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Jul 21 2010

First Look at An Hung Tran’s “Norwegian Wood”

Published by Jennifer under Movies

From the writer/director that brought us “The Scent of Green Papaya” and “The Vertical Ray of the Sun.” Iz excited!

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Jul 20 2010

More Specifically, “Chopin’s Prelude op. 28 No. 24 in D minor” and Where I First Heard It

Published by Jennifer under Movies,Piano

I wasn’t very descriptive about the Chopin piece that I mentioned attempting yesterday, but it’s the “Prelude op. 28 No. 24 in D minor.” I’ve always been a fan of Chopin, but didn’t hear this piece until I saw it in the Vietnamese movie “The Scent of Green Papaya,” which was played during a thunderstorm [...]

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Jul 16 2010

Outside, July 16, 2010

Published by Jennifer under Movies,Outside,Web Design

Outside is a collection of links and/or articles I’ve found interesting recently. Glenn Kenny describes The Eastwood Pass: …certain critics, so thoroughly enamored of Eastwood—not just Eastwood the director, but Eastwood the man, the myth, the legend—are just so thoroughly enamored that they’ll ignore his films’ many, many, many shortcomings. To this accusation I can [...]

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Nov 19 2009

Where The Wild Things Aren’t

Published by Jennifer under Books,Movies

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Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are has always been one of my favorite books.  In fact, I even find myself watching the children’s TV show “Little Bear” (based on Sendak’s Little Bear) every now and then, even though my daughter grew out of the show years ago. The playful (and wild) spirit as well [...]

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Oct 22 2009

Tarkovsky Scenes

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I haven’t watched my Tarkovsky movies in a long time because mine are all on VHS and the only VHS player we have left is on a very small TV; and I don’t want to watch Tarkovsky on a very small TV.  But lately I’ve really been missing them, and since I cannot afford to [...]

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Dec 01 2008

101 Things for Which I’m Thankful

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Since I have so much to be thankful for, and since it is Thanksgiving, I wanted to do a stream-of-consciousness post on 101 things I’m thankful for.  I thought about ordering them at first, but that just didn’t seem right somehow. 1. Natasha, Natasha, Natasha, Natasha, Natasha; my sweetest of sweets daughter.  I’ve been ‘in [...]

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Sep 20 2008

Spread too Thin OR OR The Social Breakthroughs vs. The Meaningless Dribble as a Result of Wine? OR “Doesn’t Anyone Know Anyone Anymore” OR The Go-Getter

Published by Jennifer under Movies,Music

(That title was so Sufjan). (Let me preface this by saying that this blog post is written with a a few glasses of red wine… I feel so chatty but I’ll pare things down!) I finally got around to watching The Go-Getter (starring the lovely, dryly humorous, and interesting Zooey Deschanel) and while I haven’t had the time [...]

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Aug 15 2008

Wanting a Woody Allen Movie

Published by Jennifer under Movies,Ramblings

I just scanned all the movie channels but nothing looked good… I’d really like to see a Woody Allen movie right now – something New York-y like “Hannah and Her Sisters” – why did I never buy any Woody Allen DVDs? And yes, I have decided to add ‘Ramblings’ as a category here!

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May 23 2008

Donnie Darko 2: Don’t Even Think About It

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Apparently there is going to be a sequel to Donnie Darko… before you get too excited about it, know these things: Original director Richard Kelly has nothing to do with it (that alone should make Donnie Darko fans run screaming) The storyline revolves around little sister Samantha Darko taking a road trip and having flashbacks [...]

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