sophie's fair

Audrey (c) Yale Diva

Moon River, wider than a mile; I'm crossing you in style some day. Oh dream-maker, you heartbreaker, Wherever you're goin', I'm goin' your way. Two drifters off to see the world; There's such a lot of world to see. We're after the same rainbow's end... Waitin' 'round the bend... My huckleberry friend, Moon River... and me...

breakfast at tiffany's must be "fabulous", provided your date isnt another hollywood mongrel (or is it mogul?), but a paul varjak who gives you an engagement ring from a cracker jack... of course, i'm not breakfasting outside tiffany's right now and no hollywood mongrel around to treat me out. it's a normal early morning and i havent slept yet. why? besides curing my insomnia by watching movies in the wee small hours of the morning, my mind has been on other stuff, too. i was very guilty about not keeping in touch with friends especially when it was pointed out to me by an upset buddy. but there are times when we all need a breath of air -- even away from people we care about -- i mean, has anyone felt the same? i think it's a phase that everyone goes through once in a while. how can one explain it without actually being redundant or offensive to the person who means a lot? well, that's just one of the things going through my head, the other is, movies. and i'm not talking about cheap, lousy, stinky films -- movies boring and/or disgusting enough to make the jaws lock (take michael moore's fahrenheit 9/11, for instance). i'm almost positive that moore cackles everytime his movie is mentioned, poor review or not, it's free advertising, so forget that. anyhow, i think that watching a good movie at home where you can curl up and pig out is way better than going to the movie theatre where you might end up arguing with cacofonix sitting three rows behind you.
our generation is big on special effects but usually the synopsis just stinks. there are definitely modern-ish classics still but very few actors that can truly act. i'm amazed at times when i realise that the movie i am watching for the first time is actually a remake. i dont mind, though, as long as the copycat is as good or even better than the original, take for example, mel gibson's "ransom", the original was filmed in 1956 with the same title.
the audience has become more sophisticated through decades that filmmakers concentrated more on special effects rather than the story line. screenwriters, it's time to bring out the axelrod or mankiewicz (joseph, herman, or tom) in you. it doesnt matter if the movie is lowbudgeted as long as the story is excellent, it would be like a tiffany diamond pulled out of a cracker jack box.

top 5 recommended modern-ish classics to watch in random order:

Glory (1989)
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001)
Dead Poets Society (1989)
Donnie Brasco (1997)

did you know...
When Indy (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) is at Walter Donovan's, his wife enters the room begging Donovan to join the party, in the background the Star Wars (1977) theme commonly dubbed Storm Trooper march can be heard in the background being played on a piano.