Theory on the grill

There ain't no way, no how that summer ends on Labor Day.

Here's a tentative plan:

Saturday, Sept. 8 on the RRL patio: BBQ and a movie. Starting up the grill around 4-5 p.m. sound OK?

We gather, we cook, we sit around, we visit, we eat, we watch stuff. Bring a dish or something to pass -- we can coordinate all that via e-mail, since last time worked so well. Let the group know if you can't make it.

The feature: "Zizek!" (2005) a documentary about the "Wild Man of Theory." Informatic, edutaining and entertational. And more!

We also may have some Wallace and Gromit/Nick Park shorts, for those with shorter attention spans. If you have to be bribed with animation, really, it's OK. It's still art.

More here: Zizek! the Movie

See you all there.

L'Avventura

L'Avventura opened my eyes to what film can communicate better than any other medium -- for the first time I saw beyond character, story, scene and effects, and discovered a rich language of image and mood, and backgrounds and landscapes that spoke louder than the actors.
((I could say the same thing about Mulholland Dr.))

"If I hadn't become a director, I would have been an architect, or maybe a painter. In other words, I think I'm someone who has things to show rather than things to say."
-- Michelangelo Antonioni, 1912-2007

Essential:
L'Avventura (1960)
Blow-Up (1967)
The Passenger (1975)