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Heh. The "money" quote brings me back to long ago, when the Freak Brother comics were out.

I think Freddy Freak had the original line.

Let me line up some bottles ... now, what's your pleasure? Maddog's buying.

One grey goose martini.

<setting it down>

Yes, youth allows for many things -- especially the chance to change the occasional failure into "experience."

On the other hand,

Long experience has taught me that to be criticized is not always to be wrong. -- Anthony Eden

I think I'll whip up a latte this early morning just to treat myself for that quote. :-)

I'm wondering how folks are faring this winter. Chicago hasn't been too bad, with less snow than normal (it's been that way for several years seemingly), but I wonder how others are doing.

I do imagine things are pretty darn cold where maddog lives and family in Olympia have told me about some pretty bad storms out that way.

Hmmm. Not too bad here -- seasonal temps and little snow. I suspect the farmers would like more snow.

A quote:

Winter is icummen in,

Lhude sing Goddamn,

Raineth drop and staineth slop,

And how the wind doth ramm!

Sing: Godamn.

-- Ezra Pound

Isabella Rossilini (can't really spell that, but she sure is gorgeous in person!) in The Saddest Music in the World - actually a very amusing melodrama set in Canada during prohibition. She was there to talk a bit before the movie. Love her accent too.

Open Water (which a studio purchased so it will probably come to a theater near you this summer!) based on the true story of 2 scuba divers left behind by their dive boat. Very suspenseful but not as gory as Jaws.

A Touch of Pink, which included a Cary Grant character as an imaginary friend - a hilarious movie (as long as you aren't offended by homosexuality)!

A great documentary called Dirty Work, about 3 jobs you probably don't think about very often: a septic tank cleaner, restorative artist at a funeral home and a bull semen collector. Edward Norton was exec. producer of that, and he was there to introduce it.

You can search the film guide for better info on all these:

[url http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/alpha.aspx ]http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide/alpha.aspx[/url]

I also saw Evergreen, Second Best, One Point 0 (Matrix-like and probably lowest on my list) and Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter and...Spring (Korean with very little dialogue but wonderful).

Hearing the directors talk about making their movies was really interesting - some have been working on these for years, learning as they go, hoping for some funding along the way. It was amazing to see their results.

Enjoy!

Hope everyone in the east hasn't frozen - family in NJ spent a night camped out in their family room with the woodstove, it was soooo cold. I could sympathize - we spent Saturday evening standing 3 hours in line at Sundance in 5 degree temps trying for tickets (which we didn't get!). Good Samaritans went to Starbucks but even the cocoa had cooled by the time they got back! Otherwise Sundance was fabulous - everyone should have the experience. Didn't see a movie we didn't like, although some were a little bizarre! Nine movies in 4 days is about my limit, I think.

Keep the Bailey's coming....

Didn't get to see the Bill Clinton film, but read today in the NY Times that Garden State and Napoleon Dynamite both were picked up by studios. We thought they might be so didn't make a great effort to get in (I can only spend so many hours freezing in the ticket line!). So heopfully we'll get to see them after all. The festival opener, a surfing documentary (Riding Giants) also was picked up, but I wonder how widely that will be distributed?

Next time plan to head to the festival too! Then you won't have to be jealous and can be the envy of all your friends. Get a group and share a condo - that ends up being fairly affordable.

See you there next year!

Sounds like a great tim Pam. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. My son and I are avid movie watchers and it is always nice to hear of any gems we may otherwise miss, especially if they fall below Hollyweird's radar!

Let me buy you a drink. Here's my quote:

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.

- Stanley Kubrick

That's OK ... 'dog's got you covered.

wooHOO! Bob is serving doubles! A double latte with a double shot of Bailey's should be enough to jumpstart you and top off your antifreeze at the same time, huh Pam?