“What are we here for if not to enjoy life eternal, solve what problems we can, bring light, peace, joy for our fellow man and leave this dear, fucked-up planet a little healthier than when we were born?”
- Henry Miller
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“We are as forlorn as children lost in the wood. When you stand in front of me and look at me,what do you know of the grief’s that are in me and what do I know of yours. And if I were to cast myself down before you and tell you, what more would you know about me that you know about Hell when someone tells you it is hot and dreadful? For that reason alone we human beings ought to stand before another as reverently, as reflectively, as lovingly, as we would before the entrance to Hell”
- Franz Kafka, written at the age of 20
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The Air I Breathe aka Fragmentos del destino (2007) – four short stories that come together in the end. with an all star cast I’d expect better, but I found this film to be a major disappointment. It’s drab, depressing and pointless. Not worth your time.
Beauty Shop (2005) – Queen Latifah (Oscar nominee for Chicago 2002) has big dreams of opening her own beauty parlor; and snobbish high-end stylist Kevin Bacon (Death Sentence 2007) does everything in his power to stop her. Total chick-flick, but still a fun watch on a lazy afternoon. You go girl!
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“Only boring people are bored.” – Mad Men
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After Sunset: The Life & Times of the Drive-In Theater (1995) – bit of a low budget documentary on the fading glory of the drive-in theater told by Jon Bokenkamp as he recounts a road trip taken with three college friends. I got quite a kick outta this for two reasons. First, I love drive-in theaters and have spent more than my share of nights sitting on the hood of a car staring at a huge wall of moving pictures under the stars. Second, because I recently went on a road trip of my own where I visited many of the same spots shown in the film. I spent half the movie exclaiming “I’ve been there! I’ve been there!” to my empty apartment. This film is sweet, like good old American pie.
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