Sunday, March 6, 2011
First Lines: Flannery O'Connor - The Violent Bear it Away
Francis Marion Tarwater's uncle had been dead for only half a day when the boy got too drunk to finish digging his grave and a Negro named Buford Munson, who had come to get a jug filled, had to finish it and drag the body from the breakfast table where it was still sitting and bury it in a decent and Christian way, with the sign of its Saviour at the head of the grave and enough dirt on top to keep the dogs from digging it up.
Julius Caesar (1953)
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
Faithful Shakespeare adaptation with some great performances, but a bit stage-bound.
Clear and Present Danger (1994)
A CIA analyst is drawn into an illegal war fought by the US government against a Colombian drug cartel.
Solid political thriller that manages to keep up the suspense despite its length.
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