In February 2022 I started reading “Ulysses” by James Joyce, “Odyssey”, watched “The Killing” (1956) and other things like the Russian film “T-34”
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Fragrant Excerpt from Joyce’s “Ulysses”: 5, Lotus Eaters
One of several forthcoming asides on the book "Ulysses" by James Joyce. Lead us not into temptation.
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- 2022-02-27
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Stanley Kubrick’s “The Killing” (1956): Misanthropy Run Amok
"The Killing" makes murder a spectacle, something beautiful, peopled with a group of ne’er-do-wells whose destruction we will undoubtedly enjoy.
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- 2022-02-22
- On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal
Lasciviously Read & Watched: January 2022
Each of books and films lasciviously read and watched (respectively) during the first month of the 2022nd year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
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- 2022-02-06
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
“The Silence” by Don DeLillo: Electromagnetic Pulses and Voiceless Narration
Don DeLillo’s "The Silence," is a strange novel featuring an electromagnetic pulse and empty narration
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- 2022-01-29
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Happily Read and Watched: December 2021
Didn’t do much mountain biking, but I read and watched “Alien Resurrection,” Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust,” Shakespeare’s “Henry IV, Part 1”, Italian Neo-Realism, etc.
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- 2022-01-05
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”: a 1400-word Summary
A summary of Cynthia Ozick’s "Trust", being the story of a peculiar, nameless narrator seeking the reasons for her lack of name and lack of a father.
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- 2021-12-29
- On Literature, Books Reading Journal
Reading well an excerpt from Cynthia Ozick’s novel “Trust”
An excerpted passage from the 1966 novel "Trust" by Cynthia Ozick, dripping with the poetry and squalor of Rimbaud.
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- 2021-12-19
- Reading Journal
What was read and viewed during the sad, bad month of November 2021
Was it a sad, bad month, November? I read Athan Theoharis' "Abuse of Power", watched "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" (2019) and "The Lusty Men" (1952)
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- 2021-12-04
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Tour of Turret Two of the USS New Jersey
The Turret Two Tour of the USS New Jersey was a moment to reflect on the astounding machinery of war.
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- 2021-11-21
- Idle Reflections On Ideas, Concepts, Intuitions
Cynthia Ozick’s “Trust”: Exegesis | Tom Hanks on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Ruminations on Cynthia Ozick’s knotty, profound prose counterposed to some armchair commentary on Tom Hanks’ eminently forgettable appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel Live.
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- 2021-11-07
- Reading Journal Viewing Journal
Read, Viewed: October 2021
When you begin the month with a film like "Incendies," it’s downhill for the remaining 30 days. Luckily I started reading "Trust."
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- 2021-11-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Denis Villeneuve’s “Incendies” (2010): Seeking Expiation
In Denis Villeneuve’s 2010 film "Incendies" siblings seek a brother and father never known to deliver letters from their recently deceased mother.
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- 2021-10-17
- On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal
Read, Viewed: September 2021
During September I finished reading "Shadow of the Torturer" a short story by Adalbert Stifter, luminary of 19th century German literature, and watched "Forbidden Games."
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- 2021-10-10
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
René Clément’s “Forbidden Games” (1952): Mourning as Indifference
"Forbidden Games" (1952) tells a story of how children, uninitiated in the rituals of mourning, recognize the loss of those dearest through substitution.
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- 2021-09-20
- On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal