Category Archives: notes

Arthur Poppington

Posted on September 4, 2011 by yrm

Mother: «What does this teach us, Jack?» Son (Jack): «Next time have gun.» — Mother & Son, from: «Defendor»

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No Man …

Posted on August 31, 2011 by yrm

«No man can walk out on his own story.» —Spirit of the West, from «Rango»

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Biutiful

Posted on August 6, 2011 by yrm

«[…] the story of Uxbal – a single father who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amid the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona — all before his time is up» — Wikipedia Last night movie — or better: the search for the soundtrack — lead me to this hardcore-to-the-bone-and-makes-you-cry movie w/ … Continue reading →

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First Snow

Posted on August 5, 2011 by yrm

Emptying the film list queue. Tonight: «First Snow» … 7 out of 10 stars. Dark, slow, angry, hopeless. No rain but snow — I can live w/ that. And a great soundtrack by a former Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Cliff Martinez — which lead me to tomorrows movie «Biutiful».

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The Messenger

Posted on July 15, 2011 by yrm

«Oh, they tell them to get ready when their kids deploy … but they never really listen, do they? Soldiers go to war and everyone waves flags and applauds … look at charts, study strategies, have «informed opinions». And then bullets fly and soldiers die and it’s such a shock. Fuck that! What did they … Continue reading →

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Alice in Wonderland

Posted on July 14, 2011 by yrm

«Where’s your head?» «I was wondering what it would be like to fly.» «Why would you spend your time thinking about such an impossible thing?» «Why wouldn’t I? My father said he sometimes believed in six impossible things before breakfast.» A typical Tim Burton, phantasmagorical and a pleasure to see the Lewis Carroll characters getting … Continue reading →

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In The Valley of Elah

Posted on June 28, 2011 by yrm

«In The Valley of Elah» for the 2nd time — now w/ T. Again a great movie and – like «In The Electric Mist» two days ago – a great Tommy Lee Jones performance.

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In The Electric Mist

Posted on June 27, 2011 by yrm

«In The Electric Mist» by Bertrand Tavernier with Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman from 2009, based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke. Wow. Solid movie w/o «schnick-schnack». Telling a good story w/ great photography and actors where it’s a pleasure to watch their skills. Eight out … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 6124025

Posted on November 16, 2010 by yrm

«It is a bit of a joke in our family that I use FB to ‘stalk’ my young adult children (19 -22). And my youngest and I had a great exchange the other month. He posted something (as a joke) that I found a bit offensive … so I left a little short comment along … Continue reading →

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Facebook Notes, No. 5687897

Posted on November 15, 2010 by yrm

«[…] Mikalah uses Facebook but when she goes to log out, she deactivates her Facebook account. She knows that this doesn’t delete the account – that’s the point. She knows that when she logs back in, she’ll be able to reactivate the account and have all of her friend connections back. But when she’s not … Continue reading →

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