streaming on Netflix. Kinda seems too on the nose nowadays with its depiction of craven behaviors of those on top of the political ladder. That said, it is VERY funny, even if it's not exactly a comforting viewing.
Oooh, I wanted to see that.
PBS had a recent Great Performances airing of Akhenaten from the Metropolitan Opera. It was really beautiful to look at ... but you'd have to like Philip Glass's music. A lot (it's three hours long).
Granted, I haven't see
Tommy Boy,
but is it annoying to anyone else that the brilliant Brian Dennehy (RIP) is being referred to as Tommy Boy star Brian Dennehy?
In other acting news, I've made it through almost half of my intended "expiring" Criterion watches and have seen some phenomenal acting performances and some very good films.
It is hard to rank such different films, but per my own rating system they fall as follows, and I'd say that is roughly how I'd rank them except I'd likely put Condor at the top because it is so in my wheelhouse. But
The Defiant Ones
was a fantastic discovery. Two great performances, a fantastic script and visuals, and, sadly, still very relevant. I had never really heard of it but I can see why it got so many Oscar nominations in its day. As an exercise in documentary form,
The Arbor
was also really interesting.
The Defiant Ones
Three Days of the Condor
Klute
House of Games
Footlight Parade
The Arbor
Adaptation
My Dinner with André
Near Dark
I enjoyed and would recommend all of these, though the latter three probably only to certain people. I assume many Buffistas would like
Near Dark,
but I also assume most have seen it.
Name confusion can be ... interesting. I remember once reading that Jean Simmons (lovely English actress) would every once in a while receive fan mail for Gene Simmons (of KISS). It confused her at first, until she understood what was happening.
is it annoying to anyone else that the brilliant Brian Dennehy (RIP) is being referred to as Tommy Boy star Brian Dennehy?
That does not seem right to me.
I saw Tommy Boy when it came out and it was better than I expected, and he was certainly very good in it, but still.
annoying to anyone else
I was thinking "That's the movie you link him to?"
I first saw him in Gorky Park, and later in Silverado.
I think of him mainly from Cocoon and that John Wayne Gacy biopic, which probably aren't his most sterling roles either.
David Lynch's (G-rated!) The Straight Story is up on Disney+!
Oh man, one of my all-time favorite docs.
I had a HUGE crush on Brian Dennehy back in the day. It was nice to see him still working on The Blacklist and other guesting spots. Bless him and all his gruffness. May he rest.
