Two weeks ago Daniel and I went to see the Sydney Theater Company's poduction of Tennesse Williams's play, "A Streecar named desire." Cate Blanchett is co-artistic director of the company and starred as Blanche Dubois, a woman who is full of contradictions...to say the least. She is fragile yet strong, deluded yet quite aware of her faults. And despite any protestations people may give, most of us can relate to Blanche.
This article very astutely states that such an idiosyncratic character "acquires the stuff that is the universality of tragedy." Like most people, Blanche is complex which makes her eventual collapse incredibly sad.
I highly recommended reading this review. It's the best one I've found.
http://theater.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/theater/reviews/03streetcar.html?emc=eta1
Friday, December 4, 2009
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Sunday, November 8, 2009
"Bright Star" - Official Trailer [HD HQ]
I know what you're thinking--romantic, British chick flick. Yeah, it is. But a quality British chick flick. It's important to distinguish between this and say, "Becoming Jane" and Anne Hathaway's embarrassing interpretation of Jane Austin's personality. Not to mention the accent. I have never imagined Jane Austin to be anything like the person she portrayed.
Oh, but this looks great. I should torture Daniel and make him watch it. Ahaha.
An Education (2009) Trailer
I desparately want to see this movie. It's one of a few films I want to see at the moment that are only playing at Cinema Arts in Fairfax. I wish they had wider circulation.
Anyway, aAt first I thought this one had the potential to be cheesy but it has received excellent reviews.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Daniel's Birthday Present
A video review from cnet on our new little camera.
For the full written review, check out the article.
Videos
Despite having an incredibly busy weekend, Andrew and Naomi came for a short visit on Daniel's Birthday. We tested our new mini-HD video camera on two very cute subjects. Frodo was enamored with Madeline. Unfortunately, Sam was a little too exuberant in his display of affection for Madeline, so he had to be held the whole time. I don't think these videos are are in HD, but it can record for over an hour and has different settings to record in HD for a computer screen or TV screen. We have some videos of Sam and Frodo but we'll have to come up with some more interesting material.
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