I do love me some movies, both as entertainment and as art. There are certain actors I would watch read a shopping list – Jimmy Stewart, Helen Mirren, Sigourney Weaver, Bill Murray, many others. Similarly, there are directors for whom I will hand over my cash blindly to see anything they’ve done – Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, early Rob Reiner. But above all, there’s Stanley Kubrick.
Tonight I fell into watching the second half of “Full Metal Jacket” when I had had enough of the news. It was more relaxing.
Long, long tracking shots. Moving, bobbing, weaving through smoke and fire.
No. Special. Effects.
Real. Film.
Wow.
We Love The Stars Too Fondly 