Shakespeare In Love
 

10:50PM PST
At Home In Scripps Ranch

My wife and I went to Landmark Theatres in Hillcrest to watch the movie Shakespeare in Love, for the second time! 

We both loved the movie when we saw it for the first time last week,  when we knew that we simply had to see it a second time before it comes out on video.   My wife and I go out to the movies quite a bit.   We consider ourselves movie buffs,  and if we have time to go out,  we usually go out to the movies.

Well...   back to Shakespeare In Love.   This movie is a brilliant piece of work in my book,  a special film,  totally different from the batch of recently released films.   It's up for four Golden Globes and I'm sure it'll be in the running for  some Oscar nominations.
 

I'm definitely not scholarly material in regards to having a knowledge of Shakespearean plays and sonnets,  nor do I have any familiarity whatsoever in regards to Shakespeare's life,  but the movie is such that it inspires one to appreciate the beauty of Shakespeare's works,  and of course his genius.   I'm glad I saw it a second time because I caught some of the references to much of his works this time around,  since I went ahead and research Romeo & Juliet,  and much of the Sonnets.

Gosh!   I spent most of this entry talking about a Shakespeare!   You'd think I worked for Universal or Miramax by the way I've been promoting the movie,  but I get that way sometimes when I'm fanatical about a movie that I really,  and truly enjoy.

So...  on to Dimitri Shostakovich!

I've been listening to Shostakovich's 5th Symphony lately.   The first time I listened to this work was back at the university.   It's an enormous work that, in my opinion,  shows the human nature,  depression,  oppression,  and then the triumph and victory.   It reminds me of Beethoven's 5th,  especially its expression of victory and triumph,  especially in the Finale.   I'm amazed that this symphony is to me very recent  (composed in 1937),  this century!   To me that's NEW,  a relatively recent hit compared to say Bach's Air on the G String. 
 

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Today's Listenings:

Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5
Carlos Rull - If By Chance We Meet
Led Zeppelin - Remasters

The Essence Of Zen -  by Sekkei Harada

Zen Koan Card Pack -  by Timothy Freke