VEGAS!

We’re in Vegas tonight!

Melvyn and I are going to an Auto Industry Product Show tomorrow (Tuesday). We drove here today non-stop from Klamath Falls. It took us thirteen hours total driving time with two gas stops and one leg stretching session.

It was an interesting drive between Reno and Vegas, it is quite empty but not as barren as I thought it might be. The weather was perfect. The city of Hawthorne was impressive, with its vast U.S. Army Ammunition Depot and all the Bunkers spread across the desert. Tonopah: was another interesting place: an old mining town with most all of its old original looks and charm still intact.

Tomorrow (Tuesday): we are doing the Auto Show and then driving to Hesperia/Victorville to meet our mutual school hood friend Ron; and then going on to Quartzsite AZ for a couple of days riding Ron’s Quad’s all over the desert.

We think we will be home by next Sunday or Monday.

I’ll keep posting our adventures as I find access to the Net.

No posting for tomorrow: we’re leaving what ever we do here tomorrow here!

ONCE

MY REVIEW

This was my third film from the four film KFFFF and ranks number two, so far.

What do I think of the film: "once," was enough!

I'll rank it a 2.5 out of 5. It's a modern love story set in Dublin Ireland between two more or less struggling love lorn individuals, each with extraordinary musical talent. The film was shot with hand-held cameras, with natural-ambient lighting, almost home movie style. The story and plot are extremely simple with almost half of the time taken up with singing. The lead character is played by the lead singer, Glen Hansard, of the Irish band, Frames.

In my research for writing this post I came across the official web site for the film which is, to me, more impressive than the film its self! I urge everyone reading this post to visit the site.

Once the Movie - A Film by John Carney Be sure to move your cursor over the 'puter screen to get the dynamics of the Site!

Tonight I'll be taking in, "Vitus", and post my impression tonight or tomorrow.

KLAMATH FALLS FOREIGN FILM FESTIVAL
KFFFF

This week we have the pleasure of a Foreign Film Festival at the Pelican Cinema, here in beautiful Klamath Falls. We even get a discounted ticket price of, $5.50 general admission!

We have four films for the week: Moliere, Vitus, Once, and Paprika.

Of the four I have seen Paprika and Moliere so far, I’ll get to the other two before weeks end.

Paprika: I did not care for at all! It does have fairly good reviews but I just could not connect with it. Maybe it’s a little to Asian and a little to far behind my generation? I left the theatre about half way through the film.

Moliere: I loved it! A story within a story about Moliere himself, a well regarded seventeenth century French author. The story is a classical Farce in the sprit of Tartuffe and The Misanthrope (both also available on DVD). Everything about the film is good: story, acting, cinematography, costume, directing. I highly recommend this film!

We viewed Tartuffe (on DVD) four years ago, in our Great Books Reading Group, and as I remember it was a very good film too.

I’ll post reviews on, Once and Vitus, at the week’s end.

MOVIE REVIEW

EVENING

My good friends Ray Corelli and his wife recommended this film to me the other night and I'm so lucky they did! If they hadn't, I probably would never have seen it. I can't remember having ever heard of it! Anyway it is on my list of best films of the year, so far.

If one is a romantic, younger or older, wondering about the meaning or measure of happiness, sadness, mistakes, accomplishments and/or failures, this film will give one much to consider. I enthusiastically recommend it.