Kent Jones‘ Diane (IFC Films, 3.29) is “a tender, wrenching, and beautifully made movie, and part of what’s revelatory about it is that it’s a story of boomers who are confronting the ravages of old age (disease and death, the waning of dreams), yet they’re doing it with a stubborn echo of the hopes and desires they had when they were younger. They’re getting on, but the movie is keenly aware, in a way that movies almost never are, that they remain every inch who they were. The past hangs over “Diane” not just as burden or nostalgia (though it can be that, too) but as an enthralling and entangling reminder of life’s mystery.” — from Owen Gleiberman’s Tribeca Film Festival review (4.22.18).
Day: February 14, 2019
Son of Rains of Ranchipur
No one has ever been delighted about driving to Las Vegas in the pouring rain, but we’ll most likely manage. Somewhere out there it’ll ease up. Road trips are like showers — they launch fresh dreams and imaginings. I might try to file a couple of stories along the way.
Life, Death, Rebirth
Statement #1: I’m sorry but I never really watched this 2017 Patron commercial until this morning. Statement #2: It’s very well written…honest, personal, thoughtful. Statement #3: I love, love, love Guillermo’s purring voice, especially his elegant accent and supreme phrasing.
GDT on observation deck of Empire State Building, sometime around ’83 or so, 19 or 20 years old.
Looking for Anonymous Academy Members
I’m doing my usual convos with Academy members, but I’d like to step outside the arena. Any AMPAS members who’ve just voted or are fixing to vote and want to share their thinking, please share your preferences. No names, no hints, no nothing — I’d just like to kick it around and pass it along. Or if you have a “friend” in the Academy…same difference.