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Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
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...Still, always something new to look forward to. Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World might just be the redemption, Werner Herzog's investigation of technology and the connected world.
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"Beautiful. Do you love it?"...
I share his optimism...
Anomalisa
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And finally saw this, much anticipated, even more disappointed.
Not that it was bad, it was slow, yes, the theme of disconnect was well achieved through the use of the same voice for all characters, the confusion between the internal/external, monologue, dialogue, the themes of alienation, inability to connect in a meaningful way certainly resonated. And Kaufman, nothing he does is less than great or brilliant, but really, I just needed a happier film...
Rodding Hood
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On yet another slow evening, after a tedious shift that lasted much too long, I find on the floor of the coat check a small gold bracelet. Hearts, inset with diamonds, a pricey little bauble, I have an idea who it belongs to, the drunken last table, they'll be back for it...
Tuck it in a drawer, think nothing of it, the next day they pick it up.
A*****, he tells the nephew about it. And his face drops, he can't believe I returned it, he's frothing at the mouth, spitting, he coins a new nickname for me:
"Rodding Hood - Steals from the poor and gives to the rich..."
He's strongly of the mind that it's finders-keepers. That we could all have denied finding it, she could have lost it anywhere, we could have all pawned it and split the money, and for the rest of the week I'm treated to absurd sketches of how we should all band together to give our tips to our richest of customers, help them to buy better luxury cars, newer model Ferrari's and Lamborghini's, "Mother Teresa...Santo Dio..."
I argue from moral absolutes, it's the right thing to do, he'd have done the same I'm sure, but the continued comedy has begun to have me doubting...
On a Bus in Edmonton going to...
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I'm in Edmonton with the daughter and some other fellow I don't recognize or know, but I know him in the dream...he's small, dark, nondescript, irrelevant...
...we are downtown, he wants to go to this costume shop, and so the daughter and I decide to go along...they, her and him. are going to sit in the front of the bus, I'm a bit behind them and when I get on the bus I can see them further back, the seat by the driver is empty so I sit down...
...the driver, he has a friend standing behind him, a large, blousy woman...or not...she's helping him to change into drag, he's in various stages of undress, getting into his ballgown...I can understand why they moved to the back of the bus...
...meanwhile the bus is crossing the High Level Bridge, the costume shop, it's somewhere along Whyte Avenue, the driver and his friend, they're talking excitedly about the party they're going to, an event of some sort, and I'm generously trying to imagine that the driver is just costuming himself in women's clothing when he says some rather forward things to me that confirm my growing suspicions...
I look around the bus, everyone is dressed up, one, a black extended nose and spots on his cheek, made up like a cute dog, others...a cosplay or drag convention? I can't tell, my daughter is getting into a fight now with some of the other passengers, one comes to tell me, an oversized raggedy ann...doesn't matter, it's our stop, time to get off...
...Off the bus, a dead end road, nothing is around, nighttime, the dark haired man is leading us off into the dark to find the costume shop...where are all the other passengers going? there's nothing around...I'm wondering now about getting back, getting the daughter back to school, Qatar, a couple of days at least before we're back in Calgary...
A school gymnasium, doors burst open, lights, brightly colored real cheerleaders, and I'm thinking damn the costume shop, I wanna go to this party...
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