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Monday, March 21, 2016

Temptation

I thought I had resisted temptation at the library book sale. But the last day is the free day. And I went back. For literature!* Poetry!** And, OK, a Mandy Patinkin CD.

He's singing, "Not a Day Goes By" from Merrily We Roll Along. How could I resist?

And last night we saw Youth, with Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel--what a combo!***--at the Normal Theater. It's an art film and a wow film! It's about music, film, relationships, and being human. I laughed, I cried, and I sat there stunned and recovering all the way through the credits (in part to see all the music credits!!) Talk about more cowbell!

*Jose Saramago, Susan Sontag, May Sarton, William Styron

**Kay Ryan, Lisel Mueller, Tess Gallager, Richard Howard, Reginald Gibbons

***Plus Jane Fonda, Paul Dano, Rachel Weisz, and a fabulous array of other humans! Kudos to Sumi Jo and Paloma Faith for being themselves! And fearless!
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5 comments:

  1. CollagemamaMarch 21, 2016 at 8:08 PM

    I put Youth on my library list.

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  2. KathleenMarch 22, 2016 at 8:08 AM

    Despite the title, it is definitely for grownups!

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  3. ron hardyMarch 22, 2016 at 3:43 PM

    I too was taken by Youth, especially the music. I became a Paolo Sorrentino nut. I found his last two films, The Great Beauty and This Must Be the Place, and watched both. Beauty reminds me of Fellini's La Dolce Vita but much richer visually. Sorrentino's elevated camera shots are amazing. The Place stars Sean Penn as a burnt out glam rocker. I'm not sure I would have ever watched this film if it hadn't been by Sorrentino. But I thought it was also wonderful.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 22, 2016 at 6:22 PM

    I too was taken by Youth, especially the music. I became a Paolo Sorrentino nut.I found his last two films, The Great Beauty and This Must Be the Place, and watched both. Beauty reminded me of Fellini's La Dolce Vita but Beauty is much richer visually. Sorrentino's rising elevated camera is amazing. Places is a film I doubt I would have seen except there it was conveniently on Netflix. Sean Penn plays a burnt out glam rocker. But I have to say I really liked this film too. Ron

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  5. KathleenMarch 23, 2016 at 2:57 PM

    We saw This Must Be the Place on Netflix, too. Now we must seek out The Great Beauty!

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