Tyler and David discuss the movies and TV shows they’ve been watching, including:
Movies A BUCKET OF BLOOD
THE BRIDE WORE RED
A FUTILE AND STUPID GESTURE
THE OSCAR-NOMINATED DOCUMENTARY SHORTS ANNIHILATION
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY
THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW
FIRE IN THE BLOOD
JURASSIC PARK
RYAN’S DAUGHTER
FERDINAND
VIVRE SA VIE
RED SPARROW
ON BODY AND SOUL
THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
GENERATION WEALTH
EVERYTHING GOES WRONG
SPIRITED AWAY
DEATH WISH
LEANING INTO THE WIND: ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
COCO
I’m always fascinated when conversation turns to Cary Grant. Are either of you familiar with David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary? I’m sure you are but it never gets mentioned. He’s given to provocative statements and the opening paragraph of his entry on Grant makes the assertion that ‘he was the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema.’ The whole entry is worth revisiting (as is all of Thomson), and I was shocked myself the other day, re-watching Notorious, when he socks Bergman on the jaw. Is it sexist to smack, slap, punch and push women about? Is ‘sexist’ the word for what it is?
A copy of the Biographical Dictionary is sitting on the shelf behind me as I type this, in the same place it has remained, unread, for years. I’ll get to it one day.
I’m always fascinated when conversation turns to Cary Grant. Are either of you familiar with David Thomson’s Biographical Dictionary? I’m sure you are but it never gets mentioned. He’s given to provocative statements and the opening paragraph of his entry on Grant makes the assertion that ‘he was the best and most important actor in the history of the cinema.’ The whole entry is worth revisiting (as is all of Thomson), and I was shocked myself the other day, re-watching Notorious, when he socks Bergman on the jaw. Is it sexist to smack, slap, punch and push women about? Is ‘sexist’ the word for what it is?
A copy of the Biographical Dictionary is sitting on the shelf behind me as I type this, in the same place it has remained, unread, for years. I’ll get to it one day.
– David
OK, start at the letter G. In your own time.