Saturday, August 17, 2013
First Lines: Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger
For the Desk of:
His Excellency Wen Jiabao
The Premier's Office
Beijing
Capital of the Freedom-loving Nation of China
From the Desk of:
"The White Tiger"
A Thinking Man
And an Entrepreneur
Living in the world's center of Technology and Outsourcing
Electronics City Phase 1 (just off Hosur Main Road)
Bangalore, India
Mr. Premier,
Sir.
Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
Friday, August 16, 2013
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A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
Imaginative thriller, made tongue-in-cheek, and with a barely convincing twist.
Maltin ***: "Well-made, unpretentious thriller delivers the goods with plenty of laughs, scares, and surprises. Mostly shot in Puerto Rico rather than Hawaii; wherever, the scenery is gourgeous, almost a character itself."
Thursday, August 15, 2013
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First Lines: Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss
All day, the colors had been those of dusk, mist moving like a water creature across the great flanks of mountains possessed of ocean shadows and depths.
New Stuff: The Mountain Ghosts
Fascinating home recording, not really a 'new album', but then agaian it really is one.
New Stuff: Blödmaschinen
Georg Seeßlen is a popular culture analyst I have admired since my teens, here's a monumental investigation of our current culture.
Under Fire (1983)
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somoza regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
Exciting political thriller adequately fictionalizing a historic moment, but exemplifying its relevance, complete with realistic setting and stellar performances.
Halliwell *: "A thinking man's action piece, but no help to anybody in finding the true facts."
Maltin ***1/2: "First-rate political thriller...One of those rare films that manages to combine real-life politics and realistic romance with a nononsense story. Trio of stars are superb; so is Jerry Goldsmith's music. Only problem: It goes on too long."
