Sunday, February 21, 2010
Lawrence Ferlinghetti: Excerpt from A Coney Island of the Mind
Section 20
The pennycandystore beyond the El
is where I first
fell in love
with unreality
Jellybeans glowed in the semi-gloom
of that september afternoon
A cat upon the counter moved among
the licorice sticks
and tootsie rolls
and Oh Boy Gum
Outside the leaves were falling as they died
A wind had blown away the sun
A girl ran in
Her hair was rainy
Her breasts were breathless in the little room
Outside the leaves were falling
and they cried
Too soon! too soon!
Mulholland Falls (1996)
In 1950's Los Angeles, a special crime squad of the LAPD investigates the murder of a young woman.
Above-average neo-noir thriller with an appropriately complex, but comprehensible plot with lots of tough talk and 40s atmosphere.
Chinatown (1974)
A private detective investigating an adultery case stumbles on to a scheme of murder that has something to do with water.
Seminal neo-noir thriller, the plot spiraling into ever more darker depths, an instant classic and for both director and its star probably their greatest efforts so far.
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