Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
Where the Wild Things Are (2009) - Max is a nine year old boy whose life is turning upside down. Max likes to pretend he's a wolf, chasing his dog and howling. His older sister doesn't really want him hanging around, his teacher scares him by talking about the sun dying and his mother has... Continue Reading →
Witness for the Prosecution (1957) - An aging English barrister in ill health (Charles Laughton) is hired to defend an American (Tyrone Power) accused of killing an elderly friend. His wife (Marlena Dietrich) initially provides her husband with an alibi but her story becomes gradually more complicated as she is called as a witness for... Continue Reading →
A Serious Man (2009) - A physics lecturer up for tenure at a small Midwestern university in the late '60s watches his life spin completely out of control. His children have little to no use for him, while his wife boots him out to replace him with a recent widower. His brother lives on the... Continue Reading →
The Big Sleep (1946) - Philip Marlowe (Humphrey Bogart) is called in to help settle the debts of the daughter of a wealthy man. Seems like a simple enough case but even before he gets out of the house another daughter (Lauren Bacall) throws the first of many curve balls headed his way in this... Continue Reading →
The following books are available only as e-books as near as I can tell. The Chronicles of Mark Johnson by Alan Place (2014) - Mark Johnson was a sought after fashion photographer who turned his back on the shallowness of that world. Now with the help of his friends Mark chases ghosts and fights demons... Continue Reading →
Gone with the Wind (1939) - As the Civil War sweeps through the nation, southern gentility are faced with the end of the life they have known. In the middle of it, Rhett Butler (Clark Gable) and Scarlett O'Hara (Vivian Leigh) collide in every manner possible. I need to be upfront about this movie. It... Continue Reading →
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1926) - F.W. Murnau's silent film classic follows a husband and wife from the country whose marriage is under attack from a sophisticate woman from the city. She tries to get the husband to kill to clear the field for herself. Modern film goers, especially those raised on uptempo... Continue Reading →
Jefferson Davis - The Man And His Hour by William C. Davis (1991) - A detailed biography of the man who was "the face" of the Confederate States of America. The author follows Davis from birth to his final breath and examines the events that shaped the man who became the center of the Civil... Continue Reading →
When I first got cable TV I immediately discovered that while have 30-50 channels (oh, back in the day) was really cool, what was TRULY amazing were the free weekends from the movie channels. Showtime and HBO and Cinemax would throw open the doors to the kingdom for 2-3 days and you could watch all... Continue Reading →
Cartoon - In the Living Room (1996) - It's so easy to think that all the great music in the world gets its due. That simply creating something truly wonderful is all you need to find fame and fortune. The reality is that all too often the fame and fortune go to people creating stuff... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 