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An old friend
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Dreams
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I'm somewhere and I hear from Lance - an old friend I haven't seen since University. He looks different, older, unrecognizable. We're going to go out, only at the moment I'm between 2 apartments, both half unpacked and filled with treasures, so I tell him I just want to go home, pick up my shoes, I'll meet him after...
Rooting through my belongings, half-packed or unpacked boxes...
Going to leave when a snake, small, venomous, bites me on the heel - I check; it hasn't punctured the skin, I should be fine, but my chance to meet Lance, it's gone...
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A nap, later in the day, picks up on the same dream, Lance with a friend of his, tall, good looking African/American musician, we're in my other apartment, my Calgary one, and I'm looking for something to prepare for them...
12 Monkeys
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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In full Apocalypse mode, watching the trailer and select scene from the old Dustin Hoffman film "Outbreak". Which was overall a pretty bad movie, but what's curious is how every character has their own agenda, plan, scheme...
As the reality unfolds we discover how optomistic - literally - those predictions were - even for the Villains.
And, after that "12 Monkeys" - which is grotesquely brilliant, Brad Pitt - Bruce Willis - both well outside their typecast roles, and both turning in amazingly relevant performances. Still a 5 star movie, and it hasn't aged badly, not a bit...
Isle of the Dogs - Wes Anderson
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- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Film
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Quite enjoyed this, the aesthetic, look, feel, animation, but on that note Wes Anderson commits the sin of having the "American Savior". By this point it should be obvious that they can't even save themselves. So - all in all, a very good film diminished by the gratuitous presence of an American.
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