Movie Time

Diane stayed around last night and watched this foreign film and, like a few we have seen these last several weeks, was a little bit wierd and had it's share of extreme violence - reminded Diane of Misery but on a more terrifying level. Audition is the title and Netflix provides this description:

"...Director Takashi Miike fashions an explosive drama in Audition. Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) has lived as a widower for too long and decides it's time to marry again. But how will he find a wife? When a friend suggests he hold a fake audition to pick the right woman, he takes him up on it -- only to realize that his choice may be a better actress than he bargained for...."

Sounds innocent enough. But isn't. Diane thinks it's a good movie to have around and to show to 'frisky' men. Remind them that all is definitely not as it appears, especially with young and beautiful and willing women. A good one with a mix of beauty, suspense and horror, and a male lead who turns out to be the innocent 40 something, really.

The night before we watched Jacob, Diane's selection, a movie of the Bibical character of the same name, in which deception played a major role - from Jacob's deception in getting his brother's blessing to his being deceived into marrying Leah. Am sure Diane was hoping for something more like The Red Tent, Anita Diamant's novel told from the perspective of Dinah, Leah's only daughter, which is excellent - well worth the read.

On books: Got three of them started (one on what's happening in Vietnam, one a bio on TR, and the third a Vonnegut novel) and not much time to get into them. Ah, the woes of the busy golfer...

It's stunningly beautiful out here at the golf course. Come out and enjoy the sun and fun...