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captainsblogWe continued our Recently Deceased Film Festival Saturday night by watching The Blues Brothers in honor of Henry Gibson, who plays the head of the Illinois Nazis who get bombed by the Bluesmobile near the middle of the picture. Somehow, Eleanor had gone all these years without ever seeing the whole film start-to-finish. I, on the other hand, had seen part of the set before it even came out, almost 30 years ago. On my one and only trip to California that one winter break, we did the Universal Studios tour (sadly, we didn't know to Ask for Babs) right after the movie was filmed, and Bob's Country Bunker was still standing. Still, no doubt, playing both kinds of music: country AND western. I've got pictures someplace; I really need to relive that weird set of memories here someday.
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Then, Sunday night, we went with another of my Random Clearfield Library Gems™, which I knew absolutely nothing about but just liked the look of, called Everything is Illuminated:
Eleanor's already blogged about our seeing it, and about what a rare gem of acting and writing it is. I'd only add that it continued, and darkened, the theme element of Nazis begun in the film the previous night. No matter how funny it is to see Henry Gibson going off a bridge, or Colonel Hogan outsmarting Sgt. Schultz, this film, despite many light and sweet moments, makes very clear that none of this was the least bit funny at the time, or at any time.
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Finally, the screams of Nazism came to our doorstep yesterday. A cross-the-street neighbor was having some painting done, and her contractors were blaring the soulful screeds of Rush "Oxycontinmoron" Limbaugh, going on about what a racist socialist Nazi our President is, all while I tried to work and Eleanor tried to relax after we'd both had a busy morning out. At first we considered asking them to turn their boom box down, but you know how Teabaggers are about their (as opposed to, say, your) First Amendment rights, so we figured the best way would be to get in a good workout of our own inalienable rights.
Did I mention that the singer and, in fact, the entire band Gogol Bordello is in Everything is Illuminated? Did you know we have their most famous album, Start Wearing Purple? Would you believe that there are some songs that can even outshout Limbaugh?
Excellence in broadcasting, indeed:P
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Then, Sunday night, we went with another of my Random Clearfield Library Gems™, which I knew absolutely nothing about but just liked the look of, called Everything is Illuminated:
Eleanor's already blogged about our seeing it, and about what a rare gem of acting and writing it is. I'd only add that it continued, and darkened, the theme element of Nazis begun in the film the previous night. No matter how funny it is to see Henry Gibson going off a bridge, or Colonel Hogan outsmarting Sgt. Schultz, this film, despite many light and sweet moments, makes very clear that none of this was the least bit funny at the time, or at any time.
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Finally, the screams of Nazism came to our doorstep yesterday. A cross-the-street neighbor was having some painting done, and her contractors were blaring the soulful screeds of Rush "Oxycontinmoron" Limbaugh, going on about what a racist socialist Nazi our President is, all while I tried to work and Eleanor tried to relax after we'd both had a busy morning out. At first we considered asking them to turn their boom box down, but you know how Teabaggers are about their (as opposed to, say, your) First Amendment rights, so we figured the best way would be to get in a good workout of our own inalienable rights.
Did I mention that the singer and, in fact, the entire band Gogol Bordello is in Everything is Illuminated? Did you know we have their most famous album, Start Wearing Purple? Would you believe that there are some songs that can even outshout Limbaugh?
Excellence in broadcasting, indeed:P