So.....my readers may be interested to hear that Four Corners has officially booked another destination: Russia.
I plan on seeing my friend Ivan in St. Petersburg July 19th-23 (I leave the States on the 18th) and then on the 23rd in the afternoon we will take a train to Moscow, from where I will head back home on the 28th. I hope you will all join me for the adventure.
I hope to maybe take in another one of Utica's culinary delights this weekend, and maybe even a movie. Should this happen, you know where to look for the afterthoughts. "Savages", the new Oliver Stone film based upon the novel by one of my favorite authors, Don Winslow, is on my radar. Given the novel connection, I would give "Savages" a review, even though I maintain that most film reviews will be of foreign flicks. Beyond that, I also have a handful of international films to test out. Hopefully I can get around to one of these.
Speaking of foreign films, I have been re-watching a few scenes from the 2010 "Biutiful", a haunting film starring Javier Bardem, and directed by one of my favorites, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Some of you may remember my review claiming that it is a dark and depressing film, but still an excellent piece of work. This commentary still holds, but there are parts of that movie that really are quite special, and I again encourage my readership to watch. I am also impressed by the soundtrack, done primarily by the Argentinian musician Gustavo Santaolalla. Here are two of my favorite pieces from the film, both under 3 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSn-GvaZog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFp_fWYweI
Stay tuned for more.
I plan on seeing my friend Ivan in St. Petersburg July 19th-23 (I leave the States on the 18th) and then on the 23rd in the afternoon we will take a train to Moscow, from where I will head back home on the 28th. I hope you will all join me for the adventure.
I hope to maybe take in another one of Utica's culinary delights this weekend, and maybe even a movie. Should this happen, you know where to look for the afterthoughts. "Savages", the new Oliver Stone film based upon the novel by one of my favorite authors, Don Winslow, is on my radar. Given the novel connection, I would give "Savages" a review, even though I maintain that most film reviews will be of foreign flicks. Beyond that, I also have a handful of international films to test out. Hopefully I can get around to one of these.
Speaking of foreign films, I have been re-watching a few scenes from the 2010 "Biutiful", a haunting film starring Javier Bardem, and directed by one of my favorites, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Some of you may remember my review claiming that it is a dark and depressing film, but still an excellent piece of work. This commentary still holds, but there are parts of that movie that really are quite special, and I again encourage my readership to watch. I am also impressed by the soundtrack, done primarily by the Argentinian musician Gustavo Santaolalla. Here are two of my favorite pieces from the film, both under 3 minutes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvSn-GvaZog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFp_fWYweI
Stay tuned for more.
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