Showing posts with label Relationships. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Relationships. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Stolen Kisses

Laissez-faire improvised scenarios multifaceted bamboozled chagrin, Antoine Doinel decides to join the army from which he isn't honourably discharged. 

His commanding officer makes austere predictions regarding his upcoming potential career path, to which he responds with comic disillusion while preparing to gracefully disembark. 

Fortunately, Christine isn't married and her friendly parents soon find him a job, which he awkwardly loses the very next day after glibly succumbing to clever contrivances. 

The wondrous innocence so valued and extant, borderline literary imaginative distraction, still guides his random wanderings from one odd situation to the superfluous next.

A private detective, indeed why not?, it seems unorthodox and perhaps amusing, not dull like so many things anyways, with inherent variety steeping the stew. 

Lacking natural gifts he embraces trial and error with novel credulity. 

Unwittingly finding himself soon seduced. 

By his only client's well-read wife.

Interesting to see an oblivious detective in charge of investigating a mid-life crisis, sombrely concocted by a sullen shoesalesperson exceedingly obsessed with why people don't like him.

It's a whole new branch of detective film where ye olde sleuths put psychiatrists out of business, as they venture forth with concrete shenanigans subjectively interpreted as something new.

Maladroit misgivings and incumbent thrift definitively queued on the existential barbie, it just progresses and mutates and engages as you become hooked on paying the bill.

Someone to talk to nevertheless about most people's favourite topic, themselves, people who are paid not to find you boring to the point where they invent constant mischievous conjecture.

Comic brilliance notwithstanding which I don't recall having seen anywhere else.

An endearing character.

Wholeheartedly beloved.

Precariously curious. 

Symbolic literature. 

Friday, July 10, 2026

Jacob's Ladder

*Spoiler Alert.

Secret army experiments covertly composed and athletically executed, leading oblivious hardboiled soldiers to wanton acts of outrageous cruelty. 

Alone and isolated wasting their time with harmless shenanigans and lighthearted horseplay, the chosen unit suddenly erupts with insane bellicose bloodthirsty determinacy. 

A soldier's hit, a bayonet to the chest, and he wakes up back on the subway, years later in a different life with sights unfamiliar and newfound trajectories.

Things go well a lot of the time as his supportive partner seems chill and helpful, and things typically run well at work, his life advancing without hindrance or incident. 

But he starts to notice odd random things that look like demons spawned in hell, his mind unable to rationally explain them as their frequency intensifies.

At other times, he gleefully awakes in an alternative life he once closely knew, where he's married with three nimble sons who sincerely care for his clever witticisms.

As he drifts from one realm to the next he distressingly starts to lose touch with reality. 

Until he meets up with old friends from the army.

Who have been experiencing the same freakin' thing.

A fine example of a chilling psychological thriller effectively blending religion with reality, as a soldier ventures through ye olde purgatory after having been seriously wounded.

It isn't preachy or overly sentimental it just presents a man's life as it is, as he wildly contends with heaven and hell as his fluid mortality grotesquely fluctuates. 

In a rare class of religious films that aren't sensational or over-the-top, the grim world it slyly presents gradually unreeling while seeming quite real (like The Omen or on television, The X-Files).

Definitely a shame to see experimental drugs blindly field tested on faithful soldiers, who had no idea they were part of an experiment clandestinely conducted by the army.

A different time when the soldier's viewpoint mattered as much as higher ranking authorities. 

With democratic vision.

And wholesome subjectivity. 

Exuberant life.

Universal calculi.

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Denouemental

The sensational appeal of easy money can't be ignored by local entertainers, hellbent on avoiding the grind through clever artifice and dissimulation.

A kind-hearted businessperson distantly known to them suddenly has need of traditional labour, steady jobs which the artists know and are capable of doing if thereby tasked.

Several of them find work in the lavish gardens and fertile fields, intuitively observing the distinguished peace of agile mind accompanying the demands.

Yet performance is their goal the sly creation of a play, to be effectively executed with awkward timing and hapless yet industrious wherewithal.
 
They hope to secure a healthy income through enticing advertising and swift delivery, and hope to convince the commercial architect to wholeheartedly fund their lithe endeavours. 

They put on the show.

He takes it in.

And unfortunately notices that it's terrible.

The resigned actors and actresses noticing the same thing.

The group nevertheless applauding.

The actors continue to sincerely pretend that they've created an unmatched masterpiece, the captivating humour all-encompassing as rehearsals eclectically facilitate. 

The kind-hearted patron sees no need to deconstruct their false impression, and rather enjoys the creative novelty and its distinct lack of flowing melody.

The question remains, will the public like it?, as opening night quickly descends.

Mutual appreciation shortly giving way.

To critical notice and descriptive admiration. 

*Is this how films really get made dad?

**I'm afraid so son, I'm afraid so.

*Do any adults doing anything actually know what they're doing?

**If people like what they do, yes, otherwise, I'm afraid not.

*Sounds like growing up's just a huge waste of time dad.

**Many would agree with you son, although others may contradict you.

*Can we go out for ice cream?

**Yes, son, three scoops each. 

Friday, March 13, 2026

Sashades

Lithe exercise fluid excursion 
'riching immersive diversions
'calculated inundated
'flexive pumice poem curated 

'steemed mismatch marshmallow thatch
iglooey bold em-haberdash
Lake Eerie dip fold nondescript
stoutwittischism fledgling fit

countreeoutside gossamer glide
the thawing icyclique alight
temperate traction interactions
cozy cuddlin' blind distractions

cheesy melt Gelfling adwelt
conif'rous swathe 'gebraic shelt
incongruous puddling-slish-slush
pole vaulting moulting impetus

fireside serrated blithe elated 
shifting visions coruscated 
sprightly heat gormandized treat
succulent sweltering biscuit

accomp'nying sonata swing
variable foxglobetrotting
birchbarking stove smooth steady flow 
surrounding hermitage' aglow

a pitter-patter playful chatter
mischievous observant clatter 
unbeknownst shy reckoning
instructive 'adverdant glazing

shimmering hazy mesmerized
startled and shocked nay stupefied
conducive randomized eclective
enigmatic stave selective

singsong chirps revitalized 
emergent flocks extemporized 
communal vibrant dispositions
friendship teamwork play indifference

nestled deep within the ground
lay creatures slumbering unbound
unconsciously in time aware
with rhythmic acrobatic flair

awakening slowly and grumpy
hungry hesitance harumphy
rolling over yawing sore
embracing ye olde forest floor

the eggs they crack the butter sizzles
alimentary festive fizzles
curious the contemplation
life in innocent 'carnation

symphony.

Friday, March 6, 2026

Folionnaise

Synchronous lushkie limestone lickspittle
ornery altitude cranked discretion,
churning melodious rhythmic medley 
chimphonic chirp lithobandana. 

Sufferance slather almond risotto 
indelicate flock temperance twaddle,
buglengarry freeform expeditious sway
eiderdown nambul cloaken outspoken.

Wheedle conceital fiesta tweedle 
sourdough snuggles vellum parlay,
beaconflict sprout lateral pulse
throbbing distinction gongdola soir.

Riveting yield compendium strike
stave conglameration opalescent stream,
callous chiavelli earthling industry
extraterrestrial finesse fervour. 

Moonstruck abacus-cous signature slam
interplanetary verbose vacuum, 
saturnine willow mercurial convention
venestle vortex martians askew.

Aesthetic balance gritty endeavour 
invariable forecast sultry stew,
everlasting impression instantaneous substance
evanescent grain voluptuous vibe.

Rocky terrain indefinite vestige 
credential crunch ornate circuitry,
wavelength wafflin' transister truffle
modibreadcrumbdrum harried hyasynthesized.

Liver & onions gammon & spinach
chapter & verse flesh & bone,
inordinatortue souris sonata
clavier coagulate écran sorbet.

Irksome impediment smug reliance
perplexing convexling concavernous cues,
tiptop adoring tailspinpointsetter
cloyed ambassador bon vivanguardian.

Tipolitesse-chest beaver slumber-some
beach ball piazza cahoots calzoot-hoot,
fledgling flotilla asynchronous Borg
individualistic elusive aloha.

Nebulous narcolept segmentary sedge
woolen exponent felicitous flub,
Serengeti cycle salubrious glen
orbital awning stratocastrophere.

Carriage disparaged riverbed rummage
disorientation fragmentary flummox,
equestrian stride synergy strewn
salicin syndicate rosemary, thyme.  

Friday, February 13, 2026

Celluloid

Exotic alternative featherwing fathom

gargoilic flight itinerant strand,

innocuous stride jaded carcajewel

evergreen bowrider enveloped song.


Candid seclusion orcaestral cloister

aesthetic shroud velveteen verse,

enlivening shrug joyous sashay

delicate warmth elusive jive. 


Florentine refresh expedient spine

carmellow marshel floral elegance,

latent liaison subconscious swarm

meteeyore mingle preposterous gala. 


Mulletiquette merge bourgeois rebellion

insincere duty jitterbug vibe,

inarticulate vicar amorphous swathe

imperceptible stave sheer instability. 


Corresponding bloom interactive jam

swaggregatorial watershed wriggle,

comatoastie hyphen weathervanguardian

exclamatartarso baleinear. 


Frivolous foray bootcamp blazer

acrylic scripture limestone blues,

emblazoned barnacle suffrage surge

flagship frugality lunar eclipse. 


Flantrepreneurial blithe cherubim 

chillaxed cupidity fletching flex, 

beeswax brethren strident hive

honeycombrackenrig elixir distilled.


Breathtaking ballast temperamental shrill

awkward improvisation serumdipitous salsa,

by the light of the moon quixotic tenure

fanciful frequencies chill affinity. 


Industrious vision resourceful acuity 

cynosure sideline molecular 'moji,

maneuvering magpie acritical crux

aloof quintessentials brittle substance. 


Wholesome weetabixby homely incandescence

cherished camaraderie curious fold,

coordinates clashing sly dissimulation 

mystical conjuring mercurial clips.


Visual inertia ballpoint pendulum

chime illusion rustic clay,

vehicular speed resilient caution

baroque flow swift currentbun. 


Scrutable swishnet legible squire 

victual varmint dormant chant,

taciturnabout clam androgynous boulang'

satchel neutrino gossamer globe. 


A special time of year.


Romantic. 


Chill. 

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Kodiak Island

Lost in the isolated wilderness, a seemingly uninhabited island appears, forlorn and stern and lonesome, misty and murky yet tantalizing. 

The crew readies to disembark with loyalty and integrity refining their style, the unknown nature of their immediacy subtly galvanizing intense sacrifice. 

Shelter and food of primary concern a multivariable base camp soon established, to enable the exploration of the environment with intricate firm sure and steady observation. 

At first sight, elaborate abandonment seems to be characterizing the verdant expanse, if there had been a settlement here at one time its durable remains seem to have disintegrated. 

The first sighting of wildlife, rather large creatures harrowingly cultivating the land, although for what purpose remains a mystery as they humbly go about their business.

The general consensus is that they're guarding something far away in the embowered distance.

As fish arrive from the abundant flow.

Of nutritious heartfelt oceanic bounty. 

It's impressive to watch as the adventurous team intently explore the newfound island, their clever techniques modestly guiding novel fruition and scientific expediency.

Upon the discovery of the inhabited enclave, the resultant dialogues regarding imminent immersion, reflectively demonstrate multilateral viewpoints concerning anticipated indefatigability. 

The different attitudes were carefully crafted to forge a compelling literary argument, with open and closed minds debating how to meet the lay citizens without causing alarm or distress.

It was bright if not provocative to introduce theoretical hostilities, the realistic worries of the less warmhearted balancing the more gifted humanistic insights. 

Which makes things all the better when the land is found to be occupied by chillaxed folk. 

Who can freely teach them their local customs.

Celebration as opposed to conflict. 

Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Amélie

Archibald Arbuckle submarine claw viaduct visual steamwhistlin' snore, sandromeda twilight bewitching scene vestibule vocals undulant sway. 

Teacup treacolive tenement tomegrown balustrade bowtide tacklingdom come, temperament toga chaotic cluster delta dagnabbit tantamangoo. 

Circa sequester tweetabiloxi verbullroar gerber Ganymede glide, hypnotic glutton tasty torrential totoyota thermal embellishing snooze. 

Dyslexic dawdle stalagmite stoat cicada saunter frigidaire flight, golly-gee-swillikers nectarine nuptial pulsatire pinion vigilant swallow.

Sistine chapstickory aesthetic dome glimviscous glisten inherent wonder, cloverduration clavichord cloister siesta symbio solemn serene. 

Mellow elastic pulmonastery succulent brew effervescent vibe, quaker coagulate symphonic schroom compendium quota garrulous gust. 

Sandmandatorquely efficace fuel steggeysoar s'marm willow calis, thermodynamic kinetic clamber vortexpeditionary rubricon thread. 

Exseeding estuary fortress fjord incisive sound adjacent atoll, shepherd sierra itinerant chrome havenue haling butternut pita. 

Storacle shivers bucolic timbers layabout lather tachyon twig, ample acornery Stetsonar shrug salubrie schema chatterbox chest. 

Literate lynxedin boogaloo bobcat nutritious nonsense stereoscope, cathode calypso omega ontics stormy seacider zodiak zag.

Ziggaugin xylo styrofoam snick Kerouac quantum dugongshowdeal, wigwham-o'shea scintillate soma delicatessen dubonbonsai. 

Feathering flume glaceous incense journeyman Jojo Himalayan chalice, quartermast taekwon doughty Komodo meander moog hivernal dusting. 

Campy jive.

Infinite swell.

Photovoltaic. 

Helter-swelter.  

Thursday, December 11, 2025

Becoming Santa

Santa, always keen to diversify the phantasmagorical features of his origins, finds himself offering another alternative depiction of North Pole life, which boldly suggests he will one day retire once his daughter finds a suitable mate, at which point he'll kick back and ball, in this cute and cuddly romantic comedy.

Many traditional components of Santa's existence are still disseminated, the casual legend of the magnanimous hombre who shares gifts and toys on Christmas Day.

Elves still adorn his workshop with diligent industrious intricate moxy, their resourceful knowhow having exhaustively expanded to crucially create electronic devices.

The reindeer are still a' flourishin' in a giant barn with tales to tell, Rudolph disappearing for most of the year before sleekly showing up on Christmas Eve.

Yet there's a time limit on Santa's tenure and his daughter has found a reliable substitute, who lives and breathes Christmas 24/7, and is humble and jolly and chill and self-sacrificing. 

He doesn't know she's the daughter of the most gifted toymaker in the land however, and awkwardly stumbles into the folklore with eager surprise and determined shock. 

Suddenly learning that he'll indeed become the heralded Claus oft referred to as Nicolas, he gingerly excels at lauded merrymaking, while his rival suitor fills him with dread.

Nonetheless, the film's kind and understanding and emphasizes training and trial and error, natural doubts and inherent discountenance audaciously blended with comprehensive resolve. 

It's not something to master instantaneously it takes time and patience to learn, possessing a spirit which emanates mirth no doubt a prerequisite hearty in bloom. 

Thus even Santa, like many mortals, one day found himself tasked with vision, and dug in deep and got 'er done after many mistakes initially squeezed him.

Fortunately, the zone was compassionate and exceedingly filled with chance and roll call. 

As fair and encouraging as it was indefinite. 

The Holiday Season. 

Effervescently flumed. 

Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Rare Birds

Remote resonance off-the-beaten-track entwined recalcitrance compact equation, bucolic bombardment routine resilience insistent surging featherwing fuse. 

Demonstrative dell innocuous isthmus impending storm volatile stream, heritage hospice floral jitterbug solemn serenity energon cube. 

Multifarious mechanics saccharine shake exuberant scooping canucklehead cream, bolted expression Zealous ZaZounds barbershop moonshine phosphorescent glow. 

Bookworm synecdoche literate gong legible slide grandstanding gala, iota cordial remonstrance nettle neurasthenic newberg mettlemorn girth.

Glacial bubbly effervestibulletin jingle-jang-chime quenching massage, wavelength demeanour frequency fasting jocalculus warm-up behemoth distillate.

Kalamahula-hoot nostrombone cowl clavichord capsule admixture sum, staircase sidewinding macabre matrices administration tangelo templar. 

Quilted patchwerewithall intricate industry steaming illustration simmering stew, Richmond Hill candles koala Annex Etobicoke junction Danforth Danube.

Greyskull cackle cauldron wager Benedict ramble Hollandaise hue, castigatewayward vitriol volume letterhead lathe Chamberlin cheek. 

Chillackadaisical Daedalus liberty byzantine barricade conundrum flout, tetristwatch momen Great Northern Lights sandblasted seedlings campy texture. 

Galinvictus glide soaring discursives furtive velocity clandestine curve, billoaded bases sonorous swing circumference synergies hey hey Blue Jays!

Frosty this morning.

Still wearing my coat.

Had multiple warm drinks.

The excitement: Go Jays Go!

*A Canadian film favourite.  

Friday, October 3, 2025

Man is not a Bird

Kickstarter questerley invoked adventure intermittent mangroves quixotic quota, exceeding rubiconstruct ludic illumination reliable industry clandestine craft.

Bewitching boisterous brouhaha bedlam sonorous seniority tantamount treasure, centripetal rosebud mischievous masquerade frisky flamboyance fluorescent mica.

Lyrical lashing empirical protocol curmudgeon cruelty catalyst cantanchor, indigent disciple stoic itinerance apocryphal cadence recrudescent ruffle.

Borgnine embodiment resilient knowhow wainscotting whisper charcuterie, mastodon munchies salsaccharine swagger agglomerate drove compact Whitherspoon. 

Adjacent envelopment borderline betrothal conjugal quagmire doughty daillagency, crystalline kalamazoologee-willikers sandstone swashbuckle Mirabel mocha.

Fission fossilicone ice creamerrymaking quicksilver confection licorice slush, insurgent impacmanic plasticine pinion olfactory ore insurmontevideo. 

Excessive utterance moomoo mervishbone carnivalessence bucolic crater, stuccometeorious malamute melt grilled carburetorso non-descript orbit. 

Forestorative pasteurized glade embowering Berma Bogota bushwhack, penitinkarousel Doritotoga intergermainstay august o-line.

Invaluable temper Elysium lattice Vanderbeek bullion wingéd ugnaught, acquisitive unction undertiptoejam elusive capsulu festive Flinflon. 

Recalcitrance Mulliniks Fjordan bellwether Barfield bartartar alkaloid Moseby, souvenir shuffle carcajou hi-jinx mandrake exhibition marmaducalisthème.

Symphonic synergies jambiguous jounce Beethoven glow-worm orchestral swing, velveteen muster galvanized aggregate countryside clamber bakery blush.

Sashizzle cistern dazzling depitome euphemizerlatintin Calcutta crunch, quotidian epics interminable fortunes electrified finance bustling Botswana.

Happenstance hive.

Imbroglio depot.

Mechanized maestro. 

Really cool music.  

Friday, September 26, 2025

Liz and the Blue Bird

Melodious mirth composite solo camaraderich band symphonic clef, tumultuous trill disputatious rest exclamatory incline innate serendipity. 

Resolute cohesion intricate vehemence lighthearted dangle focused embraced, enriching attunement métrognomic pulse mellifluous measure confident flutter.

Contiguous tone intermittent essentials inadvertent remonstrance succulent pulp, iridescent flora contumelious chatter concerting diffidence opaque ebullience.

Interminable longing sustained infatuation heartfelt curiosity unrequited bloom, conspicuous sublimity inaccurate tension imprecise declension inarticulate canter. 

Supple seclusion immaculate maestrobe salubrious succour intuitive gamble, conducive celerity feverish foibles electric ensemble galvanized pewter. 

Fulfilling abandon bucolic synergies antique innovation provincial charm, widespread inclusion deconstructed exclusivity in/elegant auspices warm variation.

Nurtured stardustbowl fecund exertion wildlife immersion wilderness jive, ample exactitude munificent snacks victual velodrome gregarious gathering.

Twilight enrichment fortuitous fathom aggregate equipoise distilled serenity, felicitous fervour unsolicited schema crepuscular cauldron meticulous mint.

Evergreen gossamer intertwined oboe immoderately sewn tempestuously titled, sweetly flowing maelstrom oceanic crust sonorous brine routines indisposed. 

Elastic voluminous visceral vortex disciplined instinct improvised sea, folio flummox byzantine barter labyrinthine largesse tantalizing temperance. 

Viscid teamwork worthwhile spirit humble membership cast iron elixir, harangue hive exuberant buzz tostito tale ventriloquist vellum.

Meandering moat cardio Castlegar open drawbridge fugacious flutter, studious friendship opalescent chums musical mischief innocent soul. 

Cool when schools have music programs.

Burgeoning melodies, chill virtuosos. 

Forging tight bonds, then breaking free.

So much unrehearsed style.

Rhythmic celebration. 

Tuesday, September 16, 2025

Shadows

Reflexive reckoning attuned impulse acrylic observation succinct insight, unleashed imagination daylight denizens nocturnal novices piecemeal grain.

Introductory vision complimentary sizzle albeit accolades staggered supposition, efficacious trill evocative stumble Danube delineation tacit nectar.

Abstinent agency expressive candour absent alternatives awkward obsession, journeyman jousting flamboyant browse unsettling occasion suffice satisfaction. 

Bold embarkations gillyweed jambrose confident claim exclamatory quip, adamant Oakley controversial dispute energetic galvanguard delving implosion.

Hesitant hamhocked contumelious bellow clumsy clandestine disengaged squawk, unmatched expectations disparate gloom determinate giblets uninspired smirk.

Chillaxed infatuation mutual accords sustained experiment jovial gravity, inquisitive bachelor elegant damsel unheralded retreat sudden summation.

Wallaby whimsy animate censure balustrade blinkers innocuous blinds, laidback lighthearted sincere digressions creative atmosphere streamlined levity.

Unfortunate morose prejudicial frontiers unintegrated distrustful cultural horizons, family matters contemptuous histories soulless calculation hardboiled fetters.

Callous concoction nightingale glam material mental misguided malignance, indigent malady volatile venom distressing disease perennial dissonance. 

Freeform innocence tackling digression youthful curiosity individual poise, public variety iridescent blend interracial networks burgeoning friends.

Silhouette synergy adhesive swathe sweetly flowing stanza convective cloth, immersive integrity vehement wilderness embryonic ether latent sagesse.

Meanwhile conversation building block blueprints recital talisman delicate discipline, windy restorative equaneme vibe cautious exploration jaunty juke jive.

Cassavetes's directorial debut kinetic overflow compelling difference, lithe unexpected unannounced transitions vibrant characters inherent vortex.

His writing's brave like his films. He makes you want to trust him.

In the Criterion booklet.

Living the dream.

*Surprised more people don't follow his example and finance and make their own films. 

Friday, September 12, 2025

Ordet

Dishevelled madness emphatically accompanies a scholarly son who embraced study, and took grand imposing theological works to distressed soul and body and mind.

Even amongst an upright people from a severe age religiously endowed, this devout son seems neigh unreachable according to quotidian scripture. 

Upon the farm, one of his brothers is raising a family without faith, his wife dutifully reproaching him yet still conjugally resigned.

His other sibling wholeheartedly seeks the adoring hand of a tailor's daughter, who believes in different spiritual traditions his father scorns with vehement sacrilege. 

Yet united through familial bonds they nurture strength and disciplined fortitude, resolutely caring for one another with kind pastoral bucolic eagerness.

The little children believe their uncle who predicts the future and heralds spirits, with the sincere trusting uncorrupted eye of wondrous observant faithful innocents.

Complications shatter the harmonious simplicity when routine child birth welcomes constraint, and bewildering death despotically envisages humbling loneliness and stoic resolve.

The insane blunt stark reincarnation proclaiming sheer and utter disillusion.

Before objective patience and despondent synergies boldly reawaken slumbering ecstasy. 

Strange to see grim volatile criticisms awkwardly dividing a farming village, acquiesced demographic consistency effectively determining biblical denomination. 

So many divergent alternative faiths vicissitudinously claiming divinity, with fisticuffs and arguments and drills literately fusing spiritual discord.

Ordet's style of film is something I'm not used to a direct illustration of imaginative belief, wherein which archaic lecture and austere fervency generously coalesce with narrative affection.

Was there once a time when religious tales showcasing family life and exotic miracles, widely dominated domestic markets inquisitively inhabited by the faithful?

Was faith so strong that supernatural and otherworldly films created revenue, and were in a studio's best interest to modestly disseminate with robust vigour?

Like the western it likely faded with the secular passage of peaceful times, in the constructive wake of blinding wars which reduced humanity to so much rubble.

Discursive realities monumental trends enthusiastically enriching coffers.

Novelty to trend to anachronism.

Back to school.

Chapter and verse. 

Friday, July 18, 2025

A Tale of Summer

A trip to the beach a nice seaside locale enrichingly equipped with chillaxed amenities, the undulant waves and spirited climate effortlessly producing rhythmic sessions.

Waiting for his partner to eventually show up, Gaspard makes another clever acquaintance, who fluidly abounds with interest and insight and has ample time to relax and ponder.

They hit up clubs and hike and wander discussing various random topics, l'amour intently and curiously considered as inquisitive inquiries bear luscious fruit.

His girlfriend takes her time arriving and another woman makes her interest known, one to whom he gives a newly written sea chanty which she helps perform laidback at her uncle's.

He keeps writing and focusing on music while the girls intriguingly present new questions, neither committing nor rejecting nor preferring as summer breezes tranquilly flow.

When his partner finally shows there's a lot already happening in his life.

As pressure mounts to make a decision.

He plays it cool and functions on instinct.

A much less volatile account of people in the act of falling in love, almost without fits and explosions like the mutual infatuations enamour affectionately. 

Without concentrating on love and relationships the continuous dialogue is diverse and thoughtful, examining books and songwriting and individuality it honestly showcases cerebral discourse.

Can he help not being able to make a definitive decision when reasonably tasked, with so many options suddenly available which he didn't initiate or request or engender?

Word choice becomes more and more important as time progresses and feelings intensify, recourse to multifaceted poetic displacements swiftly losing ground to logical accuracy. 

What a summer to exactingly spend overwhelmed with desire and heartwarming expenditure, no doubt conducive to vigorous shanties intuitively written in heart-throbbing throes. 

Life steps in in the end and gives him a way out of the binding dilemma.

Longing and daydream thereby contracted.

Creative efficiency consummately obscured.

Friday, July 4, 2025

The Freshman

One of the strangest phenomenons I discovered while reading animal-themed literature in my youth, was found in Farley Mowat's Sea of Slaughter which I couldn't find the strength to finish.

It's a remarkably detailed account of mass extinction in North America, of the myriad species that have gone extinct since ye olde Columbus finally landed.

It was too sad for me to get through and the lack of sustainable development initiatives was disheartening, environmental groups pushed aside with much more authority and infantilization than they are these days.

The general lack of concern for the lives of integral multidimensional animals, reminds me of a made-for-TV film they used to show every year in my youth.

It was designed to encourage children to stop caring about farm animals, in the film a young child passionately loves their pet, who is one day destined for the dinner table.

By the end, they have accepted that their good friend indeed had to be sacrificed, and even though they're rather sad, they still get on with work and play.

I didn't buy it, I still felt bad for the innovative animal friend who had to be slaughtered, and although many other viewers accepted the outcome, I never really saw why it was shown across the land.

Wanting the schoolyard teasing and criticisms to stop I never really pushed the matter, however, and went about my daily routine as other shows appeared on television.

Nevertheless, in Sea of Slaughter Mr. Mowat thoughtfully points out, that when some bird species were going extinct, scientists killed many of the last remaining individuals.

They did so so they could preserve their stuffed remains within a display case, and write about their lives and habits with ominous summative elaboration.

Why they didn't try to save the species was what surprised me the most, in my youth they were the ones dependably engaged to protect endangered animals.

Why does the carnal instinct to embrace death with misguided enthusiasm, still drive so many psychotics like the ones you find within The Freshman?

Fortunately, as the film demonstrates, clever entrepreneurs consistently cheat them.

But what for a world where it wasn't necessary?

To stop people cashing in on death.

*I don't know if it's a must-see for Godfather fans, but I recommend it, it's well done.  

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Silkwood

A difficult life tempestuously driven by the sincere desire to share bold reckonings, dynamic friendships and bohemian protocols keeping things multilaterally attuned.

Work at the fuel fabrication site where she makes rods for nuclear reactors, has its life-threatening ups and downs while employees maintain a chillaxed atmosphere.

What to do when there isn't any work and you don't want to move far away from home, the overt danger seeming much less perilous when the steady paychecks start rolling in.

But day in day out as people get sick or find themselves exposed to cancer generating elements, builds up the tension and ensures the union actively engages on their behalves.

Trouble intensifies for Ms. Silkwood after she agrees to go undercover, and obtain photos of a technicians's alterations to definitive indicative core sample negatives.

Her partner leaves her after she takes on the increasing clandestine covert responsibilities, and problems get much much much worse to the point where she's left on her own recognizance.

The life of an activist hardships incumbent serialized dilemmas consistently challenging, the disappearance of networks and friends and colleagues as the stealthy work boldly intensifies.

With the union helping to coordinate hardworking team-based initiatives however, effective groups of likeminded people can efficiently criticize industrious greed.

I've never been a fan of nuclear power I imagine I've mentioned this before, it's certainly convenient if you can't build massive dams but still leaves an ominous environmental footprint.

Nuclear material takes thousands of years to gradually break down into harmless components, that's a long time to have to monitor deteriorating waste at different sites.

You'd have to outlast the Roman Empire have a much longer run than The Simpsons or Frasier, how can you guarantee the monitoring of such sites for the non-foreseeable future over the years?

It's easier to do what Hydro Québec has effectively done in La Belle Province, are there not massive rivers in Northern Ontario or Manitoba or Alberta that can also be dammed?

Working with local First Nations to facilitate smooth beneficial transitions, is hydroelectric power not more reliable than nuclear, and respectfully characteristic of a sustainable future?

*I don't want to argue with the people who don't like hydroelectric power either. We're on the same side at the end of the day. Hydro Québec just makes so much more sense to me. 

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The incorrigible urge the inexhaustible dilemmas audaciously fuelling insurmountable daring, as reflexively situated albeit within imaginative unorthodox compelling gambits.

A day off school intuitively organized with intricate planning and demonstrative skill, mom and dad effectively falling for the ornate scheme with adorable generous loving compassion.

What to do with a full day off while others work and study and research, it's no doubt time to hit the town with creative friends and a wild agenda?!

Word spreads of the distressing illness and communal sympathy encouragingly erupts, as the sights and sounds of versatile Chicago fill a day's fortunes with laidback exception.

But the administration adamantly refuses to obligingly believe the open-minded story, and sets out on a mad concentrated obsessed unyielding quest to locate the lad.

His sister also remains furious after their admiring parents react empathetically.

Emancipated vision.

Holistic embrace.

Freeform lackadaisics. 

Festive revelry.

This was my favourite of the John Hughes films so widely popular in my youth, the nutso envisioning of rebellious fluency exceedingly inclined to diligently chill.

The first 30 minutes are an imaginative treat as Hughes skilfully plays with different narrative styles, and commandingly showcases alternative techniques which are highly advanced and correspondingly influential.

Critics of the time were rather dismissive and I didn't figure out why until I hit my late thirties, but my youthful admiration won out in the end as I dismissed my uptight less-mesmerized evaluations (Rooney goes way too far, it's tough to believe an academic would behave that way).

Matthew Broderick delivers the performance of a lifetime and charismatically shines in the title role, Alan Ruck also memorably concocting they both still show up in movies 40 years later.

Mia Sara, Jennifer Grey, Edie McClurg, and Jeffrey Jones impress as well. 

Much more than just kids skipping school.

A unique exhilarating celebration of life!

Friday, May 16, 2025

Zeus & Roxanne

A family's adventurous dog boldly sets out to discover the neighbourhood, spending time at the calm peaceful beach and chasing cats should they manifest themselves.

His owners take the arts seriously and spend most of their free time engaged, dad writing songs for commercial media while his son photographs whatever he can.

They're vacationing in a rented house across the laidback street from a marine biologist, who's trying to encourage a domesticated dolphin to cohesively rejoin a wild pod at sea.

The dog mischievously follows her one day and even boards her seafaring vessel, where that very same convalescing dolphin serendipitously takes a shine to his daring.

They become friends and their innocent curiosity freely demonstrates interspecies communication, the marine biologist's related grant proposal hoping to study the compelling phenomenon. 

But will dolphin and dog also lay the foundation for a long-lasting humanoid relationship?

Arts & Science zoologically orchestrating.

The chillaxed romantic life.

Animals clearly have built in recognition and know when they're interacting with other members of the same species, and they do so without mirrors or schools it's fruitfully learned in the forest or valley.

They also largely stick to themselves although you see modest interspecies contact at times, notably when food is abundant and everyone's relaxed and less stressed accordingly. 

On the African savannah wildebeest, zebras, water buffalo and gazelles, broadly mingle and affably interact as the seasons change and the migration flows for instance.

I firmly believe interspecies communication is possible under the right accommodating conditions, if the animals are brought up together as babies in a loving environment with lots of food.

Even cats and dogs perhaps seals and penguins can learn to trust one another under such circumstances, as my pet bunny and his friend the guinea pig learned to do so many years ago.

This strategy will likely work more effectively when less testosterone is worked into the mix.

Wild bulls so likely to struggle and fight.

Like the rabbit my dad threw over the fence when I was a child (he was a really mean bunny). 

Friday, April 18, 2025

The Suitor

A young bachelor eccentrically lives the imaginative life of the daydreaming mind, and sees no need to embrace the rituals generally distinguishing adult life.

His books and posters and music and films are artistically preferable to in-depth discussions, and inspire less quotidian materialistic dialogues throughout the idle instructional day.

But his parents see a difficult future for their adored son if he doesn't marry, and adamantly encourage him to seek relationships and stop obsessing about pop music.

Unfortunately, he's constructively lived most of his life at play in his room, and has no idea how to talk to others or indeed even start a conversation.

A series of awkward random shenanigans mischievously and haphazardly ensure, but nothing compares to the stunning stars he routinely sees on television.

He often proposes to the striking tenant who rents a room downstairs in his house, but she can't understand a word he's saying and they remain linguistically divided.

In a last ditch effort he seeks to meet his heart's desire, a famous singer.

Working his way in behind the scenes.

To his grand existential disillusionment. 

You don't see this subject taken seriously in that many sympathetic feature length films, the sequestered perennial youth at habitual odds with relational maturity.

But rather than lump him in with wild lunatics which at times happens in such scenarios, a way is found to compassionately showcase his alternative manners and social expressions.

The behaviour isn't vilified there's sympathy for the amorous non-conformist, a comic account much more conducive to eventual communal integration. 

I suppose I've never investigated how often this type of narrative shows up in film, I just know I rarely see it and have only really heard it mentioned in British pop songs. 

I'm therefore quite impressed with Pierre Étaix's lighthearted cinematic début. 

Not as elaborate as the versatile Yoyo.

Still sewing the seeds of daring exhibition.