So its theme is “wonder” – Webster’s dictionary (I know, I know … American) defines the word:
So Mrs P and I went to see Invisible City last night and we took away quite different things. Porco was a little disturbed by the choice to show an interview with one of the subjects a few days after he had brain surgery. Sure, it was telling it like it was but I’m not sure I would have wanted to be remembered like that. It is also clear from the talk following the screening that a lot of what the film maker wanted to achieve was possibly not quite there. Still, this is a good documentary and more than that, it is an important project. Go see it.
Last weekend, we had a double dose of Ian McKellen. First, almost four hours of King Lear on Saturday night and more than three of The Seagull was a little more than Porco can take. And at more than $1000, it had better been worth it. Hmm … not sure about that. Especially The Seagull. For the combination of relentless ennui, the pre-Revolutionary foppery and the seductive power of the spoken word, get the DVDs of Days of Being Wild, Dangerous Liaisons and Bullets over Broadway (in that order) from HMV. $99.99 for all three. While stocks last.
A few weeks ago, left to his own devices as Mrs P was travelling, Porco whiled away an afternoon at the art auction previews. There weren’t many things to buy, not even obscure objects of desire. However, what got this old pig’s attention was the stuff that he did not want to raise his trotters for at auction. Like the Kiko Escora we didn’t buy last year – we picked the other two of three. Or the Masriadi from 2004 – yes, he has gotten better and funnier. The funniest bit of the afternoon was the two very fruity young men drooling over the Hoa self portraits which they “absolutely lurved, ahhh”.
Boys, Porco has news for you – ours is larger.
