Well, here's me saying goodbye to my brother Edmund. OLDER brother, that is. In case you want to know, I'm the larger guy on the right, and yes, he is my older brother. He flew down here from Atlanta, where he is in his first year in Georgiatech. He acts like a jerk sometimes, but he can't help it. He's so close-minded and just can't adapt to change well. Me, on the other hand, welcome change with open arms...
posted by Stanley Fong on 8:27 PM
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I've spent the last two nights watching TV instead of sleeping, and I've foudn two films to add to my list of Favorite Films.
Hilary and Jackie, a movie about the musically-gifted Du Pre sisters, is a great film, and the actresses give superb performances. How I have managed not to hear of this film before is amazing. The music of the cello has never sounded so sad and vibrant before I saw this movie. Lovers of classical music will love the music, but I also love the sadness and passion the film portrays in the film as two sisters partake in the endless struggle of sibling rivalry.
Lorenzo's Oil is a wonderful film. Based on a true story of a couple's race against time to save their child from a rare disease that will slowly render the afflicted mute, blind, and paralyzed, the movie shows us what medical science cannot overcome, love. The couple, frustrated with the inability of the medical community to act, go about on their own to find a cure for their son. Susan Surandon, as the boy Lorenzo's mother, is the tragic figure, as she rejects church, family, and life to be and save her only son. By trying to save their son through understanding of his disease, the couple paves the way for a cure for hundreds, maybe thousands of sufferers of this rare disease, which only affects boys with their mothers as the carriers. In all, a great film. I had heard of the film, but i had never seen it.
I thank Bravo for showing such films. Finally a channel that is not filled with the same pulp and pop of other network stations. People do get sick of horror and computers after all. Bravo delivers real acting, and many people like me are here to lap it up. But I really should stop this late night/early morning movie-watching. It's becoming a habit.
posted by Stanley Fong on 8:13 AM
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Happy New Year! The clock just turned, and now I have bangs and smoke around me! Don't you love this time of year! Everyone's trigger happy... Now I wonder where my dad's gun is....
posted by Stanley Fong on 12:14 AM
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