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Elle - Paul Verhoeven
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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This was an interesting watch. Brutal, dark secrets that everyone both conceals and knows, the desire to hurt and be hurt, betrayals, taboos, for a bit you might suspect it's satire, but it's not - if you're paying attention. Like - "The Office", by which I refer to the original - was satire only if you had never worked in an office.
I was intrigued by it, a little bit baffled, certainly Verhoeven's richest work that I've seen, driven more by the people and circumstance, less "2-D" and richer characters than his other films.
It reminded me how much I like, how I need to watch more European cinema.
Calgary Cancelled
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Images
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A partial list of events that are definitely not happening in Calgary anytime soon.
of you in the rose garden...
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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I dreamed that I found you in a narrow maze of dappling sunlight and old dark brick walls overgrown with ivy...I was delighted, and threw my arms around you, picked you up, gave you a hug, grabbed your ass (!!), was surprised and delighted that you were as glad to see me too...
Looking in your eyes, at your face...
Putting you back down - we'll meet! Where? In the rose garden - I know it, it's at the center, thorny rosebushes climbing the walls, wrought iron cafe chairs and tables, I'll find you there in a moment, you have a quick errand, as do I ...
Walking away from you, excited, soon I would see you, soon, after how long? Only now I meet somebody else I know, am dragged along - our meeting, suddenly cancelled, and I can't reach you to reschedule or make explanation, ...
**dream ends. Don't know where it was, haven't ever been there. About as good a dream as I've had for a long time, woke up - and would love to have fallen asleep and had it resume, maybe tonight...***
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