rain, anyone?
I'm loving these rainy days. Apparently I have a tropical storm in the vicinity to thank. It makes it so nice to sit at home and read and study. I'm so glad I'm not under obligation to go to Baton Rouge today.
This weekend we watched a great French film The Taste of Others. There are a few circles of people and then the individuals in each circle. Sometimes individuals cross into other circles. Each circle has its own taste. There's the bistro, the group of actors/artists, a businessman, his wife and bodyguard and chauffeur. Some characters' lives change dramatically when confronted with another's taste, especially the businessman when he encounters art. He doesn't know what to do, how to act, or what he is even feeling. The lives of other characters can't change when they encounter another taste, and that creates conflict, creative dissonance, if I dare use such a clicheed expression. I very much enjoyed this film. In some ways, it was almost a microcosm of real life...with the plastic tastes of businessmen and the struggling individuality of the artistic personality.
Chris and I have signed up for a trial of Netflix. Has anybody used this? or have an opinion about it? So far we're pretty optimistic. The selection is terrific.
Comments
I used Netflix last semester. Mixed feelings. It's great to be able to find more obscure films, for sure. But the selection isn't as wide as you might hope (at least for my obscurantist tastes) and it takes nearly a week for the next DVD to show up. I enjoyed it as a supplimentary service, but I still used Blockbuster for my spur-of-the-moment rentals.
Posted by: mesh | June 30, 2003 5:02 PM
yea...it looks like that is what we're doing. It's nice to be able to search for movies like by director or something, instead of that hateful aisle-wander at Blockbuster.
Posted by: Jeannette | July 1, 2003 8:46 AM