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poliphilo1. We finally got to meet the new baby next door. His name is Zaim (I hope I've spelt it right). We hear him going feed me feed me feed me at four o'clock in the morning.
2. The Great Madcap (dreadful title!) is a moralising comedy from Bunuel's Mexican period. (Isn't it amazing what oddities turn up on DVD?) It says on the case that it's a hidden gem, but it's not. What it is, is a moderately engaging adaption of a crummy middle-brow play with weak performances and some quirky touches and occasional splashes of local colour. If you didn't know Bunuel was responsible, you'd never guess it.
3. I caught the end of a documentary about Lautrec last night. I don't know why exactly, but anything to do with Lautrec- apart, of course, from that horrid Luhrman film, brings tears to my eyes. The presenter, Waldemar Januszczak, said Lautrec was the Rembrandt of the19th century. Yes, indeed.
4. We were shown photos of Lautrec clowning about naked on a boat. And, yes, the legend is true- he did have a big dick.
5. This will be the 55th time I've celebrated Christmas. I'm trying to be honest here and not strike any attitudes. So what do I feel? I feel a weary sense of inevitability. Yeah, here we go again.
6. Let's have some more Lautrec. This one's called In Bed
2. The Great Madcap (dreadful title!) is a moralising comedy from Bunuel's Mexican period. (Isn't it amazing what oddities turn up on DVD?) It says on the case that it's a hidden gem, but it's not. What it is, is a moderately engaging adaption of a crummy middle-brow play with weak performances and some quirky touches and occasional splashes of local colour. If you didn't know Bunuel was responsible, you'd never guess it.
3. I caught the end of a documentary about Lautrec last night. I don't know why exactly, but anything to do with Lautrec- apart, of course, from that horrid Luhrman film, brings tears to my eyes. The presenter, Waldemar Januszczak, said Lautrec was the Rembrandt of the19th century. Yes, indeed.
4. We were shown photos of Lautrec clowning about naked on a boat. And, yes, the legend is true- he did have a big dick.
5. This will be the 55th time I've celebrated Christmas. I'm trying to be honest here and not strike any attitudes. So what do I feel? I feel a weary sense of inevitability. Yeah, here we go again.
6. Let's have some more Lautrec. This one's called In Bed
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Date: 2006-12-17 08:53 pm (UTC)This is also my 55th Christmas. There is a bit of the weariness. I no longer get out all the decorations I had when my daughters were still here but just now we finished decorating the tree and it is making me rather happy.
The Lautrec is wonderful.
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Date: 2006-12-17 09:09 pm (UTC)The most Bunuelian thing in it is the opening shot of a whole lot of tangled legs.
Decorating the tree is one of my favourite Christmas things too. The tree decorations are old friends- and we try to add one or two new ones each year.
Lautrec's pictures of lesbian couples are just so tender. W.J. (don't ask me to spell his name again) said the only subject Lautrec painted with comparable tenderness was his mother.
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Date: 2006-12-18 12:56 am (UTC)I also add a new one or two but this year there were 8 new ornaments from our travels here and there.
My daughter and I were commenting about how each ornament is really a memory.