Yesterday I spent the morning at home playing, you guessed it ... Civ3. I watched Dr Phil and it was good. Then I went to a 40 minute movie at the City Gallery. It was called In the Dark and was a somewhat tragic documentary about a blind Russian man and his cat. I think my heart broke during the sequence when he is standing outside in the snow trying to give away the string bags he makes. Trying being the operative word, since no one wants them.
I went to Pandorro bakery after and bought myself a chocolate bread roll and that made me feel somewhat better. Coffee and Cigarettes cheered me right back up. It is a slick and silly film shot entirely in black and white. It features a bunch of famous people talking to each other in little vignettes about...stuff. Mostly coffee and cigarettes but also other stuff.
It's really a very good movie and you should all see it when you have a chance. Watch In the Dark if you are feeling too cheerful.
Watched the commentary on the Love Actually dvd last night. It is very funny, nearly as funny as the movie itself. Hugh Grant spends a lot of time running down Colin Firth which is very funny and Bill Nighy moans whenever he's on screen. Recommended.
I finished my Civ3 game this afternoon which is an official No-Movie Day. I went to visit my folks and tonight I'm seeing Madame Butterfly with Giffy. It's the ballet of the opera, should be good.
For those interested, I have seen quite a bit of Svend. He is looking well although his dedication to not missing any films is a tad scary. We saw him last after the Five Obstructions which was his 60th movie. Eep.
Posted by jenni at July 29, 2004 05:03 PM