Among other things:
- Watched, with Sharon, the second part of the 1938 George Cukor film, The Women, which I had seen in college but not since. From that genre of pre-special effects film where dialogue is fast-paced & witty, it was better than I remember. A man doesn't appear on screen in the entire film, as these various wealthy socialites plot, disrupt, and otherwise connive their way into one another's relationships and marriages. Highly, highly recommended.
- Watched, by myself, the 1948 swashbuckling rompus of The Three Musketeers. I consider this one to be from some yet-unnamed genre of bigger-than-life spectacles featuring cringe-worthy anachronisms and no end of unbelievable characters and dialog, I would like to refer to as "The Ridiculous Era of Film." Ridiculous as the film was, however, it was a bit of a visual treat, as it featured such stars as Gene Kelly (as D'Tangan, no less), Angela Lansbury, Lana Turner, and Vincent Price; and some of the most amazingly choreographed swordfighting scenes (Kelly-you can imagine) I have ever seen. Definitely worth seeing; maybe even worth renting, as who knows when you'd ever have a chance to catch this one on TV.
- Drank my first, but not last, Goose Island Honker's Ale. A wonderful English bitter.
- Did a bike ride (70s & sunny, here in Mpls) with Lucy in the bike trailer. She's cool with it this year, which opens up load of possbilities for enjoyable late spring and summer afternoons...
- Got together at the coffee shop with an old chess mate for a couple of games. Good conversation. Great bagel. Lost both games.
- Went for the first read-through (all cast assembled) of The Good Doctor. That's gonna be a lot of fun. Our director, however, is also scenic designer for another production in town right now, and so is trying to balance a couple of schedules, especially early on. We won't convene again until May 1, and from that point there will be rehearsals every night (though my particular scenes will only be two or three nights a week, I suspect), with the expectation being that we are "off book" (not using scripts) within two weeks' time. Kind of atypical; but in all theatre companies, I would guess that the atypical is pretty typical.
- Went for a great, early evening run of my river loop (just a hair under three miles, on paved path for most, but backwoods trail for about 1/4 mile along the Mississippi).
What else can I say? Looking forward to more great weekends and more great evenings, as my work schedule permits...
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You should go to Goodwill and get an old black and white tv to go with all those old movies. Sarah and I are getting tired of getting burned on new releases. Some of those movies are just too disappointing. We might start looking for some older films. I want to get Sarah to see Cool Hand Luke. That is one of my all time favorites.
Definitely read my next post.
If you want to go down the route of classic movies and would like some recommendations, just let me know.
Cool Hand Luke's a good enough film, but you are in a different place in your life when you first fell in love with that one. Think of some of the scenes and some of the lines from that movie you liked so much, then ask yourself if Sarah would totally get into it.
Still a movie worth watching, Cool Hand Luke, no matter how hackneyed some of the lines have become in popular culture. There's much to like there.
As for the weekend....good times.
As for movies....I travel liberally through time.
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