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Writing Attempt Start

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The room. Been a while, couple years. Familiar surroundings. The half dead imagination. Nearly blank page. Timer set for an hour in the taskbar. Is this what self-discipline is all about, dragging myself into a situation without inspiration, sans ideas, … Continue reading

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What I Can, Writing

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Just watched a movie about the highly complex intracacies of computer hacking. Mind-boggling in that mode. Computers, the detail, the systems interplay. Afterward, I began listening to music, abstract even as music goes. This occurs to me. I have access … Continue reading

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Lolita — Shooting

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This is my all time favorite Peter Sellers scene. From the 1962 version, the best one, of “Lolita,” we see Humbert Humbert searching for Clare Quilty in Quilty’s mansion. Humbert has come to kill him for allowing Lolita to drift … Continue reading

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The Letter – 1929

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The life of the star of this movie, Jeanne Eagels, was made into 1957 American biographical film and starred Kim Novak. This is the only reference I had to Eagles until TCM showed this extremely rare print. It’s the only … Continue reading

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Prix de Beaute’ — End

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Before Garbo, before Dietrich, there was Louise Brooks. This is a film from 1930, one of the first made with sound in France. A lowly typist has high aspirations to be a part of the glamour of Parisian life. She … Continue reading

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