From the monthly archives:

August 2006

I would be a happy man. And I’d probably be a poet. I might not make millions, but I don’t think I’d care. If an open wound had a voice it would be Bettye LaVette‘s. This disc I’ve been listening to is all about the voice and the voice is all about how it feels [...]

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12 movies I watch over and over

by Bill on August 21, 2006

I decided, for whatever it’s worth, to make a list of movies I watched over and over. These aren’t necessarily my favourites, though some are, and it doesn’t mean I think they are necessarily the greatest films ever made. But these definitely are movies I watch repeatedly. Not sure what it says about me, though [...]

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Always fascinated by story

by Bill on August 20, 2006

I’m currently reading Story: Substance, Structure, Style and The Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee. While it’s about screenwriting I’m not really reading it for that, though in a sense I am (excuse the contradiction). I’m reading it because, in a larger sense, it is about story (hence the title) and I am, and always [...]

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Some regard for human frailty

by Bill on August 6, 2006

Although this is posted on my other blog, The Burble, it seemed to me it belonged here as well. So … I’ve been doing a bit of “re-watching” of some all-time favourites, such as The Philadelphia Story, which I ran in the DVD player last night. I’ve lost track of how many times I’ve seen [...]

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