Saturday, June 5, 2010
First Lines: Upton Sinclair - Oil!
The road ran, smooth and flawless, precisely forteen feet wide, the edges trimmed as if by shears, a ribbon of grey concrete, rolled out over the valley by a giant hand.
Friday, June 4, 2010
First Lines: Harper Lee - To Kill a Mockingbird
When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.
Robots (2005)
In a robot world, a young idealistic inventor travels to the big city to join his inspiration's company, only to find himself opposing its sinister new management.
Set in a quite imaginative future this is fun to watch, if sometimes a bit too fast-paced.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
First Lines: Lautreamont - The Songs of Maldoror
God grant that the reader, emboldened and having become at present as fierce as what he is reading, find, without loss of bearings, his way, his wild and treacherous passage through the desolate swamps of these sombre, poison-soaked pages; for, unless he should bring to his reading a rigorous logic and a sustained mental effort at least as strong as his distrust, the lethal fumes of this book shall dissolve his soul as water does sugar.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
First Lines: Thomas Pynchon - V
Christmas Eve, 1955, Benny Profane, wearing black levis, suede jacket, sneakers and big cowboy hat, happened to pass through Norfolk, Virginia.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
The Movies I Watched in May
Le signorine dello 04 (1955) 6
Liberty Stands Still (2002) 6
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) 5
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) 7
Senki (2007) 6
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 6
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 7
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 6
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 5
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 6
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) 5
The Road (2009) 7
Liberty Stands Still (2002) 6
Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) 5
Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962) 7
Senki (2007) 6
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984) 6
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) 7
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 5
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991) 6
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) 5
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan (1982) 6
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) 5
The Road (2009) 7
