“The nuns in attendance reminded me of a phone conversation I had with my father after the autopsy of the young motorcyclist. Over the course of the conversation, he asked how my time at the hospital was going. I recounted to him, without going into much detail, that the process of autopsy is quite difficult […]
Read More Things Other People Said: Random Snippings of Annotated BibliographyAfter you had waited in line, the moustached, ammunition-draped guard would unlatch the white metal door and let you into the little cell. Up above you now, there is a man sitting on a chair who smells like booze and has money stuck into his shirt and his shoes. Proffered candles surround him. He sits […]
Read More Saint’s DayI guess movies about teachers are made for people who think they could never be teachers, so that they can imagine how great a challenge it would be. Like I would watch a movie about climbing Mount Everest. Real mountain climbers probably don’t spend a lot of time watching the Discovery Channel, either. They probably […]
Read More The HeightsI wish Spike Jonze had invited me over to screen his new movie, and I would have said, “But what is this ABOUT?” I don’t think the film takes a stand for or against conventional narrative structure, which bothered me, but then again, there is a good blanket fort. Max, in the movie, makes a […]
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