Reminder: Saturday Manager's Scramble starts at 8am tomorrow morning.
Movie: watched this movie this afternoon, Temptress Moon, and enjoyed it very much though it does end badly, sadly. Chinese, subtitles.
Continue to be intrigued by foreign movies and more specifically Far East and Southeast Asian movies. And I do wonder if part of that is a curiosity about that part of the world. And if that is true, what am I learning from these movies about them? Which leads me to the question, what Hollywood movies would you put on a list of ten that are uniquely descriptive of our way of life, our culture, who we are, for those people in the far reaches of the world who are curious about America? Gangster movies? Westerns? Musicals? Of course, maybe Hollywood movies have no close relation with the reality of our society. But I find that hard to believe as I think Hollywood somehow reflects and copies who and what we are. Got any suggestions?
Other stuff:
-Tiger one back at the end of day two.
-Eric passed on Jerome Bettis comments: Irish will be very lucky to win two of their first six. Clausen will be the quarterback.
-World turns and continues to travel through space to God knows where.
Friday, September 7, 2007
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Yes, Hollywood movies "somehow reflect and copy" our culture, but for the most part they are an exaggeration and probably confuse those from other countries. American movies tend to show types rather than truth, which can sometimes be delightful, other times dreadful. In any book or movie, even an epic or a saga, only a piece can be shown. Realizing that, we have to believe that foreign movies are much the same.
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