Steve has shooting, I will read. I got suckered into helping at the Friends of the NRA banquet again after trying to say no. Bah. Chocolate was needed after that. Serious chocolate.
I was talking to a friend yesterday about classic movies and discovered he had seen very few. How shocking and sad. So then I was trying to think of what would be the three to five movies that I would recommend watching if someone was new to classic movies? It's a tough one. Perhaps:
Casablanca - it has Nazis, pickpockets, spies, Jewish refugees, a Russian bartender, a Bulgarian beauty and gambling, exit visas to kill for. Most of all, Casablanca has a great love story. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman are lovers torn apart by duty in Paris, and reunited by desperation in Casablanca as World War II begins -- and she's married to a resistance hero. The question is, what is he willing to do to get her back? "Round up the usual suspects" and other fantastic quotes.
To Kill a Mockingbird - Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. Scout, Jem, Boo Radley. "Miss Jean Louise. Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father's passing."
From there, I toss around His Girl Friday, Gone with the Wind, Singin' in the Rain, ... and then one starts to think of how far back does "classic" really mean? 60s? Sure. I think of Lawrence of Arabia. 70s? Maybe. 80s? That's 30 years ago already and in film that's olllllld. Raiders of the Lost Ark .....Should it only be black and white? Dramas? It's really an impossible task.
Then I started thinking about classic BOOKS.... Argh!!
Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster
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