Happy Late Night, SB,
Super tired tonight, from getting up early for church and then going straight out to Burbank to take my sister Sophie shopping. T'was 110 degrees - good for me but not so good for Sophie - but we managed to get through it relatively unscathed. Then it was back to Pearl's at 4:30 with a bottle of Liquid Plumbr (actual spelling) to try and unclog both bathroom sinks, which share a main drain pipe through the wall. Both sinks have had standing water in them since Thursday (gross, I know), and after using a plunger yesterday and getting no result, the Liquid Plumbr was to be a last resort before calling an actual Plumbr, which would have been tomorrow and would have been a Huge Hassle because you've gotta Wait Around From 8am to 5pm (or whenever) until the Plumbr Gets There.
But thank God that will not have to happen, because Liquid Plumbr cleared the drains! Just as advertised on the bottle. So, while I hate to use harsh chemicals in any given situation, this time it was necessary to avoid the aforementioned Huge Hassle and also to save Pearl a couple hundred bucks.
Anyhow, I've been At It all day (going non-stop), but I did take time out this eve to watch a movie : the somewhat obscure kidnap drama "The Night Of The Following Day" (1969), which I discovered from putting "Richard Boone" into the L.A. City Library search engine. I was looking for Boone Stuff because he is so great in "Have Gun Will Travel". He is totally demonic in this movie, however, playing one member of a team of kidnappers who trick a young girl (Pamela Franklin of "Legend Of Hell House" fame) into getting into a car after she deplanes at a Paris airport. A stewardess (Rita Moreno) is in on the scheme, as is her boyfriend (Marlon Brando), who pretends to be the chauffeur of the car she gets into. The kidnappers have plotted their crime, they know the girl's Dad is rich. But now that they've got her, they begin to argue amongst themselves about proper strategy, and the scheme begins to fall apart.
It's a pretty good movie, nowhere near as great as the last two films I've seen (which had perfect scripts), but certainly worth seeing. The problem with this film is it gets bogged down for about fifteen minutes at the end of the first half by a lot of psychological mumbo jumbo involving Brando and his girl Moreno. She is a heroin addict, and the film slows to a crawl and diverts from the plot to show the trials of her addiciton and the way it affects Brando, who responds with some similarly tortured Method Acting. But then the plot picks up nicely for the last 45 minutes or so, redeeming the film entirely.
Richard Boone is the real star here, overtaking Brando, who is great in some sections but Hams It Up in others. You don't see a lot of thrillers from the late 60s, however - a time when existentialist films, and those depicting the counterculture, many of which are of dubious quality - were in vogue. I am not generally a fan of late-60s era films, though there are exceptions, and I'd say overall that "The Night Of The Following Day" falls into that category. It is generally well made and acted, even if the direction is a bit shaky and the script goes off the track for a quarter hour. Shot on location in France, with local actors in several supporting roles. ////
I saw a post today via Steve of The Fine Constant, about what I am guessing is (or was) a birthday bash for him at a club tonight. I am assuming you went, and I hope you had a good time & took some pix. I also saw your own post about the Homer Simpson meme created with your photo, which is Super Cool.
But it also makes me think that at some point, as a Professional Photographer, you may want to think about "watermarking" your photographs. It is indeed nice when someone chooses your photo for their own use (and flattering too), but because you are a Pro, you may want to consider it somewhere down the line.
Well, that's all I know for tonight. I am Beyond Megatired but hopefully some sleep will remedy the situation.
See you in the morning. I Love You. xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo :):)
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