Performance
Bigelow and Belly Skating
With the Academy Awards quickly coming up this Sunday, I thought it timely to post this link to Kathryn Bigelow’s creative process. I think she should get Best Director award. The Hurt Locker was wonderfully directed but a disturbing film that explores the persona and emotional toll of a wartime bomb diffuser, staring Jeremy Renner, who’s performance is excellent. We’ve liked his previous acting in 28 Weeks Later and other movies. However, I don’t think this is the best movie. Peter and I are partial to District 9 because it was so unexpected — an odd mix of a documentary format and parody to change your sympathies by the end…
The Good Life
Feeling a little nostalgic when I ran across this, I think this is a nice compilation of classic entertainment scenes to the music, The Good Life by Tony Bennett but also sung by Frank Sinatra. However I don’t think it is either of these singing this version. If you want a more bluesy, modern version to Kick-Start Your Weekend I’d go with Love and Happiness, originally by Al Green but sung here by Marc Broussard. Home, is my favorite of his songs. He’s an incredibly soulful singer and really kicks it out toward the end of this.
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Silent Monks Sing
Merry Christmas! Here’s an appropriate video that hopefully will bring laughter and joy in the spirit of the season and Kick Start your weekend. Check Monday’s upcoming post for a few more scenes from the blizzard that hit us early last week and stranded my son in the Nashville airport. Surprisingly, my husband was able to make it back from Copenhagen. I later learned that they were only allowing international flights to land. My older son will be back by the time of this post and fortunately we’ll have our family together for Christmas. That’s a very good gift right there. As I was clearing out stuff I ran across…
