Saturday, August 29, 2009

Indeterminacy 128


(Pieter Brueghel the Elder)

In 1960
I received a letter from
a university president
giving me an
appointment for the following academic
year.
I called Mother
to tell her the good news.

I said,
“I’m
to be a Fellow in the Center
for Advanced Studies at Wesleyan
University.”
Mother said,
“Why
are they always connecting you
with the dance?”

Then, after a pause,

she added,
“Do they
know you’re a Zen Buddhist?”

- John Cage

Natalia Vodianova

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

aka
Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight USA (complete title)
Ritter der Dämonen Germany



A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.

Tongue-in-cheek horror flic complete with gore, nudity and some entertainment value.

Kate Moss irrégulière

New Stuff


Who's That Girl?

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)


The story of a traditional (wealthy) family living in the Country Club District of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1930s and 1940s grappling with changing mores and expectations.

All done in good taste and has a lot of good production value and great acting, but it's just not too exciting or revelatory.

Friday, August 28, 2009

Audrey Tautou

Indeterminacy 56


A composer friend of mine

who spent some time in a mental
rehabilitation center
was
encouraged to do a good deal of
bridge playing.

After one game,
his
partner was criticizing his play
of an ace
on a trick
which had
already been
won.

My friend stood up
and said,
“If you
think I came to the loony bin
to learn
to play bridge,
you’re crazy.”

- John Cage

Gemma Ward